1941 USC Trojans football team

American college football season

1941 USC Trojans football

Conference| Pacific Coast Conference
Record| 2–6–1 (2–4–1 PCC)
Head coach|

* Sam Barry (1st season)

Home stadium| Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Seasons

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1942 ->

1941 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 12 Oregon State $  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Washington | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
No. 19 Washington State | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Stanford | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Oregon | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
UCLA | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 1
California | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
USC | 2  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 1
Montana | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Idaho | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 USC Trojans football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southern California as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference during the 1941 college football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Sam Barry who took over after Howard Jones died during the previous off-season. Barry also coached USC's basketball and baseball teams. The Trojans compiled a 2–6–1 record (2–4–1 against PCC opponents) and finished eighth out of ten in the conference.[1]

USC was ranked at No. 64 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[2]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 27| Oregon State|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| W 13–7| 50,000| [3]
October 4| Ohio State*|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| L 0–33| 65,000| [4]
October 11| Oregon|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| L 6–20| 42,000| [5]
October 18| Washington State|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| W 7–6| 40,000| [6]
October 25| at California|

* Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA

| L 0–14| 30,000| [7]
November 8| No. 9 Stanford|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)

| L 0–13| 87,000| [8]
November 22| at No. 4 Notre Dame*|

* Notre Dame Stadium
* Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)

| L 18–20| 56,000| [9]
November 29| Washington|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| L 13–14| 35,000| [10]
December 6| at UCLA|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)

| T 7–7| 60,000| [11]

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

## References

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1. ^ "Southern California Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ Paul Lowry (September 28, 1941). "S.C. Wins in Last Minute". Los Angeles Times. p. II-9 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ Paul Lowry (October 5, 1941). "Ohio State Roars Over Trojans, 33-0". Los Angeles Times. p. II-1 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ Paul Lowry (October 12, 1941). "Trojans Bow To Oregon". Los Angeles Times. p. I-23 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ Paul Lowry (October 19, 1941). "S.C. Comes From Behind". Los Angeles Times. p. II-9 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ Art Cohn (October 26, 1941). "California Bad, Trojans Worse". Oakland Tribune. p. 9 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ Paul Zimmerman (November 9, 1941). "First Period Tells Tale: Throng of 87,000 Sees Indians Clinch Victory Early in Game". Los Angeles Times. p. I-27 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ Arch Ward (November 23, 1941). "Notre Dame Unbeaten: Irish Edge Out U.S.C., 20-18, In Season's Final". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ Paul Zimmerman (November 30, 1941). "Huskies Edge Troy, 14 To 13". Los Angeles Times. p. I-27 - via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ Paul Zimmerman (December 7, 1941). "Troy Rally Ties Bruins". Los Angeles Times. p. I-33 - via Newspapers.com.

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USC Trojans football

Venues|

* Athletic Park (1895–1898)
* Fiesta Park (1897–1898, 1901–1902, 1904–1906, 1916)
* Chutes Park (1900)
* Prager Park (1903)
* Bovard Field (1904–1910, 1914–1915, 1917–1923)
* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1923–present)
* Jones Field/Kennedy Field (practice)

Bowls and rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Notre Dame
* Stanford
* UCLA: Victory Bell

Culture and lore|

* Traveler
* George Tirebiter
* Giles Pellerin
* "Fight On"
* Spirit of Troy
* Student Body Right
* Tommy Trojan
* Tribute to Troy
* Athletics scandal
* 1967 "Game of the Century"
* "Bush Push"
* 2007 Stanford game
* So This Is College

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* Head coaches
* Starting quarterbacks
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

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