1951 USC Trojans football team

American college football season

1951 USC Trojans football

Conference| Pacific Coast Conference
Record| 7–3 (4–2 PCC)
Head coach|

* Jess Hill (1st season)

Home stadium| Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Seasons

<- 1950

1952 ->

1951 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 7 Stanford $  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 17 UCLA | 4  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
No. 12 California | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
USC | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
No. 18 Washington State | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Oregon State | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Washington | 1  | - | 5  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 1
Oregon | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 8  | - | 0
Idaho | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 1951 college football season. The Trojans finished the season with a 7–3 record.

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Rank| Site| Result| Attendance

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September 22| Washington State| |

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| W 31–21| 28,876
September 29| Naval Training Center San Diego*| |

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| W 41–7|
October 6| at No. 12 Washington| |

* Husky Stadium
* Seattle, WA

| W 20–13| 43,747
October 13| No. 18 Oregon State| No. 14|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| W 16–14| 36,400
October 20| at No. 1 California| No. 11|

* California Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA

| W 21–14| 81,490
October 27| TCU*| No. 6|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| W 28–26|
November 3| Army*| No. 7|

* Yankee Stadium
* Bronx, NY

| W 28–6|
November 10| No. 7 Stanford| No. 6|

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

| L 20–27|
November 24| UCLA| No. 11|

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

| L 7–21| 71,738
December 1| Notre Dame*| No. 20|

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

| L 12–19| 55,783

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

## Coaching staff[edit]

* Head coach: Jess Hill[1]
* Assistant coaches: Walter Hargesheimer (backfield coach), Mel Hein (line coach), Joe Muha (backfield coach), Bill Fisk (end coach), Don Clark (line coach), Jess Mortensen (junior varsity coach), Hilton A. Green (senior manager)[2]

## Roster[edit]

* HB #16 Frank Gifford, Sr.

## 1952 NFL draft[edit]

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise

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Frank Gifford | Running back | 1 | 11 | New York Giants
Pat Cannamela |  | 11 | 122 | Dallas Texans
Bob Hooks | End | 16 | 193 | Los Angeles Rams
Al Baldock | End | 17 | 201 | San Francisco 49ers
Dean Schneider | Back | 22 | 254 | New York Giants

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## References[edit]

1. ^ 1952 El Rodeo (USC yearbook), p. 44.
2. ^ 1952 El Rodeo (USC yearbook), pages 44-45.
3. ^ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2018.

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USC Trojans football

Venues|

* Athletic Park (1895–1898)
* Fiesta Park (1897–1898, 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 & rivalries|

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

Culture & 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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* Starting quarterbacks
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