1969 USC Trojans football team

The 1969 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. In their tenth year under head coach John McKay, the Trojans compiled a 10–0–1 record (6–0 against conference opponents), won the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) championship, defeated Michigan in the Rose Bowl, and outscored their opponents 261 to 128.^[1] The team was ranked third in the final AP Poll and fourth in the final Coaches Poll.

1969 USC Trojans football
Pac-8 champion Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 10–3 vs. Michigan
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 3
Record	10–0–1 (6–0 Pac-8)
Head coach	John McKay (10th season)
Captains	Jim Gunn Bob Jensen
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons ← 1968 1970 →

1969 Pacific-8 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 USC $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	1
No. 13 UCLA	5	–	1	–	1			8	–	1	–	1
No. 19 Stanford	5	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Oregon State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Oregon	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	1
California	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Washington	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Washington State	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Jim Jones led the team in passing, completing 88 of 210 passes for 1,230 yards with 13 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Clarence Davis led the team in rushing with 297 carries for 1,357 yards and nine touchdowns. Sam Dickerson led the team in receiving with 24 catches for 473 yards and six touchdowns.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20		at Nebraska*	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	W 31–21	67,058
September 27		Northwestern*	No. 5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 48–6	56,589
October 4		at Oregon State	No. 5	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 31–7	38,013
October 11	8:00 p.m.	No. 16 Stanford	No. 4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	W 26–24	82,812
October 18		at No. 11 Notre Dame*	No. 3	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	T 14–14	59,075
October 25		Georgia Tech*	No. 7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 29–18	53,341	[3]
November 1	1:30 p.m.	at California	No. 6	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 14–9	51,000
November 8		Washington State	No. 6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 28–7	47,158
November 15		at Washington	No. 6	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 16–7	51,403
November 22		No. 6 UCLA	No. 5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	W 14–12	90,814
January 1, 1970		vs. No. 7 Michigan*	No. 5	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	W 10–3	103,878
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Main article: 1969 NCAA University Division football rankings

Game summaries

UCLA

UCLA at USC

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 6 Bruins	6	0	0	6	12
• No. 5 Trojans	0	7	0	7	14

• Date: November 22
• Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
• Game attendance: 90,814
• TV announcers (ABC): Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson

Scoring summary

1		UCLA	Farmer 41-yard pass from Jones (pass failed)	UCLA 6-0
2		USC	Davis 13-yard run (Ayala kick)	USC 7-6
4	3:07	UCLA	Cooper 7-yard pass from Dummit (pass failed)	UCLA 12-7
4	1:32	USC	Dickerson 32-yard pass from Jones (Ayala kick)	USC 14-12

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Roster

1969 USC Trojans football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 9 Bob Chandler Jr QB 7 Mike Holmgren Sr QB 8 Jimmy Jones So OT 78 Marv Montgomery Jr OT 77 Sid Smith Sr OT 75 John Vella So TE 89 Charle Young So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 72 Al Cowlings Sr CB 16 Sandy Durko Sr DE 83 Jimmy Gunn Sr DT 93 Tody Smith Jr DB 46 Skip Thomas So LB 84 Charlie Weaver Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach John McKay Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Source:^[5][6]