1932 USC Trojans football team

1932 USC Trojans football
1932 USC Trojans football
National champion (nine official selectors); Co-national champion (Davis, Sagarin); PCC champion; Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 35–0 vs. Pittsburgh
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	10–0 (6–0 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Jones (8th season);
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Captain	Tay Brown
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1931 1933 →

The 1932 USC Trojans football team is an American football team that represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1932 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Howard Jones, the team compiled a perfect 10–0 record (6–0 against conference opponents), won the PCC championship, shut out eight of ten opponents, defeated Pittsburgh in the 1933 Rose Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 201 to 13.^[1]

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The Knute K. Rockne Trophy was presented at the end of the season to the team deemed to be the national champion using the Dickinson System, a rating system developed by Frank G. Dickinson, a professor of economics of the University of Illinois. Michigan won the Rockne Trophy, edging USC by a margin of 28.47 to 26.81.^[2] However, USC was recognized as the 1932 national champion in several other rankings, including Berryman, Billingsley, Boand, Dunkel, College Football Researchers Association, Helms, Houlgate, National Championship Foundation, Poling, and Williamson.^[3]

Tackle Ernie Smith was a consensus first-team pick for the 1932 All-America team. Guard Aaron Rosenberg was also selected as a first-team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America and Liberty magazine. Six USC players were selected as first-team players on the 1932 All-Pacific Coast football team: Ernie Smith (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1); Rosenberg (AP-1; NEA-1); Tay Brown at tackle (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1); Orville Mohler at quarterback (NEA-1; UP-1); Homer Griffith at quarterback (AP-1); and Ray Sparling at end (NEA-1).

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Utah*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 35–0	35,000	^[4]
October 1	Washington State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 20–0	35,000	^[5]
October 8	Oregon State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 10–0	40,000	^[6]
October 15	Loyola (CA)*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 6–0	50,000	^[7]
October 22	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	W 13–0	60,000	^[8]
November 5	California	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 27–7	70,000	^[9]
November 12	Oregon	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 33–0	40,000	^[10]
November 24	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 9–6	30,000	^[11]
December 10	Notre Dame*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	W 13–0	100,000	^[12]
January 2, 1933	vs. Pittsburgh*	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	W 35–0	83,000	^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

1932 USC Trojans football team

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1932 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 USC $	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
Washington State	5	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
UCLA	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Washington	3	–	2	–	2	6	–	2	–	2
Oregon	2	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
California	2	–	2	–	1	7	–	3	–	2
Stanford	1	–	3	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Oregon State	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Montana	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from Dickinson System