1941 USC Trojans football team

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]

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 ← 1940 1942 →

1941 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
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