1969 USC Trojans football team

1969 USC Trojans football
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

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.

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	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	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	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

Game summaries

UCLA

UCLA at USC

	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

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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]

References

^ "Southern California Yearly Results (1965-1969)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
^ "1969 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
^ "USC finishes fast for 29–18 win". Ventura County Star Free-Press. October 26, 1969. Retrieved July 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Trojans Topple UCLA". The Palm Beach Post. November 23, 1969.
^ "Lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 3, 1969. p. 3B.
^ "Rose Bowl rosters". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). January 1, 1970. p. 67.

[1] "Southern California Yearly Results (1965-1969)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.

[2] "1969 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.

[3] "USC finishes fast for 29–18 win". Ventura County Star Free-Press. October 26, 1969. Retrieved July 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] "Trojans Topple UCLA". The Palm Beach Post. November 23, 1969.

[lneis-5] "Lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 3, 1969. p. 3B.

[rbros-6] "Rose Bowl rosters". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). January 1, 1970. p. 67.

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