USC Trojans

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USC Trojans college football
First Season
1888
Team History
USC Trojans (1914-present)
USC Methodists (1888-1910)
Conference
Pac-12 Conference (2011-present)
Pacific-10 Conference (1978-2010)
Pacific-8 Conference (1968-77)
Athletic Association of Western Universities (1959-67)
Pacific Coast Conference (1922-58)
Independent (1888-1921)
Venue
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1923-present)
Bovard Field (1904–10, 1914–15, 1917–22)
Prager Park (1903)
Chutes Park (1900)
Fiesta Park (1897-98, 1902, 1904-06, 1916)
Athletic Park (1895-98)
Key People
Players • Coaches


The 'USC Trojans football program represents the University of Southern California in the sport of American college football. The Trojans compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12).

Before they were named Trojans in 1912, USC athletic teams were called the Methodists (occasionally the "Fighting Methodists"), as well as the Wesleyans. During the early years, limitations in travel and the scarcity of major football-playing colleges on the West Coast limited its rivalries to local Southern Californian colleges and universities. Between 1911-13, USC followed the example of California and Stanford and dropped football in favor of rugby union. They returned as the Trojans in 1914.

Publications

Programs by season

1920s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
1922
October 14 vs.Arizona Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1924
November 1 at California California Memorial Stadium
1925
October 10 vs. Utah Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
October 24 vs.Arizona Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
November 14 vs. Montana Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
November 21 vs. Iowa Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
December 12 vs. Saint Mary's College Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1926
October 30 vs. Stanford Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1927
October 8 vs. Oregon State Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
October 15 at Stanford Stanford Stadium
1928
October 20 at California California Memorial Stadium
1929
October 5 vs. Oregon State Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
October 26 at Stanford Stanford Stadium
November 16 at Notre Dame Soldier Field

1930s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
1930
October 25 at Stanford Stanford Stadium
December 6 vs. Notre Dame Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1931*
October 17 vs. Oregon Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
October 24 at California California Memorial Stadium
November 7 vs. Stanford Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1932
October 22 at Stanford Stanford Stadium
January 2, 1933 vs. Pittsburgh Rose Bowl
1933
November 25 at Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium
1934
October 27 at Stanford Stanford Stadium
1935
October 26 at California California Memorial Stadium
November 9 vs. Stanford Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1936
September 26 vs. Oregon State Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
October 3 vs. Oregon Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
October 24 at Stanford Stanford Stadium
November 7 vs. California Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
November 26 vs. UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
December 5 vs. Notre Dame Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1937
October 2 vs. Washington Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
November 13 vs. Oregon State Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1938
September 24 vs. Alabama Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
November 24 vs. UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
January 2, 1939 vs. Duke Rose Bowl
1939
October 14 vs. Illinois Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
October 28 at California California Memorial Stadium
November 11 vs. Stanford Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
November 25 at Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium

1940s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
1940
October 5 vs. Oregon State Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
October 26 at Stanford Stanford Stadium
November 30 vs. UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1941
September 27 vs. Oregon State Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
October 11 vs. Oregon Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
October 25 at California California Memorial Stadium
November 8 vs. Stanford Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
November 22 at Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium
November 29 vs. Washington Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1942
October 10 at Ohio State Ohio Stadium
October 24 at Stanford Stanford Stadium
December 12 vs. UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1943
September 25 at UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
October 2 at California California Memorial Stadium
January 1, 1944 vs. Washington Rose Bowl
1944
September 30 vs. Pacific Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
October 7 vs. California Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
November 14 at California California Memorial Stadium
January 1, 1945 vs. Tennessee Rose Bowl
1945
November 24 vs. Oregon State Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
January 1, 1946 vs. Alabama Rose Bowl
1946
October 19 vs. Washington Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
October 26 at Stanford Stanford Stadium
November 23 at UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
November 30 at Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium
1947
October 18 vs. Oregon State Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
October 25 at California California Memorial Stadium
November 8 vs. Stanford Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
November 22 vs. UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
January 1, 1948 vs. Michigan Rose Bowl
1948
September 17 vs. Utah Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
September 24 vs. Oregon State Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
October 9 vs. Rice Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
October 23 at Stanford Stanford Stadium
November 13 vs. Washington Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
November 20 at UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1949
October 15 at California California Memorial Stadium
October 29 at Washington Husky Stadium
November 5 vs. Stanford Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
November 19 vs. UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
November 26 at Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium

1950s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
1950
November 4 at Stanford Stanford Stadium
1952
November 8 at Stanford Stanford Stadium
November 29 at Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium
January 1, 1953 vs. Wisconsin Rose Bowl
1953
October 24 at California California Memorial Stadium
October 31 at Oregon Multnomah Stadium
November 21 vs. UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1954
October 16 at Oregon Multnomah Stadium
November 6 at Stanford Stanford Stadium
November 13 vs. Washington Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
January 1, 1955 vs. Ohio State Rose Bowl
1955
October 22 at California California Memorial Stadium
November 19 vs. UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1956
September 28 vs. Oregon State Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
October 6 at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium
October 20 vs. Washington Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
October 27 at Stanford Stanford Stadium
November 10 vs. California Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
December 1 vs. Notre Dame Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1957
October 19 at California California Memorial Stadium
November 9 vs. Stanford Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
November 23 vs. UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
November 30 at Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium
1958
September 19 vs. Oregon State Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
November 1 at Stanford Stanford Stadium
November 8 vs. Washington Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
November 22 at UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1959
October 24 vs. Stanford Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
October 31 at California California Memorial Stadium
November 21 vs. UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
November 28 at Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium

1960s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
1960
October 1 vs. Iowa State Memorial Stadium
1961
September 30 vs. Arizona Memorial Stadium
1962
December 15 vs. Miami Gotham Bowl
1963
September 28 at Minnesota Memorial Stadium
October 5 vs. Iowa State Memorial Stadium
November 23 vs. Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
January 1, 1964 vs. Auburn Orange Bowl
1964
January 1, 1965 vs. Arkansas Cotton Bowl
1965
October 30 at Missouri Memorial Stadium
January 1, 1966 vs. Alabama Orange Bowl
1966
October 15 vs. Kansas State Memorial Stadium
October 29 vs. Missouri Memorial Stadium
January 2, 1967 vs. Alabama Tulane Stadium
1967
September 16 at Washington Husky Stadium
November 4 vs. Iowa State Memorial Stadium
1968
September 28 at Minnesota Memorial Stadium
1969
October 25 vs. Oklahoma State Memorial Stadium

1970s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
1970*
September 12 vs. Wake Forest Memorial Stadium
September 26 vs. Army Memorial Stadium
October 3 at Minnesota Memorial Stadium
January 1, 1971 vs. LSU Orange Bowl
1971*
September 18 vs. Minnesota Memorial Stadium
October 16 vs. Kansas Memorial Stadium
November 25 at Oklahoma Owen Field
January 1, 1972 vs. Alabama Orange Bowl
1972
September 16 vs. Texas A&M Memorial Stadium
1973
September 29 vs. Wisconsin Memorial Stadium
1974
September 21 at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium
September 28 vs. Northwestern Memorial Stadium
October 5 vs. Minnesota Memorial Stadium
October 12 vs. Missouri Memorial Stadium
October 26 vs. Oklahoma State Memorial Stadium
November 23 vs. Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
December 31 vs. Florida Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA)
1975
November 15 vs. Iowa State Memorial Stadium
November 22 at Oklahoma Owen Field
1976
October 2 vs. Miami Memorial Stadium
October 9 at Colorado Folsom Field
November 6 vs. Oklahoma State Memorial Stadium
December 31 vs. Texas Tech Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl (Houston, TX)
1977
December 19 vs. North Carolina Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN)
1978
October 14 vs. Kansas State Memorial Stadium
January 1, 1979 vs. Oklahoma Orange Bowl
1979
September 15 vs. Utah State Memorial Stadium
October 6 vs. New Mexico State Memorial Stadium
January 1, 1980 vs. Houston Cotton Bowl

1980s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
1980
September 27 at Penn State Beaver Stadium
1981
January 1, 1982 vs. Clemson Orange Bowl
1982
September 18 vs. New Mexico State Memorial Stadium
September 25 at Penn State Beaver Stadium
October 16 vs. Kansas State Memorial Stadium
January 1, 1983 vs. LSU Orange Bowl
1983
August 29 vs. Penn State Giants Stadium
1984
November 17 vs. Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
January 1, 1985 vs. LSU Louisiana Superdome
1985
September 7 vs. Florida State Memorial Stadium
November 23 at Oklahoma Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
January 1, 1986 vs. Michigan Fiesta Bowl (Tempe, AZ)
1986
September 6 vs. Florida State Memorial Stadium
October 25 at Colorado Folsom Field
1987
October 24 vs. Kansas State Memorial Stadium
January 1, 1988 vs. Florida State Fiesta Bowl (Tempe, AZ)
1988
August 27 vs. Texas A&M Giants Stadium
January 2, 1989 vs. Miami Orange Bowl
1989
January 1, 1990 vs. Florida State Fiesta Bowl (Tempe, AZ)

1990s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
1990
January 1, 1991 vs. Georgia Tech Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium
1991
November 29 vs. Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
January 1, 1992 vs. Miami Orange Bowl
1992
January 1, 1993 vs. Florida State Orange Bowl
1993
October 16 vs. Kansas State Memorial Stadium
November 13 vs. Iowa State Memorial Stadium
January 1, 1994 vs. Florida State Orange Bowl
1994
November 25 at Oklahoma Owen Field
January 1, 1995 vs. Miami Orange Bowl
1995
October 21 vs. Kansas State Memorial Stadium
January 2, 1996 vs. Florida Fiesta Bowl (Tempe, AZ)
1996
September 28 vs. Colorado State Memorial Stadium
December 31 vs. Virginia Tech Pro Player Stadium
1997
January 2, 1998 vs. Tennessee Pro Player Stadium
1998
December 30 vs. Arizona Qualcomm Stadium
1999
January 2, 2000 vs. Tennessee Fiesta Bowl (Tempe, AZ)

2000s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
2000
September 23 vs. Iowa Memorial Stadium
2001
January 3, 2002 vs. Miami Rose Bowl
2002
December 27 vs. Ole Miss Independence Stadium
2003
December 29 vs. Michigan State Alamodome
2005
December 28 vs. Michigan Alamodome
2006
October 21 vs. Texas Memorial Stadium
January 1, 2007 vs. Auburn Cotton Bowl
2008
January 1, 2009 vs. Clemson Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, FL)
2009
October 17 vs. Texas Tech Memorial Stadium
December 30 vs. Arizona Qualcomm Stadium

2010s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
2010
December 4 vs. Oklahoma Cowboys Stadium
December 30 vs. Washington Qualcomm Stadium
2011
September 10 vs. Fresno State Memorial Stadium
January 2, 2012 vs. South Carolina Florida Citrus Bowl
2012
October 6 at Ohio State Ohio Stadium
2013
January 1, 2014 vs. Georgia Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, FL)
2014
December 27 vs. USC Qualcomm Stadium
2015
November 27 vs. Iowa Memorial Stadium
2016
December 30 vs. Tennessee Nissan Stadium
2018
September 22 at Michigan Michigan Stadium
2019
September 7 at Colorado Folsom Field

Media guides and yearbooks

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1970s 1971 • 1974 • 1979
1980s 1981 • 1986
1986 Fiesta Bowl
2000s 2004
2010s 2017
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