1969 USC Trojans football team

1969 USC Trojans football

Rose Bowl Champions Pac-8 Champions
Rose Bowl, W 10–3 vs. Michigan
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#4
AP	#3
1969 record	10–0–1 (6–0 Pac-8)
Head coach	John McKay (10th year)
Captain	Jim Gunn
Captain	Bob Jensen
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 94,500, grass)

1969 Pacific-8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#3 USC $	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	1
#13 UCLA	5	–	1	–	1	8	–	1	–	1
#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 college 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 1970 Rose Bowl, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 261 to 128.^[1] The team was ranked #3 in the final AP Poll and #4 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
September 20	at Nebraska*	#5	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	W 31–21	67,058
September 27	Northwestern*	#5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 48–6	56,589
October 4	at Oregon State	#5	Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR	W 31–7	38,013
October 11	#16 Stanford	#4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 26–24	82,812
October 18	at #11 Notre Dame*	#3	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Rivalry)	T 14–14	59,075
October 25	Georgia Tech*	#7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 29–18	53,341
November 1	at California	#6	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 14–9	51,000
November 8	Washington State	#6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 28–7	47,158
November 15	at Washington	#6	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 16–7	51,403
November 22	#6 UCLA	#5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	W 14–12	90,814
January 1	vs. #7 Michigan*	#5	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	W 10–3	103,878
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	6	0	0	6	12
• USC	0	7	0	7	14

Date: November 22
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
Game attendance: 90,814

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

^[3]

References

↑ "Southern California Yearly Results (1965-1969)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
↑ "1969 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ "Trojans Topple UCLA". The Palm Beach Post. November 23, 1969.

USC Trojans football

Venues	Bovard Field (?–1922) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1923–present) Howard Jones Field (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Notre Dame (Jeweled Shillelagh) UCLA (Victory Bell) Stanford

Culture & lore	Traveler George Tirebiter Giles Pellerin "Fight On" Spirit of Troy Student Body Right Tommy Trojan Athletics scandal 1967 "Game of the Century" "Bush Push" 2007 Stanford game

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Pac-12 Conference football champions

Pacific Coast	Washington (1916) Washington State (1917) California (1918) Oregon & Washington (1919) California (1920) California (1921) California (1922) California (1923) Stanford (1924) Washington (1925) Stanford (1926) Stanford & USC (1927) USC (1928) USC (1929) Washington State (1930) USC (1931) USC (1932) Oregon & Stanford (1933) Stanford (1934) California, Stanford, & UCLA (1935) Washington (1936) California (1937) California & USC (1938) USC (1939) Stanford (1940) Oregon State (1941) UCLA (1942) USC (1943) USC (1944) USC (1945) UCLA (1946) USC (1947) California & Oregon (1948) California (1949) California (1950) Stanford (1951) USC (1952) UCLA (1953) UCLA (1954) UCLA (1955) Oregon State (1956) Oregon & Oregon State (1957) California (1958)

AAWU	UCLA, USC, & Washington (1959) Washington (1960) UCLA (1961) USC (1962) Washington (1963) Oregon State & USC (1964) UCLA (1965) USC (1966) USC (1967)

Pacific-8	USC (1968) USC (1969) Stanford (1970) Stanford (1971) USC (1972) USC (1973) USC (1974) California & UCLA (1975) USC (1976) Washington (1977)

Pacific-10	USC (1978) USC (1979) Washington (1980) Washington (1981) UCLA (1982) UCLA (1983) USC (1984) UCLA (1985) Arizona State (1986) USC & UCLA (1987) USC (1988) USC (1989) Washington (1990) Washington (1991) Washington & Stanford (1992) Arizona, UCLA, & USC (1993) Oregon (1994) USC & Washington (1995) Arizona State (1996) UCLA & Washington State (1997) UCLA (1998) Stanford (1999) Oregon, Oregon State, & Washington (2000) Oregon (2001) USC & Washington State (2002) USC (2003) USC (2004) vacated USC (2005) vacated California & USC (2006) Arizona State & USC (2007) USC (2008) Oregon (2009) Oregon (2010)

Pac-12	Oregon (2011) Stanford (2012) Stanford (2013) Oregon (2014) Stanford (2015)

National championships in bold

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