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1946 USC Trojans football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record6–4 (5–2 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 UCLA $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Oregon State 6 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
USC 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Washington 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Stanford 3 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Oregon 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Montana 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Washington State 1 – 5 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
California 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Idaho 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1946 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Jeff Cravath, the Trojans compiled a 6–4 record (5–2 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the Pacific Coast Conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 158 to 106.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Washington State
W 13–768,282
October 5Ohio State*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–2180,047
October 12vs. Oregon State
L 0–629,594
October 19Washington
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 28–042,507
October 26at Stanford
W 28–2050,000
November 2Oregon
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 43–045,885
November 9CaliforniaNo. 14
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 14–060,398
November 23at No. 4 UCLAdaggerNo. 10
L 6–1393,714[2]
November 30at No. 2 Notre Dame*No. 16
L 6–2655,298
December 21at Tulane*
W 20–1325,000[3]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

After the season

Main article: 1947 NFL Draft

The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Trojans were selected.[4]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
5 33 Gordon Gray Back Los Angeles Rams
6 39 Mike Garzoni Guard Washington Redskins
16 141 Jim Callanan End Green Bay Packers
17 153 Don Hardy End Los Angeles Rams

References

  1. ^ "Southern California Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. ^ Paul Zimmerman (November 24, 1946). "Bruins Make Breaks to Beat Troy: Uclans Outmud S.C., 13-6, for Bowl Bid Before 93,714 Fans". Los Angeles Times. pp. I-1, II-5 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Injury-riddles Trojans top Tulane, 20–13". The Los Angeles Times. December 22, 1946. Retrieved April 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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