1969 USC Trojans football team

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 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.

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
1969 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 (c. 94,500, grass)

1969 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
	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

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*	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 (Jeweled Shillelagh)	T 14–14	59,075
October 25	Georgia Tech*	No. 7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 29–18	53,341
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 (Battle for the 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

Main article: 1969 NCAA University Division football 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

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

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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 T 78 Marv Montgomery Jr T 77 Sid Smith Sr T 75 John Vella So TE 89 Charle Young So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 71 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

References

1. "Southern California Yearly Results (1965-1969)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
2. "1969 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
3. "Trojans Topple UCLA". The Palm Beach Post. November 23, 1969.