1938 USC Trojans football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1938
| team = USC Trojans
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Pacific Coast Conference
| short_conf = PCC
| APRank = 7
| record = 9–2
| conf_record = 6–1
| head_coach = Howard Jones
| hc_year = 14th
| captain = Don McNeil
| stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| champion = PCC co-champion
Rose Bowl champion
| bowl = Rose Bowl
| bowl_result = W 7–3 vs. Duke
}}
{{1938 Pacific Coast Conference football standings}}
The 1938 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1938 college football season. In their 14th year under head coach Howard Jones, the Trojans compiled a 9–2 record (6–1 against conference opponents), finished in a tie for the Pacific Coast Conference championship, defeated Duke in the 1939 Rose Bowl, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 172 to 65.{{cite web|title=Southern California Yearly Results (1935-1939)|publisher=David DeLassus|work=College Football Data Warehouse|access-date=July 20, 2015|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/s/southern_california/1935-1939_yearly_results.php|archive-date=September 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905161307/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/s/southern_california/1935-1939_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1938
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 24
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Alabama
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| score = 7–19
| attend = 70,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71803987/bama-beats-trojans-197/|work=The Los Angeles Times|title=Bama beats Trojans, 19–7|date=September 25, 1938|accessdate=February 22, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 1
| w/l = w
| opponent = Oregon State
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| score = 7–0
| attend = 35,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 8
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Ohio State
| site_stadium = Ohio Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbus, OH
| score = 14–7
| attend = 62,778
| source = {{cite news |last1=Dyer |first1=Braven |title=Troy Upsets Ohio State |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111703277/the-los-angeles-times/ |access-date=October 20, 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 9, 1938 |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 15
| w/l = w
| opponent = Washington State
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| score = 19–6
| attend = 35,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 22
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Stanford
| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium
| site_cityst = Stanford, CA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 13–2
| attend = 35,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 29
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 19
| opponent = Oregon
| site_stadium = Multnomah Stadium
| site_cityst = Portland, OR
| score = 31–7
| attend = 18,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 5
| w/l = w
| rank = 13
| opponent = California
| opprank = 3
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| score = 13–7
| attend = 95,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 12
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 9
| opponent = Washington
| site_stadium = Husky Stadium
| site_cityst = Seattle, WA
| score = 6–7
| attend = 18,939
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = {{dow tooltip|November 24, 1938}}
| w/l = w
| rank = 14
| opponent = UCLA
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| gamename = Victory Bell
| score = 42–7
| attend = 65,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = December 3
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| homecoming = y
| rank = 8
| opponent = Notre Dame
| opprank = 1
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 13–0
| attend = 97,146
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = {{dow tooltip|January 2, 1939}}, 1939
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| neutral = y
| rank = 7
| opponent = Duke
| opprank = 3
| site_stadium = Rose Bowl
| site_cityst = Pasadena, CA
| gamename = Rose Bowl
| score = 7–3
| attend = 89,452
}}
}}
References
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{{USC Trojans football navbox}}
{{Pac-12 Conference football champions}}
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