1941 USC Trojans football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1941
| team = USC Trojans
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Pacific Coast Conference
| short_conf = PCC
| record = 2–6–1
| conf_record = 2–4–1
| head_coach = Sam Barry
| hc_year = 1st
| captain =
| stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
}}
{{1941 Pacific Coast Conference football standings}}
The 1941 USC Trojans football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southern California as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference during the 1941 college football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Sam Barry who took over after Howard Jones died during the previous off-season. Barry also coached USC's basketball and baseball teams. The Trojans compiled a 2–6–1 record (2–4–1 against PCC opponents) and finished eighth out of ten in the conference.{{cite web|title=Southern California Yearly Results (1940-1944)|publisher=David DeLassus|work=College Football Data Warehouse|access-date=July 20, 2015|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/s/southern_california/1940-1944_yearly_results.php|archive-date=September 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905163142/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/s/southern_california/1940-1944_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead}}
USC was ranked at No. 64 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.{{cite news|title=Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published|newspaper=The Courier-Journal|author=Dr. E. E. Litkenhous|date=December 26, 1941|page=Sports 4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123088221/gophers-grid-kings-over-6-year-span/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1941
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 27
| w/l = w
| opponent = Oregon State
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| score = 13–7
| attend = 50,000
| source = {{cite news|title=S.C. Wins in Last Minute|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|author=Paul Lowry|date=September 28, 1941|page=II-9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36076748/sc_wins_in_last_minute/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Ohio State
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| score = 0–33
| attend = 65,000
|source = {{cite news|title=Ohio State Roars Over Trojans, 33-0|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|author=Paul Lowry|date=October 5, 1941|page=II-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35807832/ohio_state_roars_over_trojans_330/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 11
| w/l = l
| opponent = Oregon
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| score = 6–20
| attend = 42,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Trojans Bow To Oregon|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|author=Paul Lowry|date=October 12, 1941|page=I-23|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36076866/trojans_bow_to_oregon/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| w/l = w
| opponent = Washington State
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| score = 7–6
| attend = 40,000
| source = {{cite news|title=S.C. Comes From Behind|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|author=Paul Lowry|date=October 19, 1941|page=II-9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35841363/sc_comes_from_behind/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 25
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = California
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| score = 0–14
| attend = 30,000
| source = {{cite news|title=California Bad, Trojans Worse|newspaper=Oakland Tribune|author=Art Cohn|date=October 26, 1941|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36077116/california_bad_trojans_worse/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| w/l = l
| opponent = Stanford
| opprank = 9
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 0–13
| attend = 87,000
| source = {{cite news|title=First Period Tells Tale: Throng of 87,000 Sees Indians Clinch Victory Early in Game|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|author=Paul Zimmerman|date=November 9, 1941|page=I-27|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36077281/first_period_tells_tale_throng_of/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 22
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Notre Dame
| opprank = 4
| site_stadium = Notre Dame Stadium
| site_cityst = Notre Dame, IN
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 18–20
| attend = 56,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Notre Dame Unbeaten: Irish Edge Out U.S.C., 20-18, In Season's Final|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|author=Arch Ward|date=November 23, 1941|page=II-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35832609/notre_dame_unbeaten_irish_edge_out/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 29
| w/l = l
| opponent = Washington
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| score = 13–14
| attend = 35,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Huskies Edge Troy, 14 To 13|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|author=Paul Zimmerman|date=November 30, 1941|page=I-27|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36077421/huskies_edge_troy_14_to_13/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = December 6
| w/l = t
| homecoming = y
| away = y
| opponent = UCLA
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| gamename = Victory Bell
| score = 7–7
| attend = 60,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Troy Rally Ties Bruins|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|author=Paul Zimmerman|date=December 7, 1941|page=I-33|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36041678/troy_rally_ties_bruins_77/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
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