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Southern California Football Team History


Southern California Trojans
University of Southern California
 Los Angeles, CA
Founded: 1880
Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Capacity: 92,000
Colors: Cardinal & Gold
Coach: Lincoln Riley
Conference: Big 10-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference

Southern California 
Team Timeline
First Team: 1888  
  1911 - Did not field a team 1911-1913.
  2004 - Vacated the last 2 wins in 2004, and all 12 wins from 2005, 2004 BCS Championship and Pacific-10 Conference titles from both years.
  2013 - Lane Kiffin was fired on September 29. He was replaced by interim head coach Ed Orgeron. Clay Helton led the Trojans in the Las Vegas Bowl.
  2015 - Clay Helton became the interim head coach after Steve Sarkisian took a leave of absence, and was then subsequently fired.
  2021 - Helton was fired on September 13. Associate head coach Donte Williams took over as the interim head coach.
 
Championships
National Championships
1931, 1932, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1978
2003, 2004
Conference Championships
  1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1938, 1939
1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1952, 1959, 1962, 1964
1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976
1978, 1979, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1995
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2017
Division Championships
  2015, 2017, 2020
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 875-369-54
 Winning Pct. 70%
 Vacated Wins 14
 Forfeit Wins 0
 Adjusted Record 875-369-54
 Winning Pct. 70%
 National Championships 9
 Conference Titles 39
 Division Titles 3
 Conference Record 473-198-29
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 534-176-33
 Away Record 305-169-21
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 133
 Winning Seasons (#1) 103
 Losing Seasons (#1)17
 Most Wins in A Season 12 (2008)
 Most Loses in A Season 9 (1957)
 10 Win Seasons 28
 Most Points Scored in a Game 80 (10/3/1925)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 638 (2005)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 62 (11/3/2012)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 447 (2023)
 Largest Margin of Victory 80 (10/3/1925)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 51 (11/26/1966)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 113 (11/3/2012)
 Last Shutout 11/26/2011
 Last Time Shutout 11/1/1997
 Shutouts All-Time 248
 Been Shutout All-Time 84
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 25 (10/3/1931-10/14/1933)
 Longest Losing  6 (10/19/1991-11/23/1991)
 
Bowl Records
 Overall Record 35-21-0
 Rose 25-9-0
 Cotton 1-2-0
 Orange 1-0-0
 Fiesta 0-1-0
 Sugar 0-0-0
 
By the Decade
 2020-29  28-17
 2010-19  86-45
 2000-09  88-26
 1990-99 68-49
 1980-89 78-36-3
 1970-79 93-21-5
 1960-69 76-25-4
 1950-59 60-38-4
 1940-49 57-33-9
 1930-39 72-25-9
 1920-29 87-13-2
Next Game
 9/1/2024 (Sun)  
 Louisiana State in a Non-Conference Game
@ Las Vegas
Last Time: Southern California lost 3-23 in 1984.
All-Time:
 Southern California vs. Louisiana State 1-1-0 50.0% 
 
2024 Season
 Sun., Sep. 1   Louisiana State
 Sat., Sep. 7  vs. Utah
 Sat., Sep. 14  OPEN 
 Sat., Sep. 21  @ Michigan
 Sat., Sep. 28  vs. Wisconsin
 Sat., Oct. 5  @ Minnesota
 Sat., Oct. 12  vs. Penn State
 Sat., Oct. 19  @ Maryland
 Sat., Oct. 26  vs. Rutgers
 Sat., Nov. 2  @ Washington
 Sat., Nov. 9  OPEN 
 Sat., Nov. 16  vs. Nebraska
 Sat., Nov. 23  @ UCLA
 Sat., Nov. 30  vs. Notre Dame
 
2024 Season Totals
  Record0-0
  Scoring0-0
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record0-0
  Away Record0-0
 
2024 Big 10  Standings
 Season   Conference 
Illinois 0-0
Indiana 0-0
Iowa 0-0
Maryland 0-0
Michigan 0-0
Michigan State 0-0
Minnesota 0-0
Nebraska 0-0
Northwestern 0-0
Ohio State 0-0
Oregon 0-0
Penn State 0-0
Purdue 0-0
Rutgers 0-0
Southern California 0-0
UCLA 0-0
Washington 0-0
Wisconsin 0-0
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Southern California & California have played 109 games.
Southern California has won 72 games.
California has won 32 games.
with 5 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 0-9
 10 or more 202-79
 20 or more  190-56
 30 or more 148-22
 40 or more 96-6
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 39-0
 10 or more 163-88
 20 or more 88-79
 30 or more 30-57
 40 or more 7-26
 
  
 
Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

Great Moments in College Football History

The biggest crowd for a college football game was 114,000 for the 1926 Army-Navy Game. The game ended in a tie when it became too dark to play.