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1949 USC Trojans football
1949 USC Trojans football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	5–3–1 (4–2 PCC)
Head coach	Jeff Cravath (8th season);
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1948 1950 →

1949 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 California $	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
UCLA	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Stanford	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	1
USC	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Oregon State	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Washington	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Montana	0	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1949 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Jeff Cravath, the Trojans compiled a 5–3–1 record (4–2 against conference opponents), finished in a tie for third place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 214 to 170.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24	Navy*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 42–20	62,787
October 1	Washington State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 35–7	36,243
October 8	No. 11 Ohio State*	No. 8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	T 13–13	62,877
October 15	at No. 9 California	No. 12	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 10–16	81,500
October 22	Oregon	No. 19	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 40–13	47,098
October 29	at Washington	No. 15	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 40–28	33,205
November 5	Stanford	No. 12	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	L 13–34	70,041
November 19	UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	W 21–7	75,026
November 26	at No. 1 Notre Dame*	No. 17	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	L 0–32	57,214
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	8	12	19	15	12	—	—	17	—

Head coach: Jeff Cravath^[2]
Assistant coaches: Roy "Bullet" Baker (backfield coach), Ray George (line coach), Sam Barry (head scout), Bill Fisk (end coach), Walt Hargesheimer (backfield coach), Harry Smith (freshman coach)^[3]

^ "Southern California Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
^ 1950 El Rodeo (USC yearbook), p. 233.
^ 1950 El Rodeo (USC yearbook), pages 234-235.