The 1929 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1929 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Howard Jones, the Trojans compiled a 10âÂÂ2 record (6âÂÂ1 against conference opponents), were Pacific Coast Conference co-champions, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 492 to 69. The team defeated Pittsburgh 47âÂÂ14 in the 1930 Rose Bowl and was retroactively selected as the 1929 national champion under the Houlgate System and also retroactively selected as the national champion under the Berryman QPRS system and as a co-national champion by Jeff Sagarin.
Schedule
Game summaries
UCLA
- Russ Saunders 14 rushes, 234 yards
Roster
- Frank Anthony, T
- Marger Apsit, HB
- Garrett Arbelbide, HB-E
- Nate Barragar, C
- Johnny Baker, G
- Henry Becker, HB
- Ward Bond, T
- Everett Brown, QB
- Mahlon Chambers, QB
- George Decker, T
- Vaughn Deranian, G
- Marshall Duffield, QB
- Harvey Durkee, E
- George Dye, C
- Harry Edelson, HB
- Clark Galloway, G
- Robert Gowder, G
- Robert H. Hall, T
- Harold Hammack, HB
- Jess Hill, FB
- Cecil Wayne Hoff, T
- J. Howard Joslin, E
- Anthony Jurich, HB
- Rockwell Kemp, QB
- William Karl Kreiger, E
- Thomas Mallory, HB
- Jess Mortensen, HB
- Don Moses, FB
- Jim Musick, FB
- David Neidhardt, C
- Erny Pinckert, HB
- Russ Saunders, FB
- William Seitz, T
- Gaius Shaver, QB
- Jesse Shaw, T
- Barry Stephens, HB
- Tony Steponovich, E
- Francis Tappaan, E
- George Templeton, C
- Cliff Thiede, QB
- James Truher, E
- John Ward, T
- Julian Whittier, G
- Ralph O. Wilcox, E
- Thomas Wilcox, FB
- Stan Williamson, C
- Charles R. Willingham, FB
- John Irving Winfield, G
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