1917 USC Trojans football team

American college football season

1917 USC Trojans football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–2–1
Head coach	Dean Cromwell (4th season)
Captain	Frank Malette
Home stadium	Bovard Field
Seasons← 1916 1918 →

1917 Western college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Saint Mary's		–		8	–	1	–	1
Hawaii		–		4	–	0	–	1
USC		–		4	–	2	–	1
New Mexico A&M		–		4	–	2	–	0
Arizona		–		3	–	2	–	0
New Mexico		–		1	–	2	–	0
University Farm		–		1	–	2	–	0
Nevada		–		1	–	3	–	0
Montana		–		1	–	4	–	0

The 1917 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1917 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Dean Cromwell, the Trojans compiled a 4–2–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 127 to 47.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 20	2:30 p.m.	Arizona	Bovard Field Los Angeles, CA	W 31–6	2,000
October 27		Saint Mary's	Bovard Field Los Angeles, CA	L 0–7
November 3		at US Army, 21st Infantry	San Diego, CA	W 3–0	5,000
November 10		Fort MacArthur	Bovard Field Los Angeles, CA	W 42–0
November 17		at Utah	Cummings Field Salt Lake City, UT	W 51–0
November 24		vs. Mare Island	Washington Park Los Angeles, CA	L 0–34	3,000
November 29		California	Bovard Field Los Angeles, CA	T 0–0	10,000

References

"Southern California Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
"Arizona, U. S. C. Grid Eleven Clash At Bovard Field". Evening Express. Los Angeles, California. October 13, 1917. p. 17. Retrieved October 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
"Arizona Moleskin Warriors Lose To California Lads". The Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. October 21, 1917. p. 4. Retrieved October 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
"Hard Fought: Saints Victors Over U.S.C. in Close Scrap". Los Angeles Times. October 28, 1917. p. VI-10 – via Newspapers.com.
"Marines Down U.S.C. 34 to 0". Los Angeles Times. November 25, 1917. p. IV-12 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e USC Trojans football
Venues	Athletic Park (1895–1898) Fiesta Park (1897–1898, 1901–1902, 1904–1906, 1916) Chutes Park (1900) Prager Park (1903) Bovard Field (1904–1910, 1914–1915, 1917–1923) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1923–present) Jones Field/Kennedy Field (practice)
Bowls and rivalries	Bowl games Notre Dame Stanford UCLA: Victory Bell
Culture and lore	Traveler George Tirebiter Giles Pellerin "Fight On" Spirit of Troy Student Body Right Tommy Trojan Tribute to Troy Athletics scandal 1967 "Game of the Century" "Bush Push" 2007 Stanford game So This Is College
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911–1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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