1947 USC Trojans football team

American college football season

1947 USC Trojans football
PCC champion
Rose Bowl, L 0–49 vs. Michigan
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 8
Record	7–2–1 (6–0 PCC)
Head coach	Jeff Cravath (6th season)
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons← 1946 1948 →

1947 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 USC $	6	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
No. 15 California	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Oregon	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
UCLA	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Montana	2	–	1	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Washington	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Stanford	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 USC Trojans football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southern California (USC) as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1947 college football season. In its sixth year under head coach Jeff Cravath, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record (6–0 against conference opponents), won the PCC championship, was ranked No. 8 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 193 to 114. The team lost to Notre Dame in the final game of the regular season and to Michigan in the 1948 Rose Bowl on New Year's Day.

Four USC players received first-team honors on the 1947 All-Pacific Coast football teams selected by the PCC coaches, the Associated Press (AP), and the United Press (UP): end Paul Cleary (Coaches-1, AP-1, UP-1); tackle John Ferraro (Coaches-1, AP-1, UP-1); halfback Don Doll (Coaches-1, AP-1, UP-1); and tackle Bob Hendren (AP-1). Cleary and Ferraro were later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

The team played its home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 27	Washington State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 21–0	48,173
October 4	Rice*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	T 7–7	64,231
October 11	at Ohio State*	No. 20	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 32–0	76,559
October 18	Oregon State	No. 11	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 48–6	61,301
October 25	at No. 4 California	No. 10	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 39–14	81,659
November 1	at Washington	No. 5	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 19–0	32,000
November 8	Stanford	No. 5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	W 14–0	59,749
November 22	No. 18 UCLA	No. 4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	W 6–0	102,050
December 6	No. 1 Notre Dame*	No. 3	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	L 7–38	104,953
January 1, 1948	vs. No. 2 Michigan*	No. 8	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	L 0–49	93,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
AP	20	11	10	5 (6)	5 (2)	5 (5)	4 (3)	4 (3)	3 (2)	8

Coaching staff

Head coach: Jeff Cravath
Assistant coaches: Roy "Bullet" Baker, Roy Engle, Norm Verry (asst. line coach), Sam Barry (chief scout), Pete McPhail (ends), Raymond George (head line coach)

References

"1947 USC Trojans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
"Coaches Pick All Coast". The Statesman, Salem, Oregon. December 5, 1947. p. 14.(Coaches)
"Van Brocklin Nabs AP All-Coast Slot". The Statesman, Salem, Oregon. November 25, 1947. p. 10.(AP)
Hal Wood (November 26, 1947). "Bruin, Troy Stars Dominate All-Coast Conference Squad". Nevada State Journal. p. 11.(UP)
Braven Dyer (September 28, 1947). "Trojans Capture Opener From Cougars, 21 To 0". Los Angeles Times. pp. II-5, II-6 – via Newspapers.com.
Braven Dyer (October 5, 1947). "Trojan Rally Nets 7-7 Deadlock With Owls". Los Angeles Times. pp. 13, 15 – via Newspapers.com.
Braven Dyer (October 12, 1947). "Trojans Grind Out 32-0 Victory Over Buckeyes; Naumu's Arm Broken". Los Angeles Times. p. II-5, II-7 – via Newspapers.com.
Braven Dyer (October 19, 1947). "Trojans Trounce Beavers, 48-6". Los Angeles Times. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
Emmons Byrne (October 26, 1947). "Trojans Burst UC Rose Bowl Bubble: Bears Laced 39-14 While 80,000 Watch". Oakland Tribune. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
Braven Dyer (November 2, 1947). "Trojans Overpower Huskies for 19-0 Win". Los Angeles Times. pp. 10–11 – via Newspapers.com.
Braven Dyer (November 9, 1947). "Trojans Hard-Pressed to Top Injuns, 14-0". Los Angeles Times. pp. 12, 14 – via Newspapers.com.
Paul Zimmerman (November 23, 1947). "Trojans Nod. Bruins, 6-0, for Bowl Bid". Los Angeles Times. pp. 1, 14 – via Newspapers.com.
Braven Dyer (December 7, 1947). "'Greatest Notre Dame Team' Ruins SC". Los Angeles Times. pp. 11–12 – via Newspapers.com.
Paul Zimmerman (January 2, 1948). "Wolverines Rout Troy by 49 to 0: Crowd of 93,000 Sees Mighty Michigan Hand S.C. Worst Loss". Los Angeles Times. pp. 1, 15 – via Newspapers.com.
1948 El Rodeo (USC yearbook), approximately p. 212.
1948 El Rodeo (USC yearbook), approximately pages 213-214.

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
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Pac-12 Conference football champions
Pacific Coast	Washington (1916) Washington State (1917) California (1918) Oregon & Washington (1919) California (1920) California (1921) California (1922) California (1923) California & Stanford (1924) Washington (1925) Stanford (1926) Idaho, Stanford, & USC (1927) USC (1928) California, Oregon, Stanford, & USC (1929) Washington State (1930) USC (1931) USC (1932) Oregon & Stanford (1933) Stanford (1934) California, Stanford, & UCLA (1935) Washington (1936) California (1937) California & USC (1938) USC (1939) Stanford (1940) Oregon State (1941) UCLA (1942) USC (1943) USC (1944) USC (1945) UCLA (1946) USC (1947) California & Oregon (1948) California (1949) California (1950) Stanford (1951) USC (1952) UCLA (1953) UCLA (1954) UCLA (1955) Oregon State (1956) Oregon & Oregon State (1957) California (1958)
AAWU	UCLA, USC, & Washington (1959) Washington (1960) UCLA (1961) USC (1962) Washington (1963) Oregon State & USC (1964) UCLA (1965) USC (1966) USC (1967)
Pacific-8	USC (1968) USC (1969) Stanford (1970) Stanford (1971) USC (1972) USC (1973) USC (1974) California & UCLA (1975) USC (1976) Washington (1977)
Pacific-10	USC (1978) USC (1979) Washington (1980) Washington (1981) UCLA (1982) UCLA (1983) USC (1984) UCLA (1985) Arizona State (1986) USC & UCLA (1987) USC (1988) USC (1989) Washington (1990) Washington (1991) Washington & Stanford (1992) Arizona, UCLA, & USC (1993) Oregon (1994) USC & Washington (1995) Arizona State (1996) UCLA & Washington State (1997) UCLA (1998) Stanford (1999) Oregon, Oregon State, & Washington (2000) Oregon (2001) USC & Washington State (2002) USC (2003) USC (2004) vacated USC (2005) vacated California & USC (2006) Arizona State & USC (2007) USC (2008) Oregon (2009) Oregon (2010)
Pac-12	Oregon (2011) Stanford (2012) Stanford (2013) Oregon (2014) Stanford (2015) Washington (2016) USC (2017) Washington (2018) Oregon (2019) Oregon (2020) Utah (2021) Utah (2022) Washington (2023)
National championships in bold

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