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1932 USC Trojans football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1932
team	USC Trojans
sport	football
conference	Pacific Coast Conference
short_conf	PCC
record	10–0
conf_record	6–0
head_coach	Howard Jones
hc_year	8th
off_scheme	Single-wing
captain	Tay Brown
stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
champion	National champion (nine selectors)
Co-national champion (Davis, Sagarin)
PCC champion
Rose Bowl champion
bowl	[Rose Bowl](1933-rose-bowl)
bowl_result	W 35–0 vs. [Pittsburgh](1932-pittsburgh-panthers-football-team)

Co-national champion (Davis, Sagarin) PCC champion Rose Bowl champion The 1932 USC Trojans football team is an American football team that represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1932 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Howard Jones, the team compiled a perfect 10–0 record (6–0 against conference opponents), won the PCC championship, shut out eight of ten opponents, defeated Pittsburgh in the 1933 Rose Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 201 to 13.

The Knute K. Rockne Trophy was presented at the end of the season to the team deemed to be the national champion using the Dickinson System, a rating system developed by Frank G. Dickinson, a professor of economics of the University of Illinois. Michigan won the Rockne Trophy, edging USC by a margin of 28.47 to 26.81. However, USC was recognized as the 1932 national champion in several other rankings, including Berryman, Billingsley, Boand, Dunkel, College Football Researchers Association, Helms, Houlgate, National Championship Foundation, Poling, and Williamson.

Tackle Ernie Smith was a consensus first-team pick for the 1932 All-America team. Guard Aaron Rosenberg was also selected as a first-team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America and Liberty magazine. Six USC players were selected as first-team players on the 1932 All-Pacific Coast football team: Ernie Smith (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1); Rosenberg (AP-1; NEA-1); Tay Brown at tackle (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1); Orville Mohler at quarterback (NEA-1; UP-1); Homer Griffith at quarterback (AP-1); and Ray Sparling at end (NEA-1).

Schedule

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Roster

Dick Barber, FB
Oliver Bardin, G
Francis Beard, G
Julius Bescos, E
Henry Biggs, E
Kenneth Bright, HB
Tay Brown, T
Ward Browning, E
Gordon Clark, HB
Cal Clemens, HB
Alvie Coughlin, T
Corwin Dunning, C
John Dye, G
Robert Erskine, T
Kenneth Fay, HB
Bob Fuhrer, E
Byron Gentry, G
Bob Getz, FB
Homer Griffith, QB
David Harlan, T
Hueston Harper, T
Ellwood Jorgenson, T
Anthony Jurich, HB
Garland Matthews, QB
Francis McGinley, G
Bob McNeish, HB
Orville Mohler, QB
Neil Norris, E
George Lady, T
Robert Love, E
Robert Morrison, FB
David Packard, T
Ford Palmer, E
Alfred Plaehn, T
Al Reboin, HB
Gene Ridings, FB
Aaron Rosenberg, G
John Seixas, E
Kenneth Shannon, HB
Ernie Smith, T
Stanley Smith, G
Raymond Sparling, E
Lawrence Stevens, G
Howie Tipton, HB
Cotton Warburton, QB
James Webb, HB
Frank Williamson, G
Jack Williamson
Haskell Robert "Inky" Wotkyns, FB
Curt Youel, C

References

"1932 USC Trojans Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
(December 11, 1932). "Michigan Given Dickinson Award as Grid Champs". Waterloo Sunday Courier.
(July 2017). "2017 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records". The National Collegiate Athletic Association.
Braven Dyer. (September 25, 1932). "Trojans Down Utah In Grid Opener, 35 to 0". Los Angeles Times.
(October 2, 1932). "Trojans Lucky To Win Over Cougars, 20-0". Los Angeles Times.
Braven Dyer. (October 9, 1932). "Trojans Subdue Battling Beavers, 10 to 0". Los Angeles Times.
Braven Dyer. (October 16, 1932). "Battling Loyola Lions Hold Trojans to 6-0". Los Angeles Times.
(October 23, 1932). "Trojans Quell Indian Uprising, 13-0". San Francisco Examiner.
Bill Henry. (November 6, 1932). "Alert Trojan Defense Topples Bears, 27-7". Los Angeles Times.
Bill Henry. (November 13, 1932). "Oregon Wilts Under Trojan 33-to-0 Drive". Los Angeles Times.
Braven Dyer. (November 25, 1932). "Trojans Win, 9 to 6; Cinch Championship; Clemens' Boot Does The Work". Los Angeles Times.
Braven Dyer. (December 11, 1932). "Troy Grids Trim Irish; Notre Dame Loses 13-to-0 Game; Crowd of 100,000 Spectators Sees Trojan Eleven Score Impressive Victory". Los Angeles Times.
Bill Henry. (January 3, 1933). "Troy Skins Panther: Pitt Humbled by Trojans, 35-0". Los Angeles Times.
. ["All-Time Letterwinners"](https://usctrojans.com/documents/2017/6/26//football_9_letterwinners.pdf?id=6724). *USC Athletics*.

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