1969 USC Trojans football team

The 1969 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. In their tenth year under head coach John McKay, the Trojans compiled a 10–0–1 record (6–0 against conference opponents), won the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) championship, defeated Michigan in the Rose Bowl, and outscored their opponents 261 to 128. The team was ranked third in the final AP Poll and fourth in the final Coaches Poll.

1969 USC Trojans football
Pac-8 champion
Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 10–3 vs. Michigan
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 3
Record10–0–1 (6–0 Pac-8)
Head coach
Captains
  • Jim Gunn
  • Bob Jensen
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1969 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 USC $ 6 0 010 0 1
No. 13 UCLA 5 1 18 1 1
No. 19 Stanford 5 1 17 2 1
Oregon State 4 3 06 4 0
Oregon 2 3 05 5 1
California 2 4 05 5 0
Washington 1 6 01 9 0
Washington State 0 7 01 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Jim Jones led the team in passing, completing 88 of 210 passes for 1,230 yards with 13 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Clarence Davis led the team in rushing with 297 carries for 1,357 yards and nine touchdowns. Sam Dickerson led the team in receiving with 24 catches for 473 yards and six touchdowns.

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