USC Trojans football under Jeff Cravath

Jeff Cravath was the coach of the University of Southern California's football team from 1942 to 1950. He compiled a 54-28-8 record, and was succeeded by Jess Hill.

Contents 1 1942 2 1943 3 1944 4 1945 5 1946 6 1947 7 1948 8 1949 9 1950 10 References

1942

1942 USC Trojans football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1942 record	5–5–1 (4–2–1 PCC)
Head coach	Jeff Cravath
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1941 1943 »

1942 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#13 UCLA †	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Washington State	5	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
#12 Stanford	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
USC	4	–	2	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Oregon State	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Washington	3	–	3	–	2			4	–	3	–	3
California	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Idaho	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Montana	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	8	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	Tulane*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 13–27	45,000
October 3	at Washington		Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	T 0–0	26,000
October 10	at #1 Ohio State*		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 12–28	56,436
October 17	#10 Washington State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 26–12	33,000
October 24	vs. Stanford		Kezar Stadium • San Francisco, CA	L 6–14	25,000
November 7	California		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 21–7	37,500
November 14	Oregon		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 40–0	33,000
November 28	#8 Notre Dame*	#14	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Notre Dame-USC rivalry)	L 0–13	94,519
December 5	Montana		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 38–0	25,000
December 12	#13 UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	L 7–14	90,000
December 19	Saint Mary's Pre-Flight*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 21–13	6,643
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1943

1943 USC Trojans football
Pacific Coast Conference Champions Rose Bowl Champions
Rose Bowl vs. Washington, W, 29–0
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1943 record	8–2 (5–0 PCC)
Head coach	Jeff Cravath
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1942 1944 »

1943 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
USC †	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
California	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
#12 Washington	0	–	1	–	0			4	–	1	–	0
UCLA	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 25	at UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	W 20–0	50,000
October 2	at California		California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 7–0	35,000
October 9	Saint Mary's Pre-Flight*	#10	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 13–0	30,000
October 16	at San Francisco*	#8	San Francisco, CA	W 34–0	6,000
October 23	#6 Pacific*	#7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 6–0	65,000
October 30	#20 California	#5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 13–0	45,000
November 6	San Diego Navy*	#4	San Diego, CA	L 7–10	6,00
November 13	#15 March Field, 4th Air Force*	#9	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 0–35	30,000
November 27	UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	W 26–13	35,000
January 1	vs. #12 Washington		Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	W 29–0	68,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1944

1944 USC Trojans football
Pacific Coast Conference Champions Rose Bowl Champions
Rose Bowl vs. Tennessee, W, 25–0
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	#7
1944 record	8–0–2 (3–0–2 PCC)
Head coach	Jeff Cravath
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1943 1945 »

1944 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#7 USC †	3	–	0	–	2			8	–	0	–	2
Washington	1	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
UCLA	1	–	2	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
California	1	–	3	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 33	UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	T 13–13	60,000
September 30	Pacific*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 18–6	30,000
October 7	California		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	T 6–6	40,000
October 14	vs. Saint Mary's Pre-Flight*		Ratcliffe Stadium • Fresno, CA	W 6–0	13,500
October 23	Washington	#15	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 38–7	62,865
October 28	Saint Mary's		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 34–7	20,000
November 4	San Diego Navy*	#13	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 28–21	28,000
November 18	at California	#12	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 32–0	40,000
November 25	at UCLA	#8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	W 40–13	77,903
January 1	vs. #12 Tennessee*	#7	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	W 25–0	91,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1945

1945 USC Trojans football
Pacific Coast Conference Champions
Rose Bowl vs. Alabama, L, 14–34
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	#11
1945 record	7–4 (5–1 PCC)
Head coach	Jeff Cravath
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1944 1946 »

1945 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#11 USC †	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Washington State	6	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Washington	6	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Oregon State	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
UCLA	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
California	2	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Oregon	3	–	6	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Idaho	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
Montana	0	–	1	–	0			1	–	4	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 21	at UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	W 13–6	81,000
September 29	at California		California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 13–2	52,000
October 6	Saint Mary's Pre-Flight*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 26–14	25,000
October 13	at San Diego Navy*	#6	San Diego, CA	L 6–33	6,000
October 20	Pacific*	#14	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 52–0	10,000
October 27	at Washington	#20	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	L 7–13	40,000
November 3	#8 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 0–26	76,378
November 10	California		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 14–0	35,000
November 24	Oregon State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 34–7	30,000
December 1	UCLA	#16	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	W 26–15	103,000
January 1	vs. #2 Alabama*	#11	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	L 14–34	93,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1946

1946 USC Trojans football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1946 record	6–4 (5–2 PCC)
Head coach	Jeff Cravath
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1945 1947 »

1946 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#4 UCLA †	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Oregon State	6	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
USC	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Washington	5	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Stanford	3	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Oregon	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Montana	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Washington State	1	–	5	–	1			1	–	6	–	1
California	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Idaho	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 27	Washington State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 13–7	68,282
October 5	Ohio State*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 0–21	80,047
October 12	vs. [[{{{school}}}|Oregon State]]		Multnomah Stadium • Portland, OR	L 0–6	29,594
October 19	Washington		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 28–0	42,507
October 26	at [[{{{school}}}|Stanford]]		Stanford Stadium • Palo Alto, CA	W 28–20	50,000
November 2	[[{{{school}}}|Oregon]]		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 43–0	45,885
November 9	[[{{{school}}}|California]]	#14	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 14–0	60,398
November 23	at #4 [[{{{school}}}|UCLA]]	#10	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	L 6–13	93,714
November 30	at #2 Notre Dame*	#16	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Notre Dame-USC rivalry)	L 6–26	55,298
December 21	at [[{{{school}}}|Tulane]]*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 20–13	25,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1947

1947 USC Trojans football
Pacific Coast Conference Champions
Rose Bowl vs. Michigan, L, 0–49
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	#8
1947 record	7–2–1 (6–0 PCC)
Head coach	Jeff Cravath
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1946 1948 »

1947 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#8 USC †	6	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
#15 [[{{{school}}}|California]]	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Oregon]]	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|UCLA]]	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Montana	2	–	1	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Oregon State]]	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Washington	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Washington State]]	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Idaho]]	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Stanford	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 27	[[{{{school}}}|Washington State]]		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 21–0	48,173
October 4	[[{{{school}}}|Rice]]*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	T 7–7	64,231
October 11	at Ohio State*	#20	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 32–0	76,559
October 18	[[{{{school}}}|Oregon State]]	#11	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 48–6	61,301
October 25	at #4 [[{{{school}}}|California]]	#10	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 39–14	81,659
November 1	at Washington	#5	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 19–0	32,000
November 8	Stanford	#5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 14–0	59,749
November 22	#18 [[{{{school}}}|UCLA]]	#4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	W 6–0	102,050
December 6	#1 Notre Dame*	#3	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Notre Dame-USC rivalry)	L 7–38	104,953
January 1	vs. #2 Michigan*	#8	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	L 0–49	93,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1948

1948 USC Trojans football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1948 record	6–3–1 (4–2 PCC)
Head coach	Jeff Cravath
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1947 1949 »

1948 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#9 [[{{{school}}}|Oregon]] †	7	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
#4 [[{{{school}}}|California]]	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
USC	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
[[{{{school}}}|Washington State]]	4	–	3	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
[[{{{school}}}|Stanford]]	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Oregon State]]	2	–	3	–	2			5	–	4	–	3
Washington	2	–	5	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
[[{{{school}}}|UCLA]]	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Idaho]]	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Montana	0	–	3	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 17	Utah*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 27–0	55,211
September 24	[[{{{school}}}|Oregon State]]		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 21–6	50,237
October 2	at Ohio State*		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 0–20	75,102
October 9	[[{{{school}}}|Rice]]*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 7–0	49,531
October 16	vs. [[{{{school}}}|Oregon]]		Multnomah Stadium • Portland, OR	L 7–8	32,600
October 23	at [[{{{school}}}|Stanford]]		Stanford Stadium • Palo Alto, CA	W 7–6	40,000
October 30	#6 [[{{{school}}}|California]]		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 7–13	90,890
November 13	Washington		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 32–7	44,345
November 20	at [[{{{school}}}|UCLA]]		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	W 20–13	76,577
December 4	#2 Notre Dame*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Notre Dame-USC rivalry)	T 14–14	100,571
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1949

1949 USC Trojans football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1949 record	5–3–1 (4–2 PCC)
Head coach	Jeff Cravath
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1948 1950 »

1949 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#3 [[{{{school}}}|California]] †	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|UCLA]]	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Stanford]]	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	1
USC	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
[[{{{school}}}|Oregon State]]	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Oregon]]	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Washington	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Washington State]]	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Idaho]]	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Montana	0	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24	[[{{{school}}}|Navy]]*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 42–20	62,787
October 1	[[{{{school}}}|Washington State]]		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 35–7	36,243
October 8	#11 Ohio State*	#8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	T 13–13	62,877
October 15	at #9 [[{{{school}}}|California]]	#12	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	L 10–16	81,500
October 22	[[{{{school}}}|Oregon]]	#19	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 40–13	47,098
October 29	at Washington	#15	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 40–28	33,205
November 5	[[{{{school}}}|Stanford]]	#12	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 13–34	70,041
November 19	[[{{{school}}}|UCLA]]		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	W 21–7	75,026
November 26	at #1 Notre Dame*	#17	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Notre Dame-USC rivalry)	L 0–32	57,214
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1950

1950 USC Trojans football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1950 record	2–5–2 (1–3–2 PCC)
Head coach	Jeff Cravath
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1949 1951 »

1950 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#5 [[{{{school}}}|California]] †	5	–	0	–	1			9	–	1	–	1
#11 Washington	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|UCLA]]	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Stanford	2	–	2	–	2			5	–	3	–	2
[[{{{school}}}|Idaho]]	1	–	1	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
[[{{{school}}}|Washington State]]	2	–	3	–	2			4	–	3	–	2
USC	1	–	3	–	2			2	–	5	–	2
[[{{{school}}}|Oregon State]]	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Oregon]]	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29	[[{{{school}}}|Iowa]]*	#12	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 14–20	45,167
October 7	at [[{{{school}}}|Washington State]]		Rogers Field • Pullman, WA	T 20–20	16,000
October 14	#7 [[{{{school}}}|California]]		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 7–13	55,468
October 21	vs. [[{{{school}}}|Navy]]*		Memorial Stadium • Baltimore, MD	L 14–27	24,300
October 28	[[{{{school}}}|Oregon]]		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 30–21	27,008
November 4	at Stanford		Stanford Stadium • Palo Alto, CA	T 7–7	40,000
November 18	#19 Washington		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 13–28	23,442
November 25	at [[{{{school}}}|UCLA]]		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	L 0–39	51,906
December 2	Notre Dame*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Notre Dame-USC rivalry)	W 9–7	70,177
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

References

• "2010 Football Media Guide". USC Athletic Department. p. 90. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/usc/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2010-m-footbl-media-guide.pdf. 
• Associated Press Final Season Polls
• "Year-by-Year Final Coaches' Polls". American Football Coaches Association. http://www.afca.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9300&ATCLID=639517. 

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