1940 USC Trojans football team

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1940 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Stanford $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
No. 10 Washington	7	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Oregon State	4	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Washington State	3	–	4	–	2			4	–	4	–	2
Oregon	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
California	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
USC	2	–	3	–	2			3	–	4	–	2
Montana	1	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
UCLA	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Idaho	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	7	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1940 college football season. In their 16th year under head coach Howard Jones, the Trojans compiled a 3–4–2 record (2–3–2 against conference opponents), finished in seventh place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 98 to 88.

Schedule

September 28Washington State

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA

T 14–14 40,000 October 5Oregon State

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA

T 0–0 50,000 October 12at Illinois*

• Memorial Stadium
• Champaign, IL

W 13–7 30,125 October 19OregonNo. 17

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA

W 13–0 35,000 October 26at No. 9 StanfordNo. 17

• Stanford Stadium
• Palo Alto, CA

L 7–21 60,000 November 9California

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA

L 7–20 50,000 November 16at No. 17 Washington

• Husky Stadium
• Seattle, WA

L 0–14 27,000 November 30UCLA

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)

W 28–12 70,000 December 7Notre Dame*

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)

L 6–10 85,808