1928 USC Trojans football team

1928 USC Trojans football
National champion (Dickinson) Co-national champion (Sagarin) Pacific Coast Conference champion
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	9–0–1 (4–0–1 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Jones (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Single wing
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1928 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 USC $	4	–	0	–	1			9	–	0	–	1
No. 2 California ^	3	–	0	–	2			6	–	2	–	2
No. 4 Stanford	4	–	1	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
Oregon	4	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Washington State	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Idaho	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
Washington	2	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
UCLA	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Montana	0	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
$ – Conference champion ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative (USC declined) Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1928 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 1928 college football season. The Trojans went undefeated and won the Pacific Coast Conference championship, but declined to participate in the 1929 Rose Bowl, which California attended in their place. Although the team did not attend a bowl, USC claims a national championship, and was ranked first in the Dickinson System rankings for 1928.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29	Utah State*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 40–12	31,000
October 6	Oregon State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 19–0	50,000
October 13	St. Mary's*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 19–6	40,000
October 20	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	T 0–0	74,245
October 27	Occidental*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 19–0	40,000
November 3	Stanford	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	W 10–0	80,000
November 10	Arizona*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 78–7	20,000
November 17	Washington State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 27–13	33,000
November 24	Idaho	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 28–7	10,000
December 1	Notre Dame*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	W 27–14	72,632
*Non-conference game Homecoming