1946 USC Trojans football team

1946 USC Trojans football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	6–4 (5–2 PCC)
Head coach	Jeff Cravath (5th season)
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1946 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 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

The 1946 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1946 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Jeff Cravath, the Trojans compiled a 6–4 record (5–2 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the Pacific Coast Conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 158 to 106.

Schedule

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. 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 Stanford		Stanford Stadium Palo Alto, CA (rivalry)	W 28–20	50,000
November 2	Oregon		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 43–0	45,885
November 9	California	No. 14	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 14–0	60,398
November 23	at No. 4 UCLA	No. 10	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	L 6–13	93,714
November 30	at No. 2 Notre Dame*	No. 16	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	L 6–26	55,298
December 21	at Tulane*		Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 20–13	25,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game