1951 USC Trojans football team

1951 USC Trojans football
1951 USC Trojans football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	7–3 (4–2 PCC)
Head coach	Jess Hill (1st season);
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

The 1951 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC_) during the 1951 college football season. Led by first year head coach Jess Hill, the Trojans compiled an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, placing fourth in the PCC. USC played home games at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles.

1951 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Stanford $	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 17 UCLA	4	–	1	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
No. 12 California	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
USC	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Washington State	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Washington	1	–	5	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Oregon	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Idaho	0	–	3	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	Washington State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 31–21	28,876
September 29	Naval Training Center San Diego*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 41–7	26,574	^[1]
October 6	at No. 12 Washington		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 20–13	43,747
October 13	No. 18 Oregon State	No. 14	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 16–14	36,400
October 20	at No. 1 California	No. 11	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 21–14	81,490
October 27	TCU*	No. 6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 28–26	50,732	^[2]
November 3	Army*	No. 7	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 28–6	16,508	^[3]
November 10	No. 7 Stanford	No. 6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	L 20–27	96,130	^[4]^[5]^[6]
November 24	UCLA	No. 11	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	L 7–21	71,738
December 1	Notre Dame*	No. 20	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	L 12–19	55,783
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Head coach: Jess Hill^[7]
Assistant coaches: Walter Hargesheimer (backfield coach), Mel Hein (line coach), Joe Muha (backfield coach), Bill Fisk (end coach), Don Clark (line coach), Jess Mortensen (junior varsity coach), Hilton A. Green (senior manager)^[8]

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.