1926 USC Trojans football team

1926 USC Trojans football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1926 record	8–2 (5–1 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Jones (2nd year)
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1926 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Stanford $	4	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	1
USC	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Oregon Agricultural	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Washington State	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Washington	3	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Oregon	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	4	–	1
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
Montana	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
California	0	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1926 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1926 college football season. In their second year under head coach Howard Jones, the Trojans compiled an 8–2 record (5–1 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 317 to 52. The season featured the first game in the Notre Dame–USC football rivalry; Notre Dame won by a 13 to 12 score in Los Angeles.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 25	Whittier*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 74–0	15,300
October 2	Santa Clara*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 42–0	27,400
October 9	Washington State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 16–7	34,700
October 16	Occidental*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 28–6	22,000
October 23	at California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 27–0	72,000
October 30	Stanford	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 12–13	78,500
November 11	vs. Oregon State	Multnomah Stadium • Portland, OR	W 17–7	26,000
November 20	Idaho	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 28–6	17,400
November 25	Montana	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 61–0	18,600
December 4	Notre Dame*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	L 12–13	74,378
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.