The 1929 USC Trojans football team represented the

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(USC) in the

1929 college football season The 1929 college football season saw a number of unbeaten and untied teams. Purdue, Tulane, Notre Dame and Pittsburgh all finished the regular season with wins over all their opponents. Notre Dame was recognized as national champion by two of thre ...

. In their fifth year under head coach Howard Jones, the Trojans compiled a 10–2 record (6–1 against conference opponents), won the

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championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 492 to 69. The team defeated

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47–14 in the

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and also retroactively selected as the national champion under the

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system and as a co-national champion by

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Schedule

Season summary

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