1941 USC Trojans football team
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The 1941 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California
during the 1941 college football season
. The season was the only one coached by Sam Barry
who took over for Howard Jones, who died during the previous off-season. Barry also coached USC's basketball and baseball teams. The Trojans competed in the Pacific Coast Conference
, where they finished eighth out of ten.
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
during the 1941 college football season
1941 college football season
The 1941 college football regular season ended with the Golden Gophers of the University of Minnesota repeating as the AP Poll national champion. This was Minnesota's fifth national championship in eight years...
. The season was the only one coached by Sam Barry
Sam Barry
Justin McCarthy "Sam" Barry was an American collegiate athletic coach who achieved significant accomplishments in three major sports. He remains one of only three coaches to lead teams to both the Final Four and the College World Series.-Early career:Barry was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota...
who took over for Howard Jones, who died during the previous off-season. Barry also coached USC's basketball and baseball teams. The Trojans competed in the Pacific Coast Conference
Pacific Coast Conference
The Pacific Coast Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States which existed from 1915 to 1959. Though the Pacific-12 Conference claims the PCC's history as part of its own, the older league had a completely different charter and was disbanded in 1959 due to a major crisis...
, where they finished eighth out of ten.