1959 USC Trojans football team

1959 USC Trojans football

AAWU champion
Conference	Athletic Association of Western Universities
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 14
1959 record	8–2 (3–1 AAWU)
Head coach	Don Clark (3rd year)
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1959 AAWU football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#8 Washington * +	3	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
#14 USC +	3	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
UCLA +	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
California	1	–	3	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Stanford	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions * – Selected as Rose Bowl representative Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1959 college football season. In their third year under head coach Don Clark, the Trojans compiled a 8–2 record (3–1 against conference opponents), finished in a tie for the Athletic Association of Western Universities championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 195 to 90.^[1] Total attendance for all 10 games was 453,865.^[2]

Ben Charles led the team in passing with 20 of 46 passes completed for 348 yards, four touchdowns and three interceptions. Jerry Traynham led the team in rushing with 123 carries for 583 yards and two touchdowns. Luther Hayes was the leading receiver with nine catches for 179 yards and two touchdowns.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 19	vs. Oregon State*		Multnomah Stadium • Portland, Oregon	W 27–6	23,895
September 25	Pittsburgh*	No. 11	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California	W 23–0	34,172
October 2	No. 14 Ohio State*	No. 11	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California	W 17–0	49,592
October 17	at No. 18 Washington	No. 7	Husky Stadium • Seattle, Washington	W 22–15	54,497
October 24	Stanford	No. 5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California	W 30–28	44,209
October 31	at California	No. 6	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California	W 14–7	37,000
November 7	West Virginia*	No. 6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California	W 36–0	34,066
November 14	at Baylor*	No. 4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California	W 17–8	43,832
November 24	UCLA	No. 4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California (Battle for the Victory Bell)	L 3–10	85,917
November 28	at Notre Dame*	No. 7	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana (Notre Dame – USC rivalry)	L 6–16	48,682
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Players

Al Bansavage, guard, 6'2", 220 pounds, Union City, California
Mike Bundra, tackle, 6'2", 232 pounds, Catasaugua, Pennsylvania
Ben Charles, quarterback
Angelo Coia, halfback, 6'2", 195 pounds, Philadelphia
Jim Conroy, fullback, 6'0", 197 pounds, Baldwin Park, California
Dan Ficca, tackle, 6'1", 230 pounds, Atlas, Pennsylvania
Garry Finneran, tackle, 6'2", 219 pounds, Cathedral
Lynn Gaskill, halfback, 6'0", 175 pounds, Banning, California
Luther Hayes, end, 6'4", 198 pounds, San Diego, California
Clark Holden, fullback, 5'10", 195 pounds, Marshall, California
Bob Levingston, halfback, 6'0", 185 pounds, Los Angeles
Marv Marinovich, tackle, 6'3", 220 pounds, Watsonville, California
Marlin McKeever, end, 6'1", 215 pounds, Mt. Carmel, California
Mike McKeever, 6'1", 215 pounds, guard, Mt. Carmel, California
Roger Mietz, guard, 5'10", 206 pounds, San Leandro, California
Ron Mix, tackle, 6'3", 215, Hawthorne, California
Dave Morgan, center, 6'4", 204 pounds, Natick, Massachusetts
Al Prukop, quarterback, 6'1", 181 pounds, Mt. Carmel (led the team with 405 minutes played)
Jerry Traynham, halfback, 5'10", 180 pounds, Woodland, California
Jack Trier, center, 6'3", 208 pounds, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
George Van Vliet, 6'2", 195 pounds, end, Whittier, California
Glenn Wilder, 6'0", 181 pounds, end, Van Nuys, California
Britt Williams, guard, 6'1", 210 pounds, Walnut Creek, California
Willie Wood, quarterback, 5'9", 170 pounds, Washington, D.C.

Coaching staff

Head coach: Don Clark
Assistant coaches: Ray George, Al Davis, Mel Hein, Marv Goux, Jim Sears, John McKay
Manager: Bob Lambeth

References

↑ "Southern California Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
↑ 1960 "El Rodeo" (USC yearbook), page 300.
↑ "1959 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.

USC Trojans football

Venues	Athletic Park (1895–98) Fiesta Park (1897–98, 1904–06, 1916) Chutes Park (1900) Prager Park (1903) Bovard Field (1904–10, 1914–15, 1917–22) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1923–present) Howard Jones Field (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Notre Dame (Jeweled Shillelagh) UCLA (Victory Bell) Stanford

Culture & lore	Traveler George Tirebiter Giles Pellerin "Fight On" Spirit of Troy Student Body Right Tommy Trojan Athletics scandal 1967 "Game of the Century" "Bush Push" 2007 Stanford game

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Pac-12 Conference football champions

Pacific Coast	Washington (1916) Washington State (1917) California (1918) Oregon & Washington (1919) California (1920) California (1921) California (1922) California (1923) Stanford (1924) Washington (1925) Stanford (1926) Idaho, Stanford, & USC (1927) USC (1928) USC (1929) Washington State (1930) USC (1931) USC (1932) Oregon & Stanford (1933) Stanford (1934) California, Stanford, & UCLA (1935) Washington (1936) California (1937) California & USC (1938) USC (1939) Stanford (1940) Oregon State (1941) UCLA (1942) USC (1943) USC (1944) USC (1945) UCLA (1946) USC (1947) California & Oregon (1948) California (1949) California (1950) Stanford (1951) USC (1952) UCLA (1953) UCLA (1954) UCLA (1955) Oregon State (1956) Oregon & Oregon State (1957) California (1958)

AAWU	UCLA, USC, & Washington (1959) Washington (1960) UCLA (1961) USC (1962) Washington (1963) Oregon State & USC (1964) UCLA (1965) USC (1966) USC (1967)

Pacific-8	USC (1968) USC (1969) Stanford (1970) Stanford (1971) USC (1972) USC (1973) USC (1974) California & UCLA (1975) USC (1976) Washington (1977)

Pacific-10	USC (1978) USC (1979) Washington (1980) Washington (1981) UCLA (1982) UCLA (1983) USC (1984) UCLA (1985) Arizona State (1986) USC & UCLA (1987) USC (1988) USC (1989) Washington (1990) Washington (1991) Washington & Stanford (1992) Arizona, UCLA, & USC (1993) Oregon (1994) USC & Washington (1995) Arizona State (1996) UCLA & Washington State (1997) UCLA (1998) Stanford (1999) Oregon, Oregon State, & Washington (2000) Oregon (2001) USC & Washington State (2002) USC (2003) USC (2004) vacated USC (2005) vacated California & USC (2006) Arizona State & USC (2007) USC (2008) Oregon (2009) Oregon (2010)

Pac-12	Oregon (2011) Stanford (2012) Stanford (2013) Oregon (2014) Stanford (2015) Washington (2016)

National championships in bold

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