The 1946 USC Trojans football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1946 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Jeff Cravath, the Trojans compiled a 6–4 record (5–2 against PCC opponents), finished in third place in the PCC, and outscored their opponents by a total of 158 to 106.^[1] The Trojans were ranked No. 10 in the AP Poll in mid-November before losing consecutive games against No. 4 UCLA and No. 2 Notre Dame.^[1]

Two USC players received first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) or United Press (UP) on the 1946 All-Pacific Coast football team: tackle John Ferraro (AP-1, UP-1); and guard Mike Garzoni (AP-1).^[2][3]

USC was ranked at No. 37 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Washington State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 13–7	68,282	[5][6]
October 5	Ohio State*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–21	80,047	[7]
October 12	vs. Oregon State		Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	L 0–6	29,594	[8][9][10]
October 19	Washington		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 28–0	42,507	[11]
October 26	at Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	W 28–20	45,000	[12]
November 2	Oregon		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 43–0	45,885	[13]
November 9	California	No. 14	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 14–0	60,398	[14]
November 23	at No. 4 UCLA	No. 10	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	L 6–13	93,714	[15]
November 30	at No. 2 Notre Dame*	No. 16	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	L 6–26	55,298	[16]
December 21	at Tulane*		Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 20–13	25,000	[17]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Rankings

1947 NFL Draft

The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Trojans were selected.^[19]