The 1932 USC Trojans football team is an

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team that represented the

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(USC) in the

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(PCC) during the

1932 college football season The 1932 college football season saw the Michigan Wolverines win the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as national champion under the math-based Dickinson System. Because the "Big Nine" conference didn't permit its teams to play in the postseason, h ...

. In its eighth season under head coach Howard Jones, the team compiled a perfect 10–0 record (6–0 against conference opponents), won the PCC championship, shut out eight of ten opponents, defeated

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in the 1933 Rose Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 201 to 13. The Knute K. Rockne Trophy was presented at the end of the season to the team deemed to be the national champion using the

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, a rating system developed by Frank G. Dickinson, a professor of economics of the

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won the Rockne Trophy, edging USC by a margin of 28.47 to 26.81. However, USC was recognized as the 1932 national champion in several other rankings, including Berryman, Billingsley,

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, Helms,

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, Poling, and Williamson. Tackle Ernie Smith was a consensus first-team pick for the 1932 All-America team. Guard

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was also selected as a first-team All-American by the

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'' magazine. Six USC players were selected as first-team players on the

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: Ernie Smith (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1); Rosenberg (AP-1; NEA-1); Tay Brown at tackle (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1); Orville Mohler at quarterback (NEA-1; UP-1); Homer Griffith at quarterback (AP-1); and Ray Sparling at end (NEA-1).

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, FB * Oliver Bardin, G * Francis Beard, G * Julius Bescos, E * Henry Biggs, E * Kenneth Bright, HB * Tay Brown, T * Ward Browning, E * Gordon Clark, HB * Cal Clemens, HB * Alvie Coughlin, T * Corwin Dunning, C * John Dye, G * Robert Erskine, T * Kenneth Fay, HB * Bob Fuhrer, E *

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, G * Bob Getz, FB * Homer Griffith, QB * David Harlan, T * Hueston Harper, T * Ellwood Jorgenson, T * Anthony Jurich, HB * Garland Matthews, QB * Francis McGinley, G *

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, HB * Orville Mohler, QB * Neil Norris, E * George Lady, T * Robert Love, E * Robert Morrison, FB * David Packard, T * Ford Palmer, E * Alfred Plaehn, T * Al Reboin, HB * Gene Ridings, FB *

, G * John Seixas, E * Kenneth Shannon, HB * Ernie Smith, T * Stanley Smith, G * Raymond Sparling, E * Lawrence Stevens, G * Howie Tipton, HB *

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, QB * James Webb, HB * Frank Williamson, G * Jack Williamson * Haskell Robert "Inky" Wotkyns, FB * Curt Youel, C

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