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Howard Jones at USC

8/14/15-Author: Tali
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Coach Howard Jones with trophy won at USC
(Image courtesy of scpauctions.com)


Howard Jones was born on August 23, 1885 in Excello, Ohio. Jones played college football for the Yale Bulldogs from 1905 to 1907, where his teams went 28-0-2 and won three National Championships.

(For video, scroll to the very bottom.)

Jones immediately went into coaching after playing and coached Syracuse for one year; the next year he coached for Yale and won a National Championship. He then coached for Ohio State (1910), Yale (1913), Iowa (1916-1923), and Duke (1924). His record for this time period and before USC was 73-28-8. Overall he had good success prior to USC with One National Championship with Yale and two Big Ten Championships with Iowa.

In 1925 Howard Jones accepted a job to coach the USC Trojans. He would coach there until 1940; his career being cut short by a fatal heart attack in July 1941. Coach Jones was chosen as an inaugural member of the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951, mostly for his accomplishments at USC:

  • Overall record of 121–36–13
  • Seven Pacific Coast Conference Championships
  • Four National Championships: 1928, 1931, 1932, and 1939
  • Five out of five Rose Bowl wins
  • Jones’ 1932 team outscored their opponents 201 to 13

Interestingly, while Coach Jones is in the College Football Hall of Fame, none of his players from USC are.

Let’s go to the videotape ---> Howard Jones' Highlights

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