USC Trojan football
USC Trojan football has a long tradition of excellence. They are a remarkable club that seems to out-perform itself each year. USC football was first known as the Trojans in 1912, before that they were known as the USC Methodists. In the early years of the 20th century, USC football normally was limited to laying teams nearby. Early foes included Occidental, Caltech, Whittier College, Polona and Loyola. Stanford University was this feisty team outside of Southern California that USC played, that was in 1905. Stamford crushed USC 16-0. This was also the first time USC had played a Pac-10 team, and planted the seeds for USC longest running rivalry.
Between 1911 and 1913, the USC football program was shelved to follow suit with other schools in adopting Rugby. USC was not very good at Rugby, but it was during this time that LA Times sportswriter Owen R. Bird coined the term “Trojans.” “[O]wing to the terrific handicaps under which the athletes, coaches and managers of the university were laboring and against the overwhelming odds of larger and better equipped rivals, the name ‘Trojan’ suitably fitted the players,” he wrote.
With USC tickets you get access to Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, a great place to watch a football game if there ever was one!