The 1936 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1936 college football season. In their 12th year under head coach Howard Jones, the Trojans compiled a 4–2–3 record (3–2–2 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 129 to 65.^[1]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	Oregon State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 38–7	45,000
October 3	Oregon		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 26–0	35,000
October 10	at Illinois*		Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	W 24–6	33,325
October 17	Washington State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	T 0–0	25,000
October 24	at Stanford	No. 6	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	W 14–7	35,000
November 7	California	No. 11	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–13	65,000
November 14	at No. 10 Washington	No. 15	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 0–12	23,454
November 26	UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	T 7–7	90,000
December 5	No. 8 Notre Dame*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	T 13–13	71,201
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game