▁a ▁head ▁coach ▁himself ; ▁his ▁Kno x ▁College ▁teams ▁posted ▁a ▁record ▁of ▁ 1 5 – 1 2 – 4 ▁from ▁ 1 9 1 8 ▁to ▁ 1 9 2 1 , ▁including ▁a ▁perfect ▁ 8 – 0 ▁mark ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 9 . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁US C ▁football ▁team ▁finished ▁with ▁a ▁losing ▁record ▁at ▁ 2 – 6 – 1 . ▁Not ▁only ▁was ▁the ▁team ▁m our ning ▁the ▁loss ▁of ▁Jones , ▁but ▁Barry ▁also ▁found ▁himself ▁facing ▁a ▁schedule ▁in ▁which ▁a ▁majority ▁of ▁US C ' s ▁oppon ents ▁were ▁co ached ▁by ▁future ▁Hall ▁of ▁Fam ers , ▁including ▁Paul ▁Brown , ▁Frank ▁Le ah y , ▁and ▁Clark ▁Sh augh ness y . ▁ ▁In j uries ▁and ▁ill ness es ▁also ▁took ▁their ▁to ll , ▁de ple ting ▁the ▁ro ster ▁at ▁one ▁point ▁to ▁a ▁mere ▁ 2 8 ▁players . ▁ ▁Despite ▁these ▁road block s , ▁Barry ▁put ▁together ▁a ▁team ▁which ▁improved ▁off ens ively ▁throughout ▁the ▁year , ▁gain ing ▁popular ity ▁as ▁the ▁season ▁progress ed . ▁ ▁The ▁crowd ▁of ▁ 8 6 , 3 0 5 ▁at ▁the ▁US C – St an ford ▁game ▁was ▁the ▁largest ▁in ▁the ▁nation ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 . ▁And ▁the ▁team ▁made ▁some ▁ups ets , ▁defe ating ▁Rose ▁Bowl - bound ▁Oregon ▁State , ▁and ▁nearly ▁to pp led ▁fourth - rank ed