(1903-02-03)February 3, 1903 Breckenridge, Colorado, U.S.
Died
December 10, 1953(1953-12-10) (aged 50) Calexico, California, U.S.
Playing career
1924–1926
USC
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1927–1928
USC (assistant)
1929–1931
Denver
1932
Chaffey (assistant)
1933–1940
USC (assistant)
1941
San Francisco
1942–1950
USC
Head coaching record
Overall
74–43–9
Bowls
2–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
4 PCC (1943–1945, 1947)
Awards
Second-team All-American (1926)
Third-team All-American (1925)
2× First-team All-PCC (1925, 1926)
Newell "Jeff" Cravath (February 3, 1903 – December 10, 1953) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach the University of Denver from 1929 to 1931, at the University of San Francisco in 1941, and at the University of Southern California (USC) from 1942 to 1950, compiling a career college football record of 74–43–9. In nine seasons under Cravath, the USC Trojans football team compiled a 54–28–8 record, won four Pacific Coast Conference titles, and made four appearances in the Rose Bowl Game. Cravath introduced the T formation to the USC program.
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1948 college football season. In their seventh year under head coach JeffCravath, the Trojans compiled a 6–3–1 record (4–2 against conference opponents)...
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achieved intermittent success in the years following Jones' tenure. JeffCravath, who coached from 1942 to 1950, won the Rose Bowl in 1943 and 1945. Jess...
his senior season to become a Student Assistant Coach for position coach Jeff Tedford. According to teammate David Carr, Monte Kiffin forbade his son from...
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1949 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach JeffCravath, the Trojans compiled a 5–3–1 record (4–2 against conference opponents)...
joining the Navy during World War II. As he left, he recommended that JeffCravath become the head football coach, Julie Bescos become the head basketball...
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1945 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach JeffCravath, the Trojans compiled a 7–4 record (5–1 against conference opponents)...
the 1944 college football season. In their third year under head coach JeffCravath, the Trojans compiled an 8–0–2 record (3–0–2 against conference opponents)...
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the 1947 college football season. In its sixth year under head coach JeffCravath, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record (6–0 against conference opponents)...
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