Howard Jones Memorial Foundation

The Howard Jones Memorial Foundation is a Los Angeles-based athletic foundation dedicated to the memory of Howard Jones, the USC Trojans football coach from 1925 to 1940.

The foundation made college football national championship selections starting in 1962 and awarded the Howard Jones Memorial Trophy to their national champion.^[1][2] The award was voted upon by Los Angeles Press Club sportswriters.^[3]

Howard Jones Memorial Trophy

Howard Jones Memorial Foundation Awards Banquet, October 24, 1963

National champions

Season	Team	Head Coach	Record
1962[2]	USC	John McKay	11–0
1963[2]	Texas	Darrell Royal	11–0
1964[2][4]	Notre Dame	Ara Parseghian	9–1
1965[2]	Michigan State	Duffy Daugherty	10–1
1966[2]	Notre Dame	Ara Parseghian	9–0–1
	Michigan State	Duffy Daugherty	9–0–1
1967[1]	USC	John McKay	10–1
1968[2]	Ohio State	Woody Hayes	10–0
1969[3]	Texas	Darrell Royal	11–0

References

1. Written at Los Angeles. "USC Gridders Will Be Honored At Dinner". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento. Associated Press. February 8, 1968. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
2. Written at Los Angeles. "Buckeyes Given Jones Trophy". The Raleigh Register. Beckley, West Virginia. United Press International. January 28, 1969. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
3. "Arcadian Acting As Envoy". Arcadia Tribune. lArcadia, California. April 26, 1970. Retrieved August 24, 2022. ...will present to coach Darrel Royal, University of Texas football coach, the 1969 Howard Jones Memorial Awards Foundation National Football championship. The award was voted upon by sports writers who are members of the Los Angeles Press Club and awarded by the Howard Jones Memorial Awards Foundation at University of Southern California.
4. Jenkins, Dan (September 20, 1965). "...And Nebraska has the Guns". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 24, 2022. Winning a national championship of some kind these days is not really as hard as it may seem. After all, there are a lot of them to go around. Last year, for example, there were three champions. Alabama was voted the best by the Associated Press and United Press International, Arkansas was awarded the Grant-land Rice Trophy from the Football Writers Association of America and the No. 1 prize from the Helms Athletic Foundation. Even Ara Parseghian's exciting Notre Dame team was not left out. After it blew all the top ratings in the final game against USC, the National Football Foundation and the Howard Jones Memorial Award Foundation managed to cough up trophies.