USC at Stanford
Saturday, October 27, 1923 Share
USC beat Stanford 14–7. It was their sixth meeting; after it, USC led the series 5–0 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 41°FAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers
San Antonio light, San Antonio, Tex., October 28, 1923, page 48
Read the text
WASHINGTON STATE I HOLDS CALIFORNIA TO A CLOSE SCORE Famous Bears Win by Only 9 to 0-Trojans Beat Stanford. Portland, Ore, Oct. 27.-Holding California to a 9-to-0 score, WASH ington State upset all. pre-game dope in their Coast Conference gridirOn classic at Multnomah Field Saturday afternoon. California went into the game favored to win by 80 points but the super charging of the Washington State forwards smothered the famous California offensive. California scored a field goal in the first quarter and added six points in the final period when Nell, Cali fornia’s right end, fell on a blocked kick.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Stanford 56% to win. USC won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every USC–Stanford gameOfficially, USC leads 65–34–3; as played, 66–33–3 in the 102 games on file; the official count covers all 103 meetings, counting the 97 since this game.
| 2023 | USC 56, Stanford 10 | |
| 2022 | USC 41, Stanford 28 | |
| 2021 | Stanford 42, USC 28 | |
| 2019 | USC 45, Stanford 20 | |
| 2018 | Stanford 17, USC 3 | |
| 2017 | USC 31, Stanford 28 | Pac-12 Championship Game |
Around this game
USC
- Next gamevs. CaliforniaNov. 10, 1923
- SeasonUSC in 1923
- ProgramUSC history and records
Stanford
- Next gamevs. Olympic ClubNov. 3, 1923
- SeasonStanford in 1923
- ProgramStanford history and records