Stanford at USC

Saturday, October 17, 1925

Stanford beat USC 13–⁠9. It was their seventh meeting; after it, USC led the series 5–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayStanford7–⁠2 in 1925
13
HomeUSC11–⁠2 in 1925
9

FinalHigh 71°F, low 55°FAttendance 70,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: uyand Princeton Battle IOAA c. T. Impressive Downing FOOT BALL RESULTS LOCAL TEAMS.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 18, 1925, page 79 (results column)

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    uyand Princeton Battle IOAA c. T. Impressive Downing FOOT BALL RESULTS LOCAL TEAMS. Catholic University, 8; Villanova, 0. George Washington, Z; Mount st. Mary’s, 3. Georgetown, “a; Detroit Univer. ‘‘.zi Xibgight. ss; Gallaudet, 0. SOUTH ATLANTIC. Virginia, Is; Virginia Military, 10. Washington and Lee, 25; Ken lucky, o. Trinity, 10; Baylor, 8. Centenary, 38; Rollins, 0. The Citadel, 26; Newberry, 0. Johns Hopkins, .; Richmond, o. SOUTH. Alabama, 81; Sewanee, 0. Georgia, FL; Furman, 0. Georgia Tech, %; Florida, Z. Duke, 8; EIon, 0. Fort Benn:ng, 27; Oglethorpe, I. Cuachita, i3; Little Rock, 3. Mississippi, Z; Union, 6. Davidson, 13; Presbyterian, 0. Rice, 13; Arkansas, 8. Southwestern, Ia; JonesbOrO. 6. Spring Hill, “a: Marion Institute. 0. Tulane, 25; Mississippi Aggies, 3. Vanderbilt, 81; Tennessee, !. Chattanooga, l2; Mercer,7. Cumberland. II; Tennessee Doc tors, 0. High Point College, 6; GuiIford, 6. EAST. Pennsylvania, 16; Yale, Is. Holy Cross, Z; Harvard, 6. Princeton, 10; Navy, 10. Army, %; NOtre Dame. 0. Cornell, Al: Rutgers. 0. Lafayette, Z; Colgate, I. Pittsburgh, 13; Gettysburg, 0. West Virginia, 81; Grove City, 3. Bucknell. 0; Haskell Indians, 0. sity, Z. BOwdOin, Ia; Wesleyan, 6. Rochester, O.; Buffalo, 0. FordIiam, IL; Manhattan, 0. Dickinson, I; Franklin and Mar shall, 0. SwarthmOre, 2; Delaware, 0. Amherst, 10; Hamilton, 0. Lehigh, 3; West Virginia Wesieyan, 0. Colby, 81; Lowell Textile, 0. Middlebury, 81; st. Michaels. 0. Muhlenburg, IA; Lebanon Valley, o.. New York University, Al; New York College, 0. \IniOn, sc: Trinity, 5. Ursinus. 10; Juniata, 6. Waynesburg, 6; Thiel, 0. Bethany, Is; Westminster. o. st. Stephens, 0: Williams, o. SuSQuehanna, IA; DreXel. q. Norwich, 13: Tufts, 0. PENNSYLVANIA NJ. c., 10: st. JOsephs, 0. Geneva. 81; Adrian. 0. Massachusetts, Aggies, 13; Connecticut Aggies, O. MIDDLE WEST. Michigan, 81; Wisconsin, 0. Chicago, 6; Northwestern q. Iowa, 13; Illinois, 10. Ohio State, 8; Columbia, 0. Washington University, 6; Ne braska, 6. Minnesota, go: Wabash, 6. Indiana, A; Rose Poly, 0. Syracuse, IA; Indiana, 0. Michigan State, Is; Centre, 13. Butler, %; Franklin, 0. Huron, :; Augstanu, Z. y Friends, 8; Southwestern, 0. Illinois Wesleyan, 6; James MILL kin, 6. Kansas Aggies, IA: Kansas, Z. Kenyon, %; Muskingum, 0. Illinois College, Z; Lake Forest, 2. Coe, 6; Lawrence, 0. Missouri, 32; RoIIa Mines, O. Creighton. 20; MOrningside, 6. South Dakota, 3: North Dakota, 3. Oberiin, 0: Mount Union, 0. Ohio Wesleyan. “a: Ohio Northern, 0. Oklahoma, &; Drake, O. Cornell College, 81; Ripon, 0. LOyOla, Ia; st. Ambrose, 0. st. Louis University, 25; Drury, !. Wittenberg, I; st. Xavier, Z. Baldwin Wallace. 6: Heidelberg, 0. Denison, go; Ashland, 0. Dayton, II; John CarraIl. 0. WEST. Stanford. 13: Southern California, 9. California, 6; St. MaryS, 0. California Tech, 81; Pomona, IA. Idaho, Z; Washington State, 6. Montana, Ia; GOnzaga, Ia. Oregon, Is; Pacific, 0. Wyoming, 43: Colorado Mines, 0. Colorado Aggies, 16; Denver Uni versity, o. Oregon Aggies, 62; Whitman, 0. Nevada, IA; Pacific College, 0.

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)

USC 71% to win. Stanford pulled the upset.

Officially, 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 96 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023USC 56, Stanford 10
2022USC 41, Stanford 28
2021Stanford 42, USC 28
2019USC 45, Stanford 20
2018Stanford 17, USC 3
2017USC 31, Stanford 28Pac-12 Championship Game

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