Iowa at USC
Saturday, November 21, 1925 Share
USC beat Iowa 18–0. It was their first meeting; after it, USC led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 79°F, low 58°FAttendance 66,000
In the newspapers

San Antonio light, San Antonio, Tex., November 22, 1925, page 52
Read the text
IOWA TEAM BEATEN BY TROJANS, 1870 Los ANGELES, Nov. 21.-Pacific Coast football fans Saturday night celebrated another University Of Southern California victory over Eastern invaders, the Trojans defeat ing Iowa here by score Of IS 10 0. il was the fourth triumph Of the Los Angeles University which has also won from Penn State, Missouri and Syracuse in recent years. Iowa was completely outclassed. failing to show anything but an oc- -.asional flash when Cowboy” Kutsch. the star Hawkeye, got off some beau tiful forward passes. A final drive Tor score IN the last quarter, after kutseh made a 37-yard run and an ll-yard pass, was interrupted by the gun. The visitors appeared out Of conditon, due to the long 2J0O-mile trip and were forced to take time out 80 often that they were penalized.
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 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Iowa–USC gameUSC leads 8–3 in 11 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.
| 2025 | USC 26, Iowa 21 | |
| 2019 | Iowa 49, USC 24 | Holiday Bowl |
| 2002 | USC 38, Iowa 17 | Orange Bowl |
| 1976 | USC 55, Iowa 0 | |
| 1975 | USC 27, Iowa 16 | |
| 1974 | USC 41, Iowa 3 |
Around this game
Iowa
- Next gamevs. Northern ColoradoOct. 2, 1926
- SeasonIowa in 1925
- ProgramIowa history and records
USC
- Next gamevs. Washington StateNov. 28, 1925
- SeasonUSC in 1925
- ProgramUSC history and records

