Iowa at USC

Saturday, November 21, 1925

USC beat Iowa 18–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, USC led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayIowa5–⁠3 in 1925
0
HomeUSC11–⁠2 in 1925
18

FinalHigh 79°F, low 58°FAttendance 66,000

In the newspapers

  • The San Antonio light's story: IOWA TEAM BEATEN BY TROJANS, 1870

    San Antonio light, San Antonio, Tex., November 22, 1925, page 52

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    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.

USC leads 8–⁠3 in 11 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025USC 26, Iowa 21
2019Iowa 49, USC 24Holiday Bowl
2002USC 38, Iowa 17Orange Bowl
1976USC 55, Iowa 0
1975USC 27, Iowa 16
1974USC 41, Iowa 3

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