Washington at USC

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, December 5, 1927, page 5

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  WASHINGTON LOSES GRID CAME, 33–⁠13 Southern California Cap tam Is Wizard Tesrea Injured LOS ANGELES. Cal, Dec. , Capt Morley Drury, all-American quarterback and the man who the coach. says is the best all aroe’‘d ployor he ever saw. lea h’s i’a’,-1r-‘ty ae sNg.hern Cal fcsaia foefrqll to 2 2s to F vic to- osr tho lrafve-siiv or Wash in9foa las. ssa praav afternoon. The big ‘Troian skipper pointed the way for the biggest ground gaining battle of the year, 44e wards and not until the Southern first string men had gone to the showers was Washington able tc score. The giant line from Pugei Sound showed the best advantage ii the first few minutes of play ut is strength went for almost 4nthiHs against the Drury strate .ey. He drew the lIuskies into bunch to stop him at centel and then galloped around the cad. He passed when they ey peetaa him to run and kicked sur prise footballs in their faces whe, they looked for a trick. The Huskies lost their tower strength early in the game when Louis Tesreau. left halfback, wa, injured in the first play and was permanently out of action.

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Officially, USC leads 52–⁠32–⁠4; as played, 53–⁠32–⁠4 in 89 meetings, counting the 87 since this game.