USC at Stanford

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 28, 1929, page 5

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  so. CALIF RNIA STANFORD. Strength of Two Most Pow erful Teams Shown by 7 to 0 Score STANFORD STADIUM, Cal, Oct. 28.-Over the center line Saturday afternoon shot a short pass and with the ball rode the hopes of Southern California and Stanford and fate. A swift IA yard toss in the second period that nestled in the arms of Tappap for a 10-yard dash to a touchdown closed all thrills and chills of the football game in one breath-taking moment and brought Southern California a victory in the greatest midseason c-ass-c witnessed in the Far West. Eiglty-nine thousand persons gripped their seats at the fierce ness of the play which revealed the strength of the two most powerful elevens assembled under the colcrS of the two schools. Stanford’s hopes waned as the last quarter closed while Southern California burst forth with drive nearly resulting in another score, driving the weary Stanford men near. the goal line where at the en- treaties of thousands of supporters the line finally held. The score was ‘ to 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.

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 92 since this game.