USC at Notre Dame
Saturday, November 16, 1929 Share
Notre Dame beat USC 13–12. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 3–1 as played.
FinalHigh 45°F, low 28°FAttendance 120,000
In the newspapers

Imperial Valley press, November 18, 1929, page 6 (results column)
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CARDINALS AND BEARS TANCLE NEXT SATURDAY Teams Considered To Be Evenly Matched For Big Game. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. Is. U.p) California, only undefeated team IN the Pacific Coast conference, kept its record clean by virte of lard earned to 0 victory over Washington. Saturday, while Stan ford fell victim to the bucks of Santa Clara’s broncos. 13 to 7. Despite the Stanford upset, the , teams from California and Stanford will start their “big game” next Saturday on almost even terms. | Washington, after q season of defeats, put up the fight of her life against Stanford and California on succeeding Saturdays. and field sta tlsfles showed that the Huskies actually outplayed California. But they could not Outright her and the Golden Beers held at the crucial moments. In the second quarter, two long passes from LON to Norton and Eisan gained California her lone score OF the day. The Berkeley bows came out of the Washington game without injuries and with win, which was all that could be expect ed. Santa Clara outfought the Cardimails who had underrated the Broneos considerably. Conference results Saturday make the outcome of the “big game” of ! outstanding Importance, for should Stanford defeat California in the classic, five teams may claim a tie for first place, in the conference. Oregon, Washington State, Stanford and Southern California are all tied for second place at present. and win over California, the leader might bring the five teams to an equal standing. Oregon proved too strong for Ore son State, and won Is to 0 when the two teams clashed in their con test at Eugene. Washington State won from Mon tana, l3 to 0, the latter showing unexpected strength against the Cougars. st. Mary’s Classy L. {. L. A. played a non-confer enee game with st. Mary’s at Los Angeles, suecumbing to the unaues. toned superiority of the unbeaten and unscored on Gaels, whose tie with California entities them to be classed with the best teams in the land. The score was “a to 0. Idaho, the only other conference team playing in the west, fell before Gonzaga, 90 to IA. U. S. C., defeated only bv Cali .fornia, was bowling before the mighty Notre Dame, 13 to 12 while her conference mates fought it out in the west. Two non-conference team battles were also included in the week end football program. st. Ignatius. a doughty little elev. en- from San Francisco, found that the Nevada Wolf Pack was too tough for them, and compromised in a 0 to 0 tie, at Reno Saturday. The Olympic club, another San Francisco outfit, wound up its sea. son by ploughing through the West Coast Army eleven for a As to vic. tory.
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)
Notre Dame 59% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every USC–Notre Dame gameOfficially, Notre Dame leads 51–37–5; as played, 53–38–5 in 96 meetings, counting the 92 since this game.
| 2025 | Notre Dame 34, USC 24 | |
| 2024 | Notre Dame 49, USC 35 | |
| 2023 | Notre Dame 48, USC 20 | |
| 2022 | USC 38, Notre Dame 27 | |
| 2021 | Notre Dame 31, USC 16 | |
| 2019 | Notre Dame 30, USC 27 |
Around this game
USC
- Next gamevs. IdahoNov. 23, 1929
- SeasonUSC in 1929
- ProgramUSC history and records
Notre Dame
- Next gameat NorthwesternNov. 23, 1929
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1929
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records

