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Idaho at USC

Saturday, November 23, 1929

USC beat Idaho 72–⁠0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, USC led the series 7–⁠0.

AwayIdaho4–⁠5 in 1929
0
HomeUSC10–⁠2 in 1929
72

FinalHigh 74°F, low 52°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: so. GAL. UNIV. BEATS IDAHO Stages Touchdown Riot 72 to 0 = Must Now Defeat Wash. State

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 25, 1929, page 5

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    so. GAL. UNIV. BEATS IDAHO Stages Touchdown Riot 72 to 0 = Must Now Defeat Wash. State LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. s. Going on another scoring ram- page, the University of Southern California put themselves in the running for the Coast Conference championship by staging touch down riot against Idaho, the score being 72 to 0. A victory over Washington State this week will give Southern Cali fornia the title with a superior percentage by virtue of California’s $ defeat of Stanford last Saturday.

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 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Idaho–USC game

USC leads 9–⁠0 in nine meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
2015USC 59, Idaho 9
2007USC 38, Idaho 10
1929USC 72, Idaho 0
1928USC 28, Idaho 7
1926USC 28, Idaho 6
1925USC 51, Idaho 7

Around this game

Idaho

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