Washington State at USC

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., December 1, 1929, page 90

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  TROJANS WIN, III, BY A STRONG FINISH Held to TT Count in First Half of Struggle With Washington State. BY the Associated Press. OS ANGELES, November 30-The deceptive, driving runs of Russ Saunders, Trojan quarterback, to- ~ day put to rout the sturdy giants OF washington STATE College, as the warriors of the University Of South ern California pounded and passed their way to q 27-to-7 triumph before $4,000 fans. But the Cougar aggregation from the Northwest was not .subdued until it had thrown scare into Coach Howard Jones clan by scoring in the opening period and holding the men of Troy to T-to-7 tie for the first two periods. It was q battle of great lines at the start, with Coach Grin I”Babe’) Hollingbery’s forwards willing before the charging u. s. c. line later in the second quarter. With the opening of the second half, the telling effect Of the superior Troy line play began to show, and Saunders carried the ball IL out Of the II plays, which saw the U. S. c. ball luggers 20 70 yards to a touchdown from the open ing KICKOFF. The march spelled doom for the Cougar invaders, who fought valiantly but were being outclaSSed at every turn Of the game. Saunders, besides turning in 135 yards in 80 attempts, scored the Anal Trojan touchdown when he drove, lodged and fought his way through the Cougars on a 48-yard return Of Porter Lainharts punt in the third period. u. S. G. scored once in the second, twice in the third and once in the final period. The victory for U. s. C. eliminated the Northwestern aggregation from the flve-cornered conference tie for the leadership, leaving Southern California, California. Stanford and Oregon in deadlock with one defeat each.

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Officially, USC leads 62–⁠10–⁠4; as played, 63–⁠10–⁠4 in 77 meetings, counting the 70 since this game.