Pittsburgh vs. USC

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  The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], January 2, 1930, page 10

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  Air Attack Routs Pitt in Feature Southern California Eleven CruSheS PantherS Under Huge Score. PASADENA, Cal. Jan. 2. - The University of Pittsburgh football team spent a season building brill liant record and preparing to claim a national championship, but it failed to develop in adequate defense against forward passes. And Wednesday when it had chance to bid for the title, it was smothered, AZ to IA, under the &C curate overhead game of the Uni versity of Southern California. The Pitt back field starred offensively, but it was pitifully weak in its attempt to break up the air at tack and the Panthers were forced to take the most decisive trimming ever handed out to team in the annual Tournament of Roses New Years day game. Southern California threw passes all over Rose bowl, it seemed, and usually a sure-f1ngered Trojan was under the ball when it came down. Four times the Trojans went into the air to score touchdowns. On two other occasions forward passes put the ball in scoring position. UnanSa, Parkinson, Walinchus. Baker and all the other Pitt backs seemed completely bewildered by the passing attack. The passes were thrown mostly by Russell Saunders, who played a brilliant game. Edelson, Pinckert and Wilcox did most of the receiving. Pitt turned in its two touch downs by passes.

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  Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, January 2, 1930, page 1

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  PITT LEAVES AFTER DEFEAT fasteners Receive Decisive Beating From Trojans PASADENA. Calf, Jan. 2-tFt- Burdcned with a decisive AZ 70 IA trouncmg handed them as a New Years day greeting by the mighty TroianS Of the University OF South ern California . PittSburgh’s grid squad today prepared to return to its native heath victim Of the most decisive defeat melted out ia the fourteen years Of tournament cf Roses competition. The Pitt Panthers who dug their cleatS into the turf OF the historic battle ground yesterday intent Oh reversing a z 10 6 beating admin istered in 1923 by Stanford left the greensward bowed i’ll their l.-st defeat Of the season because they could not solve the pulling South crn California passing attack. Beginning with the initial touch down which came only a few min utes after 10000 persons had filled the stadium. the Men Of Troy found scoring possible III four OF their seven tallies because OF unerring aerial work. A fifth counter was Indirectly the result Of a long pass, and the others were the result 81 plunging football. The Panthers. with a quartet OF al l-AmericanS III the lineup, saw the glory OF individual performance stolen from them by a group OF U. S. c. gridSter5 who shattered the famed Pitt defense.

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  Seward daily gateway, January 2, 1930, page 5

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  ]. OF SOUTHERN . CALIFORNIA DEFEATS . P|TTsBURG 47 ID IA ROSE BOWL, Pasadena, Jan, 2, P-The University of Southern California football team ripped and tore the Pittsburg Pan lther” defense to shreds and routed the previously undefeat- led mythical champions of the East by q score of 47 to 14. It was the most decisive beat ing in 14 years of classics play Only twice did Pittsburg drives onr0l the’r reputation both times bringing the score up. The first play of the game l7r ed Ptttsburg MA yards from goal but they failed to carry it over. Southern California scored twice in each of the first, second and third quarters and once in the fourth.

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USC leads 6–⁠4 in 10 meetings, counting the nine since this game.