California at USC

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 9, 1930, page 67

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  TROJANS OvERWHELM CALIFORNIA, “a TO 0 Game Loses All Semblance Of Match After First Period and Breaks Series Records. BY the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, November S.-The Trojans of the University Of Southern California rode roughshod over the University Of California today, chalking I’D q 74-to-0 foot ball victory. Only In the FIRST period was the game a contest, the Southerners starting slow “ and scoring only eight points In the opening quarter They gained moinentum as they went along, and the score was % to at the half time as part Of the capacity crowd of nearly $1,000 looked on in shocked surprise. The third period was reminiscent Of q held day, the Trojans running up count OF 80 They added q ANAL 10 points In the last inning when Coach Howard Jones had practically cleared his bench Of players. The score broke all records for she 15-year-old rivalry between tbA tw1 universities. California fought brayely, and the Bears were snarling and biting ct the TrOians as the game ended In fast gathering darkness. But California had no defense for the powerful Ofzense loosed by the victors.

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 72–⁠32–⁠6; as played, 72–⁠31–⁠5 in the 108 games on file; the official count covers all 112 meetings, counting the 95 since this game.