Oregon State at USC

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 5, 1931, page 1

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  OREGON STATE LINE WE|GHTY BUT WEAK Southern CALIFORNIA; 800 Victory Fails to Show Real Difference. T OS ANGELES, October with one exception, foot ball games on the Pacific Coast ran strictly according to form last Saturday. The exception was the Southern California rout of Oregon State by a score Of 80 to Ga count that scarcely represents the wide difference in play of the two teams. Oregon state, with a 200-pound line and fairly fast set of backs, was smothered because the line could not stop the charges of the Southern Cali fornia backs, who compiled II first downs to 8. Shaver, Musick and Mohler poured through almost at will, and virtually all of the Oregon State tackles were made on the secondary line of defense. Moe, in particular, and Biancone we’re the stars in this respect Before the game Oregon State. her. aided a. one of the best teams turned out at the Northwestern institution in years. was given an even chance for victory. There was a noted improvement in play by Southern California following its 1877 defeat by St. Mary’s in a nom conference game the previous week. (copyriEht. 1891. by the North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc

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USC leads 64–⁠11–⁠4 in 79 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.