Washington State at USC

Saturday, October 1, 1932

USC beat Washington State 20–⁠0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, USC led the series 8–⁠2 as played.

AwayWashington State7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1932
0
HomeUSC10–⁠0 in 1932
20

FinalHigh 73°F, low 59°FAttendance 35,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: so. CALIFORNIA, WASH. SKATERS DISAPPOINTING Neither Play Brilliant Game In First Conference Contest

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 3, 1932, page 5

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    so. CALIFORNIA, WASH. SKATERS DISAPPOINTING Neither Play Brilliant Game In First Conference Contest LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3.-Good fortune handed the University of Southern California the first vic tory in the first Pacific Ccast Conference football game of the season last Saturday afternoon at the expense of Washington State by a score of 20 to 0. Two of the Trojans touchdoWns came on blocked kicks. Another was on a chance pass desp into their own territory. It was disappointing exhibition as the Trojans habitually pulled wrong plays at critical times, but luck was with them. The performance however bodied ill for future games. The Stater’s performance was al- so unimpressive as they failed to take advantage of several scoring chances.

  • The Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current's story: OREGON UPSETS SANTA CLARA'S GREAT ELEVEN

    Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, California, October 3, 1932, page 3 (results column)

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    OREGON UPSETS SANTA CLARA’S GREAT ELEVEN SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3. - Prince Collisions impressive start Saturday as a Pacific coast conference football mentor gave promise today of gridiron classic this weekend when his Oregon squad clashes with Washington. The Webfeet established wide spread respect for themselves Saturday when they turned loose a bewildering array of plays that up set a highly rated Santa Clara team, 7 to O. A week before the Broncos had made themselves feared by turning back a power full California Bear eleven, IL to 10. The Bears spent 81 minutes of their 60 minutes engagement with the San Francisco Olympic club Saturday in trying to get started. Then Bill Ingram’s charges performed magic like to pile up 16 points in three minutes and win, % to 6. The three initial conference tits went according to predictions. Southern California drubbed Wash ington State, 20 to 0; Stanford defeated a heavy Oregon State team, 81 to 0, and the reserves of Jimmy Phelan’s Washington squad handled the Huskies 26 to Is win over an inexperienced Montana team. st. Mary’s Cautious st. Mary’s used the regulars sparingly in holding Nevada score less, IS to 0, for seventh consecutive time. The brief appear ance of Coach Madigan’s regulars indicated they will be able to equal Glen Warmers Stanford Indians in deceptiveness when they clash this Saturday. The Trojans were able to smash the Washington State line often, twice breaking through to block punts that melted touchdowns. They used a. long pass, McNeish to Palmer, to enable Palmer to gallop So yards down a clear field for the final touchdown. Ernie Caddel again featured the Stanford offensive. He stepped across for a touchdown in the first five minutes of play while the bewildered Beavers were still try ing to learn who had the ball. Migrants rearranged lineup encountered considerable difficulty with its passing attack and was frequently put on the defensive by the failure of passes to function. The Bears suffered a blow when Ken Moeller, hefty Sophomore halfback, was carried from the field with his leg broken in two places. The accident occurred when he was tackled after gaining eight yards on CALIFORNIA; only successful lateral pass of the after | noon.

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 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, USC leads 62–⁠10–⁠4; as played, 63–⁠10–⁠4 in 77 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.

Recent meetings
2022USC 30, Washington State 14
2021USC 45, Washington State 14
2020USC 38, Washington State 13
2018USC 39, Washington State 36
2017Washington State 30, USC 27
2014USC 44, Washington State 17

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