Pittsburgh vs. USC

Monday, January 2, 1933, Rose Bowl

USC beat Pittsburgh 35–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, USC led the series 2–⁠0.

Neutral sitePittsburgh8–⁠1–⁠2 in 1932
0
Neutral siteUSC10–⁠0 in 1932
35

FinalAttendance 85,000Referee: Dexter Very

MVP Homer Griffith (USC QB)Wikipedia

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Varied Sports CnIIege Foot Ball.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, January 3, 1933, page 12

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    Varied Sports CnIIege Foot Ball. College Foot Ball. Southern California. 35; Pittsburgh, 0. West, Is; East, s. Southern Methodist, 26; Texas S Mines, O. Miami, z; Manhattan, o. College Basket Ball. North Dakota So; Dakota Wesleyan, So (overtime). Syracuse, 81; Michigan, 26. Clemson, A; Middle Tennessee Teach ers, “a. Loyola Of Chicago, 50; Centenary. 20. Washington University, 40; Chi cago, %. Oklahoma Baptists. 4s: Okmulgee Braves, 33. Butler, So; Drake, IL. Toledo University, 80; Oberlin, 29. Kansas, “a; Stanford. %. Ohio State, 46; University Of Ken lucky, 80. Iowa State, 90; Iowa State Teach ers %. Minnesota, %: Nebraska, ~. Alabama, 43; Tennessee, Is. Southern Kansas Stage Lines, 80; West Texas Teachers. 18. Washburn, 36; Haskell, 81. Oklahoma, SO; Southern Methodist, 81. Golden Bobcats. 80; Montana Uni versity, 81. College OF Emporia, 81: Bethany, 20. Southwestern, So; Bethel. 81. Santa Clara, 80; California, II. Temple, 90; Colgate, IS. A. A. U. Basket Ball. Denver Pigs, 40; Wichita Henrys, 80. Pro Foot Ball. Green Bay Packers, 50; Mckinley Alumni, 0 (Honolulu). College Hockey. Princeton, 6; st. Mary’s (Winono, Mimi, l. Amateur Hockey. Victoria H. G. (MontreaD, 4; New York A. c., 0. Pro Hockey. Quebec, S; Providence, 4 Canadian American League). st. Louis, 4; st. Paul, (American Association). Kansas City, q; Duluth, 1 (American Association).

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: so, CALIFORNIA WALL0PS PITT IN GRID EVENT Western Team, Driving and Passing, Wins by Score of 5 to 0

    The Daily Alaska empire, January 3, 1933, page 5

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    so, CALIFORNIA WALL0PS PITT IN GRID EVENT Western Team, Driving and Passing, Wins by Score of 5 to 0 PASADENA, Cal, Jan 3.-Driv- ing and passing as they never did in the regular season, the Univer- sity of Southern California swamp ed Pittsburgh here yesterday in the annual Rose Bowl Tournament football classic by score of 35 to 0. Eighty three thousand specta- tors witnessed the game. The Pittsburgh’s defense folded up in the fourth quarter and the Trojans pushed over three touch downs after scoring in the first and third quarters. It was the fourth victory of the Trojans in IS years of Rose Tour nament play and the second over Pittsburgh, winning in 1930 by a score of AT to IA.

  • The The Indianapolis times's story: Trojans Rap Pitt for goth Grid Win in Row Great Southern California Eleven Led by Mighty Ernie Smith, SIaughterS PantherS in Rose Bowl, IS to o. Heller Is Losers Hero.

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], January 3, 1933, page 8

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    Trojans Rap Pitt for goth Grid Win in Row Great Southern California Eleven Led by Mighty Ernie Smith, SIaughterS PantherS in Rose Bowl, IS to o. Heller Is Losers Hero. PASADENA CAL Jan 3The great football California uonal championship Boosted unbken of S many These honors pedaed the IS Of Pittsburgh The the decisive Southern CALIFORNIA; At to IA really seemed Outcasd California played inspired football power

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.

On the newsreel

  • SOUTHERN CAL. TRIMS PITT BY 35-0 SCORE IN ROSE BOWL CLASSICThe great East-West football battle is filled with thrills as the Pacific Coast “Trojans” ride rough-shod over the Pittsburgh “Panthers” in the season’s most colorful grid-iron conflictUniversal Newsreel, January 5, 1933. Catalog record at the National Archives

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

USC 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

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

Recent meetings
1974USC 16, Pittsburgh 7
1965USC 28, Pittsburgh 0
1961Pittsburgh 10, USC 9
1959USC 23, Pittsburgh 0
1957Pittsburgh 20, USC 14
1954USC 27, Pittsburgh 7

Around this game

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