USC at Pittsburgh

Saturday, October 13, 1934

Pittsburgh beat USC 20–⁠6. It was their third meeting; after it, USC led the series 2–⁠1.

AwayUSC4–⁠6–⁠1 in 1934
6
HomePittsburgh8–⁠1 in 1934
20

FinalHigh 51°F, low 35°FAttendance 55,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: SD. CALIFORNIA LOSES 20 TO s 10 PITTSBURGH First Time Since Jones Has ! Been Coach Trojans ; Beaten Two Straight

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 15, 1934, page 5

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    SD. CALIFORNIA LOSES 20 TO s 10 PITTSBURGH First Time Since Jones Has ! Been Coach Trojans ; Beaten Two Straight PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct. 15.-Fif- ty thousand football fans watched Pittsburgh get revenge last Satur- day afternoon for the two Rose Bowl pastings. Pittsburgh downed the University of Southern Califor- mia 20 to 6. Pittsburgh crowded thirteen points across in the first half. The AHA ican Warburton flared for a few brief moments for the TrOjan’s only touchdown. It was the first time since Jones has come to the University of Southern California that his eleven has been downed twice in succession. Wash ington State was tho first victor.

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: PANTHERS DEFEAT TROJANS 20 TO E

    Imperial Valley press, October 13, 1934, page 1

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    PANTHERS DEFEAT TROJANS 20 TO E PITT STADIUM. Pittsburgh, Oct. 13. U.p)-The Pittsburgh Panthers partially avenged their two Ros Bowl lickings at the hands of Southern California today, when they defeated the once all-conquering Trojans, 20 to 6. A near-capacity crowd of $4,000 watched the Panthers, who domimated the game for so of the 60 minutes, scored a touchdown in each of the first three periods, and seriously challenged for another as the game ended. Southern Californias lone score came few seconds before the Sec ond period ended when Clemens

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

  • PITT GRIDMEN BEAT TROJANS IN INTERSECTIONAL BATTLERevenging two Rose Bowl defeats, the University of Pittsburgh Panthers crush the University of Southern California, 20-6, before fifty thousand football enthusiastsUniversal Newsreel, October 15, 1934. 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)

Pittsburgh 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

USC leads 6–⁠4 in 10 meetings, counting the seven 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

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