Notre Dame at USC

Saturday, December 8, 1934

Notre Dame beat USC 14–⁠0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 5–⁠4 as played.

AwayNotre Dame6–⁠3 in 1934
14
HomeUSC4–⁠6–⁠1 in 1934
0

FinalHigh 65°F, low 56°F, 0.67 in. of rainAttendance 45,568

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FRANK HAYDEN STARS AS IRISH BEAT TROY, 14-0 Brother of Notre Da m e Coach Scores Both Touchdowns

    The Daily Alaska empire, December 10, 1934, page 5

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    FRANK HAYDEN STARS AS IRISH BEAT TROY, 14–⁠0 Brother of Notre Da m e Coach Scores Both Touchdowns LOS ANGELES, Dec. l0.-ls there such a thing as “brotherly love?’ Just ask Elmer Layden, coach of the Notre Dame University foot ball team. He’ll tell you, today, that there most certainly is. Coach Elmer brought his Irish gridsters into Los Angeles Satur- day and defeated University of Southern California in one of the final football games of the year, IA to 0. And Brother Frank Lay den scored both the Notre Dame touchdowns! h fact, the kid brother” was all over the Coliseum gridiron Sat urday. He grabbed a long pass in the initial period and scampered 21 yards for the first score Then he plunged across the goal line in the second quarter after another long heave had put the ball on the Troy two-yard marker. Of course, the losers had .their moments. Coach H ow ard Jones once mighty machine threatened once, in particular, when it re- covered Notre Dame tumble on the Irish 20-yard stripe, only to lose the ball on downs when the Indiana eleven held on it’s one- inch line.

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 53% to win. Notre Dame won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Notre Dame leads 51–⁠37–⁠5; as played, 53–⁠38–⁠5 in 96 meetings, counting the 87 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Notre Dame 34, USC 24
2024Notre Dame 49, USC 35
2023Notre Dame 48, USC 20
2022USC 38, Notre Dame 27
2021Notre Dame 31, USC 16
2019Notre Dame 30, USC 27

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