Oregon State at USC

Saturday, September 26, 1936

USC beat Oregon State 38–⁠7. It was their 15th meeting; after it, USC led the series 11–⁠2–⁠2.

AwayOregon State4–⁠6 in 1936
7
HomeUSC4–⁠2–⁠3 in 1936
38

FinalHigh 78°F, low 63°FAttendance 45,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, September 27, 1936, page 22 (results column)

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    AGED by Minnesota’s unchecked – Gophers and Dukes Southern Conference champions, the = Nations college foot ball for mally opened the 1886 campaign yes terday with an unprecedented array of big-time games and the usual scat tering series of surprise finishes. Minnesota. undefeated through its last three full seasons and rated by many experts the country’s greatest team last season, turned back WASH ingtcn’s formidable Huskies, Pacific Coast Conference favorites. IA to Z. in a sensational battle fought at Seattle before a capacity crowd Of $1,000. A tumble by Byron Haines, Washington’s great back. gave Minnesofa its chance in the fourth quarter, and the Gophers put over the winning touchdown on a pass from Uram to King. Meanwhile, at Durham, Duke out played Colgate’s Red Raiders by wide margin. although Eric Tipton’s touchdown plunge at the end Of 66-yard drive in the third period represented the only score Of the game. A crowd Of $4,000 saw this victory for the South in intersectional warfare. Brown, Lafayette Marks. IRON the standpoint of form” I” the chief upset victims of the opening day were Brown and Lafaycite in the East and Mississippi in the South. but at least half dozen other favorites were hard pressed to win. Brown and Lafayette supposedly were on the way up the foot ball lad der. thanks to good sophomore ma. terial, but the former was trounced by Connecticut State. 27–⁠0. and La fayette was beaten by Muhlenberg, 1876. Tulane. operating under new coach, Lowell CRed Dawson, upset favored Mississippi array, 7–⁠6. Much of the days excitement was concentrated in the Far West, where Stanfords Rose Bowl champions, wrecked by graduation Of key stars. bowed to Santa Clara, l3–⁠0, and Southern California showed return to former power in crushing Oregon State, 38–⁠7. In the South, Clemson, North Carolima and Virginia Military checked in with Southern Conference victories. Clemson topped Virginia Poly’s vet eran team, 300; North Carolina just lasted to beat Wake Forest, 14–⁠7, and Virginia Military outpointed South Carolina. PAT. Georgia had a hard fight before subduing Mercer, 1876, and Tennessee, with Bob Neyland back at the helm, found Chattanooga tough, 1870. Purdue Shows Class. IN THE Midwest, Purdue turned in = the days stand-out performance in routing Ohio University, 47–⁠0, as Cecil Isbell scored four touchdowns. A 60-yard touchdown dash by SIM

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 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

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

Recent meetings
2022USC 17, Oregon State 14
2021Oregon State 45, USC 27
2018USC 38, Oregon State 21
2017USC 38, Oregon State 10
2014USC 35, Oregon State 10
2013USC 31, Oregon State 14

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