Oregon at USC

Saturday, October 3, 1936

USC beat Oregon 26–⁠0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, USC led the series 6–⁠0 as played.

AwayOregon2–⁠6–⁠1 in 1936
0
HomeUSC4–⁠2–⁠3 in 1936
26

FinalHigh 75°F, low 57°FAttendance 35,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: TROJANS BEAT OREGON AFTER HARD STRUGGLE Northern Players Resist At tack for First Half, then Give Up

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 5, 1936, page 5

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    TROJANS BEAT OREGON AFTER HARD STRUGGLE Northern Players Resist At tack for First Half, then Give Up LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 5. - The Southern California Trojans aimed a double barreled attack at the University of Oregon last Sat urday afternoon and came out with a 2S to 0 victory. The game was played before 35,000 football fans. Led by Davie Davis, the 160 pound quarterback, the Trojans pushed the Webfooters around two periods be, fore they were able to score, but had no difficulty in the second half

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: Three Teams in Coast Play

    Imperial Valley press, October 5, 1936, page 2 (results column)

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    Three Teams in Coast Play A bristling football campaign today left only three Pacific coast conference teams undefeated after two weekends of competition. U.CL.A., Washington State Col lege and use. alone remain in the unbeaten column, and the Bruins are in danger of having their record spoiled next Saturday when they tackle the powerful University of Washington eleven. Saturdays encounters swept Cali fornia, Oregon and Idaho on to the beaten list, while Stanford lost its second straight game. Stanford, which lost by a 14-l3 margin to the Washington State Cougars, faces Oregon next Saturday. California, after falling victim before the onslaught of hard-hitting st. Mary’s College eleven, moves north to Portland Saturday to meet Oregon State College. Jimmie Phelan at Seattle will call in his first veteran backfield Saturday when his squad meets the U.C.L.A. Bruins. He saved them when the Huskies downed Idaho 22–⁠0. Washington State meets the Idaho squad Saturday. University of Montana plays Idaho Southern at Missouri. st. Mary’s plays Loyola Sunday. Santa Clara meets U.S.F. in another Sunday game. The Trojans go east for an intersectional game with Illinois. They trounced Oregon 26 to 0 Saturday.

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 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, USC leads 38–⁠24–⁠2; as played, 39–⁠24–⁠2 in 65 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Oregon 41, USC 27
2025Oregon 42, USC 27
2023Oregon 36, USC 27
2020Oregon 31, USC 24Pac-12 Championship Game
2019Oregon 56, USC 24
2016USC 45, Oregon 20

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