USC at Stanford

Saturday, October 24, 1936 Share

No. 6 USC beat Stanford 14–⁠7. It was their 18th meeting; after it, USC led the series 11–⁠5–⁠1 in the games on file.

Away6USC4–⁠2–⁠3 in 1936

HomeStanford2–⁠5–⁠2 in 1936

FinalHigh 78°F, low 42°FAttendance 35,000

In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, October 26, 1936, page 5
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s. CALIFORNIA ]. WINNER OVER STANFORD 14–⁠7 PALO ALTO, Cal, Oct. 26.-Put- ting together tremendous push in the final quarter, Southern California defeated Stanford IA to 2 last Saturday afternoon. Stanford made it’s touchdown in the last period after 73-yard thrust.

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)

Stanford 59% to win. USC won as Elo’s underdog.

The series

Every USC–Stanford game

Officially, USC leads 65–⁠34–⁠3; as played, 66–⁠33–⁠3 in the 102 games on file; the official count covers all 103 meetings, counting the 85 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023	USC 56, Stanford 10
2022	USC 41, Stanford 28
2021	Stanford 42, USC 28
2019	USC 45, Stanford 20
2018	Stanford 17, USC 3
2017	USC 31, Stanford 28	Pac-12 Championship Game

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