California at USC

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 8, 1936, page 27

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  TROJANS STOPPED BY BEARS, IS TO I Aerial TouchdoWns Bring Southern CALIFORNIA; First Defeat. BIZ the Associated FIeSSs r OS ANGELES, November T. The browbeaten Golden Bears / Of California rose up in fighting – fury today and defeated the favored and previously unbeaten Trojans Of Southern California, l3 to q. Fifty-five thousand fans saw the Bears strike through the air for two touchdowns, and claw the mighty Trojan war horse to pieces with an alert, smashing defense. California’s Sammy Chapman, pass throwing halfback, and Capt. Bob Herwig, the Bear center, carried of most Of the victor’s glory, and little Davie Davis, the Trojan signal-caller and triple-threat star, and Capt. Gil Kuhn, the Trojan center, bore the brunt Of Southern CALIFORNIA; play.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, November 9, 1936, page 5

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  GOLDEN BEARS BEAT TROJANS BY AIR ATTACK Mighty Midget of Southern California Makes Only Touchdown LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. g. Californias Golden Bears knocked Southern California out of the na- tion’s undefeated class last Satur- day afternoon with a brilliant 13 to victory before $500 fans. The Bears, striking through the air, scored in the first and third periods. Davie Davis, mighty midget, SCOT led the Trojans only touchdown.

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.

Officially, USC leads 72–⁠32–⁠6; as played, 72–⁠31–⁠5 in the 108 games on file; the official count covers all 112 meetings, counting the 89 since this game.