USC at Oregon

Saturday, October 29, 1938

No. 19 USC beat Oregon 31–⁠7. It was their eighth meeting; after it, USC led the series 8–⁠0 as played.

Away19USC9–⁠2 in 1938
31
HomeOregon4–⁠5 in 1938
7

FinalHigh 61°F, low 50°F, 0.67 in. of rainAttendance 18,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: So. California Just WaI|ops Oregon, 31-7

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 31, 1938, page 5

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    So. California Just WaI|ops Oregon, 31–⁠7 PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 31 - Southern California brought the Pacific Coast Conferences oldest and most terrible football jinx here last Saturday, and just as it has done every meeting in 21 years, mes merized the Oregon Webfooters 31 to ‘.

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 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, USC leads 38–⁠24–⁠2; as played, 39–⁠24–⁠2 in 65 meetings, counting the 57 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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