UCLA at USC

Thursday, November 24, 1938

No. 14 USC beat UCLA 42–⁠7. It was their fifth meeting; after it, USC led the series 4–⁠0–⁠1 as played.

AwayUCLA7–⁠4–⁠1 in 1938
7
Home14USC9–⁠2 in 1938
42

FinalHigh 79°F, low 52°F

In the newspapers

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: use TrampIes Bruins. 42-7

    Imperial Valley press, California, November 25, 1938, page 2

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    use TrampIes Bruins. 42–⁠7 LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25. up Southern California Rose Bowl stock scared today as the Trojans stiffened their claim 10 the New Years game with the most lopsided victory OF the Pacific coast conference football season-a stun ming Alt rout of UCLA. Actually the Trojans are dead locked with California for the coast title and both have an equal chance for the bowl bid that will be awarded Monday, but nobody in this town would believe 1t. Local fans firmly held the APT triumph largest scored by use in seven years – clinched the Pasadena classic for Troy. California and use are tied for the crown with six victories and one defeat. The 10 conference members will vote Monday to determine which Of the leaders will carry the western banner Jan. 2 Six votes are necessary to obtain the bid

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 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, USC leads 52–⁠34–⁠7; as played, 54–⁠34–⁠7 in 95 meetings, counting the 90 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025USC 29, UCLA 10
2024USC 19, UCLA 13
2023UCLA 38, USC 20
2022USC 48, UCLA 45
2021UCLA 62, USC 33
2020USC 43, UCLA 38

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