USC at UCLA

Saturday, December 9, 1939

No. 3 USC and No. 9 UCLA tied 0–⁠0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, USC led the series 4–⁠0–⁠2 as played.

Away3USC8–⁠0–⁠2 in 1939
0
Home9UCLA6–⁠0–⁠4 in 1939
0

FinalHigh 70°F, low 58°FAttendance 103,303

On the newsreel

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

USC 60% to win.

Officially, USC leads 52–⁠34–⁠7; as played, 54–⁠34–⁠7 in 95 meetings, counting the 89 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

Around this game

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