Oregon at USC
Saturday, October 19, 1940 Share
No. 17 USC beat Oregon 13–0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, USC led the series 9–0–1 as played.
FinalHigh 99°F, low 74°FAttendance 35,000
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 21, 1940, page 5
Read the text
OREGON Lo5ES; SO. CALIFORNIA WINNER B TO 0 LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct 21.- Scoring one touchdown on a 42- yard run of lateral by Big Ben Sohn and adding another on a 57-yard drive in the last period, Southern California defeated Ore gon 13 to 0 last Saturday after noon before 10000 sweltering fans.
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 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Oregon–USC gameOfficially, USC leads 38–24–2; as played, 39–24–2 in 65 meetings, counting the 55 since this game.
| 2026 | Oregon 41, USC 27 | |
| 2025 | Oregon 42, USC 27 | |
| 2023 | Oregon 36, USC 27 | |
| 2020 | Oregon 31, USC 24 | Pac-12 Championship Game |
| 2019 | Oregon 56, USC 24 | |
| 2016 | USC 45, Oregon 20 |
Around this game
Oregon
- Next gameat Washington StateOct. 26, 1940
- SeasonOregon in 1940
- ProgramOregon history and records
USC
- Next gameat StanfordOct. 26, 1940
- SeasonUSC in 1940
- ProgramUSC history and records