California at USC

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 10, 1940, page 32

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  LOS ANGELES, Nov. Cali fornia’s Golden Bear, mixing an in spired brand of football with spec tacular touchdown runs of 100 yards and So yards. dropped Southern CAL ifornia another rung down the ladder of grid fame today with a 20–⁠7 triumph before $4,000 spectators. The Berkeley contingent, hand ing the Trojan machine its second conference defeat of the 1910 cam paign, startled the roaring throng in the first quarter, when 170-pound Orv Hatcher, spearhead of the attack, sprinted So yards for the opening score of the day. Southern CALIFORNIA; warhorse. returned after the Stanford loss and fitted up with Bobby Robert son in the Quarterback drivers seat for the time. marched back, fumbled on the l-foot line. but scored a moment later on Robert sons brilliant work. Troy took over a TO lead at this point, but not for long. Official Hurt in Dash. Marching once again into the California side of the field, the Trojans reached the 4-yard line. first down. Still on the three downs later. Robertson tipped a pass to the left. Big Jim Jurkovich, the Bear right halfback. caught il with foot on the goal line. He dug in and streaked down the side lines exactly 100 yards for a touch down. The interception caught the Trojans flatfooted. They couldn’t get near the flying Fresno lad. The only one hurt in the frantic chase after him was a slow-footed official.

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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 85 since this game.