Stanford at USC

Saturday, November 8, 1941 Share

No. 9 Stanford beat USC 13–⁠0. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, USC led the series 13–⁠8–⁠1 in the games on file.

Away9Stanford6–⁠3 in 1941

HomeUSC2–⁠6–⁠1 in 1941

FinalHigh 87°F, low 63°FAttendance 87,000

In the newspapers

Evening star, November 9, 1941, page 41
Read the text
Baylor Jo Texas With TT Game; Stanford Trims Southern California Wade Rates Luch With Best Backs BY tne ASSOCIATED P1eH1. DURHAM. N. C.-Steve Lach- “As good a back as we ever had And that from taciturn Wal lace Wade of Duke is something. For Wade can recall the exploits of such sterling former Blue Devil backs as Ace Parker, now of Brooklyn’s Dodgers and voted pro footballs best last season. George McAfee of Chicaeo’s rampaging Bears, and Eric (Ihe RedD Upton, whose sure-foot literally kicked Duke into the Rose Bowl back In 1883.

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.

On the newsreel

STANFORD “INDIANS” SCALP THE TROJANS IN GRIDIRON CLASSICUniversal Newsreel, November 10, 1941. Catalog record at the National Archives

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)

Stanford 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Stanford–USC game

Officially, USC leads 65–⁠34–⁠3; as played, 66–⁠33–⁠3 in the 102 games on file; the official count covers all 103 meetings, counting the 80 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023	USC 56, Stanford 10
2022	USC 41, Stanford 28
2021	Stanford 42, USC 28
2019	USC 45, Stanford 20
2018	Stanford 17, USC 3
2017	USC 31, Stanford 28	Pac-12 Championship Game

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