California at USC
Saturday, November 7, 1942 Share
USC beat California 21–7. It was their 29th meeting; after it, California led the series 14–9–2 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 73°F, low 54°FAttendance 50,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 8, 1942, page 41 (results column)
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Results of Football Games Yesterday Great Lakes AZ; Purdue, 0. Lincoln University 26; Fort Sill, 6. Rolla Mines, 13; Springfield o. Moorhead Teachers, 20 Jamestown College, IA. st. Cloud Teachers, Al; Eau Claire Teachers, o. Illinois Wesleyan IA; Bradley, 13. Otterbein, 8; Findlay, g. Mount Union, %; Ohio Northern, o. Wichita, 27; Emporia, g. Iowa Teachers, II; Drake IL. Marietta, a. Rio Grande, 13. Wayne, Is; Akron University, 6. Kalamazoo, 20 Albion, 49, Kansas. 10; Washington, Z. Baker, IA; Wesleyan, 10. Depauw, As; Earlham, O.. Oklahoma rs; Kansas State, 0. Ball State 81; Valparaiso o. Manchester, %; Franklin, 13. Lawrence A.; Beloit, 0. Southern illinois, 27; Eastern Illinois, T. Cornell Uowa), 20; Monmouth, 0. Knox, 6; Coe. 0. Missouri Mines, 13; Springfield, 0. Concordia, IA; st. Johns, IA (tie). st. Olaf, s; Manchester, o. South Dakota u, TO- Gustavus-Adolphus 13. South Dakota State, 20; Carleton, IA. Idaho Southern, Z; Compton, O.. Rose Poly, 81; Hanover, g. Southwest. Texas 20; Baylor, o. Texas A g. M, 27; Southern Methodist, 20. Rice, 40; Arkansas, g. Texas Tech 13; Texas Christian, 8. Tulsa, a. Oklahoma A 81 NJ, 6. Hardin Simmons, 40; West Texas Teachers O. Rocky Mountain. Denver, 20; Bringham Young, 6. Utah, 13; Colorado, 0. Colorado State, Is; Utah State, 0. Kansas, Is; Regis, 6. Far West. Oregon, IA; UCLA, T. Oregon State, SO; Montana, 0. Southern California, 21 California, 7. Stanford 20; Washington, 7. Washington State, Is; Michigan State, 49, Portland, Al; Pacific Lutheran, 0. Fresno State 80; Nevada, o. Corpus Christi Naval Air, 50; Randolph Field, O. San Diego Naval, 20; California U. Reserves, 0. College Pacific, IS; California Aggies, Z. California Polytechnic, 81; San Francisco State, Whittier, Is; Pomona, 7. Adams Teachers, 81; Fort Lewis, O. Puget Sound, 81; Pacific u, 8. Scholastic. Navy Plebes 50; Augusta Military, 13. George WASH High (Danville) 50; Hopewell O. Glass, IS; Thomas Jefferson, 0. Randolph Macon Academy, a.; Virginia Deaf, 8. Staunton Military, 33; Massanutten Military, 0.

Imperial Valley press, November 9, 1942, page 4 (results column)
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9. tUP)-‘ Rose Bowl Rosie, that ficle belle of Pasadena, today had transferred her affections from the city slickers Of UCLA to the rough and tough in habitants of the rugged Palouse country-the Cougars of Washing ton state. After weeks of jealously waiting on the sidelines While Rosie Wooed the UCLANs with promises of glory and cash-neXt Jan. at her Ar royo Seco homestead, the Cougars jumped right into the little lady’s arms Saturday when every major Pacific Coast Conference game ended in an upset. The hitherto despised Webfoots of Oregon keynoted the wild afternoon by whipping UCLA. 14–7, on a wet field at Eugene, while Washington State salvaged something of the coasts reputation by beating Michigan State, 2513, in an intersectional battle at Spokane. Robin AT PEAK Thus, the Bruins and Cougars tied for the conference lead with one defeat each, but the UCLANs have been knocked over twice out side the league. Even if it had not been raining, Oregon probably would have defeated UCLA for Fullback Tommy Robin played the best game of his career and his mates were inspired as they throttled Bob Waterfield’s efforts to get the CT attack roll ing: Robin set up the first Webfoot score with a 51-yard sprint and punched over the winning points seven minutes before the final gun. Big Bob Kennedy, the confer ences top scorer with 63 points, paced Washington State to its vic tory over Michigan State Kennedy tailed three times as the Cougars ! thrilled $4,000 fans with the vests only interSectional triumph of the / season. TROJANS WIN Southern California, paced by Mickey McCardle, unloosed the old Trojan power on California for a 21–7 outcome Almost $4,000 spec tators saw McCardle accumulate 113 yards on his own hook and 90 over for two scores. Quarterback Ray Hammett spark ed Stanford to a 20–7 win over favored Washington. Hammett pitch ed one touchdown pass, plunged over himself for another six points
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)
California 55% to win. USC won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every California–USC gameOfficially, 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 83 since this game.
| 2023 | USC 50, California 49 | |
| 2022 | USC 41, California 35 | |
| 2021 | California 24, USC 14 | |
| 2019 | USC 41, California 17 | |
| 2018 | California 15, USC 14 | |
| 2017 | USC 30, California 20 |
Around this game
California
- Next gamevs. MontanaNov. 14, 1942
- SeasonCalifornia in 1942
- ProgramCalifornia history and records
USC
- Next gamevs. OregonNov. 14, 1942
- SeasonUSC in 1942
- ProgramUSC history and records

