Notre Dame at USC
Saturday, November 28, 1942 Share
No. 8 Notre Dame beat No. 14 USC 13–0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 10–6–1 as played.
FinalHigh 67°F, low 51°FAttendance 95,000
On the newsreel
- NOTRE DAME VS. U.S.C. FOOTBALL
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)
Notre Dame 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Notre Dame–USC gameOfficially, Notre Dame leads 51–37–5; as played, 53–38–5 in 96 meetings, counting the 79 since this game.
| 2025 | Notre Dame 34, USC 24 | |
| 2024 | Notre Dame 49, USC 35 | |
| 2023 | Notre Dame 48, USC 20 | |
| 2022 | USC 38, Notre Dame 27 | |
| 2021 | Notre Dame 31, USC 16 | |
| 2019 | Notre Dame 30, USC 27 |
Around this game
Notre Dame
- Next gamevs. Great Lakes NavyDec. 5, 1942
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1942
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records
USC
- Next gamevs. MontanaDec. 5, 1942
- SeasonUSC in 1942
- ProgramUSC history and records
Ranked games that day
- Holy Cross 55, No. 1 Boston College 12
- No. 5 Georgia 34, No. 2 Georgia Tech 0
- No. 3 Ohio State 41, Iowa Pre-Flight 12
- Georgia Pre-Flight 35, No. 7 Alabama 19
- No. 9 Michigan 28, Iowa 14
- No. 10 Tennessee 19, Vanderbilt 7
- No. 12 Santa Clara 21, Loyola Marymount 0
- No. 12 Stanford 28, Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight 13