USC at California

Saturday, October 2, 1943

USC beat California 7–⁠0. It was their 30th meeting; after it, California led the series 14–⁠10–⁠2 in the games on file.

AwayUSC8–⁠2 in 1943
7
HomeCalifornia4–⁠6 in 1943
0

FinalHigh 70°F, low 54°FAttendance 55,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Blue Devils Smother Pre-Flight, AZ 10 @ Carolina Defeats Penn State, Football Scores MIDWEST

    The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., October 3, 1943, page 8 (results column)

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    Blue Devils Smother Pre-Flight, AZ 10 @ Carolina Defeats Penn State, Football Scores MIDWEST 4h1Osn LSx Oberlin 26; Case 6. Western Michigan 81; Alma o. Purdue 40; Illinois Fl. Bowling Green 30; Central Mich igan 0. Kansas State 10; Washburn Z. Great Lakes Navy 40; Pittsburgh 0. Indiana So: Wabash 0. Minnesota 81; Nebraska 0. Michigan 81; Northwestern Z. Iowa Navy SO: Iowa State 10. Notre Dame So; Georgia Tech 10 Ohio State q: Missouri 6. Otterbein %; Rio Grande 6. SOUTHWEST Texas Christian 13: Arkansas 0. Southwestern IA; Texas 7. North Texas Aggies 20; South ern Methodist 6. Lawrence College IA; St. Mary S FAR WEST Southern California 7; California 0. College of Pacific 10; UCLA z. TT. Warren 60: Utah 0. Arizona at Utah-Cancelled. Washington at Washington State

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 56% to win. USC won as Elo’s underdog.

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 82 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023USC 50, California 49
2022USC 41, California 35
2021California 24, USC 14
2019USC 41, California 17
2018California 15, USC 14
2017USC 30, California 20

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