Oregon State at USC
Saturday, November 24, 1945 Share
USC beat Oregon State 34–7. It was their 21st meeting; after it, USC led the series 15–2–4.
FinalHigh 67°F, low 47°FAttendance 35,000
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 25, 1945, page 1
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Trojans Stay In Race, Beat Oregon State 34–7 LOS ANGELES, Nov. 24.-(P)- The Southern California Trojans, staying on the beam to the Rose Bowl. rolled over the Oregon State College Beavers today, “a to 7, as trickey Ted Tannehill romped for three touchdowns. Registering their fourth Pacific Coast conference victory against one defeat, the Trojans tailed in every period and only in the first quarter when the Beavers briefly held 7 to lead, was the contest in doubt. use proved it’s power to the 49,. O0O spectatos in Memorial coliseum by returning the opening kickoff to their own 80 yard line and marching 81 yards in IA plays.
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)
USC 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Oregon State–USC gameUSC leads 64–11–4 in 79 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.
| 2022 | USC 17, Oregon State 14 | |
| 2021 | Oregon State 45, USC 27 | |
| 2018 | USC 38, Oregon State 21 | |
| 2017 | USC 38, Oregon State 10 | |
| 2014 | USC 35, Oregon State 10 | |
| 2013 | USC 31, Oregon State 14 |
Around this game
Oregon State
- Next gameat OregonDec. 1, 1945
- SeasonOregon State in 1945
- ProgramOregon State history and records
USC
- Next gamevs. UCLADec. 1, 1945
- SeasonUSC in 1945
- ProgramUSC history and records

