Oregon State at USC

Saturday, November 24, 1945

USC beat Oregon State 34–⁠7. It was their 21st meeting; after it, USC led the series 15–⁠2–⁠4.

AwayOregon State4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1945
7
HomeUSC7–⁠4 in 1945
34

FinalHigh 67°F, low 47°FAttendance 35,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Trojans Stay In Race, Beat Oregon State 34-7

    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.

USC leads 64–⁠11–⁠4 in 79 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.

Recent meetings
2022USC 17, Oregon State 14
2021Oregon State 45, USC 27
2018USC 38, Oregon State 21
2017USC 38, Oregon State 10
2014USC 35, Oregon State 10
2013USC 31, Oregon State 14

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