Washington at USC

Saturday, October 19, 1946

USC beat Washington 28–⁠0. It was their 20th meeting; after it, USC led the series 10–⁠9–⁠1 as played.

AwayWashington5–⁠4 in 1946
0
HomeUSC6–⁠4 in 1946
28

FinalHigh 76°F, low 53°FAttendance 42,507

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Washington Is Routed By Southern Col. 28-0

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 20, 1946, page 36

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    Washington Is Routed By Southern Col. 28–⁠0 LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19.-Southern California rolled to an easy $50 victory today over a ragged University of Washington team before 42,507 in Memorial Coliseum Hanging up their second Coast Conference win against one defeat the Trojans tailed twice in the first period. Left Half Don Garlin made both touchdowns, the first on l. yard buck, the other on a 34-yard end sweep. American Hockey League. Cleveland. 5: Buffalo, 3. Hershey. =; Providence, !. Tndiane polls, Il; Springfield, .. New Haven. .; Pittsburgh, o. ST. LOUIS, i; Philadelphia. 3. National Hockey League. Boston. /: Montreal, | Uie) Toronto, g. Detroit, 3.

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: W Washington Loses $50 To Southern California

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 20, 1946, page 1

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    W Washington Loses $50 To Southern California LOS ANGELES. Oct. 1s.-iP)- The Southern California Trojans rolled to an easy $50 victory today over a ragged University OF Washington team before 4 2,507 (correct) in Memorial Coliseum. Hanging up their second coast conference win against one defeat, the Trojans tailed twice in the first period. Left half Don Garlin made both touchdowns, the first on a vineyard buck, the other on a 34-yard end sweep.

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 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, USC leads 52–⁠32–⁠4; as played, 53–⁠32–⁠4 in 89 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026USC 25, Washington 21
2024Washington 26, USC 21
2023Washington 52, USC 42
2019Washington 28, USC 14
2016USC 26, Washington 13
2015Washington 17, USC 12

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