USC at UCLA

Saturday, November 23, 1946. UCLA took the Victory Bell from USC

No. 4 UCLA beat No. 10 USC 13–⁠6. It was their 16th meeting; after it, USC led the series 10–⁠2–⁠4 as played.

Away10USC6–⁠4 in 1946
6
Home4UCLA10–⁠1 in 1946
13

FinalHigh 59°F, low 54°F, 1.24 in. of rainAttendance 93,714

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Football Scores

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 24, 1946, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Scores Rutgers Is; Bucknell 0. Rutgers Jayvee %; Columbia Jayvee s. Dartmouth 20; Princeton ID. Z West Chester .Tchrs 80; Wagner O.. ! Delaware 20; Muhlenberg II. Western Maryland A.; Mount st. Mary Georgetown 10; New York University IL. Columbia So; Syracuse 81. Pittsburgh IA; Penn State Z. Holy Cross ~; Temple 7. Buffalo So; Johns Hopkins o. Dickinson 80; Allegheny 6. Morris Harvey 6; Chenille 0. West Virginia Wesleyan 20; Davis Elk ms 0. Penn Military 8; Albright 0. MIDWEST Michigan State rs; Maryland IA. Michigan So; Ohio State 6. Illinois 20; Northwestern 0. Indiana “a; Purdue 20. Akron 10; John Carroll 6. { Ohio University 25. Xavier s. Dayton 20; Marshall 7. Minnesota 6; Wisconsin o. Dennison 81; Wittenberg 0. Mount Union 10; Kenyon IL, oberlin %; Wooster 0. Wichita ID; Toledo 7. Dekalb 20; James Millikin 0. FAR WEST New Mexico IA; Kansas State 7. New Mexico Military Institute IA New Mexico 7. Montana State As; Colorado School o Mines Z. Southern California 6. UCLA 13.

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)

UCLA 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, USC leads 52–⁠34–⁠7; as played, 54–⁠34–⁠7 in 95 meetings, counting the 79 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025USC 29, UCLA 10
2024USC 19, UCLA 13
2023UCLA 38, USC 20
2022USC 48, UCLA 45
2021UCLA 62, USC 33
2020USC 43, UCLA 38

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