USC at Ohio State

Saturday, October 11, 1947

No. 20 USC beat Ohio State 32–⁠0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 3–⁠3.

Away20USC7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1947
32
HomeOhio State2–⁠6–⁠1 in 1947
0

FinalHigh 79°F, low 52°FAttendance 76,559

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Trojans Show Power Humb|ing Ohio State

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 12, 1947, page 34

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    Trojans Show Power Humb|ing Ohio State COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct H. Southern California’s rollicking Trojans gave q spectacular display of power and precision today as they scored In every period to hand Ohio States fading Bucks 32–⁠0 setback their second of the season, before capacity crowd Of 76,559. The colorful coast team tore apart Ohio States 5-4-2 defense for 1874 yards rushing, and passed over and through it for 106 more. It out gained the Bucks, 300 yards to 1873 despite the fact Ohio State had the ball for II plays to So for the visitors. The Trojan victory evened the intersectional series at three each, and was Southern Gals first win over the Ohioans since 1888. Last year the Bucks triumphed, 21–⁠0. Coach jeff Cravath used all Of his travelling squad of “A in the contest. and had the field flooded with third and fourth stringers in the final period when the Westerners marched for two touchdowns after having scored once in each Of the first three periods.

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)

Ohio State 55% to win. USC won as Elo’s underdog.

USC leads 13–⁠10–⁠1 in 24 meetings, counting the 18 since this game.

Recent meetings
2017Ohio State 24, USC 7Cotton Bowl
2009USC 18, Ohio State 15
2008USC 35, Ohio State 3
1990USC 35, Ohio State 26
1989USC 42, Ohio State 3
1984USC 20, Ohio State 17Rose Bowl

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