UCLA at USC

Saturday, November 22, 1947. USC took the Victory Bell from UCLA

No. 4 USC beat No. 18 UCLA 6–⁠0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, USC led the series 11–⁠2–⁠4 as played.

Away18UCLA5–⁠4 in 1947
0
Home4USC7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1947
6

FinalHigh 60°F, low 45°F, 0.04 in. of rainAttendance 102,050

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 23, 1947, page 1

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    LOS ANGELES, Nov. ~. IN” Playing before a record smashing crowd of 1902, $50 fren. zied fans, Southern California’s powerful Trojans defeated UCLA 6 to 0 today to win the Pacific Coast conference championship and roll on to play mighty Mich. |igan in the Rose Bowl New Years Day. Clinching their 10th visit to the famed Pasadena Bowl, the Car. dinal and Gold scored its lone touchdown in the second quarter, and as the sell-out crowd-largea st to see a college football game in the nation this year-thundered in excitement, STAYED off q UCLAN threat of tying the score in the final two minutes of the game. . The Trojans thus wound up. their Conference season with 4 perfect record. A tie with Rice, TT, in intersectional play was the only blot on their record. Notre Dame remains on the schedule, but the outcome will have no bearing on the Confer ence Rose Bowl selection. -v Official confirmation that USG will go to the Pasadena platter remains to be voted by the Con-. ference Monday, but after to. days clincher the vote is merels lv a fOrmality.

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.

Officially, USC leads 52–⁠34–⁠7; as played, 54–⁠34–⁠7 in 95 meetings, counting the 78 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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