Rice at USC
Saturday, October 9, 1948 Share
USC beat Rice 7–0. It was their second meeting; after it, USC led the series 1–0–1.
FinalHigh 77°F, low 59°FAttendance 49,531
On the newsreel
- U.S.C. 7, RICE 0Southern California's Trojans stage an 80-yard surge early in the game to defeat a scrappy Rice eleven, 7-0. But 50,000 football fans witness a closely-fought contest from then on
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
USC 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Rice–USC gameUSC leads 3–0–1 in four meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 2022 | USC 66, Rice 14 | |
| 1971 | USC 24, Rice 0 | |
| 1948 | USC 7, Rice 0 | |
| 1947 | Rice 7, USC 7 |
Around this game
Rice
- Next gamevs. SMUOct. 16, 1948
- SeasonRice in 1948
- ProgramRice history and records
USC
- Next gameat OregonOct. 16, 1948
- SeasonUSC in 1948
- ProgramUSC history and records