USC at Oregon

Saturday, October 16, 1948

Oregon beat USC 8–⁠7. It was their 14th meeting; after it, USC led the series 11–⁠2–⁠1 as played.

AwayUSC6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1948
7
HomeOregon9–⁠2 in 1948
8

FinalHigh 68°F, low 35°FAttendance 33,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: CALIFORNIA BEARS ARE Up ON TOP University of Oregon Also Comes Out with Un- bIemished Record

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 18, 1948, page 3

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    CALIFORNIA BEARS ARE Up ON TOP University of Oregon Also Comes Out with Un- bIemished Record SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-tR- Football has reached the mid-season mile post in the Far West. T h e championship pattern Of the Coast Conference is clearly outlined as of this date.> | Californias Bears pack the big wallop. They’re undefeated in or out of the league Last weeks smashing APO triumph over Oregon State erased any lingering doubts. University of Oregon also has an unblemished conference record, in fact has won three to Califor- nia’s lone conquest as of now. But Oregon lost to Michigan, 14–⁠0. out side and barely squeezed by it’s last two league opponents, Idaho. 15–⁠8 and Southern California, 8–⁠7. Inci- dentally that two touchdown set back by Michigan makes Oregon look pretty good in view of M.chi- gan’s last two tremendous wins, 4O-0 over Purdue and. 28–⁠0 over Northwestern. California Looks Coed Nevertheless, California has the better record and from all indica- tions will go through the season unscathed. Oregon may pull through without a conference stumble to SnarI ,ID the race If is rarrett af,le these two clubs do not meet this season. California takes to the road for two weeks This Saturday, it will

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 51% to win. Oregon won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, USC leads 38–⁠24–⁠2; as played, 39–⁠24–⁠2 in 65 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Oregon 41, USC 27
2025Oregon 42, USC 27
2023Oregon 36, USC 27
2020Oregon 31, USC 24Pac-12 Championship Game
2019Oregon 56, USC 24
2016USC 45, Oregon 20

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