USC at Oregon
Saturday, October 16, 1948 Share
Oregon beat USC 8–7. It was their 14th meeting; after it, USC led the series 11–2–1 as played.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 35°FAttendance 33,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every USC–Oregon gameOfficially, USC leads 38–24–2; as played, 39–24–2 in 65 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.
| 2026 | Oregon 41, USC 27 | |
| 2025 | Oregon 42, USC 27 | |
| 2023 | Oregon 36, USC 27 | |
| 2020 | Oregon 31, USC 24 | Pac-12 Championship Game |
| 2019 | Oregon 56, USC 24 | |
| 2016 | USC 45, Oregon 20 |
Around this game
USC
- Next gameat StanfordOct. 23, 1948
- SeasonUSC in 1948
- ProgramUSC history and records
Oregon
- Next gamevs. Washington StateOct. 23, 1948
- SeasonOregon in 1948
- ProgramOregon history and records

