USC at California

Saturday, October 15, 1949

No. 9 California beat No. 12 USC 16–⁠10. It was their 39th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 16–⁠16–⁠3 in the games on file.

Away12USC5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1949
10
Home9California10–⁠1 in 1949
16

FinalHigh 66°F, low 53°FAttendance 81,500

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: NfvLAND'5 COAST GAMES 5AI.

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 21, 1949, page 3

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    NfvLAND’5 COAST GAMES 5AI. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 21.-R- |Californias Bears and the Uni |versity of California at Los Angeles Bruins, co-leaders of the Pacific |Coast conference, each figure to Twin another football game Satur- |day. Off comparative performances, |only the biggest kind of an upset would cause California to lose to Washington, four times beaten twice in the conference. California lis the cnly undefeated, united team lin all 1949 games. The U.C.L.A. assignment may be Ia bit tougher. The Bruins travel Ito Pullman to meet Washington |State. Indictment weather could prove a leveling agent. Although it technically fronts the conference trace with three wins, U.CL.A. $ bubble of invincibility was pricked last week when it was blanked O-14 by the strong independent San- |ta Clara. The red hot contest of the week will bring Oregon and Southern California together in Los Angeles. Oregon’s one loss occurred on it’s previous visit to the south, 35- 27 setback by U.C.LA. use. drop ped a 16–⁠10 decision to California. Stanford, also a game off the conference pace, entertains an inn proved Oregon State team. This weeks selections: TO-DAY San Jose State over Santa Bar bara by 20 points. Lewis and Clark over Whitman by 12. SATURDAY use. over Oregon by T. California over Washington by IA. U.C.L.A. over WSC. by 6. Stanford over Oregon s. by 2. Idaho over Montana by 6. Nevada over Fresno State by IS. U. of Portland over Pepperdine by ‘. Central Wash. over British Col

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.

On the newsreel

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)

California 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, USC leads 72–⁠32–⁠6; as played, 72–⁠31–⁠5 in the 108 games on file; the official count covers all 112 meetings, counting the 73 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023USC 50, California 49
2022USC 41, California 35
2021California 24, USC 14
2019USC 41, California 17
2018California 15, USC 14
2017USC 30, California 20

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