USC at California
Saturday, October 15, 1949 Share
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.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 53°FAttendance 81,500
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 21, 1949, page 3
Read the text
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
- CALIFORNIA UPSETS U.S.C
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.
The series
Every USC–California gameOfficially, 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.
| 2023 | USC 50, California 49 | |
| 2022 | USC 41, California 35 | |
| 2021 | California 24, USC 14 | |
| 2019 | USC 41, California 17 | |
| 2018 | California 15, USC 14 | |
| 2017 | USC 30, California 20 |
Around this game
USC
- Next gamevs. OregonOct. 22, 1949
- SeasonUSC in 1949
- ProgramUSC history and records
California
- Next gamevs. WashingtonOct. 22, 1949
- SeasonCalifornia in 1949
- ProgramCalifornia history and records

