Stanford at USC

Saturday, November 5, 1949 Share

Stanford beat No. 12 USC 34–⁠13. It was their 28th meeting; after it, USC led the series 16–⁠10–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayStanford7–⁠3–⁠1 in 1949

Home12USC5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1949

FinalHigh 88°F, low 62°FAttendance 70,041

In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 7, 1949, page 3
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BEARS FEAR DUCKS GAME; MAY BE UPSET SAN FRANCISCO, NOV. 7-lA- Double trouble loomed today for the undefeated California Bears in their drive toward the coast con- ference football title and the Rose Bowl Lynn Waldorfs Californians face Oregon this weekend and Stanford the following Saturday to close out the league schedule. The Bears-only undefeated team in the eague-outscored Washing ton State, 33-l4, in unimpressive fashion last week. The meeting with Oregon will be a tough one, in spite of the latter’s spotty re- cord. Oregon hasn’t forgotten that California last year refused to con slider a playoff when the two teams tied for the conference title. The Webfoots who lost 27–⁠28 to Washington last week, will invade the Bear lair pitched high. a o 114NI OIeAy T VI – A1S Stanford popped into the confer ence championship picture with a loud bang. The Indians finally put their potentially powerful game to- gether to pulverize the favored Southern California TroJans, 34–⁠13. This is the same use. team that front running California had such difficult time defeating, l6–⁠10. AS a result of Stanford’s sensa- tional upset win, the conference title may be up for decision when the Indians tackle California in the Big Game” at Palo Alto, Nov. 19. The expectation is that Califor- mia will turn back Oregon and Stanford will defeat Idaho. Idaho’s disappointing season in- creased in scope Saturday when it was beaten by Oregon State, 25–⁠35. Another team still in the run ming is the University of California at Los Angeles, with four league wins to one defeat. Stanford, with three victories, lost a conference contest to U.C.L.A., TIA. Califor- nia’s eight game win streak in- cludes five in the circuit, and one was over U.C.L.A., 35–⁠21.

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

STANFORD BLASTS U.S.CBlasting the Rose Bowl dreams of Southern Cal. while keeping their own strong, the Indians of Stanford go on the football warpath with a surprising 34-13 victoryUniversal Newsreel, November 7, 1949. Catalog record at the National Archives

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Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

USC 72% to win. Stanford pulled the upset.

The series

Every Stanford–USC game

Officially, USC leads 65–⁠34–⁠3; as played, 66–⁠33–⁠3 in the 102 games on file; the official count covers all 103 meetings, counting the 75 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023	USC 56, Stanford 10
2022	USC 41, Stanford 28
2021	Stanford 42, USC 28
2019	USC 45, Stanford 20
2018	Stanford 17, USC 3
2017	USC 31, Stanford 28	Pac-12 Championship Game

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