California at USC
Saturday, October 14, 1950 Share
No. 7 California beat USC 13–7. It was their 40th meeting; after it, California led the series 17–16–3 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 87°F, low 63°FAttendance 55,468
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 15, 1950, page 47
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California Edges Southern California; Stanford Beats Santa Clara Beors-Pockers and Lions-Roms Games Head Pro Card Today The Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions, striving to overhaul the New York Yanks in a three-cornered duel for the National Foot ball Leagues National Conference title race, and the New York Giants. shooting for their fourth straight win. hold the pro foot ball spotlight on a five-game card today. The Bears have a return game at Chicago with the Green Bay Packers, who defeated them a couple of weeks ago, 81 to 81, while Detroit is host to the up and down Los Angeles Rams. The Giants. only undefeated team in pro ranks, meet the rough, tough Pittsburgh Steelers, who almost have to win to stay in the title race. It shapes up as the most interesting day Of the young season. , Bears Will Need Passers. If the Bears don’t beat the Packers it will be a surprise to George Halas’ supporters, al though statistics indicate they’ll need Johnny Lujack or Sid Luck man at their best to do it. The Bears have the leagues No. 2 ball carrier In George Gulyanics, while Lujack ranks ninth among the passers. The Bears have almost a 2-l margin over the Packers in the air, but on the ground they’re evenly matched. with the Packers counting on Billy Grimes and Larry Coutre to move the ball for them. The Giants-Steelers game may be decided by one touchdown.
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)
California 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every California–USC 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 72 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
California
- Next gameat Oregon StateOct. 21, 1950
- SeasonCalifornia in 1950
- ProgramCalifornia history and records
USC
- Next gameat NavyOct. 21, 1950
- SeasonUSC in 1950
- ProgramUSC history and records

