California at USC

Saturday, October 14, 1950

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.

Away7California9–⁠1–⁠1 in 1950
13
HomeUSC2–⁠5–⁠2 in 1950
7

FinalHigh 87°F, low 63°FAttendance 55,468

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: California Edges Southern California; Stanford Beats Santa Clara Beors-Pockers and Lions-Roms Games Head Pro Card Today

    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.

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 72 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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