Washington State at USC

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 23, 1951, page 49

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  1rojans’ Mixed Attack Wins in First Game Under Coach Hill LOS ANGELES, Sept. 22.-Jess Hill made a successful first appearance as Southern California S head football coach today when his charges mixed the single wing and the “T” to defeat Washington State. 31–⁠21. in an opening day Pacific Coast Conference game. John Williams, Southern Cali fornia’s safety. ran back a kickoff so yards for a touchdown in the most spectacular play of the game. A few seconds earlier he had fumbled a punt on the eight-yard line to set up Washington States first touchdown in the opening period. Washington State came back with a mighty rush in the second

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.

Officially, USC leads 62–⁠10–⁠4; as played, 63–⁠10–⁠4 in 77 meetings, counting the 52 since this game.