USC at Stanford

Saturday, November 8, 1952

No. 6 USC beat Stanford 54–⁠7. It was their 31st meeting; after it, USC led the series 17–⁠11–⁠2 in the games on file.

Away6USC10–⁠1 in 1952
54
HomeStanford5–⁠5 in 1952
7

FinalHigh 74°F, low 46°FAttendance 45,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Southern California Crushes Stanford Under 54-7 Assault

    Evening star, November 9, 1952, page 62

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    Southern California Crushes Stanford Under 54–⁠7 Assault use scored a touchdown in the first quarter, two in the second, and obliterated the confused In dams with three more in the third The Trojans added two more for good measure in the fourth. Battered and beaten. Stanford put together a 57-yard drive in the last period to crack the scoring column. Sub Quarterback Jack Gebert pitched IL yards to Sam Morely in the end zone to climax the drive. SSC C-3-------------- “a % use scoring: Observation-Disclosures (3), Bozanic. Grow. Goux, Han. Miller Conversions-Koch (6) Go placements. / dropkick) Stanford scoring: Touchdown -Moreley. Conversion-Gebert (plsce-

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)

USC 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

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 72 since this game.

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

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