USC at Washington State

Saturday, September 19, 1953

USC beat Washington State 29–⁠13. It was their 27th meeting; after it, USC led the series 20–⁠3–⁠4 as played.

AwayUSC6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1953
29
HomeWashington State4–⁠6 in 1953
13

FinalHigh 74°F, low 53°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Saturdays Sturs

    Evening star, District of Columbia, September 21, 1953, page 21 (results column)

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    Saturdays Sturs Aramis Dandoy, Southern Cal ifornia halfback – scored two touchdowns, one on a 91-yard run, and set up two more with passes as the Trojans defeated Washington State, 29–⁠13. Cotton Davidson, Baylor quarterback-scored twice and directed his teams $50 victory over California while playing 591a minutes. Homer jenkins, Colorado tall back-passed for one score and engineered another as Colorado upset Washington, 21–⁠20. Zeke Bratkowski, Georgia quarterback-connected on 10 of 16 passes for ITS yards and directed a vicious ground at tack in a 32–⁠19 victory over VIII lanova. Don Ellis, Texas AIM half back-scored the Aggies’ touch down in a 7–⁠6 triumph over Ken lucky. Al Doggett, Louisiana State quarterback-paced a smooth functioning team which stunned Texas, 20–⁠7. Dick Moegle, Rice halfbackgained 81 yards rushing and scored, all three Owl touchdowns in a 20–⁠16 triumph over Florida. | Ray McKown, Texas Christian quarterback-scored one of two touchdowns and punted for a 48.3-yard average in a 1870 decision over”Kansas. Worth Lutz, Duke quarterback set up all three Blue Devil touchdowns with passes as Duke stopped South Carolina 20–⁠7. L. Quinby Hines, William and Mary-kicked a field goal and added one extra point to provide margin of 1914 victory over Wake Forest. Jack Patera, Oregon guard recovered a Nebraska tumble to set up the touchdown which got the Ducks off to a fast start in 20–⁠12 win. Roy Ottosom, College of Pa cif1c quarterback-sparked team to a 1920 triumph over Stan ford, scoring once himself.

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 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, USC leads 62–⁠10–⁠4; as played, 63–⁠10–⁠4 in 77 meetings, counting the 50 since this game.

Recent meetings
2022USC 30, Washington State 14
2021USC 45, Washington State 14
2020USC 38, Washington State 13
2018USC 39, Washington State 36
2017Washington State 30, USC 27
2014USC 44, Washington State 17

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