Minnesota at USC

Saturday, September 26, 1953

No. 8 USC beat Minnesota 17–⁠7. It was their first meeting; after it, USC led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayMinnesota4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1953
7
Home8USC6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1953
17

FinalHigh 70°F, low 58°FAttendance 66,698

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: GieI' S Miscues Help Trojans 10 1T Win Over Minnesota

    Evening star, September 27, 1953, page 75

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    GieI’ S Miscues Help Trojans 10 1T Win Over Minnesota LOS ANGELES, Sept. 26.- Southern California’s Trojans scored two touchdowns on a pair of msicues by Minnesota today, added a field goal and ruined the 1853 bow of the Gophers and their All-America halfback, Paul Giel The TIT victory was uses second Of the season. More than $4,000 fans turned out to see the first clash between the two teams. Superior man power spelled the difference in the long run for the Pacific Coast Conference team. Aside from one brilliant 67-yard run by Giel, the Gopher star had bad afternoon. Fumbles Lateral. 1t was Giel who fumbled a lateral pass that was recovered by Trojan Tackle Ed Fouch on the Minnesota IA, permitting the TrojanS to score on the next play. And it was Giel whose quick kick from his own goal line was blocked and recovered in the end zone for Trojan touchdown. The other Trojan score was a

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 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

USC leads 6–⁠2–⁠1 in nine meetings, counting the eight since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Minnesota 24, USC 17
2011USC 19, Minnesota 17
2010USC 32, Minnesota 21
1980USC 24, Minnesota 7
1979USC 48, Minnesota 14
1968USC 29, Minnesota 20

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