Minnesota at USC
Saturday, September 26, 1953 Share
No. 8 USC beat Minnesota 17–7. It was their first meeting; after it, USC led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 58°FAttendance 66,698
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Minnesota–USC gameUSC leads 6–2–1 in nine meetings, counting the eight since this game.
| 2024 | Minnesota 24, USC 17 | |
| 2011 | USC 19, Minnesota 17 | |
| 2010 | USC 32, Minnesota 21 | |
| 1980 | USC 24, Minnesota 7 | |
| 1979 | USC 48, Minnesota 14 | |
| 1968 | USC 29, Minnesota 20 |
Around this game
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. Michigan StateOct. 3, 1953
- SeasonMinnesota in 1953
- ProgramMinnesota history and records
USC
- Next gamevs. IndianaOct. 2, 1953
- SeasonUSC in 1953
- ProgramUSC history and records

