TCU at USC
Friday, October 8, 1954 Share
TCU beat No. 9 USC 20–7. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–1.
FinalHigh 76°F, low 54°FAttendance 52,705
In the newspapers
The Key West citizen, October 9, 1954, page 12
Read the text
Texas Christian University’s Horned Frogs joined footballs giant killer list today after stunning previously undefeated Southern California 20–7 in an intersectional battle last night at Los Angeles.
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.
On the newsreel
- T.C.U. 20, U.S.C. 7The grid upset of the week as Texas Christian topples U.S.C. before 52,000, with a combined air and ground attack that ousts the Trojans from the winners' parade
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
USC 74% to win. TCU pulled the upset.
The series
Every TCU–USC gameTCU leads 4–2 in six meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 2025 | TCU 30, USC 27 | Alamo Bowl |
| 1998 | TCU 28, USC 19 | Sun Bowl |
| 1977 | USC 51, TCU 0 | |
| 1960 | TCU 7, USC 6 | |
| 1954 | TCU 20, USC 7 | |
| 1951 | USC 28, TCU 26 |
Around this game
TCU
- Next gameat Texas A&MOct. 16, 1954
- SeasonTCU in 1954
- ProgramTCU history and records
USC
- Next gameat OregonOct. 16, 1954
- SeasonUSC in 1954
- ProgramUSC history and records