USC at Stanford

Saturday, November 6, 1954

No. 10 USC beat Stanford 21–⁠7. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, USC led the series 19–⁠11–⁠2 in the games on file.

Away10USC8–⁠4 in 1954
21
HomeStanford4–⁠6 in 1954
7

FinalHigh 78°F, low 42°FAttendance 38,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: use Downs Stanford, 27-7, Virtually CIinches Bowl Berth

    Evening star, November 7, 1954, page 62

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    use Downs Stanford, 27–⁠7, Virtually CIinches Bowl Berth PALO ALTO, Calf, Nov. g. Opportunist Southern California converted two fumbles and an intercepted pass into q 21–⁠7 Pa cific Coast Conference football victory over Stanford today and virtually clinched a bid to the Rose Bowl before q crowd Of $4,000. The big Trojans, who now have a so conference record. capital lied on their first break In the opening period when Guard Or lando Ferrante scooped up a tumble on the Indian 35. From the II. Quarterback Jim Contratto threw q wobbly pass to Left Half Aramis Dandoy who snagged it in the end zone. Southern California snapped up another Stanford tumble on the Indian II in the third quarter. Contratto passed to Dandoy for 16 to the / and the quarter back went over on . sneak. ! Dandoy intercepted . Star I’d

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 56% 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 70 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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