Oregon at USC

Friday, September 23, 1955

USC beat Oregon 42–⁠15. It was their 19th meeting; after it, USC led the series 15–⁠3–⁠1 as played.

AwayOregon6–⁠4 in 1955
15
HomeUSC6–⁠4 in 1955
42

FinalHigh 66°F, low 58°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: .Arnett Scores 28 Points AS use Trounces OREGON

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 24, 1955, page 13

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    .Arnett Scores 28 Points AS use Trounces OREGON LOS ANGELES. Sept. “a tP.- Halfback Jon Arnett was the toast Of the Coast today follow ing his brilliant performance last night in scoring four touchdowns to pace Southern California to a 42–⁠15 victory over Oregon in their Pacific Coast Conference battle. The shifty Arnett thrilled the crowd of 37,470 by scoring on 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 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, USC leads 38–⁠24–⁠2; as played, 39–⁠24–⁠2 in 65 meetings, counting the 46 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Oregon 41, USC 27
2025Oregon 42, USC 27
2023Oregon 36, USC 27
2020Oregon 31, USC 24Pac-12 Championship Game
2019Oregon 56, USC 24
2016USC 45, Oregon 20

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