USC at Notre Dame
Saturday, November 30, 1957. Notre Dame took the Jeweled Shillelagh from USC Share
No. 12 Notre Dame beat USC 40–12. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 18–9–2 as played.
FinalHigh 34°F, low 14°F, 2.01 in. of snow, 2.01 in. on the groundAttendance 54,793
On the newsreel
- NOTRE DAME WINSNotre Dame puts a convincing clincher on the season by smothering Southern California 40-12 in dazzling running attack, giving a sample of things to come next year
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)
Notre Dame 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every USC–Notre Dame gameOfficially, Notre Dame leads 51–37–5; as played, 53–38–5 in 96 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.
| 2025 | Notre Dame 34, USC 24 | |
| 2024 | Notre Dame 49, USC 35 | |
| 2023 | Notre Dame 48, USC 20 | |
| 2022 | USC 38, Notre Dame 27 | |
| 2021 | Notre Dame 31, USC 16 | |
| 2019 | Notre Dame 30, USC 27 |
Around this game
USC
- Next gamevs. Oregon StateSept. 19, 1958
- SeasonUSC in 1957
- ProgramUSC history and records
Notre Dame
- Next gameat SMUDec. 7, 1957
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1957
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records