Ohio State at USC
Saturday, October 19, 1963 Share
USC beat No. 4 Ohio State 32–3. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 6–5–1.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 61°FAttendance 61,883
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 20, 1963, page 1
Read the text
Beathard Directs Troians To 32–3 Upset Of Buckeyes touchdown. He also run for 81 yards in eight carries and scored on a l-yard plunge. The defeat was the first for Ohio State after convincing victories over Texas AIM and Indiana. The Buckeyes were tied last week by Illinois, 1920, use, which lost to Notre Dame a week ago, improved its season record to 80. The statistics tell the story Of uses domination. The Trojans rolled up 49, yards passing and added an other 215 on the ground. Meanwhile, Ohio State passing attack backfired. Tit Buckeyes completed only tire, of II for So yards and had foul intercepted, one for a touch. down. On the ground, use hello Ohio State to 119 yards. Ohio State opened the scoring with a 44-yard first-quarter field goal by Dick Van Raaphorst, but gave up a safety later in the period when Mike Garrett tackled Paul Warfielo in the end zone. An explosive 49-yard run by Halfback Willie Brown in the second quarter put the Trojans in front for good. On an Ohio State punt, Garrett made q brioliant 29-yard return to the Buckeye 40 and on the next play, Brown shot through right tackle for the score.
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
- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 32 OHIO STATE 3The Southern California powerhouse sparked by Pete Beathard at quarterback, rolls over Ohio State to hand them their first defeat of the season.
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Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
USC 55% to win. USC pulled the upset. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Ohio State–USC gameUSC leads 13–10–1 in 24 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.
| 2017 | Ohio State 24, USC 7 | Cotton Bowl |
| 2009 | USC 18, Ohio State 15 | |
| 2008 | USC 35, Ohio State 3 | |
| 1990 | USC 35, Ohio State 26 | |
| 1989 | USC 42, Ohio State 3 | |
| 1984 | USC 20, Ohio State 17 | Rose Bowl |
Around this game
Ohio State
- Next gameat WisconsinOct. 26, 1963
- SeasonOhio State in 1963
- ProgramOhio State history and records
USC
- Next gameat CaliforniaOct. 26, 1963
- SeasonUSC in 1963
- ProgramUSC history and records

