Stanford at USC
Saturday, November 9, 1963 Share
USC beat Stanford 25–11. It was their 42nd meeting; after it, USC led the series 25–14–2 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 78°F, low 54°FAttendance 57,035
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 10, 1963, page 46
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Rally by Trojans Defeats Stanford LOS ANGELES CAP).- Southern California rallied with II points in the final quarter today to defeat STAN ford in a game that was won and lost by fumbles, 25–11. The heavily favored Trojans traile d moderated Stanford, lilo, at the half but came back to score an eight-point touch down in the third period and forged ahead with an automatic safety and two touchdowns in the last period. The Big Six Conference game was played before 57,035 in Memorial Coliseum and was the sixth straight victory over Stanford by the Troians. A punt fumbled by STAN ford’s Dick Ragsdale was recovered on the Stanford Is and led to the safety and soon after the winning touchdown. After the safety, Southern Gals Mike Garrett returned a Stanford punt A yards to the Indians 80. And a moment la ter Quarterback Craig Fertig passed for II yards to Willie Brown for the go-ahead touch down. Stanford struck for IL points, to UGH d own and a field goal-within three min utes in the second quarter, TAX ing advantage Of two Trojan fumbles. Fertig. filling in for the in
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 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Stanford–USC gameOfficially, 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 61 since this game.
| 2023 | USC 56, Stanford 10 | |
| 2022 | USC 41, Stanford 28 | |
| 2021 | Stanford 42, USC 28 | |
| 2019 | USC 45, Stanford 20 | |
| 2018 | Stanford 17, USC 3 | |
| 2017 | USC 31, Stanford 28 | Pac-12 Championship Game |
Around this game
Stanford
- Next gamevs. Washington StateNov. 16, 1963
- SeasonStanford in 1963
- ProgramStanford history and records
USC
- Next gamevs. Oregon StateNov. 15, 1963
- SeasonUSC in 1963
- ProgramUSC history and records

