UCLA at USC

Saturday, November 30, 1963. USC kept the Victory Bell

USC beat UCLA 26–⁠6. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, USC led the series 18–⁠10–⁠5 as played.

AwayUCLA2–⁠8 in 1963
6
HomeUSC7–⁠3 in 1963
26

FinalHigh 79°F, low 58°FAttendance 82,460

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Southern Cal ManI1andIes UCLA, 26-6

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., December 1, 1963, page 72

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    Southern Cal ManI1andIes UCLA, 26–⁠6 LOS ANGELES. Nov. 80 CAP) - Southern California crushed UCLA. ass. today with an attack that was equally devastating on the ground and in the air. It was each teams final game Of the season. A crowd Of 80. $50, the largest college gathering Of the year in Los Angeles, sat under gum merry skies to view the annual croSs-town struggle. Quarterback Pete Beathard sent Southern Cal into q 1870 lead In the first half on q six yard touchdown strike to Hal BEDSIDE and q two-yard quarterback sneak. The Bruins pulled to . 1876 threatening position in the third quarter Is they sailed IS yards-53 Of them on q pass from Larry zeno to Kurt Al tenberg-with Zeno scoring from the three. But the Troians promptly reattacked on the dynamic running Of Halfback Mike Gar rett. He uncorked one run Of 46 and accounted for 50 yards of the 3s-yard march. Willie Brown smashed over from the two. Southern Cal swept 80 yards in 10 plays for its final touch down. Rich Mcmahon drove the final yard. By this time Coach John Nc Kay had emptied his bench and the seniorS-among them Beathard. Brown, Linebacker Damon Bame and Bedside were given a rousing sendoff as Mckay sent them to the dressing room.

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 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, USC leads 52–⁠34–⁠7; as played, 54–⁠34–⁠7 in 95 meetings, counting the 62 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025USC 29, UCLA 10
2024USC 19, UCLA 13
2023UCLA 38, USC 20
2022USC 48, UCLA 45
2021UCLA 62, USC 33
2020USC 43, UCLA 38

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