Stanford at USC

Saturday, October 16, 1965

No. 6 USC beat Stanford 14–⁠0. It was their 44th meeting; after it, USC led the series 27–⁠14–⁠2 in the games on file.

AwayStanford6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1965
0
Home6USC7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1965
14

FinalHigh 75°F, low 58°FAttendance 61,618

On the newsreel

  • USC 14 STANFORD 0Sixty thousand at the Los Angeles Coliseum see USC and Stanford battle for 52 scoreless minute before things being to pop. Mike Garrett takes off on a 76-yard touchdown journey that scatters the opposition.Universal Newsreel, October 18, 1965. Catalog record at the National Archives

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)

USC 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, 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 59 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023USC 56, Stanford 10
2022USC 41, Stanford 28
2021Stanford 42, USC 28
2019USC 45, Stanford 20
2018Stanford 17, USC 3
2017USC 31, Stanford 28Pac-12 Championship Game

Around this game