Notre Dame at USC
Saturday, November 26, 1966. Notre Dame kept the Jeweled Shillelagh Share
No. 1 Notre Dame beat No. 10 USC 51–0. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 25–11–2 as played.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 46°FAttendance 88,520
On the newsreel
- NOTRE DAME VS. U.S.CNotre Dame takes undisputed possession of number one national collegiate ranking with a merciless pounding of Southern Cal...51 to nothing!
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 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Notre Dame–USC gameOfficially, Notre Dame leads 51–37–5; as played, 53–38–5 in 96 meetings, counting the 58 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
Notre Dame
- Next gamevs. CaliforniaSept. 23, 1967
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1966
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records
USC
- Next gamevs. PurdueJan. 2, 1967, Rose Bowl
- SeasonUSC in 1966
- ProgramUSC history and records