California at USC

Saturday, November 4, 1916

California beat USC 27–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, California led the series 1–⁠0 in the games on file.

AwayCalifornia6–⁠4–⁠1 in 1916
27
HomeUSC0–⁠3 in 1916
0

FinalAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Alaska citizen's story: RESULTS OF YESTER. DAYS FOOTBALL CAMEO

    The Alaska citizen, Alaska, November 6, 1916, page 2 (results column)

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    RESULTS OF YESTER. DAYS FOOTBALL CAMEO Oregon O. Washington Q. Southern California 0: California 27. Harvard 61: Virginia O. Minnesota g; Illinois II. Chicago 16; Perdue [ Yale !; Colgate 8 Princeton 42; Bucknell O Cornell 15. Carnegie ‘ OLD PAPERS FOR SALE.

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)

California 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, USC leads 72–⁠32–⁠6; as played, 72–⁠31–⁠5 in the 108 games on file; the official count covers all 112 meetings, counting the 107 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023USC 50, California 49
2022USC 41, California 35
2021California 24, USC 14
2019USC 41, California 17
2018California 15, USC 14
2017USC 30, California 20

Around this game

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