California at USC
Saturday, November 4, 1916 Share
California beat USC 27–0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, California led the series 1–0 in the games on file.
FinalAttendance 10,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every California–USC gameOfficially, 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.
| 2023 | USC 50, California 49 | |
| 2022 | USC 41, California 35 | |
| 2021 | California 24, USC 14 | |
| 2019 | USC 41, California 17 | |
| 2018 | California 15, USC 14 | |
| 2017 | USC 30, California 20 |
Around this game
California
- Next gamevs. Saint Mary’s (CA)Nov. 11, 1916
- SeasonCalifornia in 1916
- ProgramCalifornia history and records
USC
- Next gamevs. Oregon StateNov. 30, 1916
- SeasonUSC in 1916
- ProgramUSC history and records

