Arkansas vs. USC
Arkansas and USC have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1972; officially, USC leads 3–1; as played, 4–1 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s USC 4–1, and USC has won the last 2. The NCAA vacated USC’s win (2005); it doesn’t count officially. This page counts every game as it was played. Share
- Official series
- USC leads 3–1
- Arkansas wins on file
- 1
- USC wins on file
- 4
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1972
- Longest streak
- 2 USC
- Current streak
- 2 USC
- Last 10 meetings
- USC 4–1
- Most recent
- 2006
The series at a glance
- Both ranked
- 2 meetings: Arkansas 1, USC 1; 1 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 28.4 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Arkansas
- 1–2 Arkansas’s record at home
- At USC
- 2–0 USC’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Arkansas’s biggest win1974: Arkansas 22, USC 7by 15 points
- USC’s biggest win2005: USC 70, Arkansas 17by 53 points
- Upset1974: Arkansas 22, USC 7Arkansas had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1972: USC 31, Arkansas 10No. 8 USC at No. 4 Arkansas
- Ranked showdown1974: Arkansas 22, USC 7No. 5 USC at No. 20 Arkansas
Coach against coach
| Years | Arkansas | Series | USC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972–1974 | Frank Broyles | 1–2 | John McKay |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Arkansas’s side (Broyles 1–2 against McKay). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| Matt Leinart USC | 18 of 24, 381 yards, 4 TD | 2005 Passing |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
Every game
| Sep 2, 2006 | 6USC 50, Arkansas 14 | at Arkansas | ||
| Sep 17, 2005 | 1USC 70, Arkansas 17vacated | at USC | ||
| Sep 14, 1974 | 20Arkansas 22, 5USC 7 | at Arkansas | ||
| Sep 15, 1973 | 1USC 17, Arkansas 0 | at USC | ||
| Sep 9, 1972 | 8USC 31, 4Arkansas 10 | at Arkansas |
Every game is listed as played on the field; a win the NCAA later vacated is marked “vacated”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.