Montana vs. USC

Montana and USC have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1925; USC leads the series 5–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s USC 5–⁠0, and USC has won the last 5.

Montana wins
0
USC wins
5
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1925
Longest streak
5 USC
Current streak
5 USC
Last 10 meetings
USC 5–⁠0
Most recent
1942

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s0–⁠2
1930s0–⁠2
1940s0–⁠1
Average margin
39.4 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At USC
5–⁠0 USC’s record at home
Shutouts
4

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. USC’s biggest win1931: USC 69, Montana 0by 69 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Montana and USC, 1925 on130015001700190019401960198020002020

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.

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1935 game: Foot Ball Results

    1935 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 29, 1935

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1942 game: BIG GAME IS SlATED SATURDAY UCLA and Southern Cali. fornia Will Play for Rose Bowl Bid

    1942 · The Daily Alaska empire, Dec 7, 1942

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Dec 5, 1942USC 38, Montana 0at USC
Sep 28, 1935USC 9, Montana 0at USC
Nov 14, 1931USC 69, Montana 0at USC
Nov 25, 1926USC 61, Montana 0at USC
Nov 14, 1925USC 27, Montana 7at USC

Every game is listed as played on the field.