Ohio State and USC have 24 meetings on file, the first in 1937; USC leads the series 13–10–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s USC 8–2. Share
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Ohio State’s side (Fesler 1–1–1 against Cravath). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Ohio State USCTicks under the axis: each meeting, in the winner’s color
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.
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.
On television
ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game twice: 2009, 2008.
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).
Photos
From left, Nancy Reagan, Pat Nixon, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan walking across field at 1969 Rose Bowl gamePhoto: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 1968 game
From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).
