Oregon vs. USC
Oregon and USC have 65 meetings on file, the first in 1920; officially, USC leads 38–24–2; as played, 39–24–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Oregon 8–2, and Oregon has won the last 5. The NCAA vacated USC’s win (2005); it doesn’t count officially. This page counts every game as it was played. Share
2028 at Oregon. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
- Official series
- USC leads 38–24–2
- Oregon wins on file
- 24
- USC wins on file
- 39
- Ties
- 2
- Earliest on file
- 1920
- Longest streak
- 8 USC
- Current streak
- 5 Oregon
- Last 10 meetings
- Oregon 8–2
- Most recent
- 2026
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–7–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 2–4 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 4–3 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 2–7 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–5–1 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 3–4 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 4–4 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 4–2 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 4–0 |
- Both ranked
- 13 meetings: Oregon 7, USC 6; 2 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 17.6 points; 14 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Oregon
- 14–13–1 Oregon’s record at home
- At USC
- 25–10–1 USC’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–1 Oregon first
- Shutouts
- 13
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Oregon’s biggest win2019: Oregon 56, USC 24by 32 points
- USC’s biggest win1976: USC 53, Oregon 0by 53 points
- Upset1953: Oregon 13, USC 7Oregon had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1920: USC 21, Oregon 0USC had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2011: USC 38, Oregon 35USC had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2009: Oregon 47, USC 20No. 4 USC at No. 10 Oregon
- Ranked showdown2007: Oregon 24, USC 17No. 9 USC at No. 5 Oregon
- Ranked showdown2012: Oregon 62, USC 51No. 2 Oregon at No. 18 USC
Coach against coach
| Years | Oregon | Series | USC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1932–1937 | Prink Callison | 0–5 | Howard Jones |
| 1938–1940 | Tex Oliver | 0–2–1 | Howard Jones |
| 1948–1950 | Jim Aiken | 1–2 | Jeff Cravath |
| 1953–1956 | Len Casanova | 2–2 | Jess Hill |
| 1967–1971 | Jerry Frei | 2–2 | John McKay |
| 1977–1994 | Rich Brooks | 1–4–1 | John Robinson |
| 1984–1986 | Rich Brooks | 0–3 | Ted Tollner |
| 1987–1992 | Rich Brooks | 1–3 | Larry Smith |
| 1998–2000 | Mike Bellotti | 3–0 | Paul Hackett |
| 2001–2008 | Mike Bellotti | 2–4 | Pete Carroll |
| 2010–2012 | Chip Kelly | 2–1 | Lane Kiffin |
| 2023–2026 | Dan Lanning | 3–0 | Lincoln Riley |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Oregon’s side (Callison 0–5 against Jones). 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 Barkley USC | 35 of 54, 484 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT | 2012 Passing | |
| Kenjon Barner Oregon | 38 carries, 321 yards, 5 TD | 2012 Rushing | |
| LaMichael James Oregon | 36 carries, 239 yards, 3 TD | 2010 Rushing | |
| Talanoa Hufanga USC | 12 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 for loss | 2020 Defense |
Named most valuable
| Kayvon Thibodeaux Oregon | 2020 |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
1920 · East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, Oregon, Nov 26, 1920
1931 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 19, 1931
1932 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 14, 1932
1933 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 19, 1933
1936 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 5, 1936
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 three times: 2025, 2010, 2009.
| 2025 | CBS | 5.4 million viewers |
| 2026 | NBC | 4.6 million viewers |
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA). Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.
Every game
| Sep 26, 2026 | 20Oregon 41, 12USC 27 | at USC | ||
| Nov 22, 2025 | 6Oregon 42, 16USC 27 | at Oregon | ||
| Nov 11, 2023 | 6Oregon 36, USC 27 | at Oregon | ||
| Dec 18, 2020 | Oregon 31, 13USC 24 | at USC | Pac-12 Championship Game | |
| Nov 2, 2019 | 7Oregon 56, USC 24 | at USC | ||
| Nov 5, 2016 | USC 45, Oregon 20 | at USC | ||
| Nov 21, 2015 | 23Oregon 48, 22USC 28 | at Oregon | ||
| Nov 3, 2012 | 2Oregon 62, 18USC 51 | at USC | ||
| Nov 19, 2011 | 18USC 38, 4Oregon 35 | at Oregon | ||
| Oct 30, 2010 | 1Oregon 53, 24USC 32 | at USC | ||
| Oct 31, 2009 | 10Oregon 47, 4USC 20 | at Oregon | ||
| Oct 4, 2008 | 9USC 44, 23Oregon 10 | at USC | ||
| Oct 27, 2007 | 5Oregon 24, 9USC 17 | at Oregon | ||
| Nov 11, 2006 | 7USC 35, 21Oregon 10 | at USC | ||
| Sep 24, 2005 | 1USC 45, 24Oregon 13vacated | at Oregon | ||
| Oct 26, 2002 | 15USC 44, 14Oregon 33 | at Oregon | ||
| Sep 22, 2001 | Oregon 24, USC 22 | at Oregon | ||
| Oct 14, 2000 | 9Oregon 28, USC 17 | at USC | ||
| Sep 25, 1999 | Oregon 33, 16USC 30 | at Oregon | ||
| Oct 24, 1998 | 12Oregon 17, USC 13 | at Oregon | ||
| Oct 25, 1997 | USC 24, Oregon 22 | at USC | ||
| Oct 1, 1994 | Oregon 22, 19USC 7 | at USC | ||
| Oct 9, 1993 | USC 24, Oregon 13 | at Oregon | ||
| Oct 10, 1992 | 20USC 32, Oregon 10 | at USC | ||
| Sep 28, 1991 | USC 30, Oregon 14 | at Oregon | ||
| Oct 8, 1988 | 3USC 42, 18Oregon 14 | at USC | ||
| Oct 10, 1987 | Oregon 34, USC 27 | at Oregon | ||
| Oct 4, 1986 | 9USC 35, Oregon 21 | at USC | ||
| Nov 30, 1985 | USC 20, Oregon 6 | Neutral site | ||
| Oct 13, 1984 | USC 19, Oregon 9 | at Oregon | ||
| Oct 2, 1982 | 16USC 38, Oregon 7 | at USC | ||
| Oct 18, 1980 | Oregon 7, 2USC 7 | at Oregon | ||
| Sep 16, 1978 | 8USC 37, Oregon 10 | at Oregon | ||
| Oct 15, 1977 | 6USC 33, Oregon 15 | at USC | ||
| Sep 18, 1976 | USC 53, Oregon 0 | at Oregon | ||
| Oct 18, 1975 | 3USC 17, Oregon 3 | at USC | ||
| Oct 19, 1974 | 6USC 16, Oregon 7 | at Oregon | ||
| Oct 20, 1973 | 6USC 31, Oregon 10 | at USC | ||
| Oct 28, 1972 | 1USC 18, Oregon 0 | at Oregon | ||
| Oct 9, 1971 | Oregon 28, USC 23 | at USC | ||
| Oct 24, 1970 | Oregon 10, 10USC 7 | at Oregon | ||
| Nov 2, 1968 | 1USC 20, Oregon 13 | at Oregon | ||
| Oct 28, 1967 | 1USC 28, Oregon 6 | at USC | ||
| Oct 11, 1958 | 15Oregon 25, USC 0 | at Oregon | ||
| Nov 16, 1957 | 16Oregon 16, USC 7 | at USC | ||
| Nov 17, 1956 | Oregon 7, 14USC 0 | at Oregon | ||
| Sep 23, 1955 | USC 42, Oregon 15 | at USC | ||
| Oct 16, 1954 | USC 24, Oregon 14 | at Oregon | ||
| Oct 31, 1953 | Oregon 13, 7USC 7 | at Oregon | ||
| Oct 28, 1950 | USC 30, Oregon 21 | at USC | ||
| Oct 22, 1949 | 19USC 40, Oregon 13 | at USC | ||
| Oct 16, 1948 | Oregon 8, USC 7 | at Oregon | ||
| Nov 2, 1946 | USC 43, Oregon 0 | at USC | ||
| Nov 14, 1942 | USC 40, Oregon 0 | at USC | ||
| Oct 11, 1941 | Oregon 20, USC 6 | at USC | ||
| Oct 19, 1940 | 17USC 13, Oregon 0 | at USC | ||
| Sep 30, 1939 | USC 7, Oregon 7 | at USC | ||
| Oct 29, 1938 | 19USC 31, Oregon 7 | at Oregon | ||
| Oct 16, 1937 | USC 34, Oregon 14 | at USC | ||
| Oct 3, 1936 | USC 26, Oregon 0 | at USC | ||
| Nov 17, 1934 | USC 33, Oregon 0 | at USC | ||
| Nov 18, 1933 | USC 26, Oregon 0 | at USC | ||
| Nov 12, 1932 | USC 33, Oregon 0 | at USC | ||
| Oct 17, 1931 | USC 53, Oregon 0 | at USC | ||
| Nov 25, 1920 | USC 21, Oregon 0 | at USC |
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.