Pacific vs. USC

Pacific and USC first met in 1934 and have played 6 times; USC leads the series 6–⁠0. Over the last 6 meetings it’s USC 6–⁠0, and USC has won the last 6.

Pacific wins
0
USC wins
6
Ties
0
First meeting
1934
Longest streak
6 USC
Current streak
6 USC
Last 10 meetings
USC 6–⁠0
Most recent
1945

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s0–⁠3
1940s0–⁠3
Both ranked
1 meeting: Pacific 0, USC 1; 1 both in the top 10
Average margin
21.3 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At USC
6–⁠0 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 win1945: USC 52, Pacific 0by 52 points
  2. Ranked showdown1943: USC 6, Pacific 0No. 6 Pacific at No. 7 USC

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Pacific and USC, 1934 on130015001700194019501960197019801990

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 The Waterbury Democrat's story of the 1934 game: Football Results Case IL. Hillsdale 0.

    1934 · The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, Oct 1, 1934

  • The Evening star's story of the 1935 game: Line-ups and summary: Foot Ball Results

    1935 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 6, 1935

  • The Evening star's story of the 1943 game: Southern California Stops Pacific 60 Bege Retained Mats Manager Navy Noe Dame Amy Penn and Purdue Keep Their Football States Clear Win, Lose or Draw Griff Bestows His Top Compliment on Ossie

    1943 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 24, 1943

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1944 game: STAGG'5 PACIFIC COLLEGE ELEVEN BEATEN BY 50. {.

    1944 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 2, 1944

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1945 game: FOOTBALL SCORES

    1945 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 22, 1945

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

Oct 20, 194514USC 52, Pacific 0at USC
Sep 30, 1944USC 18, Pacific 6at USC
Oct 23, 19437USC 6, 6Pacific 0at USC
Sep 25, 1937USC 40, Pacific 0at USC
Oct 5, 1935USC 19, Pacific 7at USC
Sep 29, 1934USC 6, Pacific 0at USC

Every game is listed as played on the field.