Pittsburgh vs. USC
Pittsburgh and USC have 10 meetings on file, the first in 1929; USC leads the series 6–4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s USC 6–4, and USC has won the last 2. Share
- Pittsburgh wins
- 4
- USC wins
- 6
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1929
- Longest streak
- 2 USC
- Current streak
- 2 USC
- Last 10 meetings
- USC 6–4
- Most recent
- 1974
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 0–1 |
- Both ranked
- 1 meeting: Pittsburgh 0, USC 1
- Average margin
- 17.4 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Pittsburgh
- 2–1 Pittsburgh’s record at home
- At USC
- 3–2 USC’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–2 Pittsburgh first
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Pittsburgh’s biggest win1934: Pittsburgh 20, USC 6by 14 points
- USC’s biggest win1932: USC 35, Pittsburgh 0by 35 points
- Ranked showdown1974: USC 16, Pittsburgh 7No. 18 USC at No. 8 Pittsburgh
Coach against coach
| Years | Pittsburgh | Series | USC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1929–1935 | Jock Sutherland | 2–2 | Howard Jones |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Pittsburgh’s side (Sutherland 2–2 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
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
1929 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Jan 2, 1930
1932 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Jan 3, 1933
1934 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 15, 1934
1954 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 25, 1954
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
| Sep 28, 1974 | 18USC 16, 8Pittsburgh 7 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Nov 13, 1965 | 6USC 28, Pittsburgh 0 | at USC | ||
| Nov 18, 1961 | Pittsburgh 10, USC 9 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Sep 25, 1959 | 11USC 23, Pittsburgh 0 | at USC | ||
| Oct 4, 1957 | Pittsburgh 20, USC 14 | at USC | ||
| Sep 24, 1954 | 15USC 27, Pittsburgh 7 | at USC | ||
| Dec 14, 1935 | Pittsburgh 12, USC 7 | at USC | ||
| Oct 13, 1934 | Pittsburgh 20, USC 6 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Jan 2, 1933 | USC 35, Pittsburgh 0 | Neutral site | Rose Bowl | |
| Jan 1, 1930 | USC 47, Pittsburgh 14 | Neutral site | Rose Bowl |
Every game is listed as played on the field.