USC and Utah have 23 meetings on file, the first in 1915; USC leads the series 13–10 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Utah 6–4, and Utah has won the last 4. Share
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from USC’s side (Helton 4–2 against Whittingham). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
USC UtahTicks 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.
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
1915 · The Holly chieftain, Colorado, Nov 26, 1915
1916 · Evening capital news, Boise, Idaho, Oct 22, 1916
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.
Photos
USC Trojans cornerback, Adoree’ Jackson, playing against the Utah Utes on October 24, 2015.Photo: Neon Tommy, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 2015 game
An October 2015 game between USC and Utah at Los Angeles Coliseum.Photo: Neon Tommy, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 2015 game
Dominique Hatfield of Utah attempts to tackle a USC ball-carrier during an October 2015 game at Los Angeles Coliseum.Photo: Neon Tommy, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 2015 game
Andy Phillips kicks and Tom Hackett holds a field goal for the Utah Utes during an October 2015 game at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.Photo: Neon Tommy, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 2015 game
From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).
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