USC vs. Wisconsin

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. USC’s biggest win1966: USC 38, Wisconsin 3by 35 points
2. Wisconsin’s biggest win2015: Wisconsin 23, USC 21by 2 points
3. Ranked showdown1962: USC 42, Wisconsin 37No. 2 Wisconsin at No. 1 USC
4. Ranked showdown1952: USC 7, Wisconsin 0No. 12 Wisconsin at No. 2 USC

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from USC’s side (McKay 3–⁠0 against Bruhn). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

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  1962 · Evening star, Jan 3, 1963

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.

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  The 1962 game

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  The 1962 game

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  The 1962 game

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  The 1962 game

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• USC vs. California108 meetings, USC 72–⁠31–⁠5
• USC vs. Stanford102 meetings, USC 66–⁠33–⁠3
• USC vs. Notre Dame96 meetings, USC 38–⁠53–⁠5
• USC vs. UCLA95 meetings, USC 54–⁠34–⁠7
• Wisconsin vs. Minnesota133 meetings, Wisconsin 63–⁠62–⁠8
• Wisconsin vs. Northwestern103 meetings, Wisconsin 62–⁠37–⁠4
• Wisconsin vs. Iowa99 meetings, Wisconsin 49–⁠48–⁠2
• Wisconsin vs. Purdue91 meetings, Wisconsin 54–⁠29–⁠8