Southern Cal vs UCLA
First game: Sept. 28, 1929
At stake: The Victory Bell
When: late November
Where: LA Coliseum, Los Angeles or Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Misc.:
The 1967 game had the top two Heisman Trophy candidates in UCLA's
Gary Beban and USC's O.J. Simpson, the Rose Bowl on the line, and the
national championship at stake. And then it lived up to the billing as
"game of the century" as a tight, well-played game. Beban passed for 300
yards, but when he led the Bruins to a go-ahead touchdown and a 20-14
lead, USC blocked the extra point. And later in the fourth quarter, just
as the Trojans seemed bottled up, there went "Juice," bolting for one of
the most dramatic, sensational runs ever seen -- a 64-yard cutback run on
which he showed every bit of his world-class speed. Beban won the Heisman,
Simpson won it the following year.
Almost annually for a half-century one or both of the teams went into the
rivalry with the Rose Bowl on the line. The Trojans are 16-6 over the
years when the Rose Bowl has been there for the winner.
In 1987, USC trailed, 13-0 in the third quarter, and it could have been
worse. On the last play of the first half, Eric Turner intercepted a
Rodney Peete pass and returned it 90 yards, only to have Peete run him
down and pull him down to prevent a UCLA touchdown. The Trojans scrapped
back and finally scored the winning points on a sliding, juggling,
back-of-the-end zone catch by Erik Affholter, who might have been out of
bounds when he gained complete control, but it went down as a 33-yard TD
and a 17-13 USC triumph.
The first matchup with national implications came in 1939. UCLA began
fielding a team in 1919, but USC would not play the public school team
until 1929, and dealt the Bruins defeats of 76-0 and 52-0, and then the
teams didn't bother playing again for several years. In '39, both teams
were undefeated and ranked in the Top 10. USC was able to bottle up UCLA
star halfbacks Jackie Robinson and Kenny Washington to force a 0-0 tie,
but the Trojans and their 8-0-2 record were selected for the Rose Bowl
over the Bruins and their 6-0-4 record.
(HOME) 2025/11/29 Southern California 29 - UCLA 10
(AWAY) 2024/11/23 Southern California 19 - UCLA 13
(HOME) 2023/11/18 Southern California 20 - UCLA 38
(AWAY) 2022/11/19 Southern California 48 - UCLA 45
(HOME) 2021/11/20 Southern California 33 - UCLA 62
(AWAY) 2020/12/12 Southern California 43 - UCLA 38
(HOME) 2019/11/23 Southern California 52 - UCLA 35
(AWAY) 2018/11/17 Southern California 27 - UCLA 34
(HOME) 2017/11/18 Southern California 28 - UCLA 23
(AWAY) 2016/11/19 Southern California 36 - UCLA 14
(HOME) 2015/11/28 Southern California 40 - UCLA 21
(AWAY) 2014/11/22 Southern California 20 - UCLA 38
(HOME) 2013/11/30 Southern California 14 - UCLA 35
(AWAY) 2012/11/17 Southern California 28 - UCLA 38
(HOME) 2011/11/26 Southern California 50 - UCLA 0
(AWAY) 2010/12/04 Southern California 28 - UCLA 14
(HOME) 2009/11/28 Southern California 28 - UCLA 7
(AWAY) 2008/12/06 Southern California 28 - UCLA 7
(HOME) 2007/12/01 Southern California 24 - UCLA 7
(AWAY) 2006/12/02 Southern California 9 - UCLA 13
** (HOME) 2005/12/03 Southern California 66 - UCLA 19
** (AWAY) 2004/12/04 Southern California 29 - UCLA 24
(HOME) 2003/11/22 Southern California 47 - UCLA 22
(AWAY) 2002/11/23 Southern California 52 - UCLA 21
(HOME) 2001/11/17 Southern California 27 - UCLA 0
(AWAY) 2000/11/18 Southern California 38 - UCLA 35
(HOME) 1999/11/20 Southern California 17 - UCLA 7
(AWAY) 1998/11/21 Southern California 17 - UCLA 34
(HOME) 1997/11/22 Southern California 24 - UCLA 31
(AWAY) 1996/11/23 Southern California 41 - UCLA 48 OT
(HOME) 1995/11/18 Southern California 20 - UCLA 24
(AWAY) 1994/11/19 Southern California 19 - UCLA 31
(HOME) 1993/11/20 Southern California 21 - UCLA 27
(AWAY) 1992/11/21 Southern California 37 - UCLA 38
(HOME) 1991/11/23 Southern California 21 - UCLA 24
(AWAY) 1990/11/17 Southern California 45 - UCLA 42
(HOME) 1989/11/18 Southern California 10 - UCLA 10
(AWAY) 1988/11/19 Southern California 31 - UCLA 22
(HOME) 1987/11/21 Southern California 17 - UCLA 13
(AWAY) 1986/11/22 Southern California 25 - UCLA 45
(HOME) 1985/11/23 Southern California 17 - UCLA 13
(AWAY) 1984/11/17 Southern California 10 - UCLA 29
(HOME) 1983/11/19 Southern California 17 - UCLA 27
(AWAY) 1982/11/20 Southern California 19 - UCLA 20
(HOME) 1981/11/21 Southern California 22 - UCLA 21
(AWAY) 1980/11/22 Southern California 17 - UCLA 20
(HOME) 1979/11/24 Southern California 49 - UCLA 14
(AWAY) 1978/11/18 Southern California 17 - UCLA 10
(HOME) 1977/11/25 Southern California 29 - UCLA 27
(AWAY) 1976/11/20 Southern California 24 - UCLA 14
(HOME) 1975/11/28 Southern California 22 - UCLA 25
(AWAY) 1974/11/23 Southern California 34 - UCLA 9
(HOME) 1973/11/24 Southern California 23 - UCLA 13
(AWAY) 1972/11/18 Southern California 24 - UCLA 7
(HOME) 1971/11/20 Southern California 7 - UCLA 7
(AWAY) 1970/11/21 Southern California 20 - UCLA 45
(HOME) 1969/11/22 Southern California 14 - UCLA 12
(AWAY) 1968/11/23 Southern California 28 - UCLA 16
(HOME) 1967/11/18 Southern California 21 - UCLA 20
(AWAY) 1966/11/19 Southern California 7 - UCLA 14
(HOME) 1965/11/20 Southern California 16 - UCLA 20
(AWAY) 1964/11/21 Southern California 34 - UCLA 13
(HOME) 1963/11/30 Southern California 26 - UCLA 6
(AWAY) 1962/11/24 Southern California 14 - UCLA 3
(HOME) 1961/11/25 Southern California 7 - UCLA 10
(AWAY) 1960/11/19 Southern California 17 - UCLA 6
(HOME) 1959/11/21 Southern California 3 - UCLA 10
(AWAY) 1958/11/22 Southern California 15 - UCLA 15
(HOME) 1957/11/23 Southern California 9 - UCLA 20
(AWAY) 1956/11/24 Southern California 10 - UCLA 7
(HOME) 1955/11/19 Southern California 7 - UCLA 17
(AWAY) 1954/11/20 Southern California 0 - UCLA 34
(HOME) 1953/11/21 Southern California 0 - UCLA 13
(AWAY) 1952/11/22 Southern California 14 - UCLA 12
(HOME) 1951/11/24 Southern California 7 - UCLA 21
(AWAY) 1950/11/25 Southern California 0 - UCLA 39
(HOME) 1949/11/19 Southern California 21 - UCLA 7
(AWAY) 1948/11/20 Southern California 20 - UCLA 13
(HOME) 1947/11/22 Southern California 6 - UCLA 0
(AWAY) 1946/11/23 Southern California 6 - UCLA 13
(HOME) 1945/12/01 Southern California 26 - UCLA 15
(AWAY) 1945/09/21 Southern California 13 - UCLA 6
(AWAY) 1944/11/25 Southern California 40 - UCLA 13
(HOME) 1944/09/23 Southern California 13 - UCLA 13
(HOME) 1943/11/27 Southern California 26 - UCLA 13
(AWAY) 1943/09/25 Southern California 20 - UCLA 0
(HOME) 1942/12/12 Southern California 7 - UCLA 14
(AWAY) 1941/12/06 Southern California 7 - UCLA 7
(HOME) 1940/11/30 Southern California 28 - UCLA 12
(AWAY) 1939/12/09 Southern California 0 - UCLA 0
(HOME) 1938/11/24 Southern California 42 - UCLA 7
(AWAY) 1937/12/04 Southern California 19 - UCLA 13
(HOME) 1936/11/26 Southern California 7 - UCLA 7
(AWAY) 1930/09/27 Southern California 52 - UCLA 0
(HOME) 1929/09/28 Southern California 76 - UCLA 0
