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Northwestern vs USC Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Northwestern and USC.

PROGRAM ONENorthwestern0 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD0–6WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOUSC6 recorded wins
6Recorded meetings
1952Earliest documented
2025Most recent season
0Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

6 games
  1. 1952
    Northwestern0 — 31USC
    Sep 26, 1952USC won
  2. 1954
    Northwestern7 — 12USC
    Oct 2, 1954USC won
  3. 1968
    Northwestern7 — 24USC
    Sep 28, 1968USC won
  4. 1969
    Northwestern6 — 48USC
    Sep 27, 1969USC won
  5. 1995
    Northwestern32 — 41USC
    Jan 1, 1996USC won
  6. 2025
    Northwestern17 — 38USC
    Nov 8, 2025USC wonLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2025Northwestern vs USC17–38USC won
1995Northwestern vs USC32–41USC won
1969Northwestern vs USC6–48USC won
1968Northwestern vs USC7–24USC won
1954Northwestern vs USC7–12USC won
1952Northwestern vs USC0–31USC won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.