The death of the Pac-12 Conference and the departure of 10 different schools mean that the games we grew up watching in the West won’t be played on a regular basis anymore.
USC-Stanford is one of those games. With the Trojans heading to the Big Ten and the Cardinal moving to the ACC next year, there is no schedule slot for these teams. They schedule nonconference games a few years in advance, and both have Notre Dame as an annual nonconference opponent. USC already has its nonconference dance card for 2024, with LSU and Utah State on the slate in addition to the Fighting Irish.
These schools might enjoy playing other teams for a few years, but the realities of long-distance travel should lead USC and Stanford to schedule a nonconference game later in this decade. For now, though, this rivalry is on pause after USC’s 56-10 win over the Cardinal on Saturday.
Let’s look back at the USC-Stanford football series with statistics, facts, historical notes, and prominent memories: