#8 Notre Dame @ #3 USC
Final
November 25, 1978 12:00 PM
#8 Notre Dame
Fighting Irish
2-1 / 0-0
25
27
#3 USC
Trojans
9-1 / 6-1
1978 Season

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles, CA
Capacity: 93,607
Attendance: 84,256

Series Stats

Notre Dame
Southern California
Tie
27
19
4
50th
meeting
More Games

Last Meeting

49-19 Notre Dame
Notre Dame Stadium
Oct 22, 1977
Notre Dame

Head Coach
 Dan Devine
*the data for this team and coach are incomplete
Schedule
vs Michigan L 28-14 9/23/1978
vs Purdue W 6-10 9/30/1978
@ Michigan State W 25-29 10/7/1978
@ Southern California L 27-25 11/25/1978
Notre Dame
has been outscored by their opponents
59 to 53
this season
Dan Devine's record
at Notre Dame
4 - 3 - 0
vs Southern California
1 - 2 - 0
Longest Winning Streak
Notre Dame
11 game(s)
from 1983
to 1993
Southern California
8 game(s)
from 2002
to 2009
Stats
Southern California

South Division
Head Coach
 John Robinson
Schedule
vs Texas Tech W 9-17 9/9/1978
@ Oregon W 10-37 9/16/1978
@ Alabama W 14-24 9/23/1978
vs Michigan State W 9-30 9/29/1978
@ Arizona State L 20-7 10/14/1978
vs Oregon State W 7-38 10/21/1978
vs California W 17-42 10/28/1978
@ Stanford W 7-13 11/4/1978
vs Washington W 10-28 11/11/1978
@ California Los Angeles W 10-17 11/18/1978
vs Notre Dame W 25-27 11/25/1978
@ Hawaii W 5-21 12/2/1978
@ Michigan W 10-17 1/1/1979
Southern California 1978 schedule
Southern California
has outscored their opponents
253 to 113
this season
John Robinson's record
at Southern California
16 - 5 - 0
vs Notre Dame
1 - 1 - 0
Latest Winning Streak
Notre Dame
3 game(s)
from 2023
to 2025
Southern California
1 game(s)
from 2022
to 2022
Notes