#1 Notre Dame @ #2 USC
1988
Jeweled Shillelagh
Final
November 26, 1988 12:30 PM
#1 Notre Dame
Fighting Irish
4-0 / 0-0
27
10
#2 USC
Trojans
10-0 / 8-0
1988 Season

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles, CA
Capacity: 93,607
Attendance: 93,829

Series Stats

Notre Dame
Southern California
Tie
33
23
4
60th
meeting
More Games

Last Meeting

26-15 Notre Dame
Notre Dame Stadium
Oct 24, 1987
Notre Dame

Head Coach
 Lou Holtz
*the data for this team and coach are incomplete
Schedule
vs Michigan W 17-19 9/10/1988
@ Michigan State W 3-20 9/17/1988
vs Purdue W 7-52 9/24/1988
vs Penn State W 3-21 11/19/1988
@ Southern California W 10-27 11/26/1988
Notre Dame
has outscored their opponents
112 to 30
this season
Lou Holtz's record
at Notre Dame
0 - 0 - 0
vs Southern California
0 - 0 - 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
 Larry Smith
Schedule
@ Boston College W 7-34 9/1/1988
@ Stanford W 20-24 9/10/1988
vs Oklahoma W 7-23 9/24/1988
@ Arizona W 15-38 10/1/1988
vs Oregon W 14-42 10/8/1988
vs Washington W 27-28 10/15/1988
@ Oregon State W 20-41 10/29/1988
vs California W 3-35 11/5/1988
@ Arizona State W 0-50 11/12/1988
@ California Los Angeles W 22-31 11/19/1988
vs Notre Dame L 27-10 11/26/1988
@ Michigan L 22-14 1/2/1989
Southern California 1988 schedule
Southern California
has outscored their opponents
346 to 135
this season
Larry Smith's record
at Southern California
13 - 1 - 0
vs Notre Dame
0 - 1 - 0
Latest Winning Streak
Notre Dame
3 game(s)
from 2023
to 2025
Southern California
1 game(s)
from 2022
to 2022
Notes