#9 USC @ #1 Notre Dame
1989
Jeweled Shillelagh
Final
October 21, 1989 12:30 PM
#9 USC
Trojans
5-1 / 3-0
24
28
#1 Notre Dame
Fighting Irish
3-0 / 0-0
1989 Season

Notre Dame Stadium
South Bend, IN
Capacity: 80,795
Attendance: 59,075

Series Stats

Southern California
Notre Dame
Tie
23
34
4
61st
meeting
More Games

Last Meeting

10-27 Notre Dame
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Nov 26, 1988
USC

South Division
Head Coach
 Larry Smith
Schedule
vs Illinois L 14-13 9/4/1989
vs Utah State W 10-66 9/16/1989
vs Ohio State W 3-42 9/23/1989
@ Washington State W 17-18 9/30/1989
vs Washington W 16-24 10/7/1989
@ California W 15-31 10/14/1989
@ Notre Dame L 28-24 10/21/1989
vs Stanford W 0-19 10/28/1989
vs Oregon State W 6-48 11/4/1989
@ Arizona W 3-24 11/11/1989
vs California Los Angeles W 10-10 11/18/1989
@ Michigan W 10-17 1/1/1990
Southern California 1989 schedule
Southern California
has outscored their opponents
194 to 75
this season
Larry Smith's record
at Southern California
16 - 2 - 0
vs Notre Dame
0 - 2 - 0
Longest Winning Streak
Southern California
8 game(s)
from 2002
to 2009
Notre Dame
11 game(s)
from 1983
to 1993
Stats
Notre Dame

Head Coach
 Lou Holtz
*the data for this team and coach are incomplete
Schedule
@ Michigan W 19-24 9/16/1989
vs Michigan State W 13-21 9/23/1989
@ Purdue W 7-40 9/30/1989
vs Southern California W 24-28 10/21/1989
@ Penn State W 23-34 11/18/1989
Notre Dame
has outscored their opponents
85 to 39
this season
Lou Holtz's record
at Notre Dame
1 - 0 - 0
vs Southern California
1 - 0 - 0
Latest Winning Streak
Southern California
1 game(s)
from 2022
to 2022
Notre Dame
3 game(s)
from 2023
to 2025
Notes