Notre Dame-USC backdrop
Notre Dame logoND
vs
USC logoUS
Jeweled Shillelagh

Rivalry History

Notre Dame-USC

Notre Dame and USC have met 96 times since 1926. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.

Recent resultsBack to rivalry hub

Series snapshot

Record
53-38-5
Current streak
Notre Dame 3 games
Longest streak
Notre Dame 11 games (1983-1993)
Avg. margin / points
1.8 / 40.8

Series overview

Notre Dame 53-38-5 USC. Current streak: Notre Dame 3 games.

Last five meetings

Notre Dame 4 | USC 1

Largest margin

51 points

Rivalry notes

  • The tracked window runs from 1926 through 2025.
  • 96 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
  • The latest tracked meeting was Oct 18, 2025.

Related pages

Move from rivalry history into team-level seasons, rosters, and archives.

Notre Dame logoND

Notre Dame

Team page

USC logoUS

USC

Team page

Rivalry hub

Browse every indexed rivalry page.

Recent rivalry results

The latest games are rendered in the page HTML so search engines and readers can see the rivalry's recent chapter without client-side interaction.

10 most recent tracked games

DateMatchupScoreVenueResult
Oct 18, 2025USC at Notre DameNotre Dame 34, USC 24Notre Dame StadiumNotre Dame
Nov 30, 2024Notre Dame at USCNotre Dame 49, USC 35Venue unavailableNotre Dame
Oct 14, 2023USC at Notre DameNotre Dame 48, USC 20Venue unavailableNotre Dame
Nov 27, 2022Notre Dame at USCNotre Dame 27, USC 38Venue unavailableUSC
Oct 23, 2021USC at Notre DameNotre Dame 31, USC 16Venue unavailableNotre Dame
Oct 12, 2019USC at Notre DameNotre Dame 30, USC 27Venue unavailableNotre Dame
Nov 25, 2018Notre Dame at USCNotre Dame 24, USC 17Venue unavailableNotre Dame
Oct 21, 2017USC at Notre DameNotre Dame 49, USC 14Venue unavailableNotre Dame
Nov 26, 2016Notre Dame at USCNotre Dame 27, USC 45Venue unavailableUSC
Oct 17, 2015USC at Notre DameNotre Dame 41, USC 31Venue unavailableNotre Dame