All-Time Head-to-Head

TeamOpponent

The Game Army–Navy Holy War Iron Bowl Red River The Game (Ivy)

Penn State vs

USC

Series

5–6

USC leads

Average Score

22.5–23.1

11 games

Current Streak

Penn State

Longest Streak

Penn State, 1993–1996 · USC, 2000–2016

Season	Date	Winner	Score
2024	2024-10-13	Penn State	33–30
2016	2017-01-03	USC	49–52
2008	2009-01-06	USC	24–38
2000	2000-08-29	USC	5–29
1996	1996-08-27	Penn State	24–7
1994	1994-09-13	Penn State	38–14
1993	1993-09-14	Penn State	21–20
1991	1991-09-17	USC	10–21
1990	1990-09-18	USC	14–19
1981	1982-01-05	Penn State	26–10
1922	1923-01-02	USC	3–14

Scores read Penn State first. Dates are the ranking release that included the game. Games come from the published weekly rankings.

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