PASADENA, Calif. (CNS) — The 90th annual USC-UCLA football game will be played Saturday at the Rose Bowl without fans in attendance due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The 4-0 Trojans will play in Friday's Pac-12 championship game. Their berth was assured when Colorado lost to Utah, 38-21, earlier Saturday. USC is ranked 15th in the nation.
What You Need To Know
- The 90th annual USC-UCLA game kicks off at 4:30 p.m. at the Rose Bowl
- The USC Trojans are 4-0, while the UCLA Bruins are 3-2 this season
- The game will be held without fans due to the pandemic
- USC won last year's game, 52-35, at the Coliseum and took possession of the Victory Bell
The Bruins are 3-2 on the season.
USC leads the all-time series between the schools, 50-32, with seven ties (two of USC's wins were later vacated due to an NCAA penalty for rules violations). The Trojans won last year's game, 52-35, at the Coliseum, taking possession of the Victory Bell.
The 295-pound bell originally hung atop a Southern Pacific freight locomotive and was given to the UCLA Alumni Association in 1939. In 1941, it was taken by a group of USC students who hid it in a variety of locations for more than a year.
Following an intervention by school administrators, the student body presidents of both schools signed an agreement in 1942 providing that the winner of the football game would keep possession for the next year, a tradition that has continued, along with painting the bell's carriage in the school color of the winner.
The game kicks off at 4:30 p.m. and will be televised on ABC.