The camera looks across the Coliseum's field during a 1932 football game between USC and Utah. A play occurs in the near distance at right. In the middle of the melee, No. 45 of Utah carries the ball and attempts push through USC's defense. On the ground behind him, are from front to back, USC players No. 27 And 6[?]. USC Trojan No. 6[?] grabs the Utah runner's legs from behind in an attempt to tackle him. To the left of Utah Ute No. 45, another USC player runs towards him and reaches his hands out to stop him. Behind the immediate play, a few players from each team either approach or look towards the play. Another USC player and a referee are in partial view as they run across the field at far left. The Coliseum's standsoccupy the background.
Photographs of the same game appear in the photo spread titled, "When Troy's Valiant Gridders Vanquished Notre Dame Eleven," Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 1928: A3
The camera looks east and pans down at the Coliseum's field during the USC and Stanford football game of 1931. Along the bottom edge, crowds fill stands that descend towards the field. The field sits in the near distance at center. Players on the field line up for a play at right, just beyond the near end zone. Crowds fill the stands as they wrap around the long sides of the field. The main entrance to the Coliseum rises at the far end of the field in the distance at center.
The camera looks across the Coliseum's field during a football game between UCLA and St. Mary's. At center, a UCLA player (white jersey) and a St. Mary's player (dark jersey) both appear to await a pass. Behind and to the right of them, a football sails in the air towards them. Players from both teams and a referee stand spread across the field behind them. Crowds fill the Coliseum's stands, which stretch across the background.
Another photograph of the same football game appears with the article, "TROJANS DOWN UTAH IN GRID OPENER, 35 TO 0: Battling Utes Hold Foes to Lone Touchdown in First Half but Fall as Game Progresses," Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 1932: E1
A different angle of the same play is captured in: University of California, Los Angeles, Ex Libris, 1935. Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
At center, a St. Mary's player leaps into the air and tries to receive a pass during a football game between UCLA and St. Mary's at the Coliseum. He faces towards camera and reaches his hands up, but the football sails over him. Two UCLA Bruins, No. 55 (left) and No. 33 (right) cover him. Players from both teams are spread across the field behind the play on the ball. In the background, spectators fill the stands.