The camera looks across the Coliseum's field during a football game between USC and Oregon State. At center, No. 40 of the Oregon State Beavers runs towards the right with his head lifted and back to camera. Immediately behind him, a USC Trojan runs in the same direction. Farther behind them, another Trojan player runs towards the right as well. They appear to chase after a football that bounces off of the field to the right of them. Other than them, the field is empty and stretches into the distance. Vacant stadium stands extend across the background. At right a goalpost stands and the Coliseum's peristyle entrance juts into frame behind it.
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 across the Coliseum's field during a football game between USC and Oregon. In the near distance at center, an Oregon State player (white jersey) runs with the ball towards the left. He appears to lose his balance as a USC player is captured, mid-air, tackling him near his feet. Behind them, other on-field players run towards the play. Along the right edge, a chain crew member stands with a marker. The partially filled stands of the Coliseum stretch across the background.
The Trojans, from the University of Southern California, played the Duke Blue Devils at the Rose Bowl on January 2, 1939 to a crowd of over 93,000 fans. They beat the Blue Devils 7-3.
Reported in: “Bruins ruin St. Mary’s by 12-to-0 score: Westwood squad upsets Gaels and dope bucket Spaulding’s warriors score two touchdown victory over team,” Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 1931: A11
Different photographs taken on the same occasion appear under the headline, “Dramatic Highlights and Sidelights as Bill Spaulding Bows Out as Coach,” Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec 1938: A11.
Different photographs taken on the same occasion appear under the headline, “Dramatic Highlights and Sidelights as Bill Spaulding Bows Out as Coach,” Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec 1938: A11.
The camera looks across the Coliseum's field during the 1932 football game between USC and Utah. In the near distance at left, USC's No. 18 runs with the ball and with his back towards camera. He dodges an attempted tackle by a Utah player to the right of him. Other players continue to play away from the ball at left and center. The Coliseum's stands stretch across the background.
Homer Griffith of the Westwood Cubs (left) trying to tackle "Bud" Pozzo of the Hollwood Braves (number 7). Both men played Quarterback. Onlookers are present in the stands.
Five men are pictured, only James D. Key and William H. Spaulding are identified. One man holds a newspaper and is reading the front page while Key and Spaulding also are looking at the story. Key holds a flashlight to help light the newspaper. A Bullock's ad and crossword puzzle can be seen on the other pages. Key has a gun holstered on his hip. Spaulding has a cigarette in his mouth.
A player is tackles with several other fallen players around him during a football game between the USC Trojans and Notre Dame Fighting Irish at the Coliseum.
Text from newspaper caption: The varsity line charges--[Kerns] Hampton, [Tom]Rafferty, [Fred] Haslam, [Homer] Oliver, [Verdi] Boyer, [Houghton "Fat"] Norfleet and [Bill] Maxwell.
About 18 football players and 2 referees on football field, with photographers, players, and spectators in foreground, bleachers half-filled with spectators and trees in background. Occidental players Rex Huddleston (37) and Dan Jeffries (38) at right center.
The Trojans, from the University of Southern California, played the Duke Blue Devils at the Rose Bowl on January 2, 1939 to a crowd of over 93,000 fans. They beat the Blue Devils 7-3.
At center, No. 50 of the St. Mary's Gaels catches a football during a game between UCLA and St. Mary's at the Coliseum. No. 50 runs with his back to camera and reaches up to his right to catch the football. Nearer to camera at left, a teammate, No. 75, runs towards the right. Another St. Mary's player stands farther down the field at right and faces towards camera. Behind and between No. 75 and 50, UCLA Bruin No. 14 runs away from camera. Spectators fill the stands in the background.
The camera looks across the Coliseum's field during the football game between UCLA and St. Mary's. In the near distance at center, a UCLA player (white jersey) runs towards camera with the ball. He tries to push through the St. Mary's defenders. St. Mary's No. 50 stands with his back to camera as he waits to tackle UCLA's ball carrier. A couple players lie on the ground immediately to the left of the runner. About 5 UCLA players on the ground in the backfield at left. A couple of St. Mary's Gaels and a Bruin run up field at right. A referee stands behind the play at center. An empty section of the Coliseum's curves across the background.
Likely related to the article, "STANFORD MACHINE CRUSHES U. S. C., 13-9: GRID SPECTACLE KEEPS 70,000 FANS IN FRENZY Ernie Never's Educated Toe Makes Breaks to Enable Card Eleven to Subdue Trojan Squad STANFORD DOWNS U. S. C.," Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 1925: A1
A similar photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the headline, “Dramatic Action Photos Depict new-found Kick in the Trojan War Horse,” Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec 1938: 14.
View of a referee calling a play at a football game at the Coliseum between the teams of the University of Southern California and the University of California at Los Angeles.