The Washington Huskies will have a prime television slot for their first Big Ten road game of the season against No. 12 USC next Saturday.
The Huskies (3-0, 0-0) and Trojans will face off on NBC at the LA Memorial Coliseum at 4:30 p.m. Pacific, as announced Monday morning. After UW drew massive viewership for the season opener against Washington State on NBC, third-year coach Jedd Fisch has another optimal opportunity to make a national statement against coach Lincoln Riley's Trojans.
USC (4-0, 1-0) hosts No. 20 Oregon (2-1, 0-0) this weekend while UW hosts unbeaten Minnesota to open Big Ten play with the first 4-0 start since 2023 on the line. A win over coach P.J. Fleck's Golden Gophers on Saturday and a USC victory over coach Dan Lanning's
Ducks would set up the first top 25 matchup of Fisch's tenure in Seattle.
Let it reign.
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🕗 4:30pm PT - Game time vs USC
📅 Saturday, October 3rd
🏟️ LA Memorial Coliseum
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The last time the Huskies and Trojans met in 2024 at Husky Stadium was a 26-21 win for UW that featured a late fourth-quarter touchdown from Will Rogers to Keith Reynolds to come back after USC took a 21-20 lead in the third quarter; the two schools also coincidentally kicked off at 4:30 p.m., though the game aired on the Big Ten Network.
Then-No. 5 UW beat No. 20 USC 52-42 the previous year under Kalen DeBoer in Riley's second year in Los Angeles, the second consecutive victory for the Huskies at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum following a 17-12 win over the Trojans in 2015. The last time the Huskies fell to their former Pac-12 Conference foe came in 2011, a 40-17 defeat for Steve Sarkisian at the hands of then-USC coach Lane Kiffin.
Historically, the Trojans hold the all-time series record with a 52-31-4 record against the Huskies. Washington has only won four or more consecutive games against USC once, when the program came away with five straight wins from 1934-38.
USC won the previous six meetings before that stretch from 1927-33. Since then, the Trojans have had streaks of 10 straight wins (1965-74) and seven consecutive victories (2002-08).
This article originally appeared on Huskies Wire: Washington Football Draws Primetime Kickoff Slot Vs. USC
