Washington had defeated USC just the week before in what would prove to be the other conference deciding game.
The next year in 2010, tenth-ranked Stanford defeated USC with a last-second field goal to win, 37-35.
Notre Dame defeated USC in 1959 by a score of 16-6.
Other Pac-10 teams have defeated USC at least once during this period, Oregon State did it twice, 2006 and again in 2008.
St. Mary's College, a relatively small school in San Francisco, defeated USC 13-7.
UCLA defeated USC 3 - 0 to win the title.
They were invited to the Sun Bowl where they defeated USC.
The Huskies defeated USC again with a game-ending field goal, this time in Los Angeles.
UCLA's football team had recorded one of the biggest upsets in school history by defeating USC the previous week.
The Irish did not defeat USC again until 1973.