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USCHome

31

FinalDec 1, 2017 · Levi's Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
Stanford	0	14	7	7	28
USC	7	10	7	7	31

Game flow

USC won by 3 · 9 scores

Lead changes

0

1 time tied

USC biggest lead

+10

Q2 3:02

STAN biggest lead

—

never led

Time in front

USC 74% · STAN 0%

tied 26% · 44:29 vs 0:00 of game clock

The lead after every score: above the line USC is ahead, below it Stanford. Each dot is a score in the scoring team's colour; hover one.

Scoring summary

1st quarter

4:38

TD Michael Pittman Jr. 7 Yd pass from Sam Darnold (Chase McGrath Kick)9 plays, 70 yds, 4:34 · from USC 30

STAN 0–7 USC

2nd quarter

14:55

TD Bryce Love 9 Yd Run (Jet Toner Kick)10 plays, 68 yds, 4:43 · from STAN 32

STAN 7–7 USC

9:46

FG Chase McGrath 24 Yd Field Goal 11 plays, 69 yds, 5:09 · from USC 25

STAN 7–10 USC

3:02

TD Tyler Vaughns 19 Yd pass from Sam Darnold (Chase McGrath Kick)7 plays, 97 yds, 2:44 · from USC 3

STAN 7–17 USC

0:34

TD Cameron Scarlett 1 Yd Run (Jet Toner Kick)9 plays, 75 yds, 2:28 · from STAN 25

STAN 14–17 USC

3rd quarter

4:49

TD Ronald Jones II 1 Yd Run (Chase McGrath Kick)6 plays, 61 yds, 2:18 · from USC 39

STAN 14–24 USC

2:31

TD Kaden Smith 11 Yd pass from K.J. Costello (Jet Toner Kick)5 plays, 67 yds, 2:18 · from STAN 33

STAN 21–24 USC

4th quarter

4:22

TD Ronald Jones II 8 Yd Run (Chase McGrath Kick)8 plays, 99 yds, 3:38 · from USC 1

STAN 21–31 USC

2:09

TD Kaden Smith 28 Yd pass from K.J. Costello (Jet Toner Kick)8 plays, 90 yds, 2:13 · from STAN 10

STAN 28–31 USC

Drives

USC 5/11 scoredSTAN 4/10 scored

Q	Start	Team	From	Plays	Yds	Time	Result
Q1	15:00	USC	USC 25	10	32	4:18	Punt
Q1	10:42	STAN	STAN 19	3	5	1:30	Punt
Q1	9:12	USC	USC 30	9	70	4:34	Touchdown
Q1	4:38	STAN	STAN 32	10	68	4:43	Touchdown
Q2	14:55	USC	USC 25	11	69	5:09	Field Goal
Q2	9:46	STAN	STAN 25	7	17	4:00	Punt
Q2	5:46	USC	USC 3	7	97	2:44	Touchdown
Q2	3:02	STAN	STAN 25	9	75	2:28	Touchdown
Q2	0:34	USC	USC 25	1	5	0:34	End of Half
Q3	15:00	STAN	STAN 37	3	-1	1:46	Punt
Q3	13:14	USC	USC 4	7	38	4:02	Punt
Q3	9:12	STAN	STAN 17	3	9	2:05	Punt

Win probability

USC 100% · pregame line USC −3.5 (closing line)

The pregame line (TDC's for this week's games, the closing betting line for past ones), blended with the score, clock and field position (calibrated on every 2024–25 FBS play). Gold dots mark the biggest swings; hover one.

Box score

Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
KJ Costello	10/22	192	8.7	2	0	82.8

Rushing	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Bryce Love	22	125	5.7	1	52
Cameron Scarlett	7	21	3.0	1	6
Connor Wedington	1	5	5.0	0	5
Trevor Speights	1	1	1.0	0	1
KJ Costello	6	0	0.0	0	14
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0	0

Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
J.J. Arcega-Whiteside	2	87	43.5	0	45
Kaden Smith	4	80	20.0	2	28
Connor Wedington	2	9	4.5	0	5
Dalton Schultz	1	8	8.0	0	8
Trenton Irwin	1	8	8.0	0	8

Kicking	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Jet Toner	0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4

Punting	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Jake Bailey	5	228	45.6	0	2	60

Biggest plays

STAN +51% Q4 2:09 Kaden Smith 28 Yd pass from K.J. Costello (Jet Toner Kick)

USC +49% Q4 2:09 Timeout USC, clock 02:09

STAN +30% Q3 2:31 Kaden Smith 11 Yd pass from K.J. Costello (Jet Toner Kick)

USC +29% Q4 7:55 Ronald Jones II run for 1 yd to the USC 2

USC +24% Q3 2:31 Jake Bailey kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback

Team stats

Stat	STAN	USC
1st Downs	18	22
3rd down efficiency	6-12	6-13
4th down efficiency	0-1	2-2
Total Yards	343	501
Passing	192	325
Comp/Att	10/22	17/24
Yards per pass	8.7	13.5
Rushing	151	176
Rushing Attempts	38	43
Yards per rush	4.0	4.1
Penalties	7-73	9-76
Turnovers	0	1
Fumbles lost	0	1
Interceptions thrown	0	0
Possession	28:46	31:14

Play by play

Q4 0:00 End of 4th Quarter

Q4 0:04 1st & 10 at STAN 17 TEAM run for a loss of 2 yards to the Stanf 19

Q4 0:28 4th & 2 at STAN 32 Sam Darnold pass complete to Josh Falo for 15 yds to the Stanf 17 for a 1ST down

Q4 0:37 Timeout STANFORD, clock 00:37

Q4 0:38 3rd & 1 at STAN 31 Ronald Jones II run for a loss of 1 yard to the Stanf 32

Q4 0:41 Timeout USC, clock 00:41

Q4 1:30 2nd & 5 at STAN 35 Ronald Jones II run for 4 yds to the Stanf 31

Q4 2:00 1st & 10 at STAN 40 Ronald Jones II run for 5 yds to the Stanf 35

Q4 2:09 Jet Toner kickoff for 10 yds

Q4 2:09 Timeout USC, clock 02:09

Q4 2:09 2nd & 20 at USC 28 Kaden Smith 28 Yd pass from K.J. Costello (Jet Toner Kick)

Q4 2:17 1st & 20 at USC 28 K.J. Costello pass incomplete, broken up by Jordan Iosefa

Q4 2:32 1st & 10 at USC 18 Costello, K.J. pass complete to Parkinson, Colby for 6 yards to the USC12, PENALTY STANFORD holding (Hall, A.T.) 10 yards to the USC28, NO PLAY.

Q4 2:57 3rd & 11 at STAN 37 K.J. Costello pass complete to JJ Arcega-Whiteside for 45 yds to the USC 18 for a 1ST down

Q4 3:05 2nd & 11 at STAN 37 K.J. Costello pass incomplete to Connor Wedington

Q4 3:30 1st & 10 at STAN 38 TEAM run for a loss of 1 yard to the Stanf 37 TEAM fumbled, recovered by Stanf K.J. Costello

Q4 3:55 3rd & 10 at STAN 10 K.J. Costello pass complete to Kaden Smith for 28 yds to the Stanf 38 for a 1ST down

Q4 4:02 2nd & 10 at STAN 10 K.J. Costello pass incomplete, broken up by Malik Dorton

Q4 4:08 1st & 10 at STAN 10 K.J. Costello pass incomplete to Kaden Smith

Q4 4:22 Chase McGrath kickoff for 64 yds , Cameron Scarlett return for 19 yds to the STANFORD 46 STANFORD Penalty, Offensive Holding (Kaden Smith) to the Stanf 10

Q4 4:22 3rd & 1 at STAN 8 Ronald Jones II 8 Yd Run (Chase McGrath Kick)

Q4 4:42 2nd & 4 at STAN 11 Ronald Jones II run for 3 yds to the Stanf 8

Q4 5:24 1st & 10 at STAN 17 Ronald Jones II run for 6 yds to the Stanf 11

Q4 6:00 2nd & 1 at STAN 23 Ronald Jones II run for 6 yds to the Stanf 17 for a 1ST down

Q4 6:10 1st & 10 at STAN 32 Sam Darnold pass complete to Deontay Burnett for 9 yds to the Stanf 23