Notes and key stats from USC's 38-30 victory vs. Arizona on Saturday ...
USC (6-3, 4-2) remains in a second-place tie in the Pac-12 South Division, one game behind Utah.
It has won three in a row in the same season for the first time since 2013.
The Trojans have won their past five Homecoming games.
The 14-point deficit is the largest margin USC has rallied back in a win from since trailing Utah by 14 points in 2012.
Ronald Jones II had career highs for carries (19) and yards (177). His 177 rushing yards are a USC freshman record, breaking the previous best of 140 by LenDale White in 2003. (This was the most yards by any USC tailback since Buck Allen gained 205 yards vs. Arizona last season.)
Jones led USC in rushing for the sixth time this year and for the fourth game in a row. His 5-yard TD reception in the second quarter was the first of his career. His 74-yard touchdown run was the longest of his career.
He leads the team with six rushing touchdowns. (Tre Madden and Justin Davis both have five.)
Jones is now averaging 7.9 yards per carry on the season (and 9.8 carries.)
Cody Kessler’s 36 pass attempts were his second-most this year (46 Notre Dame).
JuJu Smith-Schuster’s 72-yard TD reception was his team-best ninth of the season. It was his sixth TD reception of at least 41 yards this year. He now has six 100-yard games this year.
He’s caught at least five passes in eight straight games and has led the team in receptions in every game.
USC scored a touchdown following John Plattenburg’s INT. It also allowed a touchdown following a fumbled exchange. The Trojans have now scored 72 points off turnovers this year and given up 17 points after committing a turnover.
After gaining just 12 first-quarter yards, USC had 224 yards in the second quarter and ended up with 460 total yards over the final three quarters.
USC has attempted nine fourth-down conversions since Clay Helton became the interim head coach and has converted six.
Antwaun Woods recorded his first two sacks of the season and had three tackles for loss.
Su’a Cravens was credited with 1.5 sacks today and now leads the team with 4.5 sacks this season. He also tied Plattenburg for a team-best eight tackles.
The Trojans had 10 TFLs and six sacks.
They held Arizona, which came into the weekend averaging more than 250 rushing yards a game, to 60 rushing yards. The Wildcats had only 87 rushing yards when removing sacks from the equation.
The Trojans converted 10 of 18 third downs. Arizona converted just 4 of 15.
USC had a 31:38-28:22 time of possession advantage tonight and has won the time of possession in all four games under Helton. USC had less time of possession in each of the previous five games.
USC has been outscored 49-17 in the first quarter under Helton. It outscored Arizona 21-10 in the fourth quarter, the first time it's outscored an opponent in the final quarter since he took over.
USC (6-3, 4-2) remains in a second-place tie in the Pac-12 South Division, one game behind Utah.
It has won three in a row in the same season for the first time since 2013.
The Trojans have won their past five Homecoming games.
The 14-point deficit is the largest margin USC has rallied back in a win from since trailing Utah by 14 points in 2012.
Ronald Jones II had career highs for carries (19) and yards (177). His 177 rushing yards are a USC freshman record, breaking the previous best of 140 by LenDale White in 2003. (This was the most yards by any USC tailback since Buck Allen gained 205 yards vs. Arizona last season.)
Jones led USC in rushing for the sixth time this year and for the fourth game in a row. His 5-yard TD reception in the second quarter was the first of his career. His 74-yard touchdown run was the longest of his career.
He leads the team with six rushing touchdowns. (Tre Madden and Justin Davis both have five.)
Jones is now averaging 7.9 yards per carry on the season (and 9.8 carries.)
Cody Kessler’s 36 pass attempts were his second-most this year (46 Notre Dame).
JuJu Smith-Schuster’s 72-yard TD reception was his team-best ninth of the season. It was his sixth TD reception of at least 41 yards this year. He now has six 100-yard games this year.
He’s caught at least five passes in eight straight games and has led the team in receptions in every game.
USC scored a touchdown following John Plattenburg’s INT. It also allowed a touchdown following a fumbled exchange. The Trojans have now scored 72 points off turnovers this year and given up 17 points after committing a turnover.
After gaining just 12 first-quarter yards, USC had 224 yards in the second quarter and ended up with 460 total yards over the final three quarters.
USC has attempted nine fourth-down conversions since Clay Helton became the interim head coach and has converted six.
Antwaun Woods recorded his first two sacks of the season and had three tackles for loss.
Su’a Cravens was credited with 1.5 sacks today and now leads the team with 4.5 sacks this season. He also tied Plattenburg for a team-best eight tackles.
The Trojans had 10 TFLs and six sacks.
They held Arizona, which came into the weekend averaging more than 250 rushing yards a game, to 60 rushing yards. The Wildcats had only 87 rushing yards when removing sacks from the equation.
The Trojans converted 10 of 18 third downs. Arizona converted just 4 of 15.
USC had a 31:38-28:22 time of possession advantage tonight and has won the time of possession in all four games under Helton. USC had less time of possession in each of the previous five games.
USC has been outscored 49-17 in the first quarter under Helton. It outscored Arizona 21-10 in the fourth quarter, the first time it's outscored an opponent in the final quarter since he took over.
