Injury updates and key stats from USC's 48-28 loss to Oregon ...
JuJu Smith-Schuster said he is OK after spraining his ankle in the second quarter.
"I rolled it really bad. From there, I tried to play through the pain."
Offensive line coach Bob Connelly said right guard Viane Talamaivao will be able to play vs. UCLA.
Kicker Alex Wood was held out because of a concussion that he suffered vs. Colorado.
Uchenna Nwosu estimated he played about 10 snaps, with all but a few coming at strong-side linebacker. He spent this past week practicing at weakside linebacker. DC Justin Wilcox said he felt "the other guys gave us a better chance to play the game" because of all the formations and variations that Oregon runs.
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USC falls to 7-4 overall and 5-3 in Pac-12 play. It is in a three-way tie for first place in the conference. The winner of the USC-UCLA game next Saturday at the Coliseum will represent the South Division in the Pac-12 Championship game vs. Stanford on Dec. 5.
Justin Davis ran for a career-high 141 yards. He also set a new career-high with 224 all-purpose yards.
Ronald Jones' 56 yards leaves him just 32 yards of setting the USC record for rushing yards in a season by a freshman (Charles White, 858 - 1976).
Darreus Rogers had a season-high five receptions for 53 yards and scored his first touchdown of the season.
Steven Mitchell Jr. (7) and De'Quan Hampton (6) had career-highs in receptions.
Freshman tight end Tyler Petite caught his first career touchdown pass.
Adoree' Jackson scored on a punt return for the first time in his career. He has now scored four different ways (receiving, interception return, kickoff return, punt return).
Matt Boermeester made his USC debut and connected on all four of his extra points. Oregon's Charles Nelson gained 114 yards on USC's five kickoffs.
Cody Kessler went 30 of 41 for 238 yards with two touchdowns. He was sacked five times.
Sophomore linebacker Olajuwon Tucker, making his first career start, had a team-high nine tackles, including 2.5 for loss.
Rasheem Green was second in tackles with five, which was a career high.
Oregon's 578 yards were a season-high by a USC opponent.
Vernon Adams became the first quarterback to ever throw six touchdowns in a game vs. USC. The Pasadena product said he rooted for the Trojans as a kid.
"It means a lot," Adams said. "I always wanted to play at 'SC my whole life. And it was one of my favorite schools growing up."
Adams completed 20 of 25 passes for 407 yards. (For those scoring at home, that's six touchdowns to five incompletions.)
Adams averaged 16.2 yards per attempt. (Kessler averaged 5.8.)
Royce Freeman's 147 yards were a season high for a USC opponent. He averaged 7.3 yards over 20 carries.
Five Oregon receivers had at least 50 yards receiving.
USC had a nearly 10-minute advantage in time of possession: 34:54-25:06.
The Trojans converted 6 of 15 third downs. Oregon converted 2 of 8.
USC's 79 plays from scrimmage were a season high. It averaged 5.4 yards per play. Oregon averaged 9.2.
The Trojans' 12 penalties for 124 yards were both season highs.
USC is averaging 35.6 points a game but has topped 30 just once in the past four games.
The 48 points allowed were the most for USC since 2013 vs. Arizona State (62).
The 20-point margin of defeat was USC's biggest since 2013 vs. UCLA (21).
JuJu Smith-Schuster said he is OK after spraining his ankle in the second quarter.
"I rolled it really bad. From there, I tried to play through the pain."
Offensive line coach Bob Connelly said right guard Viane Talamaivao will be able to play vs. UCLA.
Kicker Alex Wood was held out because of a concussion that he suffered vs. Colorado.
Uchenna Nwosu estimated he played about 10 snaps, with all but a few coming at strong-side linebacker. He spent this past week practicing at weakside linebacker. DC Justin Wilcox said he felt "the other guys gave us a better chance to play the game" because of all the formations and variations that Oregon runs.
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USC falls to 7-4 overall and 5-3 in Pac-12 play. It is in a three-way tie for first place in the conference. The winner of the USC-UCLA game next Saturday at the Coliseum will represent the South Division in the Pac-12 Championship game vs. Stanford on Dec. 5.
Justin Davis ran for a career-high 141 yards. He also set a new career-high with 224 all-purpose yards.
Ronald Jones' 56 yards leaves him just 32 yards of setting the USC record for rushing yards in a season by a freshman (Charles White, 858 - 1976).
Darreus Rogers had a season-high five receptions for 53 yards and scored his first touchdown of the season.
Steven Mitchell Jr. (7) and De'Quan Hampton (6) had career-highs in receptions.
Freshman tight end Tyler Petite caught his first career touchdown pass.
Adoree' Jackson scored on a punt return for the first time in his career. He has now scored four different ways (receiving, interception return, kickoff return, punt return).
Matt Boermeester made his USC debut and connected on all four of his extra points. Oregon's Charles Nelson gained 114 yards on USC's five kickoffs.
Cody Kessler went 30 of 41 for 238 yards with two touchdowns. He was sacked five times.
Sophomore linebacker Olajuwon Tucker, making his first career start, had a team-high nine tackles, including 2.5 for loss.
Rasheem Green was second in tackles with five, which was a career high.
Oregon's 578 yards were a season-high by a USC opponent.
Vernon Adams became the first quarterback to ever throw six touchdowns in a game vs. USC. The Pasadena product said he rooted for the Trojans as a kid.
"It means a lot," Adams said. "I always wanted to play at 'SC my whole life. And it was one of my favorite schools growing up."
Adams completed 20 of 25 passes for 407 yards. (For those scoring at home, that's six touchdowns to five incompletions.)
Adams averaged 16.2 yards per attempt. (Kessler averaged 5.8.)
Royce Freeman's 147 yards were a season high for a USC opponent. He averaged 7.3 yards over 20 carries.
Five Oregon receivers had at least 50 yards receiving.
USC had a nearly 10-minute advantage in time of possession: 34:54-25:06.
The Trojans converted 6 of 15 third downs. Oregon converted 2 of 8.
USC's 79 plays from scrimmage were a season high. It averaged 5.4 yards per play. Oregon averaged 9.2.
The Trojans' 12 penalties for 124 yards were both season highs.
USC is averaging 35.6 points a game but has topped 30 just once in the past four games.
The 48 points allowed were the most for USC since 2013 vs. Arizona State (62).
The 20-point margin of defeat was USC's biggest since 2013 vs. UCLA (21).
