#2 Stanford @ USC
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles, CA
October 29, 2011
Conquest
Stanford takes USC's best shot, then delivers the knockout blowOn the first play from scrimmage, Matt Barkley heaved a bomb downfield that Robert Woods pulled out of the air and turned into a 63 yard bomb. Three plays later, Barkley fired a touchdown to Brice Butler, the first offensive touchdown given up by Stanford in almost a month.
The Trojans battled the Cardinal to a stalemate over the first quarter and a half, but Stanford's resiliency and brute strength broke through late in the second quarter, as Andrew Luck led two touchdown drives and finished off a third as a result of a turnover. The Cardinal suddenly had a 38-20 halftime lead, and had broken USC's spirits, as they crushed the Trojans in the second half and marched out of the Coliseum with a 58-20 victory.
"This is the kind of game that defeats complacency," Stanford coach Brian Kudron said afterward. "We've been on such a roll lately, but that kind of dominance isn't sustainable, because there are so many talented opponents out there, eventually you're going to run into somebody who doesn't fold after the first punch. That's what happened today, and it was a test of our character, a test of our determination. And we passed it. And we'll be better off because of it."
Big games from Luck and Stepfan Taylor paced the Cardinal's offense, while the defense once again laid seige to the opponent's quarterback, sacking Matt Barkley six times.
One significant piece of bad news, however, is the loss of Chris Owusu, who went down awkwardly after a kick return in the first quarter. He is expected to miss the remainder of the season with a broken tailbone.
| Stanford Cardinal at USC Trojans |
| Oct 29, 2011 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| #2 Stanford Cardinal (8-0, 6-0) | 7 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 58 |
| USC Trojans (6-2, 4-2) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Team Stats Comparison |
| STAN | USC |
| Total Offense | 614 | 348 |
| Rushing Yards | 360 | 87 |
| Passing Yards | 254 | 261 |
| First Downs | 19 | 10 |
| Punt Return Yards | 22 | 0 |
| Kick Return Yards | 148 | 142 |
| Total Yards | 784 | 490 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
| 3rd Down Converstion | 7-14 | 5-13 |
| 4th Down Conversion | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2-Point Conversion | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals | 6/3 | 1/1 |
| Penalties | 4-35 | 4-28 |
| Posession Time | 30:07 | 17:53 |
| Scoring Summary |
| FIRST QUARTER SCORING | STAN | USC |
| 10:57 | (USC) Barkley, 16 yard pass to Butler (Heidari kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 8:22 | (STAN) Luck, 11 yard pass to Owusu (Williamson kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3:56 | (USC) Heidari, 28 yard FG | 7 | 10 |
| SECOND QUARTER SCORING | STAN | USC |
| 11:55 | (STAN) Williamson, 33 yard FG | 10 | 10 |
| 10:33 | (USC) Tyler, 62 yard run (Heidari kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 9:14 | (STAN) Taylor, 31 yard run (Williamson kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 5:38 | (USC) Heidari, 42 yard FG | 17 | 20 |
| 3:11 | (STAN) Luck, 2 yard run (Williamson kick) | 24 | 20 |
| 0:50 | (STAN) Luck, 7 yard pass to Ertz (Williamson kick) | 31 | 20 |
| 0:02 | (STAN) Luck, 17 yard pass to Toilolo (Williamson kick) | 38 | 20 |
| THIRD QUARTER SCORING | STAN | USC |
| 9:17 | (STAN) Williamson, 34 yard FG | 41 | 20 |
| 6:13 | (STAN) Taylor, 3 yard run (Williamson kick) | 48 | 20 |
| FOURTH QUARTER SCORING | STAN | USC |
| 7:30 | (STAN) Luck, 12 yard pass to Fleener (Williamson kick) | 55 | 20 |
| 5:08 | (STAN) Williamson, 26 yard FG | 58 | 20 |
| Stanford Cardinal | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | A. Luck | 14/28 | 251 | 4 | 0 | | B. Nottingham | 1/1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | A. Luck | 12 | 39 | 3.2 | 1 | | S. Taylor | 12 | 163 | 13.5 | 2 | | A. Wilkerson | 9 | 106 | 11.7 | 0 | | T. Gaffney | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | | J. Stewart | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | | G. Meinken | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | | R. Hewitt | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | C. Fleener | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 1 | | L. Toilolo | 3 | 59 | 19.6 | 1 | | T. Montgomery | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | | G. Whalen | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | | D. Terrell | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 0 | | Z. Ertz | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | | J. Rashad-Patterson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | | C. Owusu | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 1 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | C. Thomas | 7 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | | M. Thomas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | J. Bademosi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | S. Skov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | T. Murphy | 7 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | | T. Stephens | 3 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | | B. Gardner | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | | M. Bergen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | B. Browning | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | J. Williamson | 3/4 | 7/7 | 16 | 34 | | KICK RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | T. Montgomery | 3 | 101 | 33.6 | 0 | | C. Owusu | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | | PUNT RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | D. Terrell | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 |
| | USC Trojans | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | M. Barkley | 18/28 | 261 | 1 | 1 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | M. Tyler | 14 | 103 | 7.3 | 1 | | M. Barkley | 6 | -26 | -4.3 | 0 | | G. Farmer | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | R. Woods | 7 | 151 | 21.5 | 0 | | B. Carswell | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | | M. Lee | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | | B. Butler | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 1 | | G. Farmer | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | | X. Grimble | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | | R. Ellison | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | | M. Tyler | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | M. Simmons | 12 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | | T. Harris | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | N. Perry | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | | C. Galippo | 7 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | | C. Tupou | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | H. Pullard | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | J. Starling | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | T. McDonald | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | A. Heidari | 2/2 | 2/2 | 8 | 43 | | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | | C. Albarado | 5 | 192 | 38.4 | 1 | | KICK RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | P. Hall | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 0 | | M. Tyler | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 |
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