GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NCAAF: USC (7-2) at CALIFORNIA (6-3)

NCAAF: USC at CALIFORNIA

<div class="pre">NCAAF USC (12) 24
CALIFORNIA (24) 17 3:40 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: USC at CALIFORNIA

<div class="pre">NCAAF USC (12) 24
CALIFORNIA (24) 17 2:37 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: USC at CALIFORNIA

<div class="pre">NCAAF USC (12) 24
CALIFORNIA (24) 17 2:24 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: USC at CALIFORNIA

<div class="pre">NCAAF USC (12) 24
CALIFORNIA (24) 17 1:35 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: USC at CALIFORNIA

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
USC (12) 7 7 3 7 24
CALIFORNIA (24) 7 3 7 0 17 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: CALIFORNIA - TD, JUSTIN FORSETT 17 YD RUN
(JORDAN KAY KICK), 7:42.
CALIFORNIA 7-0
USC - TD, STANLEY HAVILI 5 YD PASS FROM
JOHN DAVID BOOTY (DAVID
BUEHLER KICK), 9:40. USC 7-7
2ND QUARTER: CALIFORNIA - FG, JORDAN KAY 23 YD, 6:09.
CALIFORNIA 10-7
USC - TD, CHAUNCEY WASHINGTON 36 YD RUN
(DAVID BUEHLER KICK), 10:34.
USC 14-10
3RD QUARTER: USC - FG, DAVID BUEHLER 28 YD, 5:03. USC
17-10
CALIFORNIA - TD, LAVELLE HAWKINS 20 YD PASS
FROM NATE LONGSHORE (JORDAN
KAY KICK), 14:03. USC 17-17
4TH QUARTER: USC - TD, STAFON JOHNSON 3 YD RUN (DAVID
BUEHLER KICK), 7:22. USC 24-17</div>

 

BERKELEY, California (Ticker) -- In a game that did not loomnearly as large on the college football landscape as it wouldhave three weeks ago, Chauncey Washington came up big.

Washington rushed for a career-high 220 yards and a touchdown tolead No. 12 Southern California to a 24-17 victory over No. 24California in a Pac-10 Conference clash Saturday.


The preseason No. 1 team in the country, USC (8-2, 5-2 Pac-10)was stunned by lowly Stanford at home on October 6, 24-23,before losing against three weeks later at Oregon, 24-17.

Cal (6-4, 3-4) was ranked second nationally and was poised tobecome No. 1 for the first time in program history before losingat home to Oregon State on October 13, 31-28.


With Oregon and Arizona State at the top of the conferencestandings, this matchup was for pride with an outside shot at aleague title and a BCS bowl berth thrown in.


Those possibilities - as unlikely as they may be - are stillalive for the Trojans.


Stafon Johnson ran for a three-yard TD with 7:38 to play to capa 96-yard drive and give the Trojans a 24-17 lead.

Cal tied the game, 17-17, late in the third quarter on a 20-yardTD pass from Nate Longshore to Lavelle Hawkins. The GoldenBears had a few chances to tie the game late, but Longshore gavethose opportunities away.


Longshore fumbled a snap and threw an interception in the finalminutes. He finished 13-of-20 for 199 yards and twointerceptions.


Justin Forsett rushed for 164 yards and a TD for Cal, which haslost the last four meetings with USC since winning in tripleovertime here in 2003.

 

NCAAF: USC at CALIFORNIA

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
USC (12) 7 7 3 7 24
CALIFORNIA (24) 7 3 7 0 17 FINAL

CALIFORNIA-TD, J Forsett 17 YD RUN (J Kay KICK) 7:42 1st Qtr
USC-TD, S Havili 5 YD PASS FROM J Booty (D Buehler
KICK) 9:40 1st Qtr
CALIFORNIA-FG, J Kay 23 YD 6:09 2nd Qtr
USC-TD, C Washington 36 YD RUN (D Buehler KICK) 10:34
2nd Qtr
USC-FG, D Buehler 28 YD 5:03 3rd Qtr
CALIFORNIA-TD, L Hawkins 20 YD PASS FROM N Longshore (J Kay
KICK) 14:03 3rd Qtr
USC-TD, S Johnson 3 YD RUN (D Buehler KICK) 7:22 4th
Qtr


USC CALIFORNIA
First downs 19 25
Rushed-yards 48-239 45-200
Passing yards 129 199
Sacked-yards lost 0-0 1-15
Return yards 0 0
Passes 11-20-0 13-29-2
Punts 6-34 7-35.4
Fumbles-lost 4-2 2-1
Penalties-yards 8-40 6-50
Time of possession 30:19 29:41


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: USC-Chauncey Washington 29-220, Stafon Johnson 7-9, Joe
McKnight 4-9, John David Booty 5-6, - Team 3-MINUS 5.
CALIFORNIA-Justin Forsett 31-164, Lavelle Hawkins 3-19, Jahvid Best
3-18, Will Taufoou 2-8, James Montgomery 2-5, Nate Longshore 4-MINUS
14.

PASSING: USC-John David Booty 11-20-129- 0. CALIFORNIA-Nate Longshore
13-29-199- 2.

RECEIVING: USC-Fred Davis 4-54, Vidal Hazelton 4-50, Patrick Turner
1-13, Joe McKnight 1-7, Stanley Havili 1-5. CALIFORNIA-DeSean Jackson
5-64, Lavelle Hawkins 3-53, Justin Forsett 2-45, Robert Jordan 2-36,
Cameron Morrah 1-1.


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BERKELEY, California (Ticker) -- In a game that did not loomnearly as large on the college football landscape as it wouldhave three weeks ago, Chauncey Washington came up big.

Washington rushed for a career-high 220 yards and a touchdown tolead No. 12 Southern California to a 24-17 victory over No. 24California in a Pac-10 Conference clash Saturday.


The preseason No. 1 team in the country, USC (8-2, 5-2 Pac-10)was stunned by lowly Stanford at home on October 6, 24-23,before losing against three weeks later at Oregon, 24-17.

Cal (6-4, 3-4) was ranked second nationally and was poised tobecome No. 1 for the first time in program history before losingat home to Oregon State on October 13, 31-28.


With Oregon and Arizona State at the top of the conferencestandings, this matchup was for pride with an outside shot at aleague title and a BCS bowl berth thrown in.


Those possibilities - as unlikely as they may be - are stillalive for the Trojans.


"This was an exciting game tonight. I thought they (Cal) playedterrific under difficult conditions, right down to the fourthquarter, and so did we," USC coach Pete Carroll said. "Bothteams had their chances. I thought we made the important plays.The front guys did a fantastic job tonight protecting ourquarterback."


Stafon Johnson ran for a three-yard TD with 7:38 to play to capa 96-yard drive and give the Trojans a 24-17 lead.

"They're big and physical up front, and (Chauncey) Washington isa big back that runs hard, he doesn't go down with armtackles," Cal coach Jeff Tedford said. "You saw how he carriedthe pile. He's a great running back. Obviously, those were bigplays in the running game."


Cal tied the game, 17-17, late in the third quarter on a 20-yardTD pass from Nate Longshore to Lavelle Hawkins. The GoldenBears had a few chances to tie the game late, but Longshore gavethose opportunities away.


Longshore fumbled a snap and threw an interception in the finalminutes. He finished 13-of-20 for 199 yards and twointerceptions.


"I thought Nate played well. Obviously, there were a couple ofplays that he'd like to have back," Tedford said. "He was makingpretty decent reads. He got rid of the ball quick; I don'tknow that we got sacked. We stayed out of some long yardsituations, which you can't get in against these guys."

Justin Forsett rushed for 164 yards and a TD for Cal, which haslost the last four meetings with USC since winning in tripleovertime here in 2003.


Cal had a 10-7 lead before Washington ripped off a 36-yard TDrun with 4:26 left in the second quarter. He had over 100 yardsin each half and was key in USC's game-winning march.

"This was my best performance at USC," Washington said. "Ididn't know how many yards until we came back to the lockerroom. I never think about that. I just try to do my job andhelp the team win. I never think about my personal goalsbecause that's when you lose games."


"The last couple of weeks he's just been feeling it," Carrollsaid of Washington. "He ran hard all night tonight and peoplejust missed him."