Oregon 53, Southern California 32
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, October 30, 2010
Where: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
Temperature:
64°
Head Official:
Mike Batlan
Attendance:
88726
By SportsDirect Inc.
Darron Thomas threw four touchdown passes, Jeff Maehl caught three scoring passes and LaMichael James rushed for 239 yards and three touchdowns as No. 1 Oregon defeated host USC 53-32 in a Pac-10 game on Saturday night.
Thomas hit Maehl on touchdown plays of 15, 45 and 30 yards, the latter of which gave Oregon (8-0, 5-0) a 36-32 lead midway through the third quarter.
James, who set a school-record with his 15th career 100-yard rushing game, scored on a 42-yard scamper in the second quarter and had second-half scoring runs of 2 and 8 yards.
Maehl caught eight passes for 145 yards.
USC (5-3, 2-3) trailed 29-17 at halftime but scored 15 points early in the third quarter to take a three-point lead. Matt Barkley tossed a 5-yard scoring pass to Ronald Johnson for one touchdown, and later scored on a 1-yard run and threw a two-point pass to Johnson.
Marc Tyler rushed for two first-half touchdowns for the Trojans.
Thomas was 19-of-32 passing for 288 yards. He also connected on a 33-yard scoring pass to Lavasier Tuinei in the second quarter.
Barkley passed for 261 yards but was intercepted twice.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
| Oregon |
|
Southern California |
|
LaMichael James
|
Player |
Marc Tyler
|
|
36 |
Attempts |
17 |
|
239 |
Yards |
69 |
|
6.6 |
Avg Yards |
4.1 |
|
3 |
Touchdowns |
2 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sacks |
FF |
| Oregon
|
599 |
311 |
288 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
2.0 |
2 |
| Southern California
|
377 |
113 |
264 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1.0 |
2 |