Southern California 38, Syracuse 17
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 17, 2011
Where: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
Temperature:
70°
Head Official:
Jeff Maconaghy
Attendance:
65873
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Matt Barkley matched a school record with five touchdown passes and Southern Cal improved to 3-0 with a 38-17 victory over visiting Syracuse on Saturday.
Barkley had 324 yards and threw touchdown passes to five different receivers while tying the school record for touchdowns in a game for the third time in his career.
Syracuse (2-1) was within 24-10 in third quarter when Barkley threw his fourth touchdown, a 43-yard strike to Marqise Lee. The lead grew to 38-10 when Barkley connected with Xavier Grimble on a 9-yard pass early in the fourth quarter.
The Trojans were ahead 24-3 after the opening possession of the second half as Barkley teamed with Randall Telfer on a 44-yard scoring pass.
Syracuse scored a touchdown on a trick play in the third quarter, a double-pass play in which Van Chew made a diving grab of a 28-yard left-handed rainbow toss by receiver Alec Lemon. The Orange also found the end zone when Lemon caught a 12-yard pass from Ryan Nassib in the fourth.
Barkley tossed two first-half touchdown passes - a 5-yarder to Rhett Ellison and a 31-yard aerial to Robert Woods - that gave the USC a 14-3 lead midway through the second quarter.
Andre Heidari’s 26-yard field goal gave the Trojans a 17-3 halftime lead.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
| Syracuse |
|
Southern California |
|
Antwon Bailey
|
Player |
Curtis McNeal
|
|
11 |
Attempts |
5 |
|
47 |
Yards |
79 |
|
4.3 |
Avg Yards |
15.8 |
|
0 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Receiving
| Syracuse |
|
Southern California |
|
Nick Provo
| Player |
Robert Woods
|
|
8 |
Receptions |
8 |
|
85 |
Yards |
82 |
|
10.6 |
Avg Yards |
10.2 |
|
0 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary