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 | |  | | Notre Dame (10-2) | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 | | USC (10-1) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 44 |
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| Scoring Summary | | 1st Quarter | | | 8:38 | USC: TD, D Jarrett 9 YD PASS FROM J Booty (M Danelo KICK) | | | 5:16 | USC: TD, D Jarrett 5 YD PASS FROM J Booty (M Danelo KICK) | | | 0:36 | Notre Dame: FG, C Gioia 27 YD | | | 2nd Quarter | | | 11:37 | USC: TD, J Booty 1 YD RUN (M Danelo KICK) | | | 7:20 | Notre Dame: TD, M Freeman 7 YD PASS FROM B Quinn (C Gioia KICK) | | | 3rd Quarter | | | 10:03 | USC: TD, C Washington 2 YD RUN (M Danelo KICK) | | | 1:57 | Notre Dame: TD, R McKnight 2 YD PASS FROM B Quinn (C Gioia KICK) | | | 4th Quarter | | | 11:43 | USC: FG, M Danelo 34 YD | | | 8:21 | USC: TD, D Jarrett 43 YD PASS FROM J Booty (PAT FAILED) | | | 3:39 | Notre Dame: TD, J Samardzija 2 YD PASS FROM B Quinn (C Gioia KICK) | | | 3:31 | USC: TD, B Cushing 42 YD KICKOFF RETURN (M Danelo KICK) | |
| Team Statistics | | | USC | Notre Dame | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 21 | 18 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 404 | 404 | | Total Plays | 60 | 76 | | Average Gain | 6.7 | 5.3 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 139 | 130 | | Rushes | 32 | 31 | | Average per rush | 4.3 | 4.2 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 265 | 274 | | Completions-attempted | 17-28 | 22-45 | | Sacked | | | | Yards Lost | | | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 2 | 1 | | Interceptions | 2 | 0 | | Fumbles Lost | 0 | 1 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 6 | 8 | | Penalty Yards | 42 | 39 | | Time of Possesion | 29:07 | 30:53 | | Punts | 3 | 3 | | Punt Average | 22.3 | 39 | | Return Yards | 44 | 1 |
| Passing | | USC | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | John David Booty | 17 | 28 | 265 | | 2 | 9.5 | | | Notre Dame | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Brady Quinn | 22 | 45 | 274 | | 0 | 6.1 | |
| Rushing | | USC | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | John David Booty | 3 | -5 | | -1.7 | | | C.J. Gable | 20 | 107 | | 5.4 | | | Chauncey Washington | 6 | 24 | | 4.0 | | | Desmond Reed | 1 | 11 | | 11.0 | | | Allen Bradford | 1 | 4 | | 4.0 | | | - Team | 1 | -2 | | -2.0 | | | Notre Dame | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Brady Quinn | 11 | 74 | | 6.7 | | | Darius Walker | 14 | 56 | | 4.0 | | | David Grimes | 1 | 2 | | 2.0 | | | Jeff Samardzija | 2 | 1 | | 0.5 | | | James Aldridge | 2 | 0 | | 0.0 | | | Travis Thomas | 1 | -3 | | -3.0 | |
| Receiving | | USC | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Dwayne Jarrett | 7 | 132 | | 18.9 | | | Steve Smith | 3 | 35 | | 11.7 | | | Fred Davis | 3 | 33 | | 11.0 | | | Chris McFoy | 2 | 24 | | 12.0 | | | C.J. Gable | 1 | 21 | | 21.0 | | | Patrick Turner | 1 | 20 | | 20.0 | | | Notre Dame | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Rhema McKnight | 6 | 109 | | 18.2 | | | Jeff Samardzija | 6 | 79 | | 13.2 | | | Marcus Freeman | 5 | 38 | | 7.6 | | | David Grimes | 2 | 34 | | 17.0 | | | George West | 2 | 14 | | 7.0 | | | Darius Walker | 1 | 0 | | 0.0 | |
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