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Trojans Deny Ducks Of Comeback

Associated Press

Pac-10

Rodney Sermons scored a pair of first-half touchdowns and Southern California barely survived a late Oregon comeback Saturday night as the Trojans (4-3, 2-2 Pac-10) downed the Ducks (4-4, 1-4) 24-22 at Los Angeles.

Oregon’s Joshua Smith was short on a 36-yard field-goal attempt with three seconds remaining.

USC 24, Oregon 22

Oregon 0 3 7 12 - 22

USC 14 7 3 0 - 24

USC-Sermons 13 run (Abrams kick), 7:22 USC-Soward 13 run (Abrams kick), 1:29 Ore-FG J. Smith 22, 11:24 USC-Sermons 15 pass from Fox (Abrams kick), 6:50 Ore-Bauman 61 interception return (J. Smith kick), 10:28 USC-FG Abrams 25, 2:49 Ore-McCullough 5 run (kick failed), 14:53 Ore-A. Smith 3 run (pass failed), 4:11 A-53,640.

Ore USC First downs 16 23 Rushes-yards 34-79 46-218 Passing 273 175 Comp-Att-Int 18-29-0 16-29-1 Return Yards 73 8 Punts-Avg. 5-46 5-42 Fumbles-Lost 6-2 5-1 Penalties-Yards 10-73 10-70 Time of Possession 28:11 31:49 RUSHING-Oregon, McCullough 18-113, Latimer 1-6, Maas 4-(minus 16), A. Smith 11-(minus 24). USC, Washington 25-130, MacKenzie 9-40, Sermons 6-29, Soward 1-13, Fox 5-6.

PASSING-Oregon, Smith 14-22-0-235, Maas 3-6-0-23, Bidwell 1-1-0-15. USC, Fox 16-28-1-175, Van Raaphorsst 0-0-0-0.

RECEIVING-Oregon, Spence 4-35, Hartley 2-71, Parker 2-59, Johnson 2-47, Jelks 2-28, Haynes 2-24, Brust 1-7, Latimer 1-2, Winn 1-1, McCullough 1-(minus 1). USC, Miller 9-105, Soward 3-35, Sermons 3-28, Harris 1-7.

UCLA 35, Cal 17

At Pasadena, Calif., Jim McElroy caught two touchdown passes from Cade McNown and ran for another score as the Bruins (6-2, 4-1) defeated the Bears (2-5, 0-4) for their sixth consecutive victory.

McElroy scored on pass plays of 56 and 58 yards in the third quarter. The senior wide receiver also tallied on a 23-yard run in the second period - his only rushing attempt of the game.

UCLA 35, Cal 17

California 3 0 14 0 - 17

UCLA 7 14 14 0 - 35

UCLA-D. Hicks 18 blocked punt return (Sailer kick) Cal-FG Brache 40 UCLA-S. Hicks 1 run (Sailer kick) UCLA-McElroy 23 run (Sailer kick) Cal-Fields 20 run (Brache kick) UCLA-McElroy 56 pass from McNown (Sailer kick) Cal-Pierre 18 pass from Vedder (Brache kick) UCLA-McElroy 58 pass from McNown (Sailer kick) A-52,858.

Cal UCLA First downs 18 20 Rushes-yards 46-118 36-142 Passing 171 259 Comp-Att-Int 13-29-1 11-20-0 Return Yards 24 78 Punts-Avg. 9-38.7 5-45.2 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-3 Penalties-Yards 6-66 8-74 Time of Possession 34:39 25:21 RUSHING-California, Fields 16-67, White 10-39, T. Smith 14-33, O’Neal 1-2, Shaw 1-(minus 8), Vedder 4-(minus 15). UCLA, S. Hicks 23-113, McElroy 1-23, K. Brown 3-15, Lewis 3-13, Walendy 1-2, Bennett 1-(minus 3), McNown 4-(minus 21).

PASSING-California, Vedder 13-29-1-171. UCLA, McNown 11-20-0-259.

RECEIVING-California, Shaw 9-122, Douglas 2-18, Pierre 1-18, Pipersburg 1-13. UCLA, McElroy 3-127, Farmer 3-81, S. Hicks 1-28, Walendy 1-15, Lee 1-12, Crecion 1-5, Lewis 1-(minus 9).