Scoring Summary
Washington St. 0 12 7 14 - 33
Southern California 0 0 7 20 - 27
Team statistics
WSU USC
First downs 18 29
Rushes-yards 38-130 41-91
Passing 242 379
Return Yards 94 64
Comp-Att-Int 12-32-0 29-54-1
Punts 10-32.2 8-33.3
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 3-2
Penalties-Yards 13-123 13-123
Time of Poss. 27:45 32:15
Individual statistics
Washington State
Rushing
Car Yds Avg TD Lng
Minnich 20 88 4.4 1 15
Wynn 1 25 25.0 1 25
Burnett 9 8 0.9 0 8
Hawkins 3 5 1.7 0 3
Kegel 4 4 1.0 0 9
Zubedi 1 0 0.0 0 0
Passing
C-A Yds Int TD Lng
Kegel 12-32 242 0 1 88
Receiving
Rec Yds Avg TD Lng
M.Williams 4 126 31.5 1 88
Wynn 3 61 20.3 0 32
Henderson 2 33 16.5 0 25
Burnett 1 14 14.0 0 14
Zubedi 1 7 7.0 0 7
Nettles 1 1 1.0 0 1
Tackles
Tac Ast Tot
Price 9 2 11
Newman 6 2 8
Banks 6 2 8
Trufant 5 2 7
Smith 6 0 6
Martin 4 1 5
Long 4 0 4
Simmons 3 1 4
Thielbahr 3 0 3
Kongaika 3 0 3
Tupai 1 0 1
J.Williams 1 0 1
Shavies 1 0 1
Matson 1 0 1
Lunde 1 0 1
Acholonu 1 0 1
Camarena 1 0 1
Brown 1 0 1
M.Williams 0 1 1
Tuupo 0 1 1
David 0 0 0
Team 0 0 0
Southern California
Rushing
Car Yds Avg TD Lng
McCullgh 18 44 2.4 0 16
Pierson 5 36 7.2 0 18
MacKenzie 3 10 3.3 0 4
Landrigan 2 10 5.0 0 7
Papadakis 1 0 0.0 0 0
Van Rphrst 10 -1 -0.1 0 16
Kelly 1 -3 -3.0 0 -3
Palmer 1 -5 -5.0 0 -5
Passing
C-A Yds Int TD Lng
Van Rphrst 17-28 234 0 3 34
Palmer 12-26 145 1 0 33
Receiving
Rec Yds Avg TD Lng
Kelly 7 114 16.3 1 34
Colbert 5 85 17.0 1 27
Nickels 5 57 11.4 0 16
Stevenson 4 77 19.3 1 30
Landrigan 2 9 4.5 0 5
MacKenzie 2 8 4.0 0 6
Harris 1 11 11.0 0 11
Butler 1 6 6.0 0 6
Holmes 1 6 6.0 0 6
Pierson 1 6 6.0 0 6
Tackles
Tac Ast Tot
Moreno 5 3 8
Graham 6 1 7
Polamalu 5 2 7
Abdul-Shaheed 6 0 6
Abdul-Malik 3 1 4
Davis 3 0 3
Richard 3 0 3
Cash 2 0 2
Childers 1 1 2
Hill 1 1 2
Nielsen 1 0 1
Nickels 1 0 1
Arbet 1 0 1
Fletcher 1 0 1
Dalton 1 0 1
Rideaux 1 0 1
Dickerson 1 0 1
Ford 0 1 1
A-40,566 (92,000).
How they scored
Second quarter
Washington State 6, USC 0: Milton Wynn 25-yard touchdown run. Kick blocked. Two plays, 35 yards, :44. Chris Martin picked off Carson Palmer in Trojans territory, setting up the touchdown drive.
Washington State 12, USC 0: Punt block recovered in end zone by Jeremy Thielbahr. Two-point conversion fails. James Price came up the middle and blocked Mike MacGillivray’s punt at the 18-yard line. Thielbahr kicked the ball into the end zone and fell on it.
Third quarter
Washington State 12, USC 7: Kareem Kelly 34-yard pass from Mike Van Raaphorst. David Bell kick. Nine plays, 71 yards, 3:59. The Trojans benched starting quarterback in favor of backup Raaphorst, who converted a third-and-15 on a 16-yard rush.
Washington State 19, USC 7: Marcus Williams 88-yard pass from Matt Kegel. Drew Dunning kick. One play, 88 yards. :13. WSU cornerback Martin came up with a huge stop on fourth-and-1 at the Cougar 11-yard line. Washington State took over and Kegel immediately went up top for Williams, who fought off Chris Cash for the ball and dashed to the end zone.
Fourth quarter
Washington State 26, USC 7: D.D. Acholonu 35-yard fumble return. Dunning kick. One play, 35 yards. Billy Newman came on a safety blitz and nailed Van Raaphorst, forcing the fumble. Acholonu picked it up and went untouched into the end zone.
Washington State 26, USC 14: Zeke Moreno 56-yard fumble recovery. Bell kick. One play, 45 yards. Deon Burnett fumbled the ball and Moreno picked it up and posted the Trojans’ second score of the game.
Washington State 26, USC 20: Shawn Stevenson 30-yard pass from Van Raaphorst. Kick failed. Fourteen plays, 95 yards, 2:56. In desperation, the Trojans started to gun the ball and the Cougars couldn’t stop them. The Trojans converted on a fourth down and two third downs to keep the drive alive.
Washington State 33, USC 20: Dave Minnich 2-yard run. Dunning kick. Three plays, 14 yards, :18. The defense held the Trojans and forced them to turn the ball over on downs in their own territory. Kegel went on a bootleg to take the ball to the 2. Minnich went over the top for the score.
Washington State 33, USC 27: Keary Colbert 21-yard pass from Van Raaphorst. Six plays, 73 yards, 1:42. The Trojans scored the meaningless touchdown with no time on the clock.