FINAL SCORE
Utah Utes at USC Trojans game details
Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 8:00 PM ET
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum · Attendance 54,088
Put the final score in perspective.
Utah finished 16 points ahead. The teams combined for 68 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Utah 21, USC 10. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, USC outscored its opponent in 1 and Utah in 3. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 23 | 27 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 5-11 | 5-14 |
| 4th down efficiency | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| Total Yards | 486 | 493 |
| Passing | 306 | 401 |
| Comp/Att | 22/28 | 33/53 |
| Yards per pass | 10.9 | 7.6 |
| Rushing | 180 | 92 |
| Rushing Attempts | 35 | 25 |
| Yards per rush | 5.1 | 3.7 |
| Penalties | 2-30 | 8-90 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 1 |
| Possession | 28:50 | 31:10 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Utah Utes
passing
| Cameron Rising | 22/28 | 306 | 10.9 | 3 | 0 | 97.7 |
rushing
| Tavion Thomas | 16 | 113 | 7.1 | 1 | 43 |
| Cameron Rising | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 1 | 17 |
| Micah Bernard | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | 7 |
| TJ Pledger | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | 6 |
| Brant Kuithe | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 1 | 11 |
| Chris Curry | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Devaughn Vele | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 1 | 37 |
| Britain Covey | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 0 | 28 |
| Theo Howard | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 0 | 42 |
| Dalton Kincaid | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 1 | 25 |
| Brant Kuithe | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 18 |
| Money Parks | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 1 | 12 |
| Micah Bernard | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 10 |
| TJ Pledger | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cole Fotheringham | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
fumbles
interceptions
| Vonte Davis | 1 | 30 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Britain Covey | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
kicking
| Jordan Noyes | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6/6 | 6 |
punting
| Cameron Peasley | 5 | 188 | 37.6 | 0 | 2 | 45 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
USC Trojans
passing
| Kedon Slovis | 33/53 | 401 | 7.6 | 2 | 1 | 58.8 |
rushing
| Keaontay Ingram | 14 | 70 | 5.0 | 0 | 28 |
| Darwin Barlow | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | 8 |
| Vavae Malepeai | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 1 | 4 |
| Kedon Slovis | 2 | -13 | -6.5 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Drake London | 16 | 162 | 10.1 | 1 | 25 |
| Gary Bryant Jr. | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 0 | 38 |
| Malcolm Epps | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 1 | 41 |
| Tahj Washington | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | 25 |
| Keaontay Ingram | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Erik Krommenhoek | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Michael Trigg | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Darwin Barlow | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
kickReturns
| K.D. Nixon | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Gary Bryant Jr. | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Quincy Jountti | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Gary Bryant Jr. | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 1 | 0 |
kicking
| Parker Lewis | 1/2 | 50.0 | 28 | 1/1 | 4 |
punting
| Ben Griffiths | 5 | 231 | 46.2 | 0 | 3 | 71 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 3:48 | Parker Lewis 28 Yd Field Goal | 0 – 3 |
| 1 | 0:17 | Brant Kuithe 11 Yd Run (Jordan Noyes Kick) | 7 – 3 |
| 2 | 6:02 | Drake London 20 Yd pass from Kedon Slovis (Parker Lewis Kick) | 7 – 10 |
| 2 | 3:57 | Money Parks 12 Yd pass from Cameron Rising (Jordan Noyes Kick) | 14 – 10 |
| 2 | 0:10 | Devaughn Vele 37 Yd pass from Cameron Rising (Jordan Noyes Kick) | 21 – 10 |
| 3 | 12:41 | Tavion Thomas 43 Yd Run (Jordan Noyes Kick) | 28 – 10 |
| 3 | 9:13 | Cameron Rising 17 Yd Run (Jordan Noyes Kick) | 35 – 10 |
| 4 | 10:04 | Vavae Malepeai 2 Yd Run (Kedon Slovis Pass to Tahj Washington for Two-Point Conversion) | 35 – 18 |
| 4 | 5:34 | Dalton Kincaid 1 Yd pass from Cameron Rising (Jordan Noyes Kick) | 42 – 20 |
| 4 | 0:52 | Malcolm Epps 41 Yd pass from Kedon Slovis (Kedon Slovis Pass to Malcolm Epps for Two-Point Conversion) | 42 – 26 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 11:30 AM UTCData methodology