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Final
(1) Notre Dame 22
(12-0)
USC 13
(7-5, 5-4 Pac-12)
Coverage: ABC
8:00 PM ET, November 24, 2012
Los Angeles Coliseum, LOS ANGELES, CA
Top Performers
Passing: E. Golson (ND) - 217 YDS
Rushing: T. Riddick (ND) - 20 CAR, 146 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving: R. Woods (USC) - 7 REC, 92 YDS, 1 TD
1st Quarter Play by Play | ||||
| USC at 15:00 | ND | USC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Heidari kickoff for 58 yards returned by George Atkinson III for 18 yards to the NDame 25. | 0 | 0 | ||
| Notre Dame at 14:42 | ND | USC | ||
| 1st and 10 at ND 25 | Theo Riddick rush for 12 yards to the NDame 37 for a 1ST down. | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st and 10 at ND 37 | Everett Golson pass complete to Robby Toma for 22 yards to the USC 41 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at USC 41 | Theo Riddick rush for 3 yards to the USC 38. | |||
| 2nd and 7 at USC 38 | Everett Golson rush for 12 yards to the USC 26 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at USC 26 | Everett Golson pass complete to TJ Jones for 13 yards to the USC 13 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at USC 13 | Theo Riddick rush for 5 yards to the USC 8. | |||
| 2nd and 5 at USC 8 | Cierre Wood rush for a loss of 1 yard to the USC 9. | |||
| 3rd and 6 at USC 9 | Everett Golson pass incomplete to Robby Toma. | |||
| 4th and 6 at USC 9 | Kyle Brindza 27 yard field goal GOOD. | 3 | 0 | |
| Kyle Brindza kickoff for 65 yards for a touchback. | ||||
| DRIVE TOTALS: NOTREDAME drive: 9 plays 66 yards, 03:35 NOTREDAME FG | ||||
| USC at 11:25 | ND | USC | ||
| 1st and 10 at USC 25 | Curtis McNeal rush for 12 yards to the USC 37 for a 1ST down. | 3 | 0 | |
| 1st and 10 at USC 37 | Curtis McNeal rush for 5 yards to the USC 42. | |||
| 2nd and 5 at USC 42 | Curtis McNeal rush for 4 yards to the USC 46. | |||
| 3rd and 1 at USC 46 | Curtis McNeal rush for 5 yards to the NDame 49 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ND 49 | Max Wittek pass incomplete to Robert Woods. | |||
| 2nd and 10 at ND 49 | Max Wittek pass incomplete to Marqise Lee. | |||
| 3rd and 10 at ND 49 | Max Wittek pass incomplete to Curtis McNeal. | |||
| 4th and 10 at ND 49 | Kyle Negrete punt for 36 yards, fair catch by Davonte' Neal at the NDame 13. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: USC drive: 7 plays 26 yards, 02:40 USC PUNT | ||||
| Notre Dame at 8:45 | ND | USC | ||
| 1st and 10 at ND 13 | Cierre Wood rush for 5 yards to the NDame 18. | 3 | 0 | |
| 2nd and 5 at ND 18 | Everett Golson rush for 2 yards to the NDame 20. | |||
| 3rd and 3 at ND 20 | Timeout NOTRE DAME, clock 7:43. | |||
| 3rd and 3 at ND 20 | USC penalty 5 yard Offside on Morgan Breslin accepted, no play. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ND 25 | Everett Golson pass complete to Theo Riddick for 7 yards to the NDame 32. | |||
| 2nd and 3 at ND 32 | Theo Riddick rush for a loss of 2 yards to the NDame 30. | |||
| 3rd and 5 at ND 30 | Everett Golson pass complete to Theo Riddick for 11 yards to the NDame 41 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ND 41 | Everett Golson pass complete to TJ Jones for 20 yards to the USC 39 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at USC 39 | Everett Golson pass complete to Tyler Eifert for 15 yards to the USC 24 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at USC 24 | NOTRE DAME penalty 5 yard False Start on Christian Lombard accepted. | |||
| 1st and 15 at USC 29 | Theo Riddick rush for 6 yards to the USC 23. | |||
| 2nd and 9 at USC 23 | Cierre Wood rush for no gain to the USC 23. | |||
| 3rd and 9 at USC 23 | Everett Golson pass complete to Tyler Eifert for 12 yards to the USC 11 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at USC 11 | Cierre Wood rush for 2 yards to the USC 9. | |||
| 2nd and 8 at USC 9 | Theo Riddick rush for 9 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. | 9 | 0 | |
| Kyle Brindza extra point GOOD. | 10 | 0 | ||
| Kyle Brindza kickoff for 65 yards for a touchback. | ||||
| DRIVE TOTALS: NOTREDAME drive: 12 plays 87 yards, 06:57 NOTREDAME TD | ||||
| USC at 1:48 | ND | USC | ||
| 1st and 10 at USC 25 | NOTRE DAME penalty 15 yard Pass Interference on KeiVarae Russell accepted, no play. | 10 | 0 | |
| 1st and 10 at USC 40 | Max Wittek pass complete to Marqise Lee for 4 yards to the USC 44. | |||
| 2nd and 6 at USC 44 | Max Wittek pass complete to Robert Woods for 9 yards to the NDame 47 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ND 47 | Max Wittek pass complete to Robert Woods for 18 yards to the NDame 29 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ND 29 | Max Wittek pass complete to Marqise Lee for 6 yards to the NDame 11, NOTRE DAME penalty 12 yard Face Mask on Bennett Jackson accepted for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ND 11 | Curtis McNeal rush for no gain to the NDame 11. | |||
| End of 1st Quarter | ||||
2nd Quarter Play by Play | ||||
| USC at 15:00 | ND | USC | ||
| 2nd and 10 at ND 11 | Max Wittek pass complete to Robert Woods for 11 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. | 10 | 6 | |
| Andre Heidari extra point GOOD. | 10 | 7 | ||
| Andre Heidari kickoff for 58 yards returned by George Atkinson III for 14 yards to the NDame 21. | ||||
| DRIVE TOTALS: USC drive: 6 plays 75 yards, 01:53 USC TD | ||||
| Notre Dame at 14:55 | ND | USC | ||
| 1st and 10 at ND 21 | Everett Golson pass complete to Cierre Wood for 9 yards to the NDame 30. | 10 | 7 | |
| 2nd and 1 at ND 30 | Theo Riddick rush for 15 yards to the NDame 45 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ND 45 | Theo Riddick rush for 4 yards to the NDame 49. | |||
| 2nd and 6 at ND 49 | Everett Golson pass complete to Tyler Eifert for 6 yards to the USC 45 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at USC 45 | Cierre Wood rush for no gain to the USC 45. | |||
| 2nd and 10 at USC 45 | Everett Golson pass incomplete to John Goodman. | |||
| 3rd and 10 at USC 45 | Everett Golson pass complete to Theo Riddick for 15 yards to the USC 30 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at USC 30 | Everett Golson pass complete to TJ Jones for 7 yards to the USC 23. | |||
| 2nd and 3 at USC 23 | Theo Riddick rush for 7 yards to the USC 16 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at USC 16 | Everett Golson pass incomplete to Robby Toma, broken up by Nickell Robey. | |||
| 2nd and 10 at USC 16 | Theo Riddick rush for 4 yards to the USC 12. | |||
| 3rd and 6 at USC 12 | Everett Golson pass incomplete to Tyler Eifert. | |||
| 4th and 6 at USC 12 | Kyle Brindza 29 yard field goal GOOD. | 13 | 7 | |
| Kyle Brindza kickoff for 57 yards returned by Marqise Lee for 15 yards to the USC 23. | ||||
| DRIVE TOTALS: NOTREDAME drive: 13 plays 67 yards, 05:36 NOTREDAME FG | ||||
| USC at 9:19 | ND | USC | ||
| 1st and 10 at USC 23 | Max Wittek pass complete to Robert Woods for 6 yards to the USC 29. | 13 | 7 | |
| 2nd and 4 at USC 29 | Silas Redd rush for 15 yards to the USC 44 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at USC 44 | Silas Redd rush for 24 yards to the NDame 32 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ND 32 | Silas Redd rush for 1 yard to the NDame 31. | |||
| 2nd and 9 at ND 31 | Max Wittek pass complete to Soma Vainuku for 10 yards to the NDame 21 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ND 21 | Marqise Lee rush for a loss of 1 yard to the NDame 22. | |||
| 2nd and 11 at ND 22 | Silas Redd rush for 3 yards to the NDame 19. | |||
| 3rd and 8 at ND 19 | Team rush for a loss of 4 yards to the NDame 23. | |||
| 4th and 12 at ND 23 | Andre Heidari 39 yard field goal GOOD. | 13 | 10 | |
| Andre Heidari kickoff for 65 yards returned by George Atkinson III for 16 yards to the NDame 16. | ||||
| DRIVE TOTALS: USC drive: 9 plays 54 yards, 05:29 USC FG | ||||
| Notre Dame at 3:50 | ND | USC | ||
| 1st and 10 at ND 16 | George Atkinson III rush for no gain to the NDame 16. | 13 | 10 | |
| 2nd and 10 at ND 16 | Everett Golson pass incomplete to Robby Toma. | |||
| 3rd and 10 at ND 16 | Everett Golson rush for 9 yards to the NDame 25. | |||
| 4th and 1 at ND 25 | Timeout NOTRE DAME, clock 1:42. | |||
| 4th and 1 at ND 25 | Ben Turk punt for 50 yards, returned by Robert Woods for no gain to the USC 25. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: NOTREDAME drive: 3 plays 9 yards, 02:16 NOTREDAME PUNT | ||||
| USC at 1:34 | ND | USC | ||
| 1st and 10 at USC 25 | Max Wittek pass intercepted by KeiVarae Russell at the NDame 17, returned for no gain to the NDame 17. | 13 | 10 | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: USC drive: 1 play 0 yards, 00:09 USC INT | ||||
| Notre Dame at 1:25 | ND | USC | ||
| 1st and 10 at ND 17 | Everett Golson pass incomplete to Troy Niklas. | 13 | 10 | |
| 2nd and 10 at ND 17 | Everett Golson pass complete to Cierre Wood for 9 yards to the NDame 26. | |||
| 3rd and 1 at ND 26 | Theo Riddick rush for 4 yards to the NDame 30 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ND 30 | Everett Golson pass complete to John Goodman for 23 yards to the USC 47 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at USC 47 | Everett Golson pass complete to Robby Toma for 12 yards to the USC 35 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at USC 35 | Team pass incomplete. | |||
| 2nd and 10 at USC 35 | Everett Golson pass incomplete to Tyler Eifert, broken up by Dion Bailey. | |||
| 3rd and 10 at USC 35 | Everett Golson pass incomplete. | |||
| 4th and 10 at USC 35 | Timeout SOUTHERN CAL, clock 00:01. | |||
| 4th and 10 at USC 35 | Kyle Brindza 52 yard field goal GOOD. | 16 | 10 | |
| End of 2nd Quarter | ||||
3rd Quarter Play by Play | ||||
| Notre Dame at 15:00 | ND | USC | ||
| Kyle Brindza kickoff for 65 yards returned by Marqise Lee for 24 yards to the USC 24. | 16 | 10 | ||
| DRIVE TOTALS: NOTREDAME drive: 9 plays 48 yards, 01:25 NOTREDAME END HALF | ||||
| USC at 15:00 | ND | USC | ||
| 1st and 10 at USC 24 | Curtis McNeal rush for 5 yards to the USC 29. | 16 | 10 | |
| 2nd and 5 at USC 29 | Max Wittek pass intercepted by Manti Te'o at the USC 37, returned for no gain to the USC 37. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: USC drive: 2 plays 5 yards, 00:54 USC INT | ||||
| Notre Dame at 14:06 | ND | USC | ||
| 1st and 10 at USC 37 | George Atkinson III rush for 15 yards to the USC 22 for a 1ST down. | 16 | 10 | |
| 1st and 10 at USC 22 | Theo Riddick rush for 4 yards to the USC 18. | |||
| 2nd and 6 at USC 18 | Cierre Wood rush for 2 yards to the USC 16. | |||
| 3rd and 4 at USC 16 | Everett Golson pass incomplete to Tyler Eifert, broken up by Josh Shaw. | |||
| 4th and 4 at USC 16 | Kyle Brindza 34 yard field goal MISSED. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: NOTREDAME drive: 4 plays 21 yards, 02:07 NOTREDAME FGA | ||||
| USC at 11:59 | ND | USC | ||
| 1st and 10 at USC 20 | Max Wittek pass complete to Marqise Lee for 1 yard to the USC 21. | 16 | 10 | |
| 2nd and 9 at USC 21 | Curtis McNeal rush for 4 yards to the USC 25. | |||
| 3rd and 5 at USC 25 | Max Wittek sacked by Kapron Lewis-Moore for a loss of 7 yards to the USC 18. | |||
| 4th and 12 at USC 18 | Kyle Negrete punt for 43 yards, fair catch by Davonte' Neal at the NDame 39. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: USC drive: 3 plays -2 yards, 02:14 USC PUNT | ||||
| Notre Dame at 9:45 | ND | USC | ||
| 1st and 10 at ND 39 | Everett Golson sacked by Morgan Breslin and Wes Horton for a loss of 2 yards to the NDame 37. | 16 | 10 | |
| 2nd and 12 at ND 37 | Theo Riddick rush for 3 yards to the NDame 40. | |||
| 3rd and 9 at ND 40 | Everett Golson pass incomplete to Tyler Eifert, broken up by Leonard Williams. | |||
| 4th and 9 at ND 40 | NOTRE DAME penalty 5 yard Illegal Formation accepted. | |||
| 4th and 14 at ND 35 | Ben Turk punt for 43 yards, fair catch by Robert Woods at the USC 22. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: NOTREDAME drive: 3 plays -4 yards, 01:42 NOTREDAME PUNT | ||||
| USC at 8:03 | ND | USC | ||
| 1st and 10 at USC 22 | Silas Redd rush for 4 yards to the USC 26. | 16 | 10 | |
| 2nd and 6 at USC 26 | Silas Redd rush for 5 yards to the USC 31. | |||
| 3rd and 1 at USC 31 | Silas Redd rush for a loss of 1 yard to the USC 30. | |||
| 4th and 2 at USC 30 | Kyle Negrete punt for 56 yards, downed at the NDame 14. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: USC drive: 3 plays 8 yards, 02:08 USC PUNT | ||||
| Notre Dame at 5:55 | ND | USC | ||
| 1st and 10 at ND 14 | Theo Riddick rush for 2 yards to the NDame 16. | 16 | 10 | |
| 2nd and 8 at ND 16 | Everett Golson rush for 7 yards to the NDame 23. | |||
| 3rd and 1 at ND 23 | Theo Riddick rush for 9 yards to the NDame 32 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ND 32 | Theo Riddick rush for 8 yards to the NDame 40. | |||
| 2nd and 2 at ND 40 | Everett Golson pass complete to Tyler Eifert for 36 yards to the USC 24 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at USC 24 | Theo Riddick rush for 6 yards to the USC 18. | |||
| 2nd and 4 at USC 18 | NOTRE DAME penalty 10 yard Holding on Chris Watt accepted, no play. | |||
| 2nd and 14 at USC 28 | Everett Golson rush for 10 yards to the USC 18. | |||
| 3rd and 4 at USC 18 | Everett Golson rush for 2 yards to the USC 16. | |||
| 4th and 2 at USC 16 | Kyle Brindza 33 yard field goal GOOD. | 19 | 10 | |
| Kyle Brindza kickoff for 65 yards returned by Marqise Lee for 16 yards to the USC 16. | ||||
| DRIVE TOTALS: NOTREDAME drive: 9 plays 70 yards, 05:24 NOTREDAME FG | ||||
| USC at 0:31 | ND | USC | ||
| 1st and 10 at USC 16 | Max Wittek pass incomplete to Marqise Lee. | 19 | 10 | |
| 2nd and 10 at USC 16 | Max Wittek pass complete to Robert Woods for 13 yards to the USC 29 for a 1ST down. | |||
| End of 3rd Quarter | ||||
4th Quarter Play by Play | ||||
| USC at 15:00 | ND | USC | ||
| 1st and 10 at USC 29 | Max Wittek pass complete to Marqise Lee for 11 yards to the USC 40 for a 1ST down. | 19 | 10 | |
| 1st and 10 at USC 40 | USC penalty 5 yard False Start on Xavier Grimble accepted. | |||
| 1st and 15 at USC 35 | Max Wittek pass incomplete to Robert Woods, broken up by Louis Nix III. | |||
| 2nd and 15 at USC 35 | Max Wittek pass complete to Robert Woods for 17 yards to the NDame 48 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ND 48 | Silas Redd rush for 13 yards to the NDame 35 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ND 35 | Max Wittek pass complete to Robert Woods for 18 yards to the NDame 17 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ND 17 | Silas Redd rush for 6 yards to the NDame 11. | |||
| 2nd and 4 at ND 11 | Silas Redd rush for 7 yards to the NDame 4 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and Goal at ND 4 | Silas Redd rush for 2 yards to the NDame 2. | |||
| 2nd and Goal at ND 2 | Silas Redd rush for a loss of 2 yards to the NDame 4. | |||
| 3rd and Goal at ND 4 | Timeout SOUTHERN CAL, clock 9:29. | |||
| 3rd and Goal at ND 4 | Max Wittek pass incomplete to Marqise Lee. | |||
| 4th and Goal at ND 4 | Andre Heidari 21 yard field goal GOOD. | 19 | 13 | |
| Andre Heidari kickoff for 60 yards returned by George Atkinson III for 39 yards to the NDame 44. | ||||
| DRIVE TOTALS: USC drive: 13 plays 80 yards, 06:11 USC FG | ||||
| Notre Dame at 9:20 | ND | USC | ||
| 1st and 10 at ND 44 | Theo Riddick rush for 20 yards to the USC 36 for a 1ST down. | 19 | 13 | |
| 1st and 10 at USC 36 | Cierre Wood rush for 7 yards to the USC 29. | |||
| 2nd and 3 at USC 29 | Cierre Wood rush for 5 yards to the USC 24 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at USC 24 | Theo Riddick rush for 15 yards to the USC 9 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and Goal at USC 9 | Everett Golson rush for 3 yards to the USC 6. | |||
| 2nd and Goal at USC 6 | Timeout NOTRE DAME, clock 6:34. | |||
| 2nd and Goal at USC 6 | Everett Golson rush for 4 yards to the USC 2. | |||
| 3rd and Goal at USC 2 | Everett Golson pass incomplete to Tyler Eifert. | |||
| 4th and Goal at USC 2 | Timeout NOTRE DAME, clock 06:02. | |||
| 4th and Goal at USC 2 | Kyle Brindza 19 yard field goal GOOD. | 22 | 13 | |
| Kyle Brindza kickoff for 63 yards returned by Marqise Lee for 43 yards to the USC 45. | ||||
| DRIVE TOTALS: NOTREDAME drive: 8 plays 54 yards, 03:22 NOTREDAME FG | ||||
| USC at 5:58 | ND | USC | ||
| 1st and 10 at USC 45 | Max Wittek pass complete to Marqise Lee for 53 yards to the NDame 2 for a 1ST down. | 22 | 13 | |
| 1st and Goal at ND 2 | USC penalty 5 yard False Start on Marcus Martin accepted. | |||
| 1st and Goal at ND 7 | Curtis McNeal rush for 3 yards to the NDame 4. | |||
| 2nd and Goal at ND 4 | NOTRE DAME penalty 2 yard Pass Interference on KeiVarae Russell accepted, no play. | |||
| 1st and Goal at ND 2 | NOTRE DAME penalty 1 yard Pass Interference on KeiVarae Russell accepted, no play. | |||
| 1st and Goal at ND 1 | Max Wittek rush for no gain to the NDame 1. | |||
| 2nd and Goal at ND 1 | Max Wittek rush for no gain to the NDame 1. | |||
| 3rd and Goal at ND 1 | Timeout SOUTHERN CAL, clock 03:19. | |||
| 3rd and Goal at ND 1 | Curtis McNeal rush for no gain to the NDame 1. | |||
| 4th and Goal at ND 1 | Max Wittek pass incomplete to Soma Vainuku. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: USC drive: 6 plays 54 yards, 03:25 USC DOWNS | ||||
| Notre Dame at 2:33 | ND | USC | ||
| 1st and 10 at ND 2 | Theo Riddick rush for 12 yards to the NDame 14 for a 1ST down. | 22 | 13 | |
| 1st and 10 at ND 14 | Timeout NOTRE DAME, clock 1:56. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ND 14 | Team rush for a loss of 2 yards to the NDame 12. | |||
| 2nd and 12 at ND 12 | Timeout SOUTHERN CAL, clock 01:51. | |||
| 2nd and 12 at ND 12 | Team rush for a loss of 2 yards to the NDame 10. | |||
| 3rd and 14 at ND 10 | Team rush for a loss of 2 yards to the NDame 8. | |||
| 4th and 16 at ND 8 | Ben Turk punt for 40 yards, returned by Robert Woods for 4 yards to the NDame 44, USC penalty Running Into Kicker declined for a 1ST down. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: NOTREDAME drive: 4 plays 6 yards, 02:14 NOTREDAME PUNT | ||||
| USC at 0:19 | ND | USC | ||
| 1st and 10 at ND 44 | Max Wittek pass complete to Xavier Grimble for 9 yards to the NDame 35. | 22 | 13 | |
| 2nd and 1 at ND 35 | Team pass incomplete. | |||
| 3rd and 1 at ND 35 | Max Wittek sacked by Prince Shembo and Kapron Lewis-Moore for a loss of 8 yards, fumbled, recovered by USC Marcus Martin at the NDame 43. | |||
| End of 4th Quarter | ||||
