Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
-----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
Notre Dame..........  0  0  0  3  -  3       Record: (6-6)
USC.................  7 17  7  7  - 38       Record: (10-1)



Scoring Summary:
1st 04:06 USC - Johnson, Stafon 2 yd run (Buehler, David kick), 12-79 7:11, ND 0 - USC 7
2nd 09:05 USC - McKnight, Joe 55 yd run (Buehler, David kick), 1-55 0:10, ND 0 - USC 14
    04:38 USC - Williams, D. 12 yd pass from Sanchez, Mark (Buehler, David kick), 5-67 2:33, ND 0 - USC 21
    00:24 USC - Buehler, David 35 yd field goal, 8-32 2:09, ND 0 - USC 24
3rd 05:03 USC - Gable, C.J. 1 yd run (Buehler, David kick), 6-44 2:37, ND 0 - USC 31
4th 11:45 ND - WALKER, B. 41 yd field goal, 9-51 3:51, ND 3 - USC 31
    07:57 USC - Turner, Patrick 17 yd pass from Sanchez, Mark (Buehler, David kick), 9-84 3:41, ND 3 - USC 38



                                     ND      USC
FIRST DOWNS...................        4       22
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............    27-50   33-175
PASSING YDS (NET).............       41      274
Passes Att-Comp-Int...........  22-11-2  33-23-3
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....    49-91   66-449
Fumble Returns-Yards..........      0-0      0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............      0-0     6-24
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........     3-70     2-22
Interception Returns-Yards....     3-32      2-2
Punts (Number-Avg)............   8-40.4   4-32.2
Fumbles-Lost..................      1-1      1-0
Penalties-Yards...............     2-22     8-80
Possession Time...............    25:59    34:01
Third-Down Conversions........  2 of 14  5 of 11
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   0 of 1   0 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      0-0      5-6
Sacks By: Number-Yards........     2-15     4-29


RUSHING: Notre Dame-ALDRIDGE 12-58; ALLEN 4-7; HUGHES 5-7; CLAUSEN
6-minus 22. USC-McKnight, Joe 4-63; Tyler, Marc 7-58; Gable, C.J. 10-27;
Johnson, Stafon 5-26; Sanchez, Mark 5-2; Johnson, Ronald 1-0; Team 1-minus 1.

PASSING: Notre Dame-CLAUSEN 11-22-2-41. USC-Sanchez, Mark 22-31-2-267;
Mustain, Mitch 1-2-1-7.

RECEIVING: Notre Dame-HUGHES 3-9; ALLEN 3-3; TATE 2-15; KAMARA 1-7;
RUDOLPH 1-4; SCHWAPP 1-3. USC-Williams, D. 7-86; Turner, Patrick 6-83; McKnight,
Joe 3-0; McCoy, Anthony 2-26; Johnson, Ronald 2-24; Havili, Stanley 1-39;
Johnson, Stafon 1-9; Carswell, B. 1-7.

INTERCEPTIONS: Notre Dame-GRAY, G. 1-24; McCARTHY, K. 1-8; BLANTON 1-0.
USC-Maiava, Kaluka 1-2; Harris, Cary 1-0.

FUMBLES: Notre Dame-ALDRIDGE 1-1. USC-Sanchez, Mark 1-0.

Stadium: LA Memorial Coliseum  Attendance: 90689
Kickoff time: 5:02 pm   End of Game: 8:02 pm   Total elapsed time: 3:00
Officials: Referee: Jerry McGinn; Umpire: Ronald Kumiega; Linesman: M. Fitzgerald;
Line judge: Tod Reese; Back judge: James Downey; Field judge: James Smith;
Side judge: Bruce Williams; Scorer: Ned Miller;
Temperature: 64        Wind: 4 WNW     Weather: clear



           Notre Dame vs #5 USC (Nov 29, 2008 at Los Angeles, Calif.)

SACKS (UA-A): Notre Dame-CRUM 1-0; JOHNSON 1-0. USC-Moala, Fili 1-1;
Morgan, Michael 1-0; Moore, Kyle 1-0; Matthews, Clay 0-1.

TACKLES (UA-A): Notre Dame-BLANTON 7-0; McCARTHY, K. 4-3; GRAY, G. 5-0;
JOHNSON 5-0; BRUTON 4-1; KUNTZ 3-1; McNEIL 3-1; BROWN, J. 3-0; SMITH, H. 3-0;
SMITH, T. 2-1; WILLIAMS, I. 2-1; BROWN, S. 2-0; QUINN 2-0; GRIMES 1-0; OLSEN
1-0; MAUST 1-0; HERRING 1-0; TEAM 1-0; ANELLO 1-0; CRUM 1-0; BROOKS 0-1; NEAL
0-1. USC-Maiava, Kaluka 5-0; Morgan, Michael 3-0; Moore, Kyle 3-0; McAllister,
D. 3-0; Casey, Jurrell 3-0; Cushing, Brian 3-0; Matthews, Clay 2-1; Moala, Fili
2-1; Pinkard, Josh 2-1; Thomas, Kevin 2-0; Tupou, C. 2-0; Mays, Taylor 2-0;
Maualuga, Rey 1-1; Jones, Marshall 1-0; Smith, Malcolm 1-0; Brown, Charles 1-0;
Griffen, E. 1-0; Harris, Will 1-0; Green, Garrett 1-0; Turner, Patrick 1-0;
Washington, G. 1-0; Carswell, B. 1-0.


Game Starters:
Notre Dame

POS  ## OFFENSE
X    23 TATE
LT   77 TURKOVICH
LG   55 OLSEN
C    51 WENGER
RG   59 STEWART
RT   74 YOUNG
TE   9  RUDOLPH
Z    11 GRIMES
QB   7  CLAUSEN
TB   5  ALLEN
X    18 KAMARA

POS  ## DEFENSE
DE   94 BROWN, J.
NT   95 WILLIAMS, I.
DE   96 KUNTZ
SAM  22 SMITH, H.
MIKE 49 SMITH, T.
JACK 40 CRUM
WILL 56 NEAL
LCB  8  McNEIL
FS   27 BRUTON
SS   28 McCARTHY, K.
RCB  12 BLANTON

USC

POS  ## OFFENSE
SE   1  Turner, Patrick
LT   71 Brown, Charles
LG   53 Byers, Jeff
C    61 O'Dowd, K.
RG   56 Parsons, Alex
RT   76 Howell, Nick
TE   86 McCoy, Anthony
FL   18 Williams, D.
QB   6  Sanchez, Mark
FB   31 Havili, Stanley
TB   2  Gable, C.J.

POS  ## DEFENSE
DE   84 Moore, Kyle
NT   44 Tupou, C.
DT   75 Moala, Fili
DE   47 Matthews, Clay
SLB  10 Cushing, Brian
MLB  58 Maualuga, Rey
WLB  43 Maiava, Kaluka
CB   7  Harris, Cary
FS   0B Mays, Taylor
SS   26 Harris, Will
CB   36 Pinkard, Josh


Player participation:


Notre Dame: 4-GRAY, G., 6-HERRING, 9A-JOHNSON, 14-WALKER, B., 24-GORDON, 30-PASKORZ, 31-BROWN, S., 33-HUGHES, 34-ALDRIDGE,
35-BROOKS, 37-ANELLO, 39-BURKHART, 41-SMITH, S., 42-WASHINGTON, 43-MAUST, 44-SCHWAPP, 45-FLEMING, 46-FILER, 48-QUINN,
53-RICHARDSON, 67-BEMENDERFER, 75-DEVER, 78-ROBINSON, 90-RYAN, 91-NWANKWO.

USC: 0D-McKnight, Joe, 0F-Smith, Malcolm, 0G-Hazelton, Vidal, 0A-Bryant, T.J., 1J-Shoemate, D.J., 1G-Morgan, Michael,
1H-Buehler, David, 1E-Corp, Aaron, 2F-Tyler, Marc, 4F-Cumming, Ross, 4D-Woidneck, Greg, 8-Johnson, Ronald, 9-Ausberry, David,
13-Johnson, Stafon, 14-Green, Garrett, 15-Thomas, Kevin, 16-Mustain, Mitch, 17-Patterson, T., 19-McAllister, D.,
23-Cameron, Jordan, 27-Jones, Marshall, 34-Spiegel, S., 37-Campbell, J., 40-Ellison, Rhett, 41-Hillier, Matt, 45-Goodman, Adam,
54-Galippo, Chris, 57-Garratt, Nick, 62-Pousson, Chris, 65-Simmons, Derek, 68-Lewis, Butch, 74-Heberer, Zack, 77-Herring, Thomas,
79-Weiss, Andrew, 80-Carswell, B., 81-Washington, G., 85-Stephenson, C., 88-Miller, Jimmy, 91-Casey, Jurrell, 93-Griffen, E.,
97-Jackson, Malik, 98-Harris, DaJohn, 99-Spicer, Averell.