Miller Moss handed for 229 yards and one landing as No. 13 Southern California notched its first shutout in almost 13 years whereas rolling to a 48-0 victory over Utah State on Saturday evening in nonconference play at Los Angeles.
Woody Marks rushed for 103 yards and one landing on 13 carries and Quinten Joyner added 84 yards and two scores on 10 rushes for the Trojans (2-0). Moss accomplished 21 of 30 passes, together with a scoring toss to Makai Lemon.
The shutout was the primary for USC since a 50-0 trouncing of UCLA on Nov. 26, 2011.
Backup quarterback Jayden Maiava scored his first profession landing for the Trojans, who had benefits of 544-190 in complete yards of offense and 28-10 in first downs. A’Marion Peterson rushed for a rating and Easton Mascarenas-Arnold had an interception for USC.
Bryson Barnes was 18-of-27 passing for 103 yards and one interception for the Aggies (1-1). Ike Larsen and Jordan Vincent had 11 tackles apiece for Utah State.
The Aggies tried to spoil the USC shutout bid, however Elliott Nimrod’s 52-yard field-goal try was large left and quick with 1:08 left within the sport.
There have been issues with the banks of lights at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum all through the competition. The problems precipitated a brief delay with 10:12 left within the sport, however play resumed when the lights on USC’s aspect of the sector got here again on.
The Trojans drove at the very least 77 yards on every of their first three possessions whereas taking a 17-0 lead.
Michael Lantz kicked a 23-yard discipline purpose to cap a nine-play, 77-yard drive on USC’s first possession. Joyner added a 9-yard dashing rating to complete an eight-play, 88-yard tour to make it 10-0 with 4:23 left within the opening quarter.
The Trojans once more traveled 77 yards, this time on 11 performs, to maneuver forward by 17 on a 2-yard scoring run by Marks with 13:06 remaining within the first half.
Lantz tacked on a 24-yard discipline purpose with 1:41 left within the half. Moss added a 6-yard scoring move to Lemon with 4 seconds to go, and USC led 27-0 on the break.
Joyner added a 2-yard dashing rating to spice up the Trojans’ result in 34 with 5:31 left within the third quarter. Moss exited the sport at this level.
Maiava scrambled for 7 yards for a landing with 14:15 remaining within the contest to make it 41-0. He accomplished 8 of 11 passes for 66 yards. Peterson added a 9-yard landing run with 6:32 left.
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