The lowdown: The Trojan offense came out hot, moving effortlessly down the field before stalling in the redzone and settling for a Matt Boermeester field goal. The Irish responded quickly as Josh Adams took his first carry 74 yards to set up a one-yard score.
Though Ronald Jones II scored his own long touchdown run to give USC the lead once more, the Trojans struggled to keep their offense moving with rain coming down.
After a tight start to the contest, the second quarter separated the two teams drastically. First Adoree’ Jackson took a 55-yard punt return to the house.