Notre Dame squared off against the USC Trojans with plenty to play for, but didn’t have enough to make it happen.
Notre Dame won the toss and deferred to the second half, and USC moved down the field with relative ease using the running game and some trick plays thrown in to keep the Irish off balance. The Trojans finished it off with an 11 yard touchdown pass from Caleb Williams to Tahj Washington.
The Irish weren’t so crisp on their opening drive and went three and out pretty quickly.
It was a big win of sorts for Notre Dame to force the Trojan offense to kick a field goal on their next drive to make it 10-7.