2007 Stanford vs. USC football game
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Date | October 6, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | Versus | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Ron Thulin (play-by-play) Kelly Stouffer (analyst) Lewis Johnson (sideline) |
The 2007 Stanford vs. USC football game was an
Game summary
The weather was sunny and 74 °F (23 °C) with a slight west wind. The game began at 4:09pm Pacific Daylight Time and ended at 7:36pm.
Scoring
First quarter
- 06:25 USC – David Buehler 34 yd field goal USC 3–0
Second quarter
- 07:15 USC – Chauncey Washington 1 yd run (PAT blocked) USC 9–0
Third quarter
- 11:58 Stanford – Austin Yancy 31 yd interception return (Derek Belch kick) USC 9–7
- 02:54 USC – Fred Davis 63 yd pass from John David Booty (David Buehler kick) USC 16–7
Fourth quarter
- 14:54 Stanford – Anthony Kimble 1 yd run (Derek Belch kick) USC 16–14
- 11:04 USC – Ronald Johnson47 yd pass from John David Booty (David Buehler kick) USC 23–14
- 05:43 Stanford – Derek Belch 26 yd field goal USC 23–17
- 00:48 Stanford – Mark Bradford 10 yd pass from Tavita Pritchard on fourth down and goal (Derek Belch kick) Stanford 24–23.[2]
The game-winning drive featured a 20-yard pass from Tavita Pritchard to future NFL star Richard Sherman on fourth-and-20 from the USC 29.[3]
Aftermath
The final score was announced at the
Stanford's victory, for once, was cheered on by perennial rival Cal, who was ranked No. 3 in the nation at the time of USC's loss. USC's loss elevated California to its highest ranking in nearly six decades, and it was primed to reach the #1 ranking for the first time since 1951 when #1 LSU was beaten in overtime by Kentucky the same day it played Oregon State. California lost the Oregon State game; after starting the season 5-0 and ranked No. 12, it finished 7-6 and unranked. 2007 was also the only game in an eight year Big Game stretch that it lost to Stanford.
At the end of the regular season,
In 1979,
In the
See also
References
- ^ "Gimino: USC dynasty far from over | www.tucsoncitizen.com". Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved October 12, 2007.
- ^ Stanford shocks No. 2 USC with late 4th-down TD | www.espn.com
- ^ Kyle Bonagura, "How Jim Harbaugh and Richard Sherman pulled off an epic 40-point upset over USC", ESPN.com, September 6, 2017.
- ^ Chris Dufresne (October 7, 2007). "You look upset, Los Angeles. Why the long fall from grace?". Los Angeles Times.
Quote:"With the Rose Bowl game mired in 6–6 slog, UCLA and Notre Dame fans collectively erupted with 4:46 left in the third quarter at the Rose Bowl when Stanford's epic upset at the Coliseum was announced -- Pete Carroll's first home loss since Stanford beat the Trojans in 2001." - ^ LSU vs. Florida 2007 youtube.com
- ^ Biggest Upsets of 2007: #2 Stanford 24, No. 2 USC 23, SI.com, December 13, 2007. Archived December 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 0-7432-2219-9.
- ^ Stanford-Southern Cal Preview ESPN.com
- ^ Klein, Gary - USC's November reign ends with shocking 55-21 loss to Stanford. Los Angeles Times, November 14, 2009
External links
- Stanford vs. USC Final Stats Archived 2008-02-24 at the Wayback Machine. October 6, 2007 USC Trojans Athletics official site