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FinalOct 21, 2017 · Notre Dame Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
USC	0	0	14	0	14
Notre Dame	14	14	14	7	49

Game flow

Notre Dame won by 35 · 9 scores

Lead changes

0

0 times tied

ND biggest lead

+35

Q4 13:17

USC biggest lead

—

never led

Time in front

ND 96% · USC 0%

tied 4% · 57:45 vs 0:00 of game clock

The lead after every score: above the line Notre Dame is ahead, below it USC. Each dot is a score in the scoring team's colour; hover one.

Scoring summary

1st quarter

12:45

TD Equanimeous St. Brown 26 Yd pass from Brandon Wimbush (Justin Yoon Kick)3 plays, 51 yds, 1:04 · from ND 49

USC 0–7 ND

6:59

TD Kevin Stepherson 23 Yd pass from Brandon Wimbush (Justin Yoon Kick)10 plays, 79 yds, 3:19 · from ND 21

USC 0–14 ND

2nd quarter

7:43

TD Josh Adams 3 Yd Run (Justin Yoon Kick)3 plays, 9 yds, 0:36 · from USC 9

USC 0–21 ND

3:54

TD Brandon Wimbush 4 Yd Run (Justin Yoon Kick)7 plays, 59 yds, 3:08 · from ND 41

USC 0–28 ND

3rd quarter

10:00

TD Steven Mitchell Jr. 5 Yd pass from Sam Darnold (Chase McGrath Kick)12 plays, 77 yds, 5:00 · from USC 23

USC 7–28 ND

6:06

TD Brandon Wimbush 7 Yd Run (Justin Yoon Kick)8 plays, 65 yds, 3:54 · from ND 35

USC 7–35 ND

3:26

TD Deontay Burnett 16 Yd pass from Sam Darnold (Chase McGrath Kick)6 plays, 73 yds, 2:40 · from USC 27

USC 14–35 ND

3:07

TD Josh Adams 84 Yd Run (Justin Yoon Kick)1 play, 84 yds, 0:19 · from ND 16

USC 14–42 ND

4th quarter

13:17

TD Josh Adams 14 Yd Run (Justin Yoon Kick)5 plays, 52 yds, 1:37 · from ND 48

USC 14–49 ND

Drives

ND 7/14 scoredUSC 2/13 scored

Q	Start	Team	From	Plays	Yds	Time	Result
Q1	15:00	ND	ND 10	3	-1	1:01	Punt
Q1	13:59	USC	ND 43	1	-6	0:10	Fumble
Q1	13:49	ND	ND 49	3	51	1:04	Touchdown
Q1	12:45	USC	USC 29	5	17	2:27	Punt
Q1	10:18	ND	ND 21	10	79	3:19	Touchdown
Q1	6:59	USC	USC 14	3	4	1:30	Punt
Q1	5:29	ND	ND 31	4	-3	2:18	Punt
Q1	3:11	USC	USC 28	11	63	5:06	Missed FG
Q2	13:05	ND	ND 20	10	39	4:46	Fumble
Q2	8:19	ND	USC 9	3	9	0:36	Touchdown
Q2	7:43	USC	USC 38	2	17	0:41	Interception
Q2	7:02	ND	ND 41	7	59	3:08	Touchdown

Win probability

Notre Dame 100% · pregame line Notre Dame −4.0 (closing line)

The pregame line (TDC's for this week's games, the closing betting line for past ones), blended with the score, clock and field position (calibrated on every 2024–25 FBS play). Gold dots mark the biggest swings; hover one.

Box score

Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Sam Darnold	20/28	229	8.2	2	1	73.5
Matt Fink	5/8	31	3.9	0	0	64.7

Rushing	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Ronald Jones	12	32	2.7	0	18
Matt Fink	3	17	5.7	0	18
Vavae Malepeai	4	12	3.0	0	8
Aca'Cedric Ware	3	8	2.7	0	7
Sam Darnold	9	7	0.8	0	18

Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Deontay Burnett	8	113	14.1	1	34
Steven Mitchell Jr.	7	71	10.1	1	16
Tyler Vaughns	6	65	10.8	0	28
Velus Jones Jr.	1	8	8.0	0	8
Randal Grimes	1	5	5.0	0	5
Ronald Jones	1	1	1.0	0	1
Aca'Cedric Ware	1	-3	-3.0	0	0

Kicking	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Chase McGrath	0/1	0.0	0	2/2	2

Punting	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Reid Budrovich	6	258	43.0	0	0	53

Biggest plays

ND +15% Q1 12:45 Equanimeous St. Brown 26 Yd pass from Brandon Wimbush (Justin Yoon Kick)

ND +11% Q1 13:43 Brandon Wimbush run for 12 yds to the USC 39 for a 1ST down

ND +10% Q1 6:59 Kevin Stepherson 23 Yd pass from Brandon Wimbush (Justin Yoon Kick)

USC +9% Q1 12:45 Justin Yoon kickoff for 64 yds , Velus Jones Jr. return for 28 yds to the USC 29

ND +8% Q2 12:55 Josh Adams run for no gain to the NDame 20

Team stats

Stat	USC	ND
1st Downs	18	23
3rd down efficiency	4-13	7-13
4th down efficiency	1-2	0-0
Total Yards	336	497
Passing	260	120
Comp/Att	25/36	9/22
Yards per pass	7.2	5.5
Rushing	76	377
Rushing Attempts	31	47
Yards per rush	2.5	8.0
Penalties	7-40	7-51
Turnovers	3	0
Fumbles lost	2	0
Interceptions thrown	1	0
Possession	31:36	28:24

Play by play

Q4 0:00 End of 4th Quarter

Q4 0:41 2nd & 7 at ND 18 TEAM run for a loss of 3 yards to the NDame 15

Q4 1:24 1st & 10 at ND 15 Deon McIntosh run for 3 yds to the NDame 18

Q4 1:33 4th & 3 at USC 45 Reid Budrovich punt for 40 yds, fair catch by Chris Finke at the NDame 15

Q4 2:09 3rd & 11 at USC 37 Matt Fink pass complete to Velus Jones Jr. for 8 yds to the USC 45

Q4 2:14 2nd & 11 at USC 37 Matt Fink pass incomplete to Velus Jones Jr.

Q4 2:40 1st & 10 at USC 38 Aca'Cedric Ware run for a loss of 1 yard to the USC 37

Q4 2:48 4th & 10 at ND 20 Tyler Newsome punt for 42 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the USC 38

Q4 2:59 4th & 5 at ND 25 NOTRE DAME Penalty, False Start (Jamir Jones) to the NDame 20

Q4 2:59 3rd & 5 at ND 25 Ian Book pass incomplete to Cole Kmet, broken up by Matt Lopes

Q4 3:41 2nd & 8 at ND 22 Deon McIntosh run for 3 yds to the NDame 25

Q4 4:31 1st & 18 at ND 12 Ian Book run for 10 yds to the NDame 22

Q4 4:57 1st & 10 at ND 25 Deon McIntosh run for 5 yds to the NDame 25 NOTRE DAME Penalty, Personal Foul (Hunter Bivin) to the NDame 12

Q4 5:10 4th & 3 at ND 41 Reid Budrovich punt for 41 yds for a touchback

Q4 5:46 3rd & 8 at ND 46 Matt Fink pass complete to Randal Grimes for 5 yds to the NDame 41

Q4 6:29 2nd & 8 at ND 46 Vavae Malepeai run for no gain to the NDame 46

Q4 7:01 1st & 10 at ND 48 Vavae Malepeai run for 2 yds to the NDame 46

Q4 7:13 4th & 9 at ND 27 Tyler Newsome punt for 42 yds , Jack Jones returns for 21 yds to the NDame 48

Q4 7:24 3rd & 9 at ND 27 Ian Book pass incomplete to Miles Boykin

Q4 8:03 2nd & 10 at ND 26 Ian Book run for 1 yd to the NDame 27

Q4 8:48 1st & 10 at ND 26 Deon McIntosh run for no gain to the NDame 26

Q4 8:58 4th & 11 at USC 44 Reid Budrovich punt for 48 yds , Chris Finke returns for 18 yds to the NDame 26

Q4 9:42 3rd & 3 at ND 48 Matt Fink sacked by Khalid Kareem for a loss of 8 yards to the USC 44

Q4 10:27 2nd & 10 at USC 45 Matt Fink run for 7 yds to the NDame 48

Q4 10:36 1st & 10 at USC 45 Matt Fink pass incomplete to Steven Mitchell Jr.