USC 29, Penn State 5
August 27, 2000

Recap

USC           14  9  0  6 - 29
Penn State     3  0  2  0 -  5

First Quarter USC-Fletcher 6 blocked punt return (Newbury kick), 12:45. PSU-FG Primanti 37, 7:39. USC-Papadakis 2 run (Newbury kick), 1:44.

Second Quarter USC-Polamalu 43 interception return (kick failed), 2:37. USC-FG Newbury 47, :00.

Third Quarter PSU-Safety, Allmond recovered blocked punt in end zone, 5:40.

Fourth Quarter USC-FG Newbury 27, 14:09. USC-FG Newbury 44, 10:42.

A-78,902

USC PSU First downs 15 10 Rushes-yards 50-164 22-6 Passing 87 136 Comp-Att-Int 10-20-1 10-30-1 Return Yards 108 24 Punts-Avg. 4-34.8 8-33.6 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-0 Penalties-Yards 7-65 6-30 Time of Possession 37:10 22:50

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING-USC, McCullough 29-128, Papadakis 11-29, Pierson 2-16, MacKenzie 3-8, Landrigan 1-3, Palmer 4-(minus 20). Penn State, L.Johnson 5-21, Watson 1-6, Cerimele 1-1, McCoo 8-(minus 1), Drummond 1-(minus 1), Casey 5-(minus 20), team 1-0. PASSING-USC, Palmer 10-20-1-87. Penn State, Casey 7-24-1-106, Seneca 3-6-0-30. RECEIVING-Southern Cal, McCullough 3-16, Pierson 2-28, Kelly 2-15, Allmond 1-21, MacKenzie 1-6, Holmes 1-1. Penn State, Crenshaw 4-55, Stewart 2-56, B.Johnson 2-28, Gilmore 1-3, L.Johnson 1-(minus 6).