GAME REPORT
FIRST HALF
FIRST QUARTER
TCU 7, USC 0
Mitchell, 3-yard run at 7:53. 79-yard drive, 11 plays. Key play--Maiden, 24, pass from Batteaux on third and eight from the 50. Key gain--Mitchell, 16, run. PAT--Kaylakie (kick).
TCU 14, USC 0
Mitchell, 60-yard run at 5:03. 64-yard drive, 3 plays. PAT--Kaylakie (kick).
SECOND QUARTER
TCU 21, USC 0
Batteaux, 8-yard run at 9:27. 86-yard drive, 15 plays. Key play--Tomlinson, 25, pass from Batteaux on third and 14 from the USC 37. Key gain--Batteaux, 11; Tomlinson, 9, runs. PAT--Kaylakie (kick).
TCU 21, USC 3
Abrams, 34-yard field goal at 3:15. 49-yard drive, six plays to the TCU 17. Key gain--Parker, 50, pass from Palmer.
DRIVE CHART
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Team Start Plays-Yards Time Result USC USC 24 6-20 2:20 Punt from USC 44 TCU TCU 21 11-79 4:47 Touchdown USC USC 15 4-22 1:13 Punt from USC 37 TCU TCU 36 3-64 1:37 Touchdown USC USC 20 4-24 2:06 Punt from USC 44 TCU TCU 14 15-86 8:30 Touchdown USC USC 36 3-(-10) 1:42 Punt from USC 26 TCU TCU 35 3-5 2:06 Punt from TCU 40 USC USC 34 6-49 2:24 Field goal TCU TCU 29 6-17 3:15 End of half
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SECOND HALF
THIRD QUARTER
TCU 28, USC 3
Batteaux, 3-yard run at 10:32. 78-yard drive, 9 plays. Key play--Mitchell, 20, run on third and eight from the 24. Key gain--Mitchell, 33, run. PAT--Kaylakie (kick).
TCU 28, USC 10
Miller, 23-yard pass from Palmer at 7:06. 66-yard drive, 7 plays. Key play--Soward, 20, pass from Palmer on fourth and two from the USC 42. Key gain--Bastianelli, 23, pass from Palmer. PAT--Abrams (kick).
TCU 28, USC 16
Papadakis, 1-yard run at 1:34. 61-yard drive, 9 plays. Key play--Parker, 19, pass from Palmer on fourth and eight from the TCU 22. Key gain--15-yard personal foul penalty against TCU. PAT--Pass failed.
FOURTH QUARTER
TCU 28, USC 19
Abrams, 46-yard field goal at 12:30. 36-yard drive, 6 plays to the TCU 28. Key gains--Miller, 29; Soward, 15, passes from Palmer.
Field goals missed--None.
Attendance--46,612.
DRIVE CHART
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Team Start Plays-Yards Time Result TCU TCU 22 9-78 4:28 Touchdown USC USC 34 7-66 3:26 Touchdown TCU TCU 18 3-(-6) 2:17 Punt from TCU 12 USC USC 39 9-61 3:15 Touchdown TCU TCU 21 3-2 1:17 Punt from TCU 23 USC USC 36 6-36 2:47 Field goal TCU TCU 19 3-(-13) 0:00 Punt from TCU 6 USC TCU 48 3-(-18) 4:14 Punt from USC 34 TCU TCU 20 9-30 6:26 Punt from TCU 50 USC USC 13 3-(-12) 0:42 Punt from USC 1 TCU USC 48 2-(-2) 1:08 End of game
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TEAM STATISTICS
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USC TCU First downs 12 18 Rushes-yards 21-(-23) 61-314 Yards passing 280 51 Passes 17-28 4-6 Int.-yd. ret. 0-0 0-0 Plays-net yd. 49-257 67-365 Punts-avg. 6-45.8 5-37.8 Punts ret.-yd. 1-(-6) 3-19 Kick. ret.-yd. 4-80 5-91 Fumbles-lost 1-0 0-0 Pen.-yards 7-49 6-55 Time of pos. 24:09 35:51
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
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USC TCB NYG Avg. TD Morton 11 18 1.6 0 Papadakis 3 5 1.7 1 Soward 1 1 1.0 0 Palmer 6 -47 -7.8 0 Totals 21 -23 -1.1 1
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TCU TCB NYG Avg. TD Mitchell 19 185 9.7 2 Batteaux 28 94 3.4 2 Tomlinson 12 30 2.5 0 Williams 2 5 2.5 0 Totals 61 314 5.1 4
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Passing
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USC PA PC PI Yd TD Palmer 28 17 0 280 1
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TCU PA PC PI Yd TD Batteaux 5 4 0 51 0 Tomlinson 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 6 4 0 51 0
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Receiving
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USC No. Yd. TD Soward 6 64 0 Parker 4 104 0 Miller 3 67 1 Bastianelli 2 36 0 Morton 1 5 0 Harris 1 4 0 Totals 17 280 1
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TCU No. Yd. TD Tomlinson 1 25 0 Maiden 1 22 0 Williams 1 4 0 Mitchell 1 0 0 Totals 4 51 0
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USC LOG
(8-5)
27 Purdue 17
35 San Diego St. 6
40 Oregon St. 20
10 Florida St. 30
35 Arizona St. 24
31 California 32
42 Washington St. 14
13 Oregon 17
33 Washington 10
34 Stanford 9
17 UCLA 34
10 Notre Dame 0
19 TCU 28
TCU LOG
(7-5)
31 Iowa St. 21
9 Oklahoma 10
35 Air Force 34
19 Vanderbilt 16
21 Fresno St. 10
6 SMU 10
21 Colorado St. 42
27 Wyoming 34
12 Rice 14
17 Tulsa 7
41 Nevada Las Vegas 18
28 USC 19
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