USC
8-5
Iowa
10-3
Team Stats
USC 0, IOWA 7
IOWA - Tracy,Tyrone 23 yd run (Duncan, Keith kick), 10 plays, 75 yards, TOP 6:35
USC 7, IOWA 7
USC - London, Drake 4 yd pass from Slovis, Kedon (McGrath, Chase kick) 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 3:48
USC 7, IOWA 14
IOWA - Smith-Marsette 6 yd run (Duncan, Keith kick), 15 plays, 72 yards, TOP 8:09
USC 14, IOWA 14
USC - Malepeai, Vavae 16 yd pass from Slovis, Kedon (McGrath, Chase kick) 11 plays, 77 yards, TOP 5:14
USC 14, IOWA 21
IOWA - Smith-Marsette 98 yd kickoff return (Duncan, Keith kick)
USC 14, IOWA 28
IOWA - Smith-Marsette 12 yd pass from Stanley,Nate (Duncan, Keith kick) 6 plays, 52 yards, TOP 3:07
USC 17, IOWA 28
USC - McGrath, Chase 32 yd field goal 11 plays, 61 yards, TOP 1:18
USC 24, IOWA 28
USC - Carr, Stephen 2 yd run (McGrath, Chase kick), 4 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:31
USC 24, IOWA 35
IOWA - Goodson, Tyler 1 yd run (Duncan, Keith kick), 14 plays, 90 yards, TOP 7:19
USC 24, IOWA 42
IOWA - Smith,Brandon 6 yd pass from Stanley,Nate (Duncan, Keith kick) 3 plays, 6 yards, TOP 0:54
USC 24, IOWA 49
IOWA - Niemann,Nick 25 yd interception (Duncan, Keith kick)
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No. 22 USC Football's Season Ends With 49-24 Loss To No. 16 Iowa At SDCCU Holiday Bowl
December 27, 2019 | Football, Features
Senior Nate Stanley threw two touchdown passes and the Hawkeyes (10-3) won their fourth straight game for their sixth 10-win season in coach Kirk Ferentz's 21 years.
USC freshman quarterback Kedon Slovis, who threw two touchdown passes, was knocked out of the game with an apparent arm injury early in the third quarter. The Trojans (8-5) had their three-game winning streak snapped. They fell apart after Slovis left.
Smith-Marsette helped the Hawkeyes to a 28-17 halftime lead.
Smith-Marsette scored on a 6-yard sweep for a 14-7 lead. After USC tied it on Slovis' 16-yard pass to Vavae Malepeai, Smith-Marsette returned the kickoff 98 yards to give the Hawkeyes the lead for good.
Smith-Marsette, a junior wide receiver, also had a 95-yard kickoff return for a score in the regular-season finale, a 27-24 victory over Nebraska.
Stanley found Smith-Marsette on a 12-yard scoring pass on Iowa's next possession for a 28-14 lead.
Chase McGrath kicked a 32-yard field goal as the clock expired to pull USC to 28-17 at halftime.
The Trojans pulled to 28-24 on Stephen Carr's 2-yard run to cap the opening drive of the second half. It followed a 55-yard pass from Slovis to Amon-Ra St. Brown to the Iowa 5. Jack Koerner was called for roughing the passer when he slammed down Slovis, whose head hit the turf.
Kicker Michael Brown then recovered his own onside kick. Slovis was hurt two plays when he was sacked and fumbled, which was recovered by USC. Slovis came out and was replaced by Matt Fink.
TRICKY TRICKY!@michaelebrown15 recovers his own onside kick for the Trojans!
— USC Trojans (@USC_Athletics) December 28, 2019
📺: FS1#FightOn | #BeatTheHawkeyes pic.twitter.com/Hy179WL8fX
Slovis took over after JT Daniels suffered a season-ending knee injury in the opener and threw for 3,242 yards and 28 touchdowns, against nine interceptions in the regular season. He threw for a school-record 515 yards as well as four touchdowns in a 52-35 victory over UCLA.
Iowa put it away with a 90-yard drive capped by Tyler Goodson's 1-yard run for a 35-24 lead late in the third quarter. Stanley had a 34-yard pass to Smith-Marsette and also gained 8 yards on a sneak to the USC 3.
USC lost two fumbles late in the second half, including when a high shotgun snap went off Fink's hands, with Iowa's Kristian Welch recovering at the Trojans' 6.
Iowa converted on Stanley's 6-yard TD pass to Brandon Smith to make it 42-24.
Iowa's Nick Niemann intercepted Fink and returned it 25 yards for a TD with 1:43 left.
Iowa's Tyrone Tracy Jr. scored on a 23-yard run on the game's first drive and USC answered with Slovis' 4-yard scoring pass to Drake London.
Slovis completed 22 of 30 passes for 260 yards.
Thank you to the Trojan Faithful who made the trip to San Diego. #FightOn pic.twitter.com/6AKEaTyLuh
— USC Trojans (@USC_Athletics) December 28, 2019
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