University Southern California Trojans
USC
3-4-0 , 0-4
Stanford
3-4-0 , 2-2
Team Stats
USC 0, STANFORD 7
STANFORD - CARTER, Kerry 3 yd run (BISELLI, Mike kick), 14 plays, 60 yards, TOP 6:38
USC 0, STANFORD 14
STANFORD - CARTER, Kerry 4 yd run (BISELLI, Mike kick), 10 plays, 64 yards, TOP 3:59
USC 6, STANFORD 14
USC - PAPADAKIS, P. 2 yd run (WALL, John kickfailed), 6 plays, 92 yards, TOP 1:35
USC 8, STANFORD 14
USC - USC TEAM 0 yd safety
USC 8, STANFORD 20
STANFORD - CARTER, Kerry 2 yd run (FASANI, Randy passfailed), 11 plays, 80 yards, TOP 5:02
USC 15, STANFORD 20
USC - McCULLOUGH, S. 39 yd run (WALL, John kick), 6 plays, 65 yards, TOP 2:16
USC 21, STANFORD 20
USC - PAPADAKIS, P. 2 yd run (PALMER, Carson passfailed), 3 plays, 25 yards, TOP 0:48
USC 24, STANFORD 20
USC - WALL, John 22 yd field goal 6 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:18
USC 30, STANFORD 20
USC - PALMER, Carson 1 yd run (WALL, John kickfailed), 6 plays, 63 yards, TOP 1:48
USC 30, STANFORD 26
STANFORD - CARTER, Kerry 20 yd run (FASANI, Randy passfailed), 11 plays, 78 yards, TOP 2:54
USC 30, STANFORD 32
STANFORD - MCCULLUM, J. 20 yd pass from LEWIS, Chris (LEWIS, Chris rushfailed) 13 plays, 50 yards, TOP 3:42
Stanford Stuns USC With Last-Second, Game-Winning Touchdown
October 21, 2000 | Football
Oct. 21, 2000
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - For the second time this season, Stanford backup quarterback Chris Lewis showed an astonishing flair for the dramatic.
Lewis threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Jamien McCullum as time expired, giving Stanford a 32-30 victory over USC on Saturday.
Lewis only entered the game with 55 seconds to play when quarterback Randy Fasani was injured while scrambling on Stanford's deciding 50-yard drive.
The redshirt freshman gave the Cardinal an improbable come-from-behind victory - just as he did five weeks ago in Stanford's 27-24 win over then-No. 5 Texas.
Lewis moved Stanford (3-4, 2-2 Pac-10) to the Trojans 10 with a scramble and a short pass, but threw three incompletions into tight coverage. With 4 seconds left, the Cardinal were hit with two penalties that moved the ball back to the 20.
On fourth down, Lewis evaded a strong pass rush and lofted a perfect pass to McCullum, who was unguarded in the right corner of the end zone.
The Stanford bench charged across the field and buried McCullum under a pile of scarlet jerseys. The jubilant Stanford crowd then briefly quieted as the officials gathered in the end zone, but the result was only an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for the celebration.
Lewis beat the Longhorns with a last-minute TD pass to DeRonnie Pitts, but he went 0-3 as a starter while Fasani recovered from cartilage damage to his knee.
Fasani (18-of-36, 196 yards, two second-half interceptions) had a frustrating day, but he led the Cardinal to 1 1/2 late scoring drives - and Lewis did the rest. There was no immediate word on the nature of Fasani's injury.
Kerry Carter tied a Stanford record by rushing for four touchdowns, and Pitts had a career-high 13 catches for 176 yards. Stanford had just one rushing TD in its first six games.
It was a gut-wrenching loss for USC (3-4, 0-4), which scored 22 straight points in the second half and appeared headed to a convincing victory. Instead, USC lost its first four conference games for the first time in school history.
In a meeting of once-promising teams with three-game losing streaks and fading postseason hopes, the Trojans had a clearly superior offense that amassed 420 total yards and pounded Stanford's defense throughout the second half.
Sultan McCullough rushed for 130 yards and Carson Palmer was 15-of-30 for 190 yards. Petros Papadakis rushed for two TDs, and McCullough and Palmer also had rushing scores.
A 69-yard run by backup tailback Malaefou MacKenzie set up John Wall's 22-yard field goal with 12:08 left, and another long run by McCullough put Palmer in position for a 1-yard TD keeper with 8:16 to play that put USC up 30-20 - and appeared to put the game away, given Stanford's offensive troubles after halftime.
But Stanford came back with a 78-yard drive capped by Carter's 20-yard TD run, and after USC punted, Stanford the got the ball at the 50 with 3:42 to play.
Stanford jumped to a 14-0 lead in the first half, but USC's relentless blitzing of Fasani ground the Cardinal's offense to a halt after halftime.
By GREG BEACHAM
AP Sports Writer
