USC
8-2 , 5-1
Arizona St
7-5 , 4-3
Team Stats
ASU 0, USC 7
USC - Williams, Mike 18 yd pass from Palmer, Carson (Killeen, Ryan kick) 3 plays, 47 yards, TOP 1:22
ASU 0, USC 10
USC - Killeen, Ryan 20 yd field goal 12 plays, 69 yards, TOP 3:51
ASU 3, USC 10
ASU - Barth,Mike 22 yd field goal 12 plays, 75 yards, TOP 4:31
ASU 3, USC 17
USC - Holmes, Alex 2 yd pass from Palmer, Carson (Killeen, Ryan kick) 5 plays, 78 yards, TOP 3:19
ASU 3, USC 20
USC - Killeen, Ryan 41 yd field goal 11 plays, 46 yards, TOP 5:48
ASU 10, USC 20
ASU - McDonald,Shaun 24 yd pass from Walter,Andrew (Barth,Mike kick) 9 plays, 80 yards, TOP 1:35
ASU 13, USC 20
ASU - Barth,Mike 27 yd field goal 6 plays, 45 yards, TOP 1:59
ASU 13, USC 27
USC - Fargas, Justin 3 yd run (Killeen, Ryan kick), 4 plays, 71 yards, TOP 2:02
ASU 13, USC 34
USC - Palmer, Carson 2 yd run (Killeen, Ryan kick), 5 plays, 23 yards, TOP 2:42
USC Takes Care Of ASU
November 16, 2002 | Football
Nov 16, 2002
LOS ANGELES - Carson Palmer threw for two touchdowns and ran for another and Justin Fargas ran for 125 yards and another score Saturday as No. 8 Southern California defeated Arizona State 34-13.
The Trojans' defense limited Andrew Walter and the high-scoring Sun Devils to just one second-quarter touchdown and a pair of field goals.
Palmer completed 20 of 34 passes for 214 yards for USC (8-2, 6-1 Pac-10), with scoring throws of 18 and 2 yards in the first half. His 1-yard sneak with 4:39 left was the final score.
Ryan Killeen added field goals of 20 and 41 yards for the Trojans.
Walter was 24-of-49 for 297 yards for the Sun Devils (7-5, 4-3), but he threw two interceptions. He also lost a fumble that led to an early touchdown that put the Trojans ahead to stay.
Palmer's late score came after Melvin Simmons intercepted Walter's pass and returned it 10 yards to give the Trojans the ball at the ASU 23 midway through the fourth quarter.
Earlier in the quarter, Simmons and Mike Pollard had stopped the Sun Devils' Mike Williams for no gain on fourth-and-1 at the Trojans 27 to end an ASU scoring threat.
After Arizona State pulled to 20-13 on Mike Barth's 27-yard field goal as time expired in the third quarter, Fargas gave the Trojans some insurance when he scored on a 3-yard run early in the fourth quarter.
Fargas carried 26 times and topped the 100-yard mark for the second time at USC.
Down by 17 in the first half, the Sun Devils closed to 20-10 on a scoring drive that began 2:06 before halftime. Walter ended the march - which took just 1:35 - with a 24-yard throw to Shaun McDonald, who was wide open in the left side of the end zone.
Palmer's scoring passes were a 2-yarder to Alex Holmes for a 17-3 lead in the second quarter, and an 18-yarder to Mike Williams in the first quarter.
USC went up 10-3 in first quarter, cashing in on Kenechi Udeze's recovery of Walter's fumble to set up Palmer's touchdown pass to Williams.
Barth kicked a 22-yard field goal on the final play of the first quarter to put Arizona State on the board.
Each team came up with solid defensive efforts near the goal line in the first quarter. The Trojans had first-and-goal from the 5 but had to settle for Killeen's 20-yarder, and the Sun Devils had first-and-goal from the 6 before Barth made his 22-yard kick.
By KEN PETERS
AP Sports Writer
