USC
4-1 , 1-1
Washington
2-2 , 1-0
Team Stats
WASH 0, USC 7
USC - Bradford, Allen 37 yd run (Houston, Joe kick), plays, yards, TOP
WASH 3, USC 7
WASH - Folk, Erik 23 yd field goal plays, yards, TOP
WASH 10, USC 7
WASH - Polk, Chris 1 yd run (Folk, Erik kick), plays, yards, TOP
WASH 17, USC 7
WASH - Aguilar, Devin 44 yd pass from Locker, Jake (Folk, Erik kick) plays, yards, TOP
WASH 17, USC 14
USC - Tyler, Marc 4 yd run (Houston, Joe kick), plays, yards, TOP
WASH 17, USC 21
USC - Tyler, Marc 6 yd run (Houston, Joe kick), plays, yards, TOP
WASH 20, USC 21
WASH - Folk, Erik 41 yd field goal plays, yards, TOP
WASH 23, USC 21
WASH - Folk, Erik 35 yd field goal plays, yards, TOP
WASH 23, USC 28
USC - Bradford, Allen 16 yd run (Houston, Joe kick), plays, yards, TOP
WASH 29, USC 28
WASH - Izbicki, Chris 1 yd pass from Price, Keith (Price, Keith passfailed) plays, yards, TOP
WASH 29, USC 31
USC - Houston, Joe 27 yd field goal plays, yards, TOP
WASH 32, USC 31
WASH - Folk, Erik 32 yd field goal plays, yards, TOP
Game Leaders
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USC Falls Short To Washington, 32-31
October 02, 2010 | Football
Oct. 2, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Locker engineered a long drive to set up Erik Folk's 32-yard field goal as time expired, and Washington upset the 18th-ranked Trojans 32-31 on Saturday night, beating USC on a last-minute field goal for the second straight season.
"Unfortunately for us, we had so many opportunities to finish the game out," Head Coach Lane Kiffin said. "If you're going to be a championship team, you have to finish people off when you have the ball. You can't go and kick field goals."
USC took the lead on Houston's 27-yard field goal with 10 minutes left, and Washington's next drive ended on downs near midfield. After Houston missed his 40-yard attempt, Locker converted a fourth-and-11 from the Washington 24 on a long pass to D'Andre Goodwin, and Chris Polk rumbled 26 yards to the USC 33 on the next play.
The Huskies moved into position for Folk, who made a 22-yard field goal with 3 seconds left in last season's win over USC.
"I knew if I hit it well, it would go through," said Folk, who waited through three consecutive timeouts before his kick. "I wasn't thinking about the situation. I've been in it before."
Polk rushed for 92 yards and Devin Aguilar caught a TD pass for the Huskies, who bounced back from a 56-21 thrashing by No. 6 Nebraska two weeks ago with a spectacular offensive performance that required just one punt. Locker, who went 4 for 20 against the Huskers, reminded everybody why he was arguably the nation's top NFL prospect before his unimpressive September.
Allen Bradford rushed for a career-high 223 yards and two touchdowns, and Marc Tyler scored two more TDs for the Trojans, who managed 484 yards of offense, but couldn't reach the end zone in the fourth quarter.
"Those last two drives where we didn't put six (points) on the board, when it came down to it, (that) really hurt us," said Matt Barkley, who passed for 186 yards. "Don't bug Joe, because when it comes down to it, it's offense that's supposed to put points on the board. I think I was too focused on not throwing interceptions in some of those clutch drives. We didn't convert on some of those third downs."
Locker went 24 for 40 and nearly scored another touchdown on a long run in the second quarter, but USC's Shareece Wright came from behind to punch the ball out of Locker's hands and through the end zone for a touchback.
Locker was forced out of the game for one play early in the fourth quarter after getting hit in the head and getting his breath knocked out on the same play. Backup Keith Price immediately threw a 1-yard TD pass to Chris Izbicki to put the Huskies ahead 29-28 with 13:52 to go.
