USC
2-0
Virginia
1-1
Team Stats
VA 0, USC 7
USC - Cameron, Jordan 4 yd pass from Barkley, Matt (Houston, Joe kick) 3 plays, 55 yards, TOP 1:03
VA 7, USC 7
VA - Payne,K 6 yd run (Randolph,R kick), 6 plays, 69 yards, TOP 2:21
VA 7, USC 14
USC - Carswell, B. 11 yd pass from Barkley, Matt (Houston, Joe kick) 10 plays, 76 yards, TOP 1:07
VA 7, USC 17
USC - Houston, Joe 34 yd field goal 6 plays, 18 yards, TOP 2:09
VA 14, USC 17
VA - Burd,K 3 yd pass from Verica,M (Randolph,R kick) 13 plays, 78 yards, TOP 2:31
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Trojans Walk Away With, 17-14, Win Over Virginia
September 11, 2010 | Football
Sept. 11, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Matt Barkley threw first-half touchdown passes to Jordan Cameron and Brandon Carswell for a 17-14 victory over Virginia on Saturday night in Lane Kiffin's home head coaching debut.
Barkley passed for 202 yards for the Trojans (2-0). The Trojans' defense mostly smothered Virginia (1-1) just one week after yielding 588 yards to Hawaii, and USC recovered a late onside kick to seal it.
USC has won 13 straight home openers and 18 consecutive nonconference games, Kiffin is still working on discipline and consistency at the school where he served as an assistant for much of that successful run.
Both teams made costly mistakes in the first half. After Verica's end-zone pass was intercepted by T.J. McDonald, USC's Ronald Johnson caught a 47-yard scoring pass early in the second quarter - but it was erased by a holding penalty on Tyron Smith.
Virginia immediately answered with a 69-yard scoring drive capped by Payne's dive into the end zone 2 1/2 minutes later. But USC kept throwing, and Barkley found Carswell among three defenders for another score with 1 second left before halftime.
Freshman Dillon Baxter debuted with the USC offense. He shook off early jitters to rush for 49 yards.
