USC v. Cal: Odd Stats

By Jordan Moore on October 14, 2011 2:00 PM | No Comments

Despite coming away from last night's game against Cal with a 30-9 road victory (their first in 2011), the Trojans found themselves on the wrong end of the box score, on more than one occasion.

-USC's defense picked off Golden Bears' QB Zach Maynard (pictured below by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) three times on Thursday, while also holding him without a TD pass. But, the junior transfer from Buffalo still managed to pass for 294 yards -- the second most passing yards against USC without throwing a touchdown in school history.

-The most? That record belongs to former Northwestern QB Steve Schnur, who put up 336 yards against the Trojans in the 1996 Rose Bowl.

-The record for most passing yards by a USC QB is held by Todd Marinovich, who threw for 303 yards against Stanford on October 28, 1989.

-Cal's standout WR Keenan Allen (pictured below by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) had a quite a night in a losing effort. The sophomore wideout posted a career-high 13 receptions-- the most catches USC has given up to an opposing receiver since Washington's Braxton Cleman snagged 15 balls (for only 69 yards) on October 19, 2002.

-Ironically, of the six players who have recorded 12 or more receptions against the Trojans, none have scored a receiving touchdown.

Just goes to show that sometimes statistics don't tell the whole story...