Visual Recap: Trojans Beat the Bruins
Aubrey Kragen
12/13/2020
The Trojans pulled off yet another comeback win on Saturday with a 43-38 victory over UCLA at the Rose Bowl.
USC came out flat-footed and didn't put any points on the board in the first quarter. Drake London scored an eye-popping 65-yard touchdown in the second quarter, but the Trojans went into halftime down 21-10.
??????@DrakeLondon_ is a GROWN MAN??
— USC Men's Basketball (@USC_Hoops) December 13, 2020
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UCLA came out firing and scored on its first drive of the third quarter to go up 28-10 — the largest deficit the Trojans had faced on the season.
But USC QB Kedon Slovis and the Trojans refused to quit.
Slovis threw a beauty to Pasadena native Tyler Vaughns and a strike to Amon-Ra St. Brown to pull the Trojans within 5 points.
UCLA scored again to make it a 12-point lead and the game once again seemed out of reach, but the Trojans kept working.
RB Vavae Malepeai punched in a TD to start the fourth quarter and go over 100 yards on the night. He finished with 110, the second-most of his career. He became USC's first 100-yard rusher of the season.
Drake London scored his second TD of the night to give the Trojans their first lead of the game with 8:09 left in the fourth quarter.
UCLA responded with a FG to retake the lead with 52 seconds to go, but USC proved once again how unstoppable its offense can be.
True freshman Gary Bryant Jr. gave the Trojans a short field with a clutch 56-yard kickoff return after UCLA's FG.
From there, it only took two plays for the Trojans to get back on top.
Slovis dropped a dime to Vaughns, who elevated for the 35-yard catch, which set USC up on the 8.
Next, Slovis zeroed in on St. Brown, who hauled in the game-winner.
TYLER VAUGHNS. WHAT. A. SNAG.pic.twitter.com/RLqZIze2VZ
— PFF College (@PFF_College) December 13, 2020
9 to 8 for 7 and the lead! @KedonSlovis to @Amonra_stbrown with ice in their veins.#FightOn?? pic.twitter.com/K0d9XlRVg8
— USC Football (@USC_FB) December 13, 2020
The Trojans thwarted UCLA's ensuing Hail Mary attempt to earn a 43-38 win and erase an 18-point deficit — their biggest comeback since USC came back from 18 down at ASU in 2005.
Slovis finished with 344 pass yards on the night and 5 pass touchdowns, tying his career-high from last weekend.
Vaughns finished with 128 receiving yards, the second-most of his career.
London finished with 97 receiving yards and 2 scores, the first two-score game of his career.
St. Brown finished with 73 receiving yards and 2 scores, for a total of 6 in the last two games.
On the other side of the ball, safety Talanoa Hufanga stole the show, posting 17 tackles, an interception and a forced fumble.
