USC Football to Face Off Against Texas A&M in Las Vegas Bowl

USC TO FACE OFF AGAINST TEXAS A&M IN THE SRS DISTRIBUTION LAS VEGAS BOWL

• Elvis Presley, Penn and Teller, the Bellagio Fountains and movies like The Hangover and Ocean's Eleven are all synonymous with Sin City, but it appears that Las Vegas has become USC's home away from home.

• USC is bookending its 2024 campaign at Allegiant Stadium after opening the season with a 27-20 win over LSU on Sept. 1.

• The Trojans are 1-1 all-time in Allegiant Stadium.

• USC (6-6) will face Texas A&M (8-4) in the 33rd SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas at 7:30 p.m. PT on Friday, Dec. 27 on ESPN.

• The matchup involves two nationally recognized programs who are set to meet for the first time in 47 years.

• USC has won 11 national championships, Texas A&M 3.

• USC is 35-20 in bowl games (not including 1 win and 1 loss vacated due to NCAA penalty; original record: 36-21), while Texas A&M has a 20-23 postseason record.

• Both schools have produced Heisman Trophy winners (USC has 8 [the most of any college football program], Texas A&M 2).

• The Trojans claim 176 All-American first teamers, while the Aggies have 56.

• USC has 881 all-time wins with a .694 winning percentage, while Texas A&M boasts 778 all-time wins with a .603 winning percentage (not including USC's 14 wins and 1 loss vacated due to NCAA penalty; original record: 895, .696.).

BOWL HISTORY

• USC is among the nation's premier bowl teams with an overall postseason record of 35-20 (not including 1 win and 1 loss later vacated due to NCAA penalty; original record 36-21).

• This will be USC 58th all-time bowl appearance.

• The Trojans are tied for the nation's eighth highest bowl winning percentage (.636) among the 103 schools that have made at least 10 bowl appearances.

• USC's 35 bowl victories are third behind Alabama's 45 and Georgia's 38 for the most in the nation (not including 1 win for both teams vacated due to NCAA penalty; original record: 36 for USC, 46 for Alabama).

• USC has appeared in an unprecedented 33 Rose Bowls, where it has a 25-8 mark (.758) (not including 1 appearance and 1 loss later vacated due to NCAA penalty; original record: 34 Rose Bowls, 25-9, .735).

• That is not only the most Rose Bowl wins of any team, but also the most wins by a school

in a single bowl.

USC IN THE LAS VEGAS BOWL

• This will be USC's third appearance in the Las Vegas Bowl. USC fell to Utah 6-10 in the 2001 Las Vegas Bowl in Pete Carroll's first season as head coach, but then defeated Fresno State, led by Bulldog Derek Carr, 45-20 in the 2013 Las Vegas Bowl. Trojan QB Cody Kessler was the 2013 Game MVP after throwing 4 TD passes, the current Las Vegas Bowl-record and his then single-game career-high.

SERIES

• USC is 3-0 all-time versus Texas A&M. The Trojans defeated the Aggies 31-7 in the teams' first meet up in 1964 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. In the 1975 Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tenn., USC claimed a 20-0 victory over Texas A&M. In their most recent encounter in the 1977 Bluebonnet Bowl in Houston, the Trojans won 47-28.

VERSUS THE SEC

• USC is 32-15-2 (.674) all-time against SEC schools (does not include 2 wins and 1 loss vacated due to NCAA penalty; original record: 34-16-2, .673).

• The last time USC played a team from the SEC was in the 2024 season opener when USC defeated LSU 27-20 in Allegiant Stadium.

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