Football | November 29, 2022
VEGAS, BABY!
*No. 4 USC is challenging No. 12 Utah in its fourth Pac-12 Championship Game, which will be played in Las Vegas at Allegiant Stadium.
*The game is a re-match from the two teams’ first meeting on Oct. 15 in Salt Lake City, where the Utes handed the Trojans their only loss of the season as Utah QB Cam Rising scored the game-winning touchdown and two-point conversion with 48 seconds left in the game.
*The game will be broadcast live nationally on FOX.
*In the fourth round of CFP Rankings, USC was No. 6 and Utah was No. 14.
*USC’s 11-1 start is its best since the 2008 team started 11-1 and went on to finish 12-1 and defeat Penn State 38- 24 in the Rose Bowl.
*Lincoln Riley‘s 11 wins ties for the most by a USC head coach in his regular season debut, matching the 11 wins by Howard Jones in 1925 and John Robinson in 1976.
HE13MAN
*Leading Heisman candidate QB Caleb Williams continues to impress the nation with his dazzling performances.
*Through 12 games, Williams has 44 total TDs and 3 INTs. He is 268-for-407 (.658) for 3,712 yards. He has also rushed for 351 yards on 97 carries with 10 TDs.
*Williams has accounted for 44 total touchdowns (both passing and running) in 12 games at USC. He broke the previous school record by a QB of 41 by Matt Barkley (2011) and Cody Kessler (2014).
*Williams now has 4,063 total offensive yards on the 2022 season which ranks 2nd on USC’s single- season total yards list (Sam Darnold leads the list with 4,225 total yards in 2017).
*Williams has tallied 44 total TDs this season. This breaks the previous school record by a QB of 41 by Matt Barkley (2011) and Cody Kessler (2014).
*Williams’ 351 rushing yards this season is also the most by a USC QB in the last 70 years since complete records were available. The previous record was 342 by Jim Sears in 1952.
*Williams leads the USC football team with 10 rushing TDs on the season.
*Williams is No. 1 in the nation in points responsible for per game (22.0).
*He is No. 6 in the nation in passing TDs (34) and leads the Pac-12 in the stat.
*He is No. 2 in the nation in points responsible for (264) and No. 5 in the…
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