Rutgers Scarlet Knights

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USC Trojans won.

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Ranked #19 · 4-0 42 – 35

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Final · Sat, Sep 19

Game Details

SHI Stadium (Piscataway) · 43,045 fans · CBS

Highlights

Maiava throws for 277 yards and 2 TDs in No. 12 USC's 42-35 win at Rutgers

Jayden Maiava threw for 277 yards and two touchdowns and King Miller ran for 102 yards and a TD to help No. 12 Southern California beat Rutgers 42-35 on Saturday in the Big Ten opener for both teams.

Recap via ESPN

1:01 USC vs. Rutgers: Game Highlights

0:54 KJ Duff goes over the top of the defender for a ridiculous Rutgers TD

0:32 Jayden Maiava finds Corey Simms for a 52-yard USC TD

0:38 Prophet Brown stuns Rutgers with a 99-yard pick-6 for USC

Clips play on ESPN

SHI Stadium · Piscataway

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
USC	10	10	15	7	42
RUTG	7	7	14	7	35

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Game Leaders

USC Trojans

Jayden Maiava · 20/32, 277 YDS, 2 TDPassing Yards
King Miller · 16 CAR, 102 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Kayden Dixon-Wyatt · 5 REC, 77 YDSReceiving Yards
Desman Stephens II · 0.5Sacks
Christian Pierce · 11Tackles

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Dylan Lonergan · 18/36, 252 YDS, 3 TD, 2 INTPassing Yards
Antwan Raymond · 21 CAR, 122 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
KJ Duff · 7 REC, 86 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Zaire Angoy · 1Sacks
Kaj Sanders · 9Tackles

2026 Big Ten Conference Standings

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Scoring

Q4 4:24

TD Vernon Allen III 28 Yd pass from Dylan Lonergan (Dane Pizzaro Kick)42–35

Q4 8:35

TD Riley Wormley 2 Yd pass from Jayden Maiava (Caden Chittenden Kick)42–28

Q3 1:07

TD Antwan Raymond 2 Yd Run (Dane Pizzaro Kick)35–28

Q3 5:52

TD Riley Wormley 12 Yd Run (Jayden Maiava Pass to Kayden Dixon-Wyatt for Two-Point Conversion)35–21

Q3 8:53

TD Clay Thevenin 17 Yd Run (Dane Pizzaro Kick)27–21

Q3 10:32

TD Prophet Brown 99 Yd Interception Return (Caden Chittenden Kick)27–14

Q2 0:10

FG Caden Chittenden 32 Yd Field Goal 20–14

Q2 1:25

TD Elias Coke 16 Yd pass from Dylan Lonergan (Dane Pizzaro Kick)17–14

Q2 11:59

TD Corey Simms 52 Yd pass from Jayden Maiava (Caden Chittenden Kick)17–7

Q1 0:04

TD KJ Duff 11 Yd pass from Dylan Lonergan (Dane Pizzaro Kick)10–7

Q1 8:08

TD King Miller 11 Yd Run (Caden Chittenden Kick)10–0

Q1 9:30

FG Caden Chittenden 35 Yd Field Goal 3–0

Team Stats

USC TrojansRutgers Scarlet Knights

Offense

461 Total Yards 460

277 Passing Yards 292

184 Rushing Yards 168

24 First Downs 27

Efficiency

5-10 3rd Down 6-11

1-2 4th Down 3-4

20/32 Completions 19/37

Turnovers & Clock

0 Turnovers 2

8-71 Penalties 5-39

26:45 Possession 33:15

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Jayden Maiava	20/32	277	8.7	2	0	67.4
Team	20/32	277	8.7	2	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
King Miller	16	102	6.4	1	20
Riley Wormley	3	52	17.3	1	27
Waymond Jordan	8	26	3.3	0	7
Jayden Maiava	3	9	3.0	0	12
Team	1	-5	-5.0	0	-5
Team	31	184	5.9	2	27

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Kayden Dixon-Wyatt	5	77	15.4	0	32
Corey Simms	4	72	18.0	1	52
Tanook Hines	3	33	11.0	0	15
Mark Bowman	3	32	10.7	0	17
Zacharyus Williams	1	27	27.0	0	27
Waymond Jordan	1	20	20.0	0	20
Tron Baker	1	12	12.0	0	12
Riley Wormley	1	2	2.0	1	2
Ethan Feaster	1	2	2.0	0	2
Team	20	277	13.9	2	52

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Jayden Maiava	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR	TD
Christian Pierce	11	6	0	0	2	0	0
Deven Bryant	8	4	0	0	0	0	0
Desman Stephens II	7	4	0.5	0.5	1	0	0
Kameryn Crawford	6	1	0.5	0.5	0	0	0
Kennedy Urlacher	4	3	0	0	1	0	0
Prophet Brown	4	2	0	0	0	0	1
Luke Wafle	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
Floyd Boucard	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Alex VanSumeren	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
Chasen Johnson	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Graham	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jontez Williams	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ethan Feaster	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Braylan Shelby	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jide Abasiri	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	58	28	1	1	4	2	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Prophet Brown	1	99	1
Christian Pierce	1	16	0
Team	2	115	1

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Caden Chittenden	2/2	100.0	35	4/4	10
Team	2/2	100.0	35	4/4	10

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Lachlan Carrigan	1	56	56.0	0	1	56
Team	1	56	56.0	0	1	56

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Dylan Lonergan	18/36	252	7.0	3	2	49.8
Jakob Anderson	1/1	40	40.0	0	0	--
Team	19/37	292	7.9	3	2	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Antwan Raymond	21	122	5.8	1	49
Dylan Lonergan	6	27	4.5	0	11
Clay Thevenin	4	24	6.0	1	17
Team	1	-5	-5.0	0	-5
Team	32	168	5.3	2	49

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
KJ Duff	7	86	12.3	1	20
Ben Black III	2	43	21.5	0	31
Jesse Ofurie	1	40	40.0	0	40
Antwan Raymond	3	39	13.0	0	22
Vernon Allen III	1	28	28.0	1	28
Jourdin Houston	2	27	13.5	0	14
Elias Coke	1	16	16.0	1	16
Clay Thevenin	1	7	7.0	0	7
Logan Blake	1	6	6.0	0	6
Team	19	292	15.4	3	40

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Kaj Sanders	9	2	0	0	1	0
DK Gilley	8	0	0	0	0	0
Kevyn Humes	7	4	0	0	0	0
Chris Joines	6	1	0	0	0	0
Bradlee Jones	5	2	0	0	0	0
Moses Walker	5	1	0	0	0	0
Abram Wright	5	1	0	0	0	0
Ty Morris	4	2	0	0	1	0
Devonte Anderson	4	2	0	0	0	0
Jesse Ofurie	3	2	0	0	0	0
Rondo Porter	3	0	0	0	0	0
Zaire Angoy	2	1	1	1	0	0
Terrence Salami	1	1	0	0	0	0
Keshon Griffin	1	0	0	0	0	0
J'Dan Burnett	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Allison	1	0	0	0	0	0
Malachi Davis	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team	65	19	1	1	2	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Ja'shon Benjamin	1	17	17.0	17	0
Team	1	17	17.0	17	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Dane Pizzaro	0/0	0.0	0	5/5	5
Team	0/0	0.0	0	5/5	5

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Jakob Anderson	1	70	70.0	1	0	70
Team	1	70	70.0	1	0	70

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