2007 Stanford vs. Southern California football game

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Name=2007 Stanford vs. Southern California football game
Date=October 6, 2007
Year=2007
Visitor School=Stanford University
Visitor Name Short=Stanford
Visitor Nickname=Cardinal
Visitor Record=1-3
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Visitor Coaches=NR
Visitor BCS=
Visitor Coach=Jim Harbaugh
Visitor1=0
Visitor2=0
Visitor3=7
Visitor4=17
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Visitor Total=24
Home School=University of Southern California
Home Name Short=USC
Home Nickname=Trojans
Home Record=4-0
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Home Coaches=1
Home BCS=
Home Coach=Pete Carroll
Home1=3
Home2=6
Home3=7
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Home Total=23
Type=c
Stadium=Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
City=Los Angeles, California
Attendance=85,125
Anthem=Spirit of Troy
Halftime=Stanford Band, Spirit of Troy
US Network=Versus
US Announcers=Ron Thulin, Kelly Stouffer, Lewis Johnson
Odds=USC by 40
MVP=
Referee=Michael BatlanThe 2007 Stanford vs. Southern California football game was a college football game held on October 6, 2007, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. In a remarkable upset, the visiting Stanford Cardinal won 24–23. Southern California was favored by 40 points over Stanford, making the game the largest point-spread upset in college football history. [ [http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/sports/65382.php Gimino: USC dynasty far from over | www.tucsoncitizen.com ] ] Southern California entered the game with a 35-game home game winning streak which included a 24-game home game winning streak in Pac-10 play. By contrast, Stanford had compiled a Pac-10 worst 1-11 season in 2006 which included a 42-0 loss to USC. To compound their situation, Stanford's starting quarterback, T. C. Ostrander, had suffered a seizure the previous week; the backup quarterback, Tavita Pritchard had never started a game and had only ever thrown three passes.

Game summary

The weather was sunny and 74 degrees with a slight West wind. The game began at 4:09pm Pacific Daylight Time. It ended at 7:36pm.

coring

First quarter

*USC - Buehler, David 34 yd field goal USC 3-0

econd quarter

*USC - Washington, C. 1 yd run (Buehler, David kick blocked) USC 9-0

Third quarter

*Stanford - Yancy, Austin 31 yd interception return (Belch, Derek kick)USC 9-7
*USC - Davis, Fred 63 yd pass from Booty, J.D. (Buehler, David kick)USC 16-7

Fourth quarter

*Stanford - Kimble, Anthony 1 yd run (Belch, Derek kick)USC 16-14
*USC - Johnson, Ronald 47 yd pass from Booty, J.D. (Buehler, David kick) USC 23-14
*Stanford - Belch, Derek 26 yd field goal USC 23-17
*Stanford - Bradford, Mark 10 yd pass from Pritchard, T. (Belch, Derek kick) Stanford 24-23

Aftermath

The final score was announced at the Rose Bowl, where USC's two arch-rivals UCLA and Notre Dame were playing each other. Irish and Bruins fans cheered in unison and celebrated together briefly. [Chris Dufresne - You look upset, Los Angeles. Why the long fall from grace? Los Angeles Times, October 7, 2007. Quote:"With the Rose Bowl game mired in 6-6 slog, UCLA and Notre Dame fans collectively erupted with 4:46 left in the third quarter at the Rose Bowl when Stanford's epic upset at the Coliseum was announced - - Pete Carroll's first home loss since Stanford beat the Trojans in 2001"]

At the end of the regular season, "Sports Illustrated" chose the Stanford upset of USC as the second "Biggest Upset of 2007" after Division I FCS Appalachian State's upset of #5 Michigan. [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0712/cfb.upsets/content.9.html Biggest Upsets of 2007: #2 Stanford 24, No. 2 USC 23] , SI.com, December 13, 2007.]

In 1979, Stanford had pulled a similar feat, by coming back in the last 4 minutes to tie USC 21-21 on October 13. This game, one of the greatest of the 20th century [Whittingham, Richard (2001). "6", Rites of autumn: the story of college football (in English). New York: The Free Press, 148-183. ISBN 0-7432-2219-9. ] , effectively cost USC the national championship.

References

ee also

*2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season
*2007 USC Trojans football team
*2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game

External links

* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5034411612158921054&q=stanford+usc+video&total=217&start=10&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=12007 USC Trojans vs. Stanford] - Video of Stanford's final drive, the interception, and the crowd reaction.
* [http://usctrojans.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2007-2008/uscstan.html Stanford vs. USC Final Stats] . October 6, 2007 USC Trojans Athletics official site
* [http://gostanford.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/100107aab.html Stanford vs. USC pregame information] . October 1, 2007 Stanford University Athletics official site