2002.E2.80.9309 .E2.80.93 USC.27s Dominance Notre Dame–USC football rivalry

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after beating irish 31 points each of past 3 years, trojans came south bend meet notre dame , first-year head coach charlie weis. irish players entered stadium before game wearing green jerseys, , put crowd frenzy. close game throughout, irish took lead 2 minutes left on brady quinn touchdown run. trojans stormed after 4th , 9 pass matt leinart dwayne jarrett brought ball inside nd 15-yard line. leinart scrambled , tried dive endzone, hit hard short of goal line, , ball knocked out of bounds 7 seconds go. however, clock continued count down, , after hit zero, irish fans began storm field. there no replay in game, @ request of coach pete carroll, after huddling, officials spotted ball on one-yard line , put 7 seconds on clock. on next play, instead of securing tie have resulted in overtime, trojan offense surprised irish running ball. trojan running reggie bush pushed matt leinart, although technically against rules @ time, referees seldom, if ever, made call. weis said hope running make play in similar situation. trojans went on face texas longhorns in bcs championship game, losing in equally thrilling fashion.


in 2010, usc sanctioned ncaa displaying lack of institutional control football, men s basketball , women s tennis programs. result, usc football victories december 2004 through 2005 season vacated, including classic game. these sanctions have been criticized ncaa football writers, including espn s ted miller, wrote, s become accepted fact among informed college football observers ncaa sanctions against usc travesty of justice, , ncaa s refusal revisit travesty massive act of cowardice on part of organization.



2007 – usc 38, notre dame 0


notre dame , usc take field in 79th edition of rivalry.


this largest margin of victory trojans have put forth on irish. first shutout against them since 1998. usc came game 5–1, while notre dame came in 1–6. notre dame head coach charlie weis announced during summer team wear throwback green jerseys matchup, signifying 30-year anniversary of irish beating trojans in green jerseys in 1977, when weis senior @ notre dame. because of john david booty s injured finger, usc back-up quarterback, mark sanchez, starter. in second game starter, sanchez managed complete 21 of 38 passes combined total of 235 yards , 4 touchdown passes. trojans 6th consecutive victory on irish well. in process, became third team accomplish feat (michigan , michigan state share record 8 straight wins in non consecutive years).








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