Iowa vs USC, ORANGE BOWL · 2002

1711–2VSFINAL3811–2
Fri, Jan 3, 2003

HOW IT WENT

ORANGE BOWL · 2002
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187 plays
Q4USC1 play · 1 yds · 0:00 · Rush17–38
  1. 0:002nd & 9 at IOWA 0End of the 4th quarter.
  2. 0:341st & 10 at IOWA 0Hershel Dennis (USC) rushed up the middle for 1 yard.
Q4USC0 plays · 0 yds · 0:00 · Kickoff17–38
  1. 0:34Hawkeyes kickoff, no return by Trojans.
Q4Iowa8 plays · 80 yds · 0:57 · Passing TD16–38
  1. 0:501st & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass left side complete to Maurice Brown (IOWA) for a 18 yard touchdown.
  2. 1:003rd & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass across the middle complete to Dallas Clark (IOWA) for 33 yards.
  3. 1:003rd & 5 at USC 05 yard penalty on Hawkeyes.
  4. 1:002nd & 5 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass incomplete across the middle.
  5. 1:101st & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass right side complete to C.J. Jones (IOWA) for 5 yards.
  6. 1:201st & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass across the middle complete to Dallas Clark (IOWA) for 15 yards.
  7. 1:303rd & 3 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass left side complete to Maurice Brown (IOWA) for 7 yards.
  8. 2:002nd & 11 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass across the middle complete to Maurice Brown (IOWA) for 8 yards.
  9. 2:271st & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) rushed up the middle for -1 yards.
Q4Iowa0 plays · 0 yds · 0:00 · Kickoff10–38
  1. 2:36Kickoff returned by C.J. Jones (IOWA) for 23 yards.
Q4USC13 plays · 71 yds · 6:58 · Rushing TD10–37
  1. 2:403rd & 3 at IOWA 0Sunny Byrd (USC) rushed up the middle for a 6 yard touchdown.
  2. 3:302nd & 5 at IOWA 0Sunny Byrd (USC) rushed up the middle for 2 yards.
  3. 4:081st & 10 at IOWA 0Sunny Byrd (USC) rushed up the middle for 5 yards.
  4. 4:413rd & 1 at IOWA 0Sunny Byrd (USC) rushed up the middle for 2 yards.
  5. 5:242nd & 4 at IOWA 0Sunny Byrd (USC) rushed up the middle for 3 yards.
  6. 5:242nd & 4 at IOWA 0Television timeout; 05:24 remaining 4th quarter
  7. 6:001st & 10 at IOWA 0Hershel Dennis (USC) rushed up the middle for 6 yards.
  8. 6:202nd & 6 at IOWA 0Sultan McCullough (USC) rushed left side for 10 yards.
  9. 6:551st & 10 at IOWA 0Malaefou MacKenzie (USC) rushed up the middle for 4 yards.
  10. 7:323rd & 1 at IOWA 0Malaefou MacKenzie (USC) rushed up the middle for 3 yards.
  11. 8:002nd & 10 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass left side complete to Keary Colbert (USC) for 9 yards.
  12. 8:491st & 10 at IOWA 0Sultan McCullough (USC) rushed up the middle for no gain.
  13. 8:492nd & 4 at IOWA 0Justin Fargas (USC) rushed up the middle for 5 yards.
  14. 9:381st & 10 at IOWA 0Justin Fargas (USC) rushed right side for 6 yards.
Q4Iowa3 plays · 0 yds · 0:15 · Punt10–31
  1. 9:444th & 10 at USC 0Punt by David Bradley (IOWA) returned 2 yards by Greig Carlson (USC) to the Trojans 29.
  2. 9:443rd & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass incomplete to the right side.
  3. 9:592nd & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass incomplete to the left side.
  4. 9:591st & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass incomplete to the left side.
Q4USC5 plays · 36 yds · 2:16 · Poss. on downs10–31
  1. 9:594th & 5 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass incomplete to the right side.; turnover on downs.
  2. 10:393rd & 9 at IOWA 0Malaefou MacKenzie (USC) rushed up the middle for 4 yards.
  3. 10:393rd & 9 at IOWA 0Television timeout; 10:39 remaining 4th quarter
  4. 11:192nd & 14 at IOWA 0Malaefou MacKenzie (USC) rushed up the middle for 5 yards.
  5. 12:211st & 15 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass right side complete to Keary Colbert (USC) for 1 yard.
  6. 12:211st & 10 at IOWA 05 yard penalty on Trojans.
  7. 12:551st & 10 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass left side complete to Mike Williams (USC) for 31 yards.
Q4Iowa7 plays · 18 yds · 0:33 · Interception10–31
  1. 13:021st & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass left side intercepted by Jason Leach (USC). Returned for 15 yards.
  2. 13:213rd & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass left side complete to Dallas Clark (IOWA) for 27 yards.
  3. 13:312nd & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass incomplete to the left side.
  4. 14:031st & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass incomplete across the middle.
  5. 14:033rd & 3 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass left side complete to Ed Hinkel (IOWA) for 11 yards.
  6. 14:152nd & 3 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass incomplete to the left side.
  7. 14:151st & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass right side complete to Maurice Brown (IOWA) for 7 yards.
Q4Iowa0 plays · 0 yds · 0:00 · Kickoff10–31
  1. 14:25Kickoff returned by C.J. Jones (IOWA) for 30 yards.
Q3USC9 plays · 86 yds · 12:17 · Rushing TD10–30
  1. 14:251st & 5 at IOWA 0Sultan McCullough (USC) rushed right side for a 5 yard touchdown.
  2. 15:003rd & 5 at IOWA 0Sultan McCullough (USC) rushed right side for 31 yards.
  3. 0:003rd & 5 at IOWA 0End of the 3rd quarter.
  4. 0:122nd & 10 at IOWA 0Sultan McCullough (USC) rushed up the middle for 5 yards.
  5. 0:221st & 10 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass incomplete to the right side.
  6. 1:202nd & 11 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass left side complete to Mike Williams (USC) for 13 yards.
  7. 1:201st & 10 at IOWA 0Sultan McCullough (USC) rushed right side for -1 yards.
  8. 1:202nd & 4 at IOWA 0Sultan McCullough (USC) rushed right side for 6 yards.
  9. 1:391st & 10 at IOWA 0Sultan McCullough (USC) rushed left side for 6 yards.
  10. 2:221st & 10 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass across the middle complete to Keary Colbert (USC) for 20 yards.
Q3Iowa5 plays · 17 yds · 2:28 · Punt10–24
  1. 2:224th & 10 at USC 0Punt by David Bradley (IOWA) returned 3 yards by John Walker (USC) to the Trojans 14.
  2. 2:443rd & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass incomplete across the middle.
  3. 3:362nd & 15 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) rushed up the middle for 5 yards.
  4. 3:361st & 15 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass incomplete to the right side.
  5. 3:361st & 10 at USC 05 yard penalty on Hawkeyes.
  6. 4:132nd & 7 at USC 0Fred Russell (IOWA) rushed right side for 13 yards.
  7. 4:501st & 10 at USC 0Fred Russell (IOWA) rushed right side for 3 yards.
Q3Iowa0 plays · 0 yds · 0:00 · Kickoff10–24
  1. 4:58Kickoff returned by C.J. Jones (IOWA) for 18 yards.
Q3USC7 plays · 99 yds · 2:15 · Rushing TD10–23
  1. 5:071st & 10 at IOWA 0Justin Fargas (USC) rushed right side for a 50 yard touchdown.
  2. 5:071st & 10 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) rushed right side for 12 yards.
  3. 5:262nd & 2 at IOWA 0Justin Fargas (USC) rushed right side for 3 yards.
  4. 6:151st & 10 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass left side complete to Mike Williams (USC) for 8 yards.
  5. 6:151st & 10 at IOWA 015 yard penalty on Hawkeyes.
  6. 6:153rd & 8 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) rushed right side for 9 yards.
  7. 6:382nd & 8 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass incomplete across the middle.
  8. 6:561st & 10 at IOWA 0Justin Fargas (USC) rushed up the middle for 2 yards.
  9. 7:221st & 10 at IOWA 00 yard penalty on Trojans.
Q3Iowa6 plays · 20 yds · 2:04 · Punt10–17
  1. 7:224th & 4 at USC 0Punt by David Bradley (IOWA) no return by Trojans.
  2. 7:223rd & 4 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass incomplete to the left side.
  3. 7:223rd & 4 at USC 0Television timeout; 07:22 remaining 3rd quarter
  4. 8:062nd & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) rushed right side for 6 yards.
  5. 8:161st & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass incomplete to the left side.
  6. 8:513rd & 4 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass left side complete to C.J. Jones (IOWA) for 9 yards.
  7. 9:282nd & 4 at USC 0Fred Russell (IOWA) rushed up the middle for no gain.
  8. 10:061st & 10 at USC 0Fred Russell (IOWA) rushed up the middle for 6 yards.
Q3Iowa0 plays · 0 yds · 0:00 · Kickoff10–17
  1. 10:14Kickoff returned by Jermelle Lewis (IOWA) for 19 yards.
Q3USC9 plays · 80 yds · 4:15 · Passing TD10–16
  1. 10:393rd & 3 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass across the middle complete to Mike Williams (USC) for a 18 yard touchdown.
  2. 11:012nd & 4 at IOWA 0Justin Fargas (USC) rushed up the middle for 1 yard.
  3. 11:411st & 10 at IOWA 0Justin Fargas (USC) rushed up the middle for 6 yards.
  4. 11:471st & 10 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass right side complete to Keary Colbert (USC) for 21 yards.
  5. 12:372nd & 7 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass left side complete to Alex Holmes (USC) for 14 yards.
  6. 12:372nd & 2 at IOWA 05 yard penalty on Trojans.
  7. 13:271st & 10 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass right side complete to Grant Mattos (USC) for 8 yards.
  8. 14:012nd & 14 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass left side complete to Mike Williams (USC) for 21 yards.
  9. 14:282nd & 19 at IOWA 05 yard penalty on Hawkeyes.
  10. 14:282nd & 19 at IOWA 0Justin Fargas (USC) rushed up the middle for no gain.
  11. 14:542nd & 9 at IOWA 010 yard penalty on Trojans.
  12. 14:541st & 10 at IOWA 0Justin Fargas (USC) rushed left side for 1 yard.
Q3USC0 plays · 0 yds · 0:00 · Kickoff10–10
  1. 15:00Hawkeyes kickoff, touchback by Trojans.
Q2Iowa1 play · -69 yds · 0:00 · Blocked FG10–10
  1. 0:001st & 10 at IOWA 0End of the 2nd quarter.
  2. 0:052nd & 11 at USC 0Hawkeyes 28 yard field goal attempt blocked, recovered by Darrell Rideaux (USC).
Q2Iowa6 plays · 41 yds · 0:57 · Penalty10–10
  1. 0:052nd & 6 at USC 05 yard penalty on Hawkeyes.
  2. 0:052nd & 1 at USC 05 yard penalty on Hawkeyes.
  3. 0:101st & 1 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass incomplete to the right side.
  4. 0:101st & 1 at USC 0Television timeout; 00:10 remaining 2nd quarter
  5. 0:271st & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass across the middle complete to Maurice Brown (IOWA) for 14 yards.
  6. 0:272nd & 2 at USC 015 yard penalty on Trojans.
  7. 0:271st & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) rushed left side for 8 yards.
  8. 0:373rd & 2 at USC 0Edgar Cervantes (IOWA) rushed up the middle for 6 yards.
  9. 0:522nd & 2 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass incomplete to the left side.
  10. 1:021st & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) rushed up the middle for 8 yards.
Q2Iowa0 plays · 0 yds · 0:00 · Kickoff10–10
  1. 1:121st & Goal at IOWA 0Kickoff returned by Jermelle Lewis (IOWA) for 21 yards.
Q2USC7 plays · 32 yds · 3:20 · Made FG10–7
  1. 2:063rd & 2 at IOWA 0Sultan McCullough (USC) rushed up the middle for no gain.
  2. 2:462nd & 5 at IOWA 0Justin Fargas (USC) rushed left side for 3 yards.
  3. 2:511st & 10 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass right side complete to Malaefou MacKenzie (USC) for 5 yards.
  4. 2:562nd & 1 at IOWA 0Justin Fargas (USC) rushed right side for 2 yards.
  5. 3:431st & 10 at IOWA 0Justin Fargas (USC) rushed right side for 9 yards.
  6. 4:201st & 10 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass right side complete to Keary Colbert (USC) for 13 yards.
Q2Iowa1 play · 0 yds · 0:00 · Fumble10–7
  1. 4:201st & 10 at USC 0Hawkeyes fumble by Jermelle Lewis (IOWA), recovered by Matt Grootegoed (USC), returned for no gain.
  2. 4:201st & 10 at USC 0Jermelle Lewis (IOWA) rushed up the middle for 29 yards.
Q2USC6 plays · 6 yds · 2:36 · Punt10–7
  1. 4:304th & 17 at IOWA 0Punt by Tom Malone (USC) no return by Hawkeyes.
  2. 4:304th & 17 at IOWA 0Television timeout; 04:30 remaining 2nd quarter
  3. 5:023rd & 9 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) rushed up the middle for -8 yards.
  4. 5:452nd & 10 at IOWA 0Sultan McCullough (USC) rushed right side for 1 yard.
  5. 7:001st & 10 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass right side complete to Kareem Kelly (USC) for no gain.
  6. 7:003rd & 7 at IOWA 0Sultan McCullough (USC) rushed up the middle for 10 yards.
  7. 7:462nd & 10 at IOWA 0Sultan McCullough (USC) rushed right side for 3 yards.
  8. 7:461st & 10 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass incomplete to the left side.
Q2Iowa4 plays · 23 yds · 0:59 · Punt10–7
  1. 8:074th & 11 at USC 0Punt by David Bradley (IOWA) returned 41 yards by Greig Carlson (USC) to the Hawkeyes 41.
  2. 8:073rd & 11 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass incomplete to the right side.
  3. 8:172nd & 19 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) rushed left side for 8 yards.
  4. 9:151st & 20 at USC 0Fred Russell (IOWA) rushed up the middle for 1 yard.
  5. 9:151st & 10 at USC 010 yard penalty on Hawkeyes.
  6. 9:461st & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass right side complete to Dallas Clark (IOWA) for 22 yards.
Q1USC12 plays · 52 yds · 14:07 · Missed FG10–7
  1. 10:463rd & 2 at IOWA 0Justin Fargas (USC) rushed up the middle for 1 yard.
  2. 11:242nd & 3 at IOWA 0Justin Fargas (USC) rushed up the middle for 1 yard.
  3. 11:241st & 10 at IOWA 0Justin Fargas (USC) rushed left side for 7 yards.
  4. 11:562nd & 3 at IOWA 0Justin Fargas (USC) rushed left side for 7 yards.
  5. 12:341st & 10 at IOWA 0Justin Fargas (USC) rushed left side for 7 yards.
  6. 12:341st & 10 at IOWA 0Television timeout; 12:34 remaining 2nd quarter
  7. 13:113rd & 7 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass across the middle complete to Kareem Kelly (USC) for 9 yards.
  8. 13:112nd & 7 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass incomplete to the left side.
  9. 13:521st & 10 at IOWA 0Malaefou MacKenzie (USC) rushed right side for 3 yards.
  10. 14:163rd & 3 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass left side complete to Alex Holmes (USC) for 6 yards.
  11. 15:002nd & 4 at IOWA 0Justin Fargas (USC) rushed up the middle for 1 yard.
  12. 0:002nd & 4 at IOWA 0End of the 1st quarter.
  13. 0:071st & 10 at IOWA 0Justin Fargas (USC) rushed left side for 6 yards.
  14. 0:071st & 10 at IOWA 05 yard penalty on Hawkeyes.
Q1Iowa6 plays · 14 yds · 1:43 · Punt10–7
  1. 0:074th & 10 at USC 0Punt by David Bradley (IOWA) returned -1 yards by Greig Carlson (USC) to the Trojans 29.
  2. 0:073rd & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass incomplete to the right side.
  3. 0:512nd & 10 at USC 0Edgar Cervantes (IOWA) rushed up the middle for no gain.
  4. 1:051st & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass incomplete to the left side.
  5. 1:053rd & 6 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass right side complete to Ed Hinkel (IOWA) for 10 yards.
  6. 1:432nd & 10 at USC 0Fred Russell (IOWA) rushed up the middle for 4 yards.
  7. 1:501st & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass incomplete across the middle.
Q1USC9 plays · 38 yds · 4:18 · Punt10–7
  1. 2:004th & 10 at IOWA 0Punt by Tom Malone (USC) no return by Hawkeyes.
  2. 2:113rd & 10 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass incomplete to the right side.
  3. 2:112nd & 10 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass incomplete across the middle.
  4. 2:241st & 10 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass incomplete to the left side.
  5. 2:503rd & 6 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass across the middle complete to Mike Williams (USC) for 8 yards.
  6. 3:152nd & 5 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass incomplete to the left side.
  7. 3:361st & 15 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass left side complete to Justin Fargas (USC) for 10 yards.
  8. 4:121st & 5 at IOWA 010 yard penalty on Trojans.
  9. 4:121st & 10 at IOWA 05 yard penalty on Hawkeyes.
  10. 6:003rd & 8 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass across the middle complete to Keary Colbert (USC) for 16 yards.
  11. 6:002nd & 16 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass right side complete to Alex Holmes (USC) for 8 yards.
  12. 6:001st & 10 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) rushed up the middle for -6 yards.
  13. 6:181st & 10 at IOWA 08 yard penalty on Hawkeyes.
Q1USC0 plays · 0 yds · 0:00 · Kickoff10–7
  1. 6:261st & Goal at USC 0Kickoff returned by Justin Fargas (USC) for 15 yards.
Q1Iowa13 plays · 38 yds · 5:23 · Made FG7–7
  1. 6:363rd & 18 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass incomplete across the middle.
  2. 8:232nd & 6 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) rushed up the middle for -1 yards.
  3. 8:231st & 7 at USC 0Edgar Cervantes (IOWA) rushed up the middle for 1 yard.
  4. 8:531st & 2 at USC 05 yard penalty on Hawkeyes.
  5. 8:533rd & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass across the middle complete to Ed Hinkel (IOWA) for 10 yards.
  6. 8:532nd & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass incomplete to the left side.
  7. 9:011st & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass incomplete to the right side.
  8. 9:372nd & 8 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) pass left side complete to Maurice Brown (IOWA) for 10 yards.
  9. 10:231st & 10 at USC 0Jermelle Lewis (IOWA) rushed up the middle for 2 yards.
  10. 10:502nd & 8 at USC 0Fred Russell (IOWA) rushed up the middle for 16 yards.
  11. 11:271st & 10 at USC 0Fred Russell (IOWA) rushed left side for 2 yards.
  12. 12:002nd & 10 at USC 0Brad Banks (IOWA) rushed left side for 14 yards.
  13. 12:391st & 10 at USC 0Fred Russell (IOWA) rushed left side for no gain.
Q1Iowa0 plays · 0 yds · 0:00 · Kickoff7–7
  1. 12:46Kickoff returned by Edgar Cervantes (IOWA) for 16 yards.
Q1USC4 plays · 79 yds · 1:43 · Rushing TD7–6
  1. 12:522nd & 4 at IOWA 0Justin Fargas (USC) rushed right side for a 4 yard touchdown.
  2. 13:211st & 2 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) rushed up the middle for -2 yards.
  3. 13:362nd & 9 at IOWA 07 yard penalty on Hawkeyes.
  4. 14:151st & 9 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass incomplete across the middle.
  5. 14:351st & 5 at IOWA 0Carson Palmer (USC) pass across the middle complete to Kareem Kelly (USC) for 65 yards.
  6. 14:351st & 10 at IOWA 05 yard penalty on Hawkeyes.
Q1USC0 plays · 0 yds · 0:00 · Kickoff7–0
  1. 14:43Kickoff returned by Justin Fargas (USC) for 18 yards.
Q1Iowa1 play · 100 yds · 0:00 · Kick Return TD6–0
  1. 15:00Kickoff returned by C.J. Jones (IOWA) for a 100 yard touchdown.

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