Nebraska vs. USC: Box score, stats and summary ft. Dylan Raiola (Week 12)

In a battle of young quarterbacks in the Big Ten Conference on Saturday, the USC Trojans were able to defend home field as they secured a 28-20 win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers. The Trojans saw Jayden Maiava throw for three passing touchdowns and do just enough to secure the victory.

Dylan Raiola struggled a bit with a pair of interceptions in a losing effort as he now has seven interceptions in his previous four games.

Nebraska (5-5, 2-5 Big Ten) is looking to win another game to clinch a bowl berth this season but needs to figure out how to get Raiola back on track and adjust to the defenses thrown at him.

USC (5-5, 3-5) is also now a single victory away from making a bowl game, something the team looked like they would not be able to do earlier this season. They also looked like they were able to move on from quarterback Miller Moss very quickly.

Let’s take a deeper dive into the box scores to see how this game ended up playing.

Nebraska vs. USC box score

Team	First Quarter	Second Quarter	Third Quarter	Fourth Quarter	Final Score
Nebraska	7	7	6	0	20
USC	7	7	7	7	28

Nebraska Cornhuskers box score

Quarterback:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Passing Completions	Passing Yards	Passing TDs	Interceptions
Dylan Raiola	5	-3	0	27-38	191	1	2

Rushing & Receiving:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Receptions	Receiving Yards	Receiving TDs
Emmett Johnson	10	55	0	7	36	1
Dante Dowdell	8	52	0	2	2	0
Heinrich Haarberg	2	15	0	0	0	0
Dylan Raiola	5	-3	0	0	0	0
Jahmal Banks	0	0	0	5	55	0
Jaylen Lloyd	0	0	0	1	24	0
Janiran Bonner	0	0	0	3	21	0
Isaiah Neyor	0	0	0	13	18	0
Nate Boerkircher	0	0	0	1	9	0
Thomas Fidone II	0	0	0	2	9	0
Jacory Barney Jr	0	0	0	2	9	0
Luke Lindemeyer	0	0	0	1	8	0

Defense:

Player	Interceptions	Fumble Recoveries
Ceyair Wright	1	0
Makai Gbayor	0	1

Kicking:

Player	Extra Points Made/Attempted	Field Goals Made/Attempted	Long
John Hohl	2-2	2-2	30

USC Trojans box score

Quarterback:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Passing Completions	Passing Yards	Passing TDs	Interceptions
Jayden Maiava	5	20	0	25-35	259	3	1

Rushing & Receiving:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Receptions	Receiving Yards	Receiving TDs
Woody Marks	19	146	0	6	36	0
Jayden Maiava	5	20	1	0	0	0
Quinten Joyner	7	19	0	1	5	0
Duce Robinson	0	0	0	4	90	1
Zachariah Branch	0	0	0	6	41	1
Kyron Hudson	0	0	0	3	35	1
Kyle Ford	0	0	0	2	28	0
Makai Lemon	0	0	0	2	16	0
Lake McRee	0	0	0	1	9	0

Defense:

Player	Interceptions	Fumble Recoveries
Jaylin Smith	1	0

Kicking:

Player	Extra Points Made/Attempted	Field Goals Made/Attempted	Long
Michael Lantz	4-4	0-1	N/A

Nebraska vs. USC Game Summary

The Nebraska Cornhuskers saw Dylan Raiola struggle against a decent USC Trojans defense, throwing for only 191 yards and a pair of interceptions. The team had 5.0 yards per pass attempt but was able to run the ball 25 times for 119 yards (4.8 yards per carry). The two interceptions were the only turnovers but 310 total yards of offense was not enough to win the game.

The USC Trojans had a strong offensive showing as they finished going 6-of-13 on third down and converted their singular fourth down try. USC had 441 total yards of offense (259 passing, 182 rushing) and also committed a pair of turnovers (one interception, one lost fumble). The team was able to move the ball in chunk yardage as they averaged 5.7 yards per rushing attempt and 7.4 yards per pass. Jayden Maiava looked well in his first start.

Below is the scoring breakdown from this game:

5:04 1Q: Jayden Maiava 6 Yard Passing TD to Zachariah Branch | 7-0 USC
0:37 1Q: Ceyair Wright 45 Yard Interception Return TD | 7-7
13:05 2Q: Jayden Maiava 12 Yard Passing TD to Kyron Hudson | 14-7 USC
9:21 2Q: Dylan Raiola 29 Yard Passing TD to Emmett Johnson | 14-14
9:37 3Q: John Hohl 29 Yard Field Goal | 17-14 Nebraska
7:15 3Q: Jayden Maiava 48 Yard Passing TD to Duce Robinson | 21-17 USC
2:09 3Q: John Hohl 30 Yard Field Goal | 21-20 USC
2:45 4Q: Jayden Maiava 2 Yard Rushing TD | 28-20 USC