Northwestern at USC
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Northwestern | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | |
| USC | 7 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 38 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 7:46 | USC touchdown. Makai Lemon 7 Yd pass from Jayden Maiava (Ryon Sayeri Kick) |
| 0:45 | Northwestern touchdown. Griffin Wilde 4 Yd pass from Preston Stone (Jack Olsen Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 11:27 | USC touchdown. Jayden Maiava 6 Yd Run (Ryon Sayeri Kick) |
| 7:26 | Northwestern touchdown. Caleb Komolafe 2 Yd Run (Jack Olsen Kick) |
| 1:24 | USC touchdown. Ki. Miller run for 12 yds, for a TD (R. Sayeri KICK) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 7:56 | USC touchdown. Ja'Kobi Lane 10 Yd pass from Jayden Maiava (Ryon Sayeri Kick) |
| 0:17 | Northwestern field goal. Jack Olsen 33 Yd Field Goal |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 11:14 | USC touchdown. Makai Lemon 4 Yd Run (Ryon Sayeri Kick) |
| 4:40 | USC field goal. Ryon Sayeri 22 Yd Field Goal |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Northwestern | USC |
| Total first downs | 13 | 24 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Northwestern | USC |
| Third downs attempted | 12 | 11 |
| Third downs converted | 4 | 6 |
| Third down percentage | 33 % | 55 % |
| Fourth down | Northwestern | USC |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Northwestern | USC |
| Total yards | 280 | 482 |
| Total rushing yards | 130 | 173 |
| Total passing yards | 150 | 309 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 27:24 | 32:36 |
| Rushing | Northwestern | USC |
| Total rushing plays | 25 | 30 |
| Total rushing yards | 130 | 173 |
| Average yards per rush | 5.2 | 5.8 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 3 |
| Passing | Northwestern | USC |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 5.0 | 9.1 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties | Northwestern | USC |
| Penalties committed | 2 | 4 |
| Penalty yards | 26 | 30 |
| Turnovers | Northwestern | USC |
| Passes intercepted | 0 | 1 |
| Interception returns | 0 | 1 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 2 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Caleb Komolafe | 17 | 118 | 6.9 | 1 | 37 | ||||
| Robby Preckel | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Lawson Albright | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Preston Stone | 2 | -15 | -7.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| USC | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| King Miller | 15 | 127 | 8.5 | 1 | 55 | ||||
| Harry Dalton III | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Jayden Maiava | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Bryan Jackson | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Riley Wormley | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Makai Lemon | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Preston Stone | 30 | 20 | 67 % | 150 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| USC | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Jayden Maiava | 33 | 24 | 73 % | 299 | 9.1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Sam Huard | 1 | 1 | 100 % | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Caleb Komolafe | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Ricky Ahumaraeze | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 32 | ||||
| Drew Wagner | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Griffin Wilde | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Hayden Eligon II | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Lawson Albright | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Hunter Welcing | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| USC | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Makai Lemon | 11 | 161 | 14.6 | 1 | 52 | ||||
| Ja'Kobi Lane | 7 | 74 | 10.6 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| Lake McRee | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Tanook Hines | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Walker Lyons | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| King Miller | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Najee Story | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Robby Preckel | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| USC | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Anthony Lucas | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Najee Story | 1 | 25 | 0 | ||||||
| USC | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Mac Uihlein | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Fitzgerald | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Braydon Brus | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Garner Wallace | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Braden Turner | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fred Davis II | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carmine Bastone | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Josh Fussell | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Najee Story | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aidan Hubbard | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dillon Tatum | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ore Adeyi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nigel Glover | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Callen Campbell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Kilbane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| USC | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Kamari Ramsey | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Braylon Conley | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jide Abasiri | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marcelles Williams | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bishop Fitzgerald | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eric Gentry | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| DeCarlos Nicholson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Christian Pierce | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Desman Stephens II | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kameryn Crawford | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jahkeem Stewart | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Braylan Shelby | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Keeshawn Silver | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Anthony Lucas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jayden Maiava | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Devan Thompkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elijah Newby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carlon Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ta'Mere Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Chase Farrell | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| USC | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Ryan Quintanar | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Josiah Zamora | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| USC | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Josiah Zamora | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Northwestern | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Jack Olsen | 1/1 | 33 | 2/2 | 5 | |||||
| USC | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Ryon Sayeri | 1/1 | 22 | 5/5 | 8 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Luke Akers | 4 | 181 | 45.3 | 0 | |||||
| USC | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Sam Johnson | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 7:31 AM.