Soccer | September 02, 2024
LOS ANGELES–USC quarterback Miller Moss earned Large Ten Offensive Participant of the Week honors after main the No. 23 ranked Trojans to a 27-20 victory over No. 13 LSU in entrance of a record-breaking, sold-out crowd at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday (Sept. 1).
This marks the primary official Large Ten honor for a Trojan soccer participant.
In USC’s first assembly with LSU in 40 years, Moss went 27-for-36 (.750) for 378 yards, a career-best, whereas throwing 1 TD. He’s the primary Trojan beginning quarterback to debut with back-to-back wins over ranked groups since information out there in 1971.
It was USC’s first win when it trailed coming into the fourth quarter in opposition to an AP-ranked workforce because the 2017 Rose Bowl 52-49 victory over Penn State. It is also the Trojans’ first season-opening win in opposition to an AP-ranked workforce since defeating the then-No. 6 Auburn Tigers in 2003.
USC is now 1-0 on the season and improves to 2-1 over LSU all-time.
USC now has 8 straight season opening wins, and Lincoln Riley stays undefeated in USC season openers.
Moss, with a plethora of aerial choices, unfold the ball round to 10 totally different receivers, with 6 of them recording a minimum of 45 yards or extra.
With a 1:47 left on the clock and tied at 20-20, Moss led the Trojan offense on an eight-play, 75-yard drive, culminating in a 13-yard speeding TD from RB Woody Marks with 8 seconds left to safe the victory.
Moss ranks No. 9 within the nation in passing yards per recreation (378), No. 9 in completions per recreation (27) and No. 11 in whole offense (370), which additionally leads the Large Ten Convention.
The Trojans return to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for his or her house opener on Saturday, Sept. 7 in opposition to Utah State at 8 p.m. PT.