Top USC-Notre Dame Moments

Tommy Rees completed just 20-of-32 passes for 149 yards and two touchdowns, but Notre Dame still managed to beat USC for the first time since 2001 with a 20-16 victory in Los Angeles. The Trojans took the lead on a 37-yard Joe Houston field goal with 6:25 remaining, but the Irish responded with a Robert Hughes touchdown run with 2:23 to go. Perhaps most pivotal, USC wideout Ronald Johnson dropped a wide-open pass on the Trojans' final drive of the game -- one that almost surely would have resulted in a score. With the win, Brian Kelly became the first Notre Dame coach to beat USC in his first try since Lou Holtz in 1986.