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2015 week 7 · Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 6:30 PM CT · Notre Dame Stadium · 📺 NBC · 80,795 att · 39.9°F, wind 4.7

Drive chart

USC Notre Dame bar spans the drive · tick marks the start
OWN G255025END ZONE
Q1
TD
8 pl · 71 yd · 3:07
7–0
TD
1 pl · 75 yd · 0:15
7–7
FG
7 pl · 29 yd · 2:52
10–7
TD
4 pl · 75 yd · 2:26
10–14
PUNT TD
3 pl · 2 yd · 1:16
10–21
ON DOWNS
9 pl · 37 yd · 5:00
10–21
FUMBLE
9 pl · 63 yd · 4:09
10–21
Q2
PUNT
3 pl · 4 yd · 1:26
10–21
FG
9 pl · 28 yd · 3:30
10–24
TD
1 pl · 75 yd · 0:18
17–24
PUNT
3 pl · 7 yd · 1:37
17–24
TD
2 pl · 84 yd · 0:47
24–24
PUNT
3 pl · -9 yd · 1:30
24–24
MISSED FG
8 pl · 40 yd · 1:32
24–24
END OF HALF
1 pl · -2 yd · 0:15
24–24
Q3
PUNT
5 pl · 10 yd · 2:45
24–24
TD
5 pl · 80 yd · 2:35
31–24
PUNT
3 pl · 8 yd · 1:43
31–24
PUNT
11 pl · 40 yd · 5:37
31–24
TD
9 pl · 90 yd · 3:00
31–31
Q4
PUNT
4 pl · 25 yd · 1:59
31–31
TD
7 pl · 91 yd · 3:15
31–38
INT
2 pl · 4 yd · 0:48
31–38
FG
5 pl · 52 yd · 2:39
31–41
INT
2 pl · 0 yd · 0:16
31–41
PUNT
3 pl · -2 yd · 1:48
31–41
END OF GAME
14 pl · 58 yd · 3:35
31–41
27 drives. Field position runs left to right for both teams: 0 is the offense's own goal line, 100 the one it is attacking.

Defense

1takeaways2
4three-and-outs forced1
6 of 13scoring drives allowed5 of 14
No individual defensive box score for this game — CollegeFootballData carries tackles from 2016 on, and nothing but interceptions before that. The team numbers above come from the play and drive rows, which reach back to 2016 and 2015 respectively.

Special teams

1 of 2field goals2 of 2
3punts5
36.7punt average38.0
0punts inside the 200
137return yards183
own 25average drive startown 29
USC
K Alex Wood 1/2 FG · long 42 · 4/4 XP
P Kris Albarado 3 punts · 36.7 avg
KR Adoree' Jackson 5 ret · 101 yds · long 33
KR JuJu Smith-Schuster 2 ret · 36 yds · long 27
Notre Dame
K Justin Yoon 2/2 FG · long 32 · 5/5 XP
P Tyler Newsome 3 punts · 36.3 avg
P DeShone Kizer 2 punts · 40.5 avg
KR C.J. Sanders 6 ret · 135 yds · long 33
PR C.J. Sanders 1 ret · 25 yds · long 25
PR Equanimeous St. Brown 1 ret · 18 yds · long 18
PR Amir Carlisle 1 ret · 5 yds · long 5 · 1 TD
K kicking, P punting, KR kick returns, PR punt returns. Average drive start counts only drives that began after a punt or a kickoff — a drive handed over by a takeaway is the defense's doing.

Series recent meetings

2025 USC 24 – 34 Notre Dame
2024 Notre Dame 49 – 35 USC
2023 USC 20 – 48 Notre Dame
2022 Notre Dame 27 – 38 USC
2021 USC 16 – 31 Notre Dame
2019 USC 27 – 30 Notre Dame
2018 Notre Dame 24 – 17 USC
2017 USC 14 – 49 Notre Dame
Last 8 meetings shown. Full all-time series sits on each team page.
No play-by-play for this game — league-wide plays start in 2016.
Data: CollegeFootballData · terminal