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National Championship: Kentucky Wildcats vs. USC Trojans

January 23, 1927
42°
Tiger Stadium (Baton Rouge, LA) Attendance: 102,321 (100%)
Wildcats 7 3 0 0 - 10
Trojans 7 0 7 0 - 14

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Wildcats: 1-3-USC 3 (9:20) 10-Joseph Hale pass complete to 26-William Black for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Robert Morales. USC 0 Ken 7
(Qtr 1) Trojans: 3-4-USC 44 (6:32) 10-Timothy Farley pass complete to 89-Mark White for 56 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Grant Bayer. USC 7 Ken 7
(Qtr 2) Wildcats: 4-1-USC 1 (10:54) 13-Robert Morales 18 yard field goal is GOOD. USC 7 Ken 10
(Qtr 3) Trojans: 1-5-Ken 5 (5:10) 42-Tracy Amundson ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Grant Bayer. USC 14 Ken 10

Team Statistics

Trojans Wildcats
First Downs 10 17
- Rushing 5 10
- Passing 5 7
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 243 286
- Offensive Plays 47 64
- Yards Per Play 5.17 4.47
Net Rushing Yards 120 165
- Rushing Attempts 33 34
- Yards Per Rush 3.64 4.85
Net Passing Yards 123 121
- Att/Comp/Int 14 / 12 / 0 30 / 20 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 123 121
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.79 4.03
- Yards Per Completion 10.25 6.05
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 11 10 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 4.5 5.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 2
Penalties/Yards 2 / 15 3 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 9
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 32
Time of Possession 25:49 34:12

Drive Charts

USC Trojans

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 9:16 2:54 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
2 10:52 3:02 OWN 25 5 24 Punt
2 2:20 2:20 OWN 5 4 12 Half
3 15:00 9:53 OWN 25 17 75 Touchdown
3 0:54 1:38 OWN 6 3 7 Punt
4 12:11 3:23 OWN 1 5 16 Punt
4 5:28 1:55 OWN 49 3 9 Missed FG
4 1:44 0:21 OWN 31 3 7 Punt
4 0:23 0:23 OPP 39 1 0 Game

Kentucky Wildcats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 5:44 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
1 6:22 10:31 OWN 25 17 74 Field Goal
2 7:50 5:30 OWN 20 9 34 Punt
3 5:07 4:13 OWN 25 6 23 Punt
4 14:16 2:05 OPP 48 3 3 Punt
4 8:49 3:21 OWN 43 6 16 Missed FG
4 3:33 1:49 OWN 49 7 20 Downs
4 1:23 0:59 OWN 18 5 21 Downs

Rushing Stats

USC Trojans

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Hubert Arellano 16 49 3.06 10 1 0
Rogelio Brewer 8 35 4.38 12 1 0
Thomas Lentz 5 24 4.80 10 1 0
Tracy Amundson 3 12 4.00 6 0 1
Timothy Farley 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Kentucky Wildcats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Robert Lau 13 63 4.85 13 2 0
Glenn Diaz 10 55 5.50 22 1 0
William Black 7 27 3.86 11 1 0
Joesph Alcantar 4 20 5.00 10 1 0

Passing Stats

USC Trojans

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Timothy Farley 14 12 123 0 / 0 1 56 0 127.08

Kentucky Wildcats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Joseph Hale 30 20 121 0 / 0 1 15 0 85.56

Receiving Stats

USC Trojans

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Mark White 1 56 56.00 56 1
George Hernandez 3 32 10.67 23 0
Hubert Arellano 2 15 7.50 10 0
Lawrence Marchant 5 13 2.60 5 0
Thomas Lentz 1 7 7.00 7 0

Kentucky Wildcats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joesph Alcantar 5 33 6.60 15 0
William Black 4 22 5.50 9 1
Benjamin Marino 2 16 8.00 13 0
John Mayes 2 14 7.00 13 0
Glenn Diaz 3 14 4.67 10 0
Robert Lau 1 11 11.00 11 0
Robert Quisenberry 1 6 6.00 6 0
Franklin Payne 1 5 5.00 5 0
Donald Garrett 1 0 0.00 0 0

Blocking Stats

USC Trojans

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Joseph Whobrey 17 36 0 5
Randy England 0 15 0 0
Tracy Amundson 0 1 0 0
Edward Sakamoto 4 0 0 0
Claude Hogan 4 4 0 0
Ben Cass 1 0 0 0
Abel Blessing 7 2 0 1
John Jones 2 0 0 0
Hubert Arellano 1 4 0 0
Sam Jenkins 0 13 0 0
Lawrence Marchant 0 16 0 2
Thomas Lentz 1 7 0 1
Rogelio Brewer 1 5 0 0
Billy Irby 1 15 0 0
Albert Mohr 19 29 0 1
Dennis Nilsen 19 34 0 1
George Hernandez 10 21 0 1
Mark White 7 31 0 1
Douglas Turnipseed 20 32 0 0
Jimmy Janelle 16 35 0 2
Noel Garcia 1 1 0 0

Kentucky Wildcats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Benjamin Marino 12 39 0 2
Donald Garrett 0 16 0 0
James Alanis 0 1 0 0
David Long 0 1 0 0
James Anderson 0 1 0 0
Bobby Small 2 1 0 0
Calvin Sommers 1 7 0 0
Gary Carter 4 0 0 0
Wesley Kresge 6 0 0 0
Robert Brown 3 0 0 0
John Mayes 0 15 0 1
William Black 2 4 0 0
Franklin Payne 0 5 0 0
Joel Martin 35 41 0 2
Robert Quisenberry 0 14 0 2
Robert Lau 4 2 0 0
Willie Smith 1 3 0 0
Greg Hoosier 0 6 0 1
Joesph Alcantar 7 15 0 0
James Wood 30 47 0 4
Jarrod Rico 36 41 0 1
Glenn Diaz 7 12 0 0
Justin Graf 34 36 0 3
Bruce Hudson 34 35 0 1
Larry Lopez 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

USC Trojans

Kentucky Wildcats

Fumble Stats

USC Trojans

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ernesto Andre 0 0 1 0

Kentucky Wildcats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Robert Lau 1 0 0 0
Greg Hoosier 0 1 0 0

Punting

USC Trojans

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Scott Thomas 4 178 44.50 37.50 51 1

Kentucky Wildcats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Russell Nicosia 3 132 44.00 44.00 46 3

Kicking

USC Trojans

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Grant Bayer 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 - 2 / 2

Kentucky Wildcats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Morales 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 18 1 / 1

Punt Return

USC Trojans

Kentucky Wildcats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Glenn Diaz 1 9 9.0 9 0

Kick Return

USC Trojans

Kentucky Wildcats

Defensive Stats