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National Championship: USC Trojans vs. Michigan Wolverines

January 22, 1928
65°
Hard Rock Stadium (Miami, FL) Attendance: 65,013 (100%)
Trojans 0 7 0 6 3 - 16
Wolverines 7 3 3 0 0 - 13

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Wolverines: 1-10-USC 15 (3:52) 13-Eric Becker pass complete to 87-Roy Sanchez for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Noah Ku. Mic 7 USC 0
(Qtr 2) Trojans: 3-4-Mic 8 (14:20) 12-Charles Hendrix ran for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Grant Bayer. Mic 7 USC 7
(Qtr 2) Wolverines: 4-2-USC 9 (5:13) 7-Noah Ku 26 yard field goal is GOOD. Mic 10 USC 7
(Qtr 3) Wolverines: 4-1-USC 32 (5:34) 7-Noah Ku 49 yard field goal is GOOD. Mic 13 USC 7
(Qtr 4) Trojans: 3-5-Mic 5 (9:16) 7-Willie Jernigan pass complete to 16-Sam Jenkins for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(OT2) Trojans: 4-1-Mic 31 (11:11) 6-Grant Bayer 48 yard field goal is GOOD. Mic 13 USC 16

Team Statistics

Wolverines Trojans
First Downs 15 26
- Rushing 4 17
- Passing 6 7
- Penalty 5 2
Total Net Yards 286 444
- Offensive Plays 60 92
- Yards Per Play 4.77 4.83
Net Rushing Yards 90 293
- Rushing Attempts 22 57
- Yards Per Rush 4.09 5.14
Net Passing Yards 196 151
- Att/Comp/Int 38 / 26 / 0 33 / 23 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 196 163
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 2 / 12
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.16 4.31
- Yards Per Completion 7.54 7.09
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 14 8 / 19
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.4 5.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 22 7 / 37
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 2 1 / 6
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 48
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 17 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 26
Time of Possession 30:30 48:21

Drive Charts

Michigan Wolverines

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:11 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
1 8:01 4:12 OWN 16 8 84 Touchdown
2 14:16 2:00 OWN 25 4 25 Fumble
2 10:52 5:42 OPP 46 9 37 Field Goal
2 3:44 1:50 OWN 28 3 4 Punt
2 0:01 0:01 OWN 14 1 3 Half
3 8:31 3:01 OWN 40 6 28 Field Goal
3 2:02 2:08 OWN 23 3 9 Punt
4 9:12 0:57 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
4 4:53 0:58 OWN 11 3 6 Punt
4 0:11 0:11 OWN 3 2 13 Half
OT 10:17 3:34 OWN 41 6 21 Missed FG
OT 4:35 2:58 OWN 7 5 51 Punt
OT 1:17 0:47 OWN 44 4 10 Punt

USC Trojans

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:49 4:48 OWN 30 9 47 Fumble
1 3:48 4:32 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
2 12:16 1:24 OWN 41 3 3 Interception
2 5:10 1:26 OWN 13 3 5 Punt
2 1:54 1:53 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
3 15:00 6:29 OWN 25 10 47 Interception
3 5:30 3:28 OWN 18 6 14 Punt
4 14:54 5:42 OWN 32 10 68 Touchdown
4 8:15 3:21 OWN 27 5 15 Punt
4 3:55 3:44 OWN 33 12 57 Interception
OT 15:00 4:43 OWN 25 7 41 Missed FG
OT 6:43 2:08 OWN 45 3 6 Punt
OT 1:37 0:20 OWN 8 3 1 Punt
OT 0:30 4:23 OWN 11 9 58 Field Goal

Rushing Stats

Michigan Wolverines

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Calvin Elder 11 43 3.91 11 2 0
Michael Molina 5 31 6.20 11 1 0
Eric Becker 1 10 10.00 10 1 0
Scott Bradley 5 6 1.20 4 0 0

USC Trojans

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Charles Hendrix 25 112 4.48 13 2 1
Hai Longo 19 99 5.21 15 3 0
Tracy Amundson 10 50 5.00 10 2 0
Willie Jernigan 2 23 11.50 15 1 0
Lyndon Prime 1 9 9.00 9 0 0

Passing Stats

Michigan Wolverines

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Eric Becker 38 26 196 0 / 0 1 28 0 89.36

USC Trojans

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Willie Jernigan 33 23 163 2 / 12 1 20 3 52.97

Receiving Stats

Michigan Wolverines

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Self 5 63 12.60 28 0
Roy Sanchez 7 38 5.43 15 1
Alexander Crist 2 36 18.00 25 0
Michael Molina 4 29 7.25 16 0
Kenneth Brannon 2 10 5.00 6 0
Scott Bradley 2 10 5.00 6 0
Andrew Singleton 1 6 6.00 6 0
Calvin Elder 3 4 1.33 2 0

USC Trojans

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Thomas Sirois 5 30 6.00 13 0
Billy Irby 2 30 15.00 20 0
Sam Jenkins 5 29 5.80 12 1
George Hernandez 2 19 9.50 12 0
Tracy Amundson 1 17 17.00 17 0
Lawrence Marchant 2 14 7.00 10 0
Lyndon Prime 2 13 6.50 8 0
Hai Longo 1 9 9.00 9 0
Steve Singleton 1 2 2.00 2 0
Charles Hendrix 2 0 0.00 0 0

Blocking Stats

Michigan Wolverines

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Nathan Williams 48 27 0 2
George Moss 2 7 0 0
Jeff Hood 0 1 0 0
Jerry Peters 2 0 0 0
Richard Noah 2 2 0 0
Fredrick Kidd 0 1 0 0
Thomas Keel 0 1 0 0
James Bolton 0 1 0 0
George Landers 0 1 0 0
Stanley Harris 0 1 0 0
Donald Beck 0 1 0 0
Jerry Hanna 1 1 0 0
Robert Camp 0 1 0 1
Corey Cornwell 0 2 0 0
Scott Bradley 4 1 0 0
Roy Sanchez 0 20 0 0
Gerald Beaupre 39 30 0 1
Matthew Jung 0 2 0 0
Todd Young 0 1 0 0
Josue Torres 11 2 0 1
Merrill Schmidt 9 0 0 0
Kenneth Brannon 21 11 0 1
William Self 0 10 0 1
Andrew Singleton 16 19 0 0
Alexander Crist 0 12 0 0
Michael Molina 6 5 0 1
David Watson 45 30 0 5
Dave Williams 45 28 0 0
Errol Madsen 46 27 0 1
Calvin Elder 11 1 0 0
Jeffrey Dixon 0 1 0 1

USC Trojans

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Charles Hendrix 6 4 1 1
George Hernandez 19 33 1 3
Patrick Roth 0 3 0 0
Douglas Turnipseed 10 0 0 0
Abel Blessing 5 0 0 0
Edward Sakamoto 6 6 0 0
Andrew Hensley 0 1 0 0
Noel Garcia 4 2 0 0
Joseph Lu 0 2 0 0
Darnell Bing 0 2 0 0
David Domingue 0 1 0 0
Calvin Parish 0 1 0 0
David Jefferies 0 2 0 0
Jimmy Janelle 1 2 0 0
James Vaughn 0 1 0 0
Carl Montano 0 1 0 0
Lawrence Marchant 0 6 0 0
Tracy Amundson 2 3 0 1
Claude Hogan 5 5 0 0
Thomas Sirois 0 20 0 1
Gerry Keller 0 2 0 2
Richard Stapleton 0 4 0 1
Mark Baskin 47 60 0 5
John Jones 37 64 0 7
Dennis Nilsen 44 58 0 4
Albert Mohr 42 58 0 1
Lyndon Prime 0 23 0 4
Joshua Yager 0 3 0 1
Joseph Robinson 37 65 0 0
Steve Singleton 15 50 0 0
Sam Jenkins 0 27 0 1
Mark White 13 23 0 1
Billy Irby 1 22 0 2
Hai Longo 5 5 0 0
Randy England 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Michigan Wolverines

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Todd Young 1 16 16.00 0
Jerry Peters 1 1 1.00 0
Jerry Hanna 1 0 0.00 0

USC Trojans

Fumble Stats

Michigan Wolverines

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Michael Molina 1 0 0 0
Donald Beck 0 1 1 0

USC Trojans

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Tracy Amundson 1 0 0 0
David Jefferies 0 1 1 0

Punting

Michigan Wolverines

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Micheal Webb 7 289 41.29 40.57 49 2

USC Trojans

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Scott Thomas 6 288 48.00 47.67 55 3

Kicking

Michigan Wolverines

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Noah Ku 2 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 1 49 1 / 1

USC Trojans

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Grant Bayer 1 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 1 48 1 / 2

Punt Return

Michigan Wolverines

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Calvin Elder 1 2 2.0 2 0

USC Trojans

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Randy England 1 6 6.0 6 0

Kick Return

Michigan Wolverines

USC Trojans

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Randy England 2 48 24.0 0

Defensive Stats

Michigan Wolverines

Name Tackles Sacks
Robert Camp 10 0
Fredrick Kidd 9 0
Matthew Jung 7 0
Leo Mitchell 6 0
Marvin Isham 6 1
Jerry Hanna 5 0
Samuel Owens 5 0
Jeffrey Dixon 5 0
Jerry Peters 4 0
Donald Beck 4 0
George Landers 3 0
James Bolton 3 0
Jeff Hood 2 0
Gary Farrar 2 0
Stanley Harris 2 0
Corey Cornwell 2 1
Todd Young 2 0
David Watson 1 0
Douglas Crouch 1 0
James Martini 1 0
Thomas Keel 1 0

USC Trojans

Name Tackles Sacks
David Domingue 6 0
Calvin Parish 6 0
Derrick White 5 0
Noel Garcia 5 0
Lawrence Glidden 3 0
Richard Izzo 3 0
James Vaughn 3 0
Carl Montano 3 0
David Jefferies 3 0
Andrew Hensley 2 0
Richard Stapleton 2 0
Lawrence Marchant 1 0
Joseph Lu 1 0
Charles Hendrix 1 0
Sam Jenkins 1 0
Michael Ingle 1 0
Patrick Roth 1 0
Darnell Bing 1 0
Joseph Robinson 1 0
Jarred Crespo 1 0