Despite every mistake by his USC teammates, Caleb Williams simply wouldn't allow his team to lose to the Cal Bears.
LOS ANGELES — Southern California's defense gave up 28 points and 290 yards in the second half. The Trojans' special teams botched an extra point and then got bamboozled on an onside kick while California transformed a near-blowout into a near-thriller.Williams passed for 360 yards, rushed for a touchdown and threw two of his four scoring passes to Michael Jackson III, leading No. 9 USC to a 41-35 victory over Cal on Saturday night.
Tahj Washington caught seven passes for 112 yards and a touchdown for the Trojans , whose defense was shredded in the second half of a third straight subpar outing. But Williams went 26 for 41 without a turnover and coolly kept the Trojans ahead in the fourth quarter of his second straight outstanding performance without his top two receivers, injured Jordan Addison and Mario Williams.
"We know we've just got to get back to work in practice," USC cornerback Mekhi Blackmon said."We'll figure it out." Jack Plummer passed for 406 yards and threw TD passes to Monroe Young, Marvin Anderson and Jeremiah Hunter for Cal, which has lost five straight and six of seven despite a stirring second-half rally.
Star freshman Ott scored on Cal's opening drive, while Dye scored a touchdown in the eighth consecutive game to put the Trojans ahead for good early in the second quarter. Ott and Dye are both products of Norco High School in Riverside County.
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