SEATTLE -- USC quarterback Miller Moss had one final chance on 4th-and-4 with 20 seconds left to keep the Trojans in the game. With USC at Washington's 14-yard line, Huskies edge rusher Lance Holtzclaw beat right tackle Mason Murphy on the edge to force a Moss incompletion.
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Jonah Coleman rushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns to lift Washington to a 26-21 Big Ten victory Saturday over USC before 71,251 at Husky Stadium.
USC had the game in the palm of its hands. The Trojans ran eight plays in the red zone in the game's final seven minutes. Both USC drives were stalled by fourth-down stops, resulting in zero points.
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Washington improved to 5-4, 3-3 Big Ten by defeating SC for the third time. USC dropped to 4-5, 2-5, and remains winless in four road games.
The Huskies had an early control of the game with 20 first-half points. Coleman scored both of Washington’s first-half touchdowns on the ground with 19-yard and 15-yard scores. The Huskies had 221 total yards of offense in the first half.
USC flipped the script out of halftime down 20-7. In the third quarter, Moss found Makai Lemon for a 37-yard touchdown. On the ensuing drive, USC took a 21-20 lead with a Kyle Ford 9-yard touchdown reception at the 5:14 mark of the third quarter.
In the driver's seat, USC had a chance to open the game up and create a safer lead. However, Moss was intercepted by Huskies linebacker Caron Bruener with 1:31 left in the third quarter.
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Washington capitalized off USC’s mistake on a four-yard rush touchdown from Kieth Reynolds with 13:54 left in the fourth quarter.
Lincoln Riley's record in the past 16 games is 6-10. With three games left on the schedule, the USC Trojans still need two wins to become bowl-eligible.
Washington’s Will Rogers finished 25 of 39 for 262 yards with zero touchdowns or interceptions.
Trojans’ Miller Moss was 30 of 50 for 293 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions.
Next, Washington is at No. 3 Penn State. USC is on a bye week.