USC loss to Oregon one for the (record) books

Oct. 31, 2009 10:07 PM PT

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How bad was USC’s 47-20 loss to Oregon?

Making-history kind of bad.

Consider these numbers:

47 points allowed -- most since UCLA scored 48 in double overtime in 1996.

27-point defeat -- the worst since a 27-0 loss to Washington in 1997.

613 yards allowed -- the second most allowed in program history, behind only the 623 given up against Notre Dame in 1946.

391 yards rushing against -- the most since Texas A&M gained 486 in the 1977 Bluebonnet Bowl.

Two 100-yard rushers (Jeremiah Masoli and LaMichael James) against -- the first time since Josh Scobee and Ell Roberson reached triple digits for Kansas State in 2001.

--Mike Hiserman and Gary Klein

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Mike Hiserman

Mike Hiserman is former Sports editor of the Los Angeles Times. He wrote for the Long Beach Press Telegram and Orange County Register before joining The Times in 1982 and won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for investigative reporting on betting scams. Hiserman has been Sports editor of The Times’ San Fernando Valley and Orange County editions. He retired in November 2020.

Gary Klein

Gary Klein covers the Los Angeles Rams for the Los Angeles Times. Before that, he covered USC’s football program and athletic department. He began working for The Times in the San Fernando Valley edition and has reported on high school, college and pro sports. He grew up in Southern California and graduated from Cal State Northridge.