Troy fecta: USC will win its third straight national championship with a glut of talent that's downright offensive

The stats

INDIVIDUAL

Passing      Att.    Comp.    Yards    TDs    Long    Int.

Young         285      182    2,769     26      75      10
Nordgren       11        6       47      0      22       1

Rushing      Att.    Yards     Avg.    TDs    Long

V.Young       136      850      6.2      9      80
Charles       114      844      7.4     11      80
Taylor         72      501      7.0     11      57
Melton         87      432      5.0     10      27
S.Young        89      416      4.7      7      28

Receiving     No.    Yards     Avg.    TDs    Long

Thomas         40      525     13.2      5      32
Pittman        30      697     23.2      5      75
Sweed          28      480     17.1      5      45
Taylor         25      268     10.7      3      42

TEAM
                                   Texas     Opponents

First downs                          291           194
Rushing yards                      3,285         1,493
Rushing yards per game             273.8         124.4
Rushing TDs                           50            11
Passing yards                       2816          1871
Att.-comp.-int                296-188-11    395-194-10
Passing yards per gam              234.7         155.9
Passing TDs                           26             9
Total offense                      6,101         3,364
Total offense per game             508.4         280.3
FG att.-made                       15-12         19-13
Punts-avg.                       36-38.2       87-39.1
Fumbles-lost                        31-8         26-15
Penaties-yards                    95-818       101-815
Sacks by-yards                    31-253        14-102
Third-down conversion pct.          .512          .285
Points per game                     50.9          14.6

Score by quarters      1      2      3     4    Total

Texas                160    202    151    98      611
Opponents             59     45     44    27      175

The season

vs. Louisiana-Lafayette    W     60-3
at Ohio State              W    25-22
vs. Rice                   W    51-10
at Missouri                W    51-20
vs. Oklahoma *             W    45-12
vs. Colorado               W    42-17
vs. Texas Tech             W    52-17
at Oklahoma State          W    47-28
at Baylor                  W     62-0
vs. Kansas                 W    66-14
at Texas A&M               W    40-29
vs. Colorado **            W     70-3

* In Dallas

** Big 12 Championship, Houston

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