Xavier Watts intercepted Caleb Williams two times and returned a fumble for a landing as Negative. 21 Notre Dame passed Negative. 10 Southern California its first loss in a 48-20 victory on Saturday evening.

Having misplaced two times within the 3 video games, the Combating Irish (6-2) bounced again in opposition to their longtime opponents in a fat approach. Watts had two of Notre Dame’s 3 first-half choices in opposition to Williams and next a 15-yard scoop-and-score with 3:27 left so as to add an exclamation level.

Benjamin Morrison had Notre Dame’s alternative interception of the 1/2, important to Audric Estime’s 1-yard plunge that put Notre Dame forward 24-3. A life next wiping out a 17-point insufficiency to overcome Arizona in additional time, the Trojans (6-1) had negative such comeback in them.

Williams had handiest been intercepted as soon as, however he used to be sacked 4 instances through the Combating Irish and completed with 199 yards passing and a TD.

Averaging 51.8 issues in step with sport, USC ended up with 5 handovers and used to be restricted to 92 yards dashing. The Combating Irish racked up 11 tackles for loss.

Williams pulled USC inside of 31-20 with a seven-yard TD move to Brenden Rice with 9:04 left within the fourth quarter.

Seconds next, the Notre Dame supremacy bounced again to 18 issues when Jadarian Value returned the following kickoff 99 yards for a rating.

USC misplaced for the 5th consecutive era at Notre Dame Stadium.

Reporting through The Related Press.

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