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FINAL Saturday, October 18, 2025

USC TrojansUSC vs Notre Dame Fighting IrishNotre Dame

24 - 34
Notre Dame Stadium

Scoring by quarter

USC vs Notre Dame scoreboard
Team Q1Q2Q3Q4 Final
USC 103110 24
Notre Dame 77137 34
USC vs Notre Dame scoring by quarter
USC Qtr Notre Dame
10Q17
3Q27
11Q313
0Q47
24Final34

Play by play

Scoring plays: this game · Saved from the official gamebook.

Q1 11:09 Touchdown USC Lake McRee Jayden Maiava pass complete to Lake McRee for 10 yds for a TD (Ryon Sayeri KICK) 7-0
Q1 10:11 Touchdown Notre Dame Jeremiyah Love run for 12 yds for a TD (Noah Burnette KICK) 7-7
Q1 8:04 Field goal USC Ryon Sayeri Ryon Sayeri 42 yd FG GOOD 10-7
Q2 14:36 Touchdown Notre Dame Jadarian Price run for 16 yds for a TD (Noah Burnette KICK) 10-14
Q2 1:42 Field goal USC Ryon Sayeri Ryon Sayeri 24 yd FG GOOD 13-14
Q3 8:04 Touchdown Notre Dame CJ Carr pass complete to Will Pauling for 6 yds for a TD (Noah Burnette KICK) 13-21
Q3 6:19 Field goal USC Ryon Sayeri Ryon Sayeri 43 yd FG GOOD 16-21
Q3 4:32 Touchdown USC Ja'Kobi Lane Jayden Maiava pass complete to Ja'Kobi Lane for 59 yds for a TD (Ja'Kobi Lane pass to for Two-Point Conversion) 24-21
Q3 4:17 Touchdown USC R. Sayeri kick for 65 yds,J. Price return for 100 yds for a TD (N. Burnette PAT MISSED) 24-27
Q4 7:16 Touchdown Notre Dame CJ Carr run for 1 yd for a TD (Noah Burnette KICK) 24-34

Rivalry highlights

Series record
38-53
USC first, 96 meetings since 1926
Series leader
Notre Dame
Notre Dame lead 38-53 in 96 meetings since 1926
Widest recent margin
28 points
USC 20-48 Notre Dame, 2023
Tightest recent margin
3 points
USC 27-30 Notre Dame, 2019
Highest recent total
84 points
Notre Dame 49-35 USC, 2024

Head to head

Full rivalry page
USC 38 96 meetings since 1926 53 Notre Dame

Notre Dame lead 38-53 in 96 meetings since 1926 Series leader: Notre Dame.

Team stats, this game

USCNotre Dame
396Total yards442
328Passing yards136
68Rushing yards306
3Turnovers1
1Sacks2
23First downs23
5Penalty yards96

USC vs Notre Dame player stats

Passing

USCpassing
USCC/ATTYDSTDINT
Jayden Maiava22/4232822
Notre Damepassing
Notre DameC/ATTYDSTDINT
C.J. Carr16/2613611

Rushing

USCrushing
USCCARYDSTDLONG
King Miller1870015
Bryan Jackson62208
Husan Longstreet1000
Harry Dalton III1-200
Jayden Maiava2-900
Makai Lemon1-1300
Notre Damerushing
Notre DameCARYDSTDLONG
Jeremiyah Love24228163
Jadarian Price1387132
C.J. Carr5-714

Receiving

USCreceiving
USCRECYDSTDLONG
Ja'Kobi Lane6111159
Makai Lemon476042
Tanook Hines567024
Walker Lyons125025
Lake McRee218110
Bryan Jackson117017
King Miller214010
Jaden Richardson1000
Notre Damereceiving
Notre DameRECYDSTDLONG
Jordan Faison660015
Jeremiyah Love537012
Will Pauling216110
Malachi Fields1909
Jadarian Price1909
Eli Raridon1505

Defense

USCdefense
USCTOTSOLOSACKTFLINT
Desman Stephens II106000
Bishop Fitzgerald104000
Christian Pierce83000
Eric Gentry74000
Kamari Ramsey74000
DeCarlos Nicholson63000
Anthony Lucas52000
Marcelles Williams52000
Braylan Shelby32001
Jadyn Walker31010
Keeshawn Silver21010
Kameryn Fountain22110
Notre Damedefense
Notre DameTOTSOLOSACKTFLINT
Adon Shuler104010
Tae Johnson85000
Jaylen Sneed62010
Christian Gray65011
Drayk Bowen50000
Jason Onye42000
Jared Dawson31010
Boubacar Traore32110
Leonard Moore32000
Dallas Golden32000
Donovan Hinish22000
Jaiden Ausberry21000

Kicking

USCkicking
USCFGLONGXPPTS
Ryon Sayeri3/3431/110
Notre Damekicking
Notre DameFGLONGXPPTS
Noah Burnette0/104/54

Box score from CollegeFootballData via our data hub. Players link to their profiles.

USC: last 15 games before this one

9-6 in the last 15 · 35.2 scored · 24.9 allowed
LOST 17-24 scored 17 · allowed 24 See game LOST 30-33 scored 30 · allowed 33 See game LOST 28-29 scored 28 · allowed 29 See game WON 42-20 scored 42 · allowed 20 See game LOST 21-26 scored 21 · allowed 26 See game WON 28-20 scored 28 · allowed 20 See game WON 19-13 scored 19 · allowed 13 See game LOST 35-49 scored 35 · allowed 49 See game WON 35-31 scored 35 · allowed 31 See game WON 73-13 scored 73 · allowed 13 See game WON 59-20 scored 59 · allowed 20 See game WON 33-17 scored 33 · allowed 17 See game WON 45-31 scored 45 · allowed 31 See game LOST 32-34 scored 32 · allowed 34 See game WON 31-13 scored 31 · allowed 13 See game

Notre Dame: last 15 games before this one

12-3 in the last 15 · 38.4 scored · 19.3 allowed
WON 51-14 scored 51 · allowed 14 See game WON 52-3 scored 52 · allowed 3 See game WON 35-14 scored 35 · allowed 14 See game WON 49-14 scored 49 · allowed 14 See game WON 49-35 scored 49 · allowed 35 See game WON 27-17 scored 27 · allowed 17 See game WON 23-10 scored 23 · allowed 10 See game WON 27-24 scored 27 · allowed 24 See game LOST 23-34 scored 23 · allowed 34 See game LOST 24-27 scored 24 · allowed 27 See game LOST 40-41 scored 40 · allowed 41 See game WON 56-30 scored 56 · allowed 30 See game WON 56-13 scored 56 · allowed 13 See game WON 28-7 scored 28 · allowed 7 See game WON 36-7 scored 36 · allowed 7 See game

The matchup

Team comparison
USC Split Notre Dame
5-12025 record entering4-2
273Points for240
128Points against125
W1FormW4

Recent meetings

2025
USC 24 : 34 Notre Dame
2024
Notre Dame 49 : 35 USC
2023
USC 20 : 48 Notre Dame
2022
Notre Dame 27 : 38 USC
2021
USC 16 : 31 Notre Dame
2019
USC 27 : 30 Notre Dame
USC · QB Jayden Maiava
Pass yards
1744
Pass TD
15
Comp-Att
131-191
INT
3
Miller rush
493 yds
Dixon-Wyatt rec
372 yds
Notre Dame · QB C.J. Carr
Pass yards
1197
Pass TD
13
Comp-Att
88-124
INT
1
Williams rush
266 yds
Faison rec
371 yds
USC TrojansUSC2025 roster
7 Sam Huard QB 8 Husan Longstreet QB 12 Gage Roy QB 14 Jayden Maiava QB 26 Dylan Gebbia QB 1 Eli Sanders RB 2 Waymond Jordan RB 8 King Miller RB 21 Bryan Jackson II RB 25 Harry Dalton III RB 27 Riley Wormley RB 41 Cian McKelvey RB 0 Zacharyus Williams WR 4 DJ Jordan WR 6 Makai Lemon WR 8 Ja'Kobi Lane WR 9 Jay Fair WR 10 Corey Simms WR 15 Jaden Richardson WR 16 Tanook Hines WR 17 Prince Strachan WR 18 Romero Ison WR 19 DJ Jordan WR 31 Seth Zamora WR 44 Josiah Zamora WR 46 Corey Nerhus WR 81 Cameron Sermons WR 82 Collin Fasse WR 83 Donovan Wood WR 86 Asante Das WR 90 Brady Jung WR 4 Joey Olsen TE 7 Walker Lyons TE 23 Walter Matthews TE 24 Carson Tabaracci TE 49 Fisher Melton TE 87 Lake McRee TE 88 Taniela Tupou TE 50 J'Onre Reed OL 52 Willi Wascher OL 56 DJ Wingfield OL 59 Micah Banuelos OL 60 Kaylon Miller OL 61 Jack Susnjar OL 62 Travis Leonard OL 63 Cash Jacobsen OL 65 Erwin Taomi OL 67 Kilian O'Connor OL 68 Hayden Treter OL 70 Aaron Dunn OL 72 Elijah Paige OL 73 Tobias Raymond OL 73 Makai Saina OL 74 Justin Tauanuu OL 75 Ratumana Bulabalavu OL 76 Alex Payne OL 77 Alani Noa OL 79 Elijah Vaikona OL 1 Devan Thompkins DL 91 Carlon Jones DL 1 Kameryn Crawford DE 6 Anthony Lucas DE 10 Braylan Shelby DE 39 Garrett Pomerantz DE 40 Gus Cordova DE 95 Jadyn Ramos DE 4 Jahkeem Stewart DT 9 Keeshawn Silver DT 58 Kash Amos DT 88 Floyd Boucard DT 89 Brendan Cho DT 94 Kobe Pepe DT 97 Jide Abasiri DT 99 Jamaal Jarrett DT 2 Anthony Beavers LB 8 Desman Stephens II LB 9 AJ Tuitele LB 14 Ta'Mere Robinson LB 15 Garrison Madden LB 15 Jadyn Walker LB 18 Eric Gentry LB 26 Elijah Newby LB 51 Ryan Quintanar LB 57 Roman Marchetti LB 23 Steve Miller DB 24 Braylon Conley DB 2 DJ Harvey CB 7 Alex Graham CB 16 Prophet Brown CB 17 DeCarlos Nicholson CB 21 RJ Sermons CB 25 Marcelles Williams CB 27 Chasen Johnson CB 37 Trestin Castro CB 40 Shawn Sehra CB 4 Matai Tagoa'i S 6 Christian Pierce S 7 Kamari Ramsey S 9 Kennedy Urlacher S 11 James Johnson S 19 Bishop Fitzgerald S 20 Kevin Longstreet S 23 Kendarius Reddick S 30 Marquis Gallegos S 38 Isaiah Rubin S 45 Brandon Shepherd S 45 Caden Chittenden PK 36 Rey Sanchez P 48 Ryon Sayeri P 80 Sam Johnson P 93 William Weisberg P 31 Hank Pepper LS 47 Devin McDonough LS 53 Luke Brown LS
Notre Dame Fighting IrishNotre Dame2025 roster
Next up
USC Trojans USCvsNebraska Week 10 · 2025-11-01 NorthwesternvsUSC Week 11 · 2025-11-08 IowavsUSC Week 12 · 2025-11-15
Next up
Notre Dame Fighting Irish StanfordvsNotre Dame Week 6 · 2026-10-10 Notre DamevsBYU Week 7 · 2026-10-17 Notre DamevsNavy Week 9 · 2026-10-31

Matchup stats

Matchup predictor

22% USC
78% ND

Win probability from the current point spread

Last five games

USC

DateOppResult
10-03 vsWASH W 25-21
09-26 vsORE L 27-41
09-19 atRUTG W 42-35
09-12 vsUL W 49-30
09-04 vsFRES W 39-0

Notre Dame

DateOppResult
10-03 atUNC W 37-26
09-26 atPUR W 49-10
09-19 vsMSU W 27-10
09-12 vsRICE W 52-0
09-06 vsWIS W 41-13

Completed results from CollegeFootballData via the CFB Data Hub

2026 standings

Big Ten

TeamWLTPCTPFPA
Indiana 500 1.00022154
Nebraska 500 1.00021871
UCLA 400 1.00017975
USC 510 .833224153
Ohio State 410 .80021163
Iowa 410 .80014563
Wisconsin 410 .80015883
Minnesota 410 .80016090
Oregon 310 .75019093
Northwestern 310 .75013267
Penn State 320 .60016080
Washington 320 .60013392
Michigan 320 .60011579
Illinois 230 .400153130
Maryland 230 .400152151
Purdue 230 .400152175
Michigan State 230 .40091116
Rutgers 140 .200150161

FBS Independents

TeamWLTPCTPFPA
Lake Forest 400 1.00025647
Notre Dame 500 1.00020659
Merchant Marine 300 1.00014847
Wabash 400 1.00012834
Franklin & Marshall 300 1.00010732
Trinity (CT) 200 1.0007714
Wesleyan (CT) 200 1.0007720
Dayton 300 1.0009041
Hardin Simmons 200 1.0007244
Amherst 200 1.0006235
Williams 200 1.0003614
Montana 410 .800187119
Colgate 410 .80011765
Richmond 410 .800100138
Newberry 310 .75010560
MIT 210 .66711826
Millsaps 210 .66712056
Washington & Jefferson 210 .6678833
Dickinson 210 .6678163
Hampden Sydney 210 .6679489
Coast Guard 220 .500150142
Tufts 110 .5004970
UConn 230 .400180131
Villanova 230 .400103154
West Virginia Wesleyan 230 .40094157
William & Mary 230 .400111205
Centre 120 .3335933
Simpson (IA) 120 .3339494
Erskine 120 .3337578
Coe 120 .3336273
Carnegie Mellon 120 .3335568
Sewanee 120 .3337596
Maryville (TN) 130 .25092128
Beloit 130 .2502178
Lafayette 130 .25084143
Duquesne 130 .25073152
Cornell (IA) 130 .25037117
Tennessee State 130 .25059145
Knox 130 .25035146
Fordham 140 .20089165
Bucknell 140 .20051134
Holy Cross 140 .20093183
Maine 140 .20071161
Florida A&M 140 .20087184
Alameda Coast Guard 000 .00000
Amarillo Field 000 .00000
Birmingham-Southern 000 .00000
Boston University 000 .00000
Camp Grant 000 .00000
Carlisle 000 .00000
Colorado College 000 .00000
Cumberland (TN) 000 .00000
Del Monte Pre-Flight 000 .00000
Detroit Mercy 000 .00000
Drury 000 .00000
Fort Benning 000 .00000
Fort Riley 000 .00000
Fort Warren 000 .00000
Georgia Pre-Flight 000 .00000
Gonzaga 000 .00000
Great Lakes Navy 000 .00000
Haskell 000 .00000
Iowa Pre-Flight 000 .00000
Jacksonville Naval Air Station 000 .00000
Lombard 000 .00000
Loyola (LA) 000 .00000
Loyola Marymount 000 .00000
Lubbock Field 000 .00000
Manhattan 000 .00000
March Field 000 .00000
Mare Island Marines 000 .00000
Marquette 000 .00000
Mississippi College 000 .00000
Nashville 000 .00000
New York University 000 .00000
Norman Naval Air Station 000 .00000
North Carolina Pre-Flight 000 .00000
Oglethorpe 000 .00000
Phillips 000 .00000
Portland 000 .00000
Quantico Marines 000 .00000
Randolph Field 000 .00000
Regis (CO) 000 .00000
Saint Mary's (CA) 000 .00000
Saint Mary's (CA) Pre-Flight 000 .00000
San Francisco 000 .00000
Santa Clara 000 .00000
Second Air Force 000 .00000
Spring Hill 000 .00000
Swarthmore 000 .00000
Tampa 000 .00000
Tennessee Medical College 000 .00000
Union (NY) 000 .00000
Vermont 000 .00000
Whitman 000 .00000
Wichita State 000 .00000
Xavier 000 .00000
Southwestern U 030 .0006486
Bowdoin 020 .000733
Hamilton 020 .0004980
Colby 020 .0002153
Georgetown 030 .0005289
Bates 020 .0001467
Lawrence 030 .00028110
Centenary (LA) 030 .00021117
Rhodes 030 .00020134

Records computed from completed games this season

USC vs Notre Dame: result and recap

USC Trojans vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish finished 24 - 34 on October 18, 2025. This Big Ten game page carries the final score, team box score, scoring by quarter and scoring plays, alongside the USC and Notre Dame team hubs, the match center, the schedule and the live standings. For the wider grudge history between these teams, see the Big Ten rivalry pages.

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Frequently asked questions

What was the final score of USC vs Notre Dame?

USC Trojans vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish finished 24 - 34. The full box score, player stats and play-by-play are on this page.

Who led USC vs Notre Dame in passing, rushing and receiving?

Jayden Maiava (USC) led passers with 328 yards. Jeremiyah Love (Notre Dame) led rushers with 228 yards. Ja'Kobi Lane (USC) led receivers with 111 yards on 6 catches. Every player's line is in the player stats above.

When did USC play Notre Dame?

This USC vs Notre Dame game was played on October 18, 2025 at Notre Dame Stadium.