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FINAL Tuesday, December 30, 2025

USC TrojansUSC vs TCU Horned FrogsTCU

27 - 30
Alamodome

Scoring by quarter

USC vs TCU scoreboard
Team Q1Q2Q3Q4OT Final
USC 310833 27
TCU 0140106 30
USC vs TCU scoring by quarter
USC Qtr TCU
3Q10
10Q214
8Q30
3Q410
3OT6
27Final30

Play by play

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

Q1 7:06 Field goal USC Ryon Sayeri #48 R.Sayeri field goal attempt from 40 yards GOOD (H: #80 S.Johnson, LS: #31 H.Pepper) 3-0
Q2 13:36 Touchdown TCU Shotgun #13 J.Denman rush middle for 5 yards gain to the USC00 TOUCHDOWN. 1ST DOWN #34 K.Lemmermann kick attempt good (H: #97 E.Black, LS: #96 C.Keeler) 3-7
Q2 9:57 Touchdown USC Shotgun #30 K.Miller rush middle for 2 yards gain to the TCU00 TOUCHDOWN. #48 R.Sayeri kick attempt good (H: #80 S.Johnson, LS: #31 H.Pepper) 10-7
Q2 4:58 Touchdown TCU No Huddle-Shotgun #9 K.Seals rush left for 1 yard gain to the USC00 TOUCHDOWN. #34 K.Lemmermann kick attempt good (H: #97 E.Black, LS: #96 C.Keeler) 10-14
Q2 0:18 Field goal USC Ryon Sayeri #48 R.Sayeri field goal attempt from 28 yards GOOD (H: #80 S.Johnson, LS: #31 H.Pepper) 13-14
Q3 0:49 Touchdown USC Jaden Richardson Shotgun #14 J.Maiava pass complete deep left to #15 J.Richardson caught at TCU00, for 21 yards to the TCU00 TOUCHDOWN. 1ST DOWN #88 T.Tupou pass attempt Successful 21-14
Q4 9:37 Field goal USC Ryon Sayeri #48 R.Sayeri field goal attempt from 41 yards GOOD (H: #80 S.Johnson, LS: #31 H.Pepper) 24-14
Q4 4:24 Touchdown TCU No Huddle-Shotgun #26 J.Payne rush left for 5 yards gain to the USC00 TOUCHDOWN. #34 K.Lemmermann kick attempt good (H: #97 E.Black, LS: #96 C.Keeler) #34 K.Lemmermann kick attempt good (H: #97 E.Black, LS: #96 C.Keeler) PENALTY USC Offside declined 24-21
Q4 0:02 Field goal TCU #34 K.Lemmermann field goal attempt from 27 yards GOOD (H: #97 E.Black, LS: #96 C.Keeler) 24-24
OT 0:00 Field goal USC Ryon Sayeri Ryon Sayeri 22 Yd Field Goal 27-24
OT 0:00 Touchdown TCU Jeremy Payne 35 Yd pass from Ken Seals 27-30

Rivalry highlights

Series record
2-4
USC first, 6 meetings since 1951
Series leader
TCU
TCU lead 2-4 in 6 meetings since 1951
Widest recent margin
51 points
TCU 0-51 USC, 1977
Tightest recent margin
1 point
TCU 7-6 USC, 1960
Highest recent total
57 points
USC 27-30 TCU, 2025

Head to head

Full rivalry page
USC 2 6 meetings since 1951 4 TCU

TCU lead 2-4 in 6 meetings since 1951 Series leader: TCU.

Team stats, this game

USCTCU
392Total yards375
280Passing yards258
112Rushing yards117
2Turnovers1
3Sacks0
19First downs20
50Penalty yards81

USC vs TCU player stats

Passing

USCpassing
USCC/ATTYDSTDINT
Jayden Maiava18/3028012
TCUpassing
TCUC/ATTYDSTDINT
Ken Seals29/4025811

Rushing

USCrushing
USCCARYDSTDLONG
King Miller2599124
Riley Wormley31106
Jayden Maiava3704
James Johnson2-501
TCUrushing
TCUCARYDSTDLONG
Jeremy Payne1373122
Jon Denman631116
Major Everhart111011
Trent Battle2404
Ken Seals9-218

Receiving

USCreceiving
USCRECYDSTDLONG
Tanook Hines6163046
Jaden Richardson231121
Taniela Tupou226021
Carson Tabaracci223021
King Miller115015
James Johnson41306
Riley Wormley1909
TCUreceiving
TCURECYDSTDLONG
Eric McAlister869014
Jeremy Payne650135
Major Everhart438020
Joseph Manjack328015
Terry Shelton227022
D'Andre Rogers219013
Trent Battle115015
Chase Curtis1808
Jon Denman2403

Defense

USCdefense
USCTOTSOLOSACKTFLINT
Alex Graham86010
Kameryn Fountain7622.50
Christian Pierce6300.51
Desman Stephens II65020
Braylan Shelby41000
Ta'Mere Robinson42000
Marcelles Williams44000
DeCarlos Nicholson44000
Jadyn Walker43000
Keeshawn Silver32110
Floyd Boucard33000
D.J. Harvey22000
TCUdefense
TCUTOTSOLOSACKTFLINT
Kaleb Elarms-Orr11301.50
Paul Oyewale74000
Jamel Johnson76001
Namdi Obiazor71000
Vernon Glover65000
Devean Deal30000
Max Carroll33010
Ansel Din-Mbuh32010
Bud Clark22000
Channing Canada22001
Markis Deal2100.50
Tristan Johnson21000

Kicking

USCkicking
USCFGLONGXPPTS
Ryon Sayeri4/4411/113
TCUkicking
TCUFGLONGXPPTS
Kyle Lemmermann1/1273/36

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

USC: last 15 games before this one

11-4 in the last 15 · 35.1 scored · 24.1 allowed
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 LOST 24-34 scored 24 · allowed 34 See game WON 21-17 scored 21 · allowed 17 See game WON 38-17 scored 38 · allowed 17 See game WON 26-21 scored 26 · allowed 21 See game LOST 27-42 scored 27 · allowed 42 See game WON 29-10 scored 29 · allowed 10 See game

TCU: last 15 games before this one

11-4 in the last 15 · 31.5 scored · 23.1 allowed
WON 49-28 scored 49 · allowed 28 See game WON 20-13 scored 20 · allowed 13 See game WON 34-3 scored 34 · allowed 3 See game WON 48-14 scored 48 · allowed 14 See game WON 42-21 scored 42 · allowed 21 See game WON 35-24 scored 35 · allowed 24 See game LOST 24-27 scored 24 · allowed 27 See game WON 35-21 scored 35 · allowed 21 See game LOST 28-41 scored 28 · allowed 41 See game WON 42-36 scored 42 · allowed 36 See game WON 23-17 scored 23 · allowed 17 See game LOST 17-20 scored 17 · allowed 20 See game LOST 13-44 scored 13 · allowed 44 See game WON 17-14 scored 17 · allowed 14 See game WON 45-23 scored 45 · allowed 23 See game

The matchup

Team comparison
USC Split TCU
9-32025 record entering8-4
438Points for369
269Points against302
W1FormW2

Recent meetings

2025
USC 27 : 30 TCU
1998
USC 19 : 28 TCU
1977
TCU 0 : 51 USC
1960
TCU 7 : 6 USC
1954
TCU 20 : 7 USC
1951
TCU 26 : 28 USC
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
TCU · QB Jaden Craig
Pass yards
1400
Pass TD
8
Comp-Att
108-157
INT
4
Payne rush
432 yds
Small rec
403 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
TCU Horned FrogsTCU2025 roster
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Matchup stats

Matchup predictor

63% USC
37% TCU

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

TCUProvided by big12.co

DateOppResult
10-03 vsBYU L 10-17
09-26 atUCF L 13-21
09-19 vsARST W 31-7
09-12 vsGRAM W 63-7
08-29 vsUNC L 10-15

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

Big 12Provided by big12.co

TeamWLTPCTPFPA
Utah 400 1.00017341
Texas Tech 500 1.00017481
BYU 400 1.00014957
Houston 410 .80020599
Baylor 410 .80017471
Arizona 410 .80016283
Cincinnati 410 .800169116
Kansas State 310 .75016261
Oklahoma State 310 .75014979
UCF 320 .60016288
Iowa State 320 .600168106
West Virginia 320 .600187144
Kansas 220 .50014468
Arizona State 220 .500133127
TCU 230 .40012767
Colorado 230 .40093127

Records computed from completed games this season

USC vs TCU: result and recap

USC Trojans vs TCU Horned Frogs finished 27 - 30 on December 30, 2025. This Big Ten game page carries the final score, team box score, scoring by quarter and scoring plays, alongside the USC and TCU 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 TCU?

USC Trojans vs TCU Horned Frogs finished 27 - 30. The full box score, player stats and play-by-play are on this page.

Who led USC vs TCU in passing, rushing and receiving?

Jayden Maiava (USC) led passers with 280 yards. King Miller (USC) led rushers with 99 yards. Tanook Hines (USC) led receivers with 163 yards on 6 catches. Every player's line is in the player stats above.

When did USC play TCU?

This USC vs TCU game was played on December 30, 2025 at Alamodome.