Texas 41 USC 38

Texas and USC clashed horns once more in the much awaited BCS National Championship Game at the Rose Bowl. All hype you say? Not! The game was heart-pounding action from start to the 41-38 finish where Texas Longhorns prevailed over the USC Trojans.

The Longhorn win broke USC’s 34-game winning streak and kept the top-ranked Trojans from a third consecutive national championship, instead earning Texas its first national title since 1970.

The game was recorded as the 2nd-highest scoring Rose Bowl game in history with a total of 79 points fro both teams. Moreover, the teams combined to set bowl records for most yards (1,130) and most first downs (60).

Texas quarterback Vince Young earned Offensive Player of the Game honors for the second straight year. Young set a Rose Bowl record with 467 yards total offense as he completed 30 of 40 passes for 267 yards and averaged 10.5 yards per carry on the ground as he rushed for an even 200 yards and three touchdowns.

USC, with two Heisman Trophy winners in its backfield, did not go down without a fight. Trojan QB Matt Leinart passed for 365 yards, the 4th-highest total in Rose Bowl history, and one touchdown. Tailback LenDale White rushed for 124 yards and three touchdowns and fellow tailback Reggie Bush had 279 all-purpose yards in rushing, receiving and returns.

The game had been neck and neck when USC scored on a 4th-quarter touchdown pass by Leinart to take a 38-26 lead with 6:42 in the game clock ticking away. Young immediately drove the Texas Longhorns down the field and scored on a 17-yard run. Then the Texas defense did a fourth-down stop around midfield to give the ball to Young one final time. He drove the Texas Longhorns 56 yards, scoring on an 8th-yard fourth-down scramble with just 19 seconds left on the clock.

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