2017 Pac-12 Football Championship Game

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2017 Pac-12 Football Championship Game
Conference Championship
1234Total
Stanford0147728
USC7107731
DateDecember 1, 2017
Season 2017
Stadium Levi's Stadium
Location Santa Clara, CA
MVP Sam Darnold, USC
Favorite USC by 3.5 [1]
National anthem Jordan Fisher
Referee Mike Mothershed
Attendance48,031
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN, ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes
Announcers Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe (ESPN)
Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, and Ian Fitzsimmons (ESPN Radio)
Pac-12 Football Championship Game
  2016   2018  
2017 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 20 Stanford xy  7 2   9 5  
No. 16 Washington x  7 2   10 3  
Washington State  6 3   9 4  
Oregon  4 5   7 6  
California  2 7   5 7  
Oregon State  0 9   1 11  
South Division
No. 12 USC xy$  8 1   11 3  
Arizona State  6 3   7 6  
Arizona  5 4   7 6  
UCLA  4 5   6 7  
Utah  3 6   7 6  
Colorado  2 7   5 7  
Championship: USC 31, Stanford 28
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 Pac-12 Football Championship Game was played on December 1, 2017 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California to determine the champion of the Pac-12 Conference in football for the 2017 season. It was the seventh football championship game in Pac-12 Conference history. The game featured the South Division champion USC Trojans against the North Division co-champion Stanford Cardinal, a rematch of the 2015 championship and the first rematch in the game's history. USC defeated Stanford by a score of 31–28, becoming the first South Division member to win the Pac-12 Championship Game.

Contents

The game was televised nationally by ESPN. [2]

History

This was the seventh playing of the Pac-12 Football Championship Game. Stanford, making its fourth appearance, won the 2012, 2013 and 2015 Pac-12 titles.

Teams

Stanford (North)

Stanford went into the game having won 7 of their last 10 meetings with USC.

USC (South)

USC clinched their second Pac-12 Championship game berth in three years after beating Colorado 38–24.

Game summary

Scoring Summary

Scoring summary
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP STANUSC
14:389704:04USC Michael Pittman Jr. 7-yard touchdown reception from Sam Darnold, Chase McGrath kick good07
214:5510684:43STAN Bryce Love 9-yard touchdown run, Jet Toner kick good77
29:4611695:09USC24-yard field goal by Chase McGrath710
23:027972:44USC Tyler Vaughns 19-yard touchdown reception from Sam Darnold, Chase McGrath kick good717
20:349752:28STANCameron Scarlett 1-yard touchdown run, Jet Toner kick good1417
34:496612:18USC Ronald Jones II 1-yard touchdown run, Chase McGrath kick good1424
32:315672:18STANKaden Smith 11-yard touchdown reception from K. J. Costello, Jet Toner kick good2124
44:228993:38USCRonald Jones II 8-yard touchdown run, Chase McGrath kick good2131
42:098902:13STAN Kaden Smith 11-yard touchdown reception from K.J. Costello, Jet Toner kick good2831
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.2831

See also

Notes

USC had the better conference record and was therefore designated as the home team. The officials for the game were: Michael Mothershed, Referee; Roscoe Meisenheimer, Umpire; Cravonne Barrett, Head Linesman; Dale Keller, Line Judge; Clay Reynard, Side Judge; Steve Currie, Field Judge; Joe Johnston, Back Judge; Randy Campbell, Center Judge; Chuck McFerrin, Instant Replay Official; Jack Wood, Instant Replay Communicator.

References

  1. "Stanford Cardinal vs USC Trojans". Odds Shark. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  2. "Pac-12 releases 2017 football schedule". pac-12.com. Archived from the original on January 19, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2017.