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Southern Cal Trojans © |
Brigham Young Cougars |
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Played September 18, 2004 at Lavell
Edwards Stadium |
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Teams' Belt Records
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Team |
Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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PCT |
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PCT |
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PCT |
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PCT |
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| Southern Cal © | 9 | 47 | 10 | 3 | .808 | 20 | 3 | 2 | .840 | 20 | 6 | 1 | .759 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 |
| Brigham Young | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .692 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 |
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Southern Cal |
0 |
21 |
0 |
21 |
42 |
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Brigham Young |
0 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
10 |
The top-ranked, 2-0 Southern Cal Trojans of coach Pete Carroll traveled to Provo to meet the 1-1 Brigham Young Cougars of coach Gary Crowton. The Cougars were a 2-time Belt champion & had a 9-4 overall record in Belt games but the Trojans were too much for this Brigham Young team. Southern Cal’s All-Pac 10 RB Reggie Bush scored twice while the Trojans’ defense held the Cougars to 27 yards rushing & 221 total yards in a 42-10 rout. Brigham Young took a 3-0 lead when All-American P/PK Matt Payne hit a 46-yard field goal before Bush ignited the Trojans’ offense. Southern Cal raced to a 21-3 halftime lead as Bush scored on a 21-yard touchdown pass from Heisman Trophy winning, All-American QB Matt Leinart & a 66-yard touchdown run late in the 2nd quarter. Leinart hit WR Dwayne Jarrett on a 15-yard touchdown pass as the Trojans scored their 21 points in the final 8:30 of the first half. Brigham Young’s one bright spot came early in the 3rd quarter when QB John Beck hit All-MWC WR Todd Watkins for a 69-yard touchdown pass making the score 21-10 but the rest of the game belonged to Southern Cal. The Trojans opened the 4th quarter with a 1-yard touchdown run from Leinart, RB LenDale White broke loose for a 43-yard touchdown run, & RB Lee Webb adding a 9-yard touchdown run for the final points. Leinart threw for 236 yards with 2 touchdowns, Bush added 124 yards rushing on 14 carries to his 2 scores, & RB LenDale White rushed for 110 yards with a touchdown on 17 carries. All-American DE Shaun Cody had 2 sacks & All-American LB Matt Grootegoed intercepted a pass for the second consecutive game to lead the defense. Beck had 194 yards passing with a touchdown but 3 interceptions while being sacked 3 times & Watkins was held to 4 catches for 94 yards with his touchdown for the Cougars. Southern Cal finished the season 11-0 which does not include 2 wins that were vacated by the NCAA as Bush was ruled ineligible for the final 2 games of the season; Pac 10 Champions & National Champions while the Cougars finished 5-6 in Crowton’s final season. Brigham Young has not played for The Belt again.
