The Arizona Wildcats made a late push, but their two-game winning streak was snapped in a 24-20 loss to the USC Trojans on Saturday at Arizona Stadium in front of 43,573.
Arizona trailed 24-0 in the third after being badly outplayed in the first half, but Khalil Tate threw two touchdown passes to cut USC’s lead to 10 with 9:34 left in the fourth.
Arizona’s offense got two more possessions thanks to a strip sack by Colin Schooler and a 4th-and-1 run stuff by PJ Johnson. The Wildcats’ first possession ended on a turnover on downs, but the second resulted in a one-yard touchdown run by Gary Brightwell to make it a four-point game with 1:40 left.