The 2020 Pac-12 Football Championship Game (branded as the Pac-12 Football Championship Game presented by 76 for sponsorship reasons)[2] was a college football game played on Friday, December 18, 2020, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, to determine the 2020 champion of the Pac-12 Conference.[3] The game featured the North division's then second place Oregon and the South division champions USC, and is the conference's tenth championship game. Washington, the North division champion, was unable to participate due to having insufficient players available.[4]
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| Conference championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 18, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Los Angeles, CA | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Kayvon Thibodeaux, Oregon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | USC by 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Chris Coyte | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | N/A (Behind closed doors) | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | Fox ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Fox: Joe Davis (play-by-play) and Mark Helfrich (analyst) ESPN Radio: Sean Kelley (play-by-play) and Barrett Jones (analyst) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington x | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon y$ | 4 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 4 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 USC xy | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 3 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship: Oregon 31, USC 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This game was originally to be held at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, as part of a new two-year deal. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the game was pulled from Las Vegas,[5] and was instead hosted at the home stadium of USC.[3]
Teams
editThe 2020 Pac–12 Football Championship Game featured the Oregon Ducks, then second place in the North Division, and the USC Trojans, South Division champions. Oregon and USC had met 61 times previously before this game, with USC holding a 38–21–1 advantage in the series.[6] The two teams did not meet during the 2020 regular season.
Oregon
editOregon was selected to represent the North Division after division winner Washington did not have the minimum number of scholarship players available to participate in the game due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] The week before, Washington had to cancel its game against Oregon for the same reason.[7] This marks Oregon's fourth overall appearance in the Pac-12 championship game, having won in all three of their prior appearances. The Ducks are the defending Pac-12 champions, having defeated Utah in the 2019 title game. Oregon enters the contest with a 3–2 record.
USC
editUSC secured its spot in the game with its December 13 win over UCLA.[8] This is USC's third appearance in the championship game, having last appeared the 2017 game. USC entered the game with an 5–0 record in the regular season and in Pac-12 play. The Trojans were designated as the home team, based on their better overall record.
Game summary
edit| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Oregon | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
| No. 13 USC | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA
- Date: Friday, December 18, 2020
- Game time: 8:00 p.m. EST (5:00 p.m. PST)
- Game weather: Temperature: 63 °F (17 °C) • Wind: NW at 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h) • Weather: Sunny, Clear, Humidity at 51%
- Game attendance: N/A (Behind closed doors)
- Referee: Chris Coyte
- TV announcers (Fox): Joe Davis (play-by-play) and Mark Helfrich (analyst)
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Statistics
edit| Statistics | ORE | USC |
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| First downs | 16 | 25 |
| Plays–yards | 60–243 | 80–358 |
| Rushes–yards | 41–135 | 28–38 |
| Passing yards | 108 | 320 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 11–19–1 | 28–52–3 |
| Time of possession | 30:46 | 29:14 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Oregon | Passing | Tyler Shough | 8/15, 91 yards 2 TD, 1 INT |
| Rushing | Travis Dye | 11 carries, 55 yards | |
| Receiving | DJ Johnson | 2 receptions, 27 yards, 1 TD | |
| USC | Passing | Kedon Slovis | 28/52, 320 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT |
| Rushing | Stephen Carr | 12 carries, 40 yards | |
| Receiving | Bru McCoy | 6 receptions, 76 yards, 1 TD |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Pac-12 Conference. "Pac-12 announces resumption of football, basketball & winter sports seasons". Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Pac-12 extends and expands major sponsorship with 76®". pac-12.com. Archived from the original on January 21, 2020.
Today the Pac-12 and 76® announced a multi-year extension of the Conference's football title game presenting sponsorship. With the announcement, the leading retail gas brand will continue as presenting sponsor of the Pac-12 Football Championship Game through the 2023 event.
- ^ a b "Washington to face USC in 2020 Pac-12 Football Championship Game, presented by 76". Pac-12 Conference. Archived from the original on December 13, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
The Conference title game will take place as a home-hosted model this season with USC earning the home game for United Airlines Field at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
- ^ a b "Pac-12 statement on Washington at USC Pac-12 Football Championship Game". Pac 12 Conference. December 14, 2020. Archived from the original on December 14, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
This decision was made under the Pac-12's football game cancellation policy and Football Championship Game policy due to Washington neither having the minimum 53 scholarship student-athletes available for the game nor the minimum number of scholarship student-athletes at a position group, in each case as a result of a number of positive football student-athlete COVID-19 cases and resulting isolation of additional football student-athletes under contact tracing protocols.
- ^ Seeman, Matthew (July 31, 2020). "Pac-12 pulls 2020 football championship out of Las Vegas". News 3 Las Vegas. Sinclair Broadcast Group. Archived from the original on August 2, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
- ^ "Oregon Football 2019 Game Notes - Game 9 - at USC" (PDF). University of Oregon. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
- ^ "Pac-12 statement regarding Washington at Oregon football game". pac-12.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021.
After consultation with Washington, the Pac-12 Conference announced the game involving Washington at Oregon scheduled for Saturday, December 12 has been cancelled. This decision was made under the Pac-12's football game cancellation policy due to Washington not having the minimum number of scholarship student-athletes available for the game due to a number of positive football student-athlete COVID-19 cases and resulting isolation of additional football student-athletes under contact tracing protocols. Under Conference policy, the game will be declared a no contest.
- ^ "6-Points: USC 43, UCLA 38". December 12, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
External links
edit- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com