Sports News

COL FB: USC 32, Michigan 18

Published: Jan. 1, 2007 at 9:54 PM

PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- John David Booty passed for 391 yards and four touchdowns Monday as eighth-ranked Southern Cal beat third-ranked Michigan, 32-18, in the Rose Bowl.

Dwayne Jarrett caught 11 passes for 205 yards with two scores as Southern California dominated the second half.

Booty completed 27-of-45 passes without an interception. Steve Smith had seven catches for 108 yards and a touchdown for the Trojans (11-2), who have won 56 of their last 60 games.

USC, which played in its record 31st Rose Bowl, snapped a two-game losing streak in Pasadena, Calif., with the most recent loss coming against UCLA Dec. 2.

Chad Henne completed 26 of 41 passes for 309 yards with two touchdowns and one interception for the Wolverines (11-2), who were coming off a 42-39 loss to top-ranked Ohio State -- their only setback of the regular season.

Michigan was playing in its third BCS Bowl in the past four seasons.

© 2007 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Order reprints



Additional News Stories
Big Ten conference considers expansion (30 min)
Fitzgerald suffers contusion, knee sprain (52 min)
Bruins' Lucic placed on injured reserve (57 min)
Cuban phenom Chapman wows MLB scouts (59 min)
EU cuts deal to end 'banana wars'
Quinn interested in staying as UC coach
Body of missing college baseballer found
fark
Photoshop this man jumping through hoops
Guy who landed on sex offender registry for having sex with his 15 year-old girlfriend when he was...
Chinese cop who "died in the line of duty" declared a revolutionary hero. Fark: For drinking himself...
NJ pharmacist charged with stealing 3,670 Valium. Asked to comment, he said, "Mmmrrrphhlll" and...
"Hello, this is the Sheriff's office. Your husband is about to come home drunk with a gun and catch...
Farker releases 2009 version of the controllable Christmas lights. Sadly, the web design is still...