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said. "We can't beat the refs." The officials assessed the Trojans for 95 penalty yards on 11 infractions compared to just 38 yards on six penalties for the Irish. Trojans interim head coach Ed Orgeron avoided any negative talk of officiating after the loss. "Obviously, the penalties hurt us tonight in crucial situations," he said, "and we didn't punch it in the red Play Chart (No. of Plays) Yards NDUSC (-) Yards 7 7 0-5 Yards 40 27 6-9 Yards 7 20 10-19 Yards 5 8 20-29 Yards 4 2 30-39 Yards 2 1 40-49 Yards 0 0 50 or more Yards 0 0 zone when we needed to." It wasn't just the quantity of the penalties enforced against USC that doomed them, but also the magnitude. Pre-snap infractions set the Trojans offense back several times in the second half when the unit was struggling to Big Plays (25 Yards Or More) Notre Dame • 2-7 ND28 Rees pass complete to TJ Jones for 26 yards to the USC46 • 1-10 ND31 Rees pass complete to Niklas for 30 yards to the USC39 • 2-10 USC47 McDaniel rush for 36 yards to the USC11 USC • 1-10 USC49 Kessler pass complete to Agholor for 25 yards to the ND26 • 1-10 USC25 Kessler pass complete to Agholor for 32 yards to the ND43 Participation Chart OFFENSE QB: TOMMY REES, Andrew Hendrix RB: CAM MCDANIEL, George Atkinson III, Amir Carlisle WR: DAVARIS DANIELS, Chris Brown WR: TJ JONES, C.J. Prosise, James Onwualu WR: WILL FULLER, Corey Robinson TE: TROY NIKLAS, Ben Koyack LT: ZACK MARTIN LG: CHRIS WATT C: NICK MARTIN RG: CHRISTIAN LOMBARD, Steve Elmer RT: RONNIE STANLEY DEFENSE DE: KONA SCHWENKE, Isaac Rochell NG: LOUIS NIX III DE: STEPHON TUITT, Sheldon Day LB: PRINCE SHEMBO, Ishaq Williams, Romeo Okwara ILB: DAN FOX, Joe Schmidt ILB: CARLO CALABRESE, Kendall Moore LB: JAYLON SMITH, Ben Councell CB: BENNETT JACKSON, Cole Luke S: AUSTIN COLLINSWORTH, Eilar Hardy S: MATTHIAS FARLEY, Max Redfield CB: KEIVARAE RUSSELL, Devin Butler Special Teams Kick Return: Max Redfield, Eilar Hardy, Devin Butler, James Onwualu, John Turner, Kendall Moore, Justin Utupo, Joe Schmidt, Alex Welch, Cam McDaniel, George Atkinson III Kickoff Coverage: John Turner, Lo Wood, Devin Butler, Kyle Brindza, James Onwualu, Max Redfield, Kendall Moore, Ben Councell, Joe Schmidt, Anthony Rabasa, Eilar Hardy Punt Returner: TJ Jones Punter: Kyle Brindza, Alex Wulfeck Placekicker: Kyle Brindza Holder: Luke Massa Long Snapper: Scott Daly Short Snapper: Scott Daly Others: Matt Hegarty, Justin Utupo, Alex Welch