USC football: Trojans only team that has not surrendered passing touchdown
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After shutting down California running back Jahvid Best in a 30-3 victory, USC’s defense improved its already impressive national standing.
The Trojans are giving up only 8.6 points a game, third-best behind Nebraska (7.0 points a game) and Florida (7.3).
The Trojans are fifth in rushing defense, allowing 64.8 yards a game, and fifth in total defense (238.6).
Not bad for a unit that was thought to be rebuilding.
Perhaps most impressive: The Trojans are the only team among 120 in the Bowl Subdivision that has not allowed a touchdown pass.
“We’ve always been confident in the fact that we were going to come into this year and, regardless of who left, we were going to play solid defense,” middle linebacker Chris Galippo said in the cramped visitors’ locker room at Memorial Stadium. “Obviously, through the last five games, we’ve shut people down.”
-- Gary Klein