USC team stats
2012 season totals across 13 games, beside what opponents did.
General
| USC | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of possession | 6:27:01 | 29:46 | 6:47:05 | 31:19 |
| Offensive plays | 853 | 65.6 | 967 | 74.4 |
| Total yards | 5,628 | 432.9 | 5,122 | 394.0 |
| Penalties–yards | 100–808 | — | 112–988 | — |
| First downs | 280 | 21.5 | 294 | 22.6 |
| Third down | 52–15234.2% | — | 71–18738.0% | — |
| Fourth down | 13–2748.1% | — | 11–2055.0% | — |
Passing
| USC | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completions–attempts | 284–46161.6% | — | 262–43460.4% | — |
| Passing yards | 3,670 | 282.3 | 2,951 | 227.0 |
| Yards per attempt | 8.0 | — | 6.8 | — |
| Passing TDs | 39 | — | 20 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 19 | — | 20 | — |
Rushing
| USC | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carries | 392 | 30.2 | 533 | 41.0 |
| Rushing yards | 1,958 | 150.6 | 2,171 | 167.0 |
| Yards per carry | 5.0 | — | 4.1 | — |
| Rushing TDs | 12 | — | 17 | — |
Turnovers
| USC | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giveaways | 34 | 2.6 | 32 | 2.5 |
| Fumbles lost | 14 | — | 13 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 19 | — | 20 | — |
Defense and takeaways
| USC | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interceptions | 20 | — | 19 | — |
| Interception yards | 256 | — | 153 | — |
| Interception TDs | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Fumbles recovered | 13 | — | 14 | — |
Returns
| USC | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick returns | 37 | — | 44 | — |
| Kick return yards | 976 | — | 955 | — |
| Yards per kick return | 26.4 | — | 21.7 | — |
| Kick return TDs | 1 | — | 0 | — |
| Punt returns | 27 | — | 14 | — |
| Punt return yards | 158 | — | 160 | — |
| Yards per punt return | 5.9 | — | 11.4 | — |
| Punt return TDs | 1 | — | 0 | — |
⚠ An em dash is not a zero. A measure a team has not recorded — a fumble recovery, a punt return — has no row at the source rather than a zero, and these are categories where not happening is ordinary. Where a season total exists, every rate beside it is computed from that season’s own denominator rather than averaged across games.