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Sam Darnold, fresh off his Super Bowl win, is now the first USC QB to win a major bowl game since 2017, when Sam Darnold led the Trojans over the Penn State Nittany Lions.
Darnold lost 24-7 in the Cotton Bowl to the Ohio State Buckeyes the next season. Caleb Williams (0-1 college, 0-0 pros) is the only other USC quarterback to play in a major bowl since that Rose Bowl performance, losing 46-45 to the Tulane Green Wave in the 2023 Cotton Bowl. No other USC quarterback has played in a major bowl game since January 1, 2009.