Keaontay Ingram Runs Wild to help USC Beat Arizona 41-34

USC Trojans #28 Keaontay Ingram (RB) scores the first touchdown of the game against the Arizona Wildcats. Photo by William Johnson/T.G.Sportstv1.

LOS ANGELES, CA - The USC Trojans (3-4, Pac-12, 2-3) were looking to get back to their winning ways hosted the Arizona Wildcats (0-7, Pac-12, 0-4), beat the visitors 41-34 Saturday afternoon.

Kedon Slovis completed 15 of his 21 passes for 204-yards, with two touchdowns and one interception, and Jaxson Dart completed 12 of his 18 passes for 109-yards and two touchdowns.

Keaontay Ingram made his presence felt and had a big day for the Trojans, had a career-high, and carried the ball 27 times for 204-yards and one touchdown.

"When my number called on, I just gotta go execute," Ingram said. "One thing that we believe in, Coach Donte preaches all the time, is be physical and bring that physicality, and I felt like we did that at the line of scrimmage today."

Arizona Wildcats #10 Jamarye Joiner (WR) threw a 73-yard touchdown pass to Tayvian Cunningham against the USC Trojans defense. Photo by William Johnson/T.G.Sportstv1.

The Wildcats tied the game 7-7 when wide-receiver Jamarye Joiner threw a 73-yard touchdown pass to Tayvian Cunningham. The Trojans regained the lead 14-7 after Slovis threw a 62-yard touchdown pass to Gary Bryant Jr.

Jaxson Dart came in the game and replaced Slovis at quarterback in the second inning, marched the Trojans down-field, and threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Drake London, increasing their lead to 21-7 with 7:59 left in the first half.

Chris Steal got the ball back for the Trojans, forcing the Wildcats' BJ Castell to fumble the ball on the sideline.

USC Trojans #15 Drake London (WR) 6-yard touchdown pass from Jaxson Dart against the Arizona Wildcats defense. Photo by William Johnson/T.G.Sportstv1.

USC took advantage of the turnover and turned it into points 28-7 after London scored on a 6-yard touchdown pass from Hart with 4:16 left in the game.

The Wildcats made the score 28-14 after Michael Wiley scored on a 1-yard touchdown run with 2:36 left in the first half.

Slovis would return to the game and threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Gary Bryant Jr. that made the halftime score 35-14.

Clovis completed 13 of his 16 passes in the first half for 192-yards and two touchdowns, and Hart 11 of 15 passes for 92-yards with two touchdowns.

The Wildcats scored in the third quarter when Slovis threw a pass that was pick-off by Anthony Pandy, who took it back to the house, making the score 35-21. The Trojans Stadthaus kicked a 23-yard field goal that made the score 38-21.

In the fourth quarter, Plummer's 16-yard touchdown run for the Wildcats had them trailing by ten points 38-28, with 12:50 left in the game.

Arizona would cut the lead down to seven points 38-31 after Tyler Loop kicked a 25-yard field goal with 6:04 left in the game.

USC Trojans #38 Alex Stadthaus PK) 40-yard field goal was good against the Arizona Wildcats to give them a 41-31 lead in the fourth quarter. Photo by William Johnson/T.G.Sportstv1.

Stadthaus would give the Trojans a ten-point lead, 41-31, after kicking a 40-yard field goal. Arizona scored the final points of the game 41-34 after Loop kicked a 40-yard field goal.

Before getting hurt, Drake London had nine catches for 81-yards, and two touchdowns, followed by Gary Bryant Jr., three catches for 89 yards, and two touchdowns.

Plummer completed 20 of his 34 passes for 264-yards and was their leading rusher with nine carries for 57-yards and one touchdown. USC improved its record in the Pac-12 Conference to 3-3, and the Wildcats fell to 0-5.