Dillon Johnson rushed for 256 yards and four touchdowns, Michael Penix Jr. passed for 256 yards and two scores and No. 5 Washington's prolific offense kept the Huskies unbeaten with a 52-42 victory over No. 24 Southern California on Saturday night.
Devin Culp and Ja’Lynn Polk caught TD passes from Penix, who also rushed for a score while the Huskies won a high-octane thriller featuring two elite offenses and two deficient defenses.
The offenses combined for 1,087 yards, but Washington repeatedly made bigger plays at key moments. The Huskies never trailed in the second half after Williams' fumble deep in USC territory allowed Washington to take a 35-28 lead on Johnson's third TD run 20 seconds before halftime. USC played without Pac-12 rushing leader MarShawn Lloyd, who sat out with a previously undisclosed injury, but the Trojans are loaded with skill-position talent: While Austin Jones ran for 127 as the backfield starter, Brown scored in his first game since Week 0 and Barlow added 44 yards and a score on his first carries since Week 2.
USC went ahead on Washington's 41-yard TD reception off a sublime flea-flicker that almost looked improvised by freshman Zachariah Branch when he lateraled back to Williams. But after Polk's TD catch tied it, Zion Tupuola-Fetui forced a fumble by Williams on USC's next snap, and Johnson rushed for his third TD 20 seconds before the half.
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