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Irish hold off USC, 20-16, end 8-game rivalry skid
GREG BEACHAM - The Associated Press

11:40:00PM (ET) Saturday,November 27,2010.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Hughes scored on a 5-yard run with 2:23 to play, and Notre Dame rallied to snap an eight-game losing streak in college football's best intersectional rivalry with a 20-16 victory over Southern California on Saturday night.

Freshman quarterback Tommy Rees overcame four turnovers to lead bowl-bound Notre Dame's decisive 77-yard go-ahead drive in the final minutes of its first win over USC since 2001.

The Irish weren't safe on a cold, rainy night at the Coliseum — even after USC's Ronald Johnson dropped a long pass from Mitch Mustain at the Notre Dame 15 with 1:17 to play and no defender within 10 yards of him.

Mustain, making his first USC start in place of injured Matt Barkley, shook off the drop to move the Trojans to the Notre Dame 23, but safety Harrison Smith intercepted a poor throw at the goal line with 36 seconds left.

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* Notre Dame didn't walk away so easily.
USC left a few bruises on the Fighting Irish...good game ! *

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