2015 Pac-12 Football Championship Game

August 2023 November 2024 Pac-12 Football Championship Game Conference Championship December 5 2015 2015 Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, CA University of Southern California USC Trojans 8–4 24 24 20 Clay Helton 0 3 13 6 Stanford University Stanford Cardinal 10–2 7 7 7 David Shaw 3 10 14 14 Christian McCaffrey, RB, Stanford Stanford by 4.5 Brian McKnight Terry Leyden John Ondrasik 58,476 ESPN, ESPN Deportes ESPN: Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe; ESPN Radio: Adam Amin, David Norrie and Olivia Harlan The 2015 Pac-12 Football Championship Game was played on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California to determine the champion of the Pac-12 Conference in football for the 2015 season. It was the fifth championship game in Pac-12 Conference history. The game featured the South Division Co-champion USC Trojans against the North Division champion Stanford Cardinal. Stanford defeated USC 41–22 to win their third conference championship game.https://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/uscnow/la-sp-live-updates-pac-12-championship-usc-vs-stanford-20151205-story.html Stanford defeats USC, 41-22, for Pac-12 championship Los Angeles Times Lindsey Thiry Mike Hiserman December 5, 2015 November 2, 2024 History The game was the fifth football conference championship for the Pac-12 Conference (or any of its predecessors). Last season, the Oregon Ducks defeated the Arizona Wildcats 51–13 for the conference championship and represented the conference in the 2015 Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The Ducks then advanced to play in the first CFP National Championship on January 12, 2015 against the Ohio State Buckeyes for the national championship. Teams The Stanford Cardinal faced the USC Trojans for the second time in the 2015 season, having won by a score of 41–31 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum earlier in the year.https://www.oregonlive.com/collegefootball/2015/09/goe_there_is_nothing_fluky_abo.html Goe: There is nothing fluky about the 41-31 beating Stanford dished out to USC The Oregonian Ken Goe September 20, 2015 November 2, 2024 Stanford 2015 Stanford Cardinal football team Stanford returned to the Pac-12 Championship for the third time since its inception. Stanford was led by fifth-year head coach David Shaw, QB Kevin Hogan, and RB Christian McCaffrey. McCaffrey averaged 255 all-purpose yards heading into the game.Christian McCaffrey 2015 Game Log https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/christian-mccaffrey-1/gamelog/2015 2025-08-09 College Football at Sports-Reference.com en USC 2015 USC Trojans football team USC competed in the championship game for the first time since the conference expanded to 12 teams. USC and Utah tied for first place in the South Division, but USC won the tiebreaker by beating the Utes in the head-to-head matchup that season. Leading the team were senior QB Cody Kessler, freshman TB Ronald Jones II, sophomore WR JuJu Smith-Schuster, sophomore CB-WR-RET Adoree’ Jackson. Game summary Scoring summary Statistics Statistics First downs Plays–yards Rushes–yards Passing yards Passing: Comp–Att–Int Time of possession See also List of Pac-12 Conference football champions Stanford–USC football rivalry Notes John Ondrasik of Five for Fighting performed during the game. References Championship Category:Pac-12 Football Championship Game Category:Stanford Cardinal football games Category:USC Trojans football games Pac-12 Football Pac-12 Football Category:American football competitions in Santa Clara, California