No 6. Nittany Lions Dominated By 38-24, USC Sanchez Leads In the Rose Bowl 2009. Mark Sanchez Lead 17-7 in second quarter of USC Rose Bowl 2009.

Southern California has a strong caseof its own to be No. 1. Mark Sanchez passed for 413 yards and four touchdowns, USC dominated on defense and the fifth-ranked Trojans defeated the No. 6 Nittany Lions 38-24 Thursday.

Sanchez, the most of his damage in the first half, when USC (12-1) posted 31 points matched against the Penn State secondary. He ran for a score, while a TD reception Damian Williams and Ronald Johnson had two for the Trojans, who have won nine consecutive games against Big Ten competition.

Mark Sanchez is the third player to more than 400 meters in the Rose Bowl.

Afterward, many in the crowd of 93,293 chanted: "One more year, one more year" to Sanchez.

David Buehler's 30-yard field goal is 17-7 and Sanchez threw scoring passes of 19 meters to 20 meters and Johnson in the CJ gable span in 48 seconds late in the second period for the USC 24-point half time lead.

Penn State coach Joe Paterno watched from the press box, where most of the season because of hip problems. He was not found what he saw - at a point in the first half, TV cameras caught him shaking his head as USC (12-1) rolled to the 31-7 lead. Penn State scored 17 fourth quarter points and became the first team this season to score more than seven points in the second half against USC, but fell short in a rematch of the first Rose Bowl played on the current stadium, Pasadena, back in 1923 .

"With all due respect, they are two major programs, I do not think anyone can beat the Trojans," USC coach Pete Carroll said. "I think anyone can beat me playing.

"The attack was on fire in the first half," said Carroll. "I thought Mark the pace, Damian Williams came through the line really well protected, so we had the opportunity to really move on these guys. We have just about the release of all cylinders, the defense kept making them the ball back, and the boys only benefit him. "

USC finished with 27 first downs and 474 meters of total offense. "Many things happened in this game that is not typical, but you can not blame anyone but themselves," Penn State defensive end Aaron Maybin said. "We kind of shoot myself in the foot with a lot of stupid penalties, and many mental errors." For Full Details About the Games Click Here