On his own 35, Garbers drops back to pass.
Looking down the field, he scrambles to his right.
Unable to find anything with USC pressure bearing down upon him, the redshirt senior tosses a pass in the direction of tight end Moliki Matavao, where it sails over his head, incomplete.
On fourth down on its own 34, UCLA attempted a quarterback sneak, with redshirt senior signal-caller Ethan Garbers taking the ball straight up the middle.
Garbers was unable to reach the line to gain as the Trojan defensive front held strong, giving USC the ball back with only 4:59 to play and a 3-point lead.
UCLA finally put it all together on offense, scoring the first touchdown of the game and taking its first lead.
However, the lead could have been even larger, as USC mimicked the UCLA defense and held the home team to a field goal for its second score even after getting to the Trojan five-yard line.
For nearly three and a half quarters, both USC and UCLA went without a sack.
Then redshirt junior defensive lineman Devin Aupiu broke through, sacking quarterback Jordan Maiava and forcing a fumble, though it was recovered by the Trojans.
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