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USC Football’s 8 Greatest Non-UCLA Losses since 2000

By Nathan Eberhardt

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Oct 1, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Arizona State Sun Devils quarterback Manny Wilkins (5) throws the ball during the first half against the Southern California Trojans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 1, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Arizona State Sun Devils quarterback Manny Wilkins (5) throws the ball during the first half against the Southern California Trojans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports /

5. Sept. 28, 2013 | Tempe, AZ | Arizona State 62 – USC 41

USC Head Coach Lane Kiffin entered 2013 on thin ice after the debacle of 2012, childishly refusing to face the media after losing to UCLA, and overseeing the circus that was the Sun Bowl experience. Heading into Arizona State, the Trojans had already dropped one to a bad Washington State team, and there was talk that Kiffin might not last the season.

Well, it became evident in the third quarter that Kiffin wasn’t going to survive the night, when the Sun Devils hung 28 straight points on USC, and Kiffin stood on the sideline, eyes glazed over like a baby messing his diaper.

Thankfully, USC Athletic Director Pat Haden was a paragon of class and decorum, and he would never fire a coach in a way that robbed him of his remaining dignity. Oh, wait! Nevermind. Kiffin was reportedly called off of the team bus back at LAX, fired on the tarmac, and then left there to arrange his own ride home at 2am. *sad trombone*