usc player most passing touchdowns in a game regular season and playoffs

Cody Kessler has the most passing touchdowns by a USC player in a game, with 7 touchdowns versus Colorado on October 18, 2014.

	NAME	TD	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Cody Kessler C. Kessler	7	10/18/2014	USC	vs	COLO	19	26	73.1	319	12.3	0	265.0	26.9	0.0	2	20
2	Miller Moss M. Moss	6	12/27/2023	USC	vs	LOU	23	33	69.7	372	11.3	1	218.3	18.2	3.0	0	0
3	Caleb Williams C. Williams	6	9/30/2023	USC	@	COLO	30	40	75.0	403	10.1	1	204.1	15.0	2.5	2	13
4	Cody Kessler C. Kessler	6	11/29/2014	USC	vs	ND	32	40	80.0	372	9.3	0	207.6	15.0	0.0	2	15
5	Matt Barkley M. Barkley	6	10/20/2012	USC	vs	COLO	19	20	95.0	298	14.9	0	319.2	30.0	0.0
6	Matt Barkley M. Barkley	6	9/8/2012	USC	@	SYR	23	30	76.7	187	6.2	1	188.4	20.0	3.3
7	Matt Barkley M. Barkley	6	11/26/2011	USC	vs	UCLA	35	42	83.3	423	10.1	0	215.1	14.3	0.0
8	Matt Barkley M. Barkley	6	11/4/2011	USC	@	COLO	25	39	64.1	318	8.2	1	178.2	15.4	2.6
9	Caleb Williams C. Williams	5	9/2/2023	USC	vs	NEV	18	24	75.0	319	13.3	0	255.4	20.8	0.0	1	8
10	Caleb Williams C. Williams	5	1/2/2023	USC	vs	TULN	37	52	71.2	462	8.9	1	173.7	9.6	1.9	0	0
11	Caleb Williams C. Williams	5	10/29/2022	USC	@	ARIZ	31	45	68.9	411	9.1	0	182.3	11.1	0.0	0	0
12	Caleb Williams C. Williams	5	10/15/2022	USC	@	UTAH	25	42	59.5	381	9.1	0	175.0	11.9	0.0	4	40
13	Kedon Slovis K. Slovis	5	12/12/2020	USC	@	UCLA	30	47	63.8	344	7.3	2	151.9	10.6	4.3	3	19
14	Kedon Slovis K. Slovis	5	12/6/2020	USC	vs	WSU	25	32	78.1	287	9.0	0	205.0	15.6	0.0	3	23
15	Sam Darnold S. Darnold	5	1/2/2017	USC	@	PSU	33	53	62.3	453	8.5	1	161.4	9.4	1.9	1	3
16	Sam Darnold S. Darnold	5	10/27/2016	USC	vs	CAL	18	25	72.0	231	9.2	1	207.6	20.0	4.0	1	11
17	Sam Darnold S. Darnold	5	10/15/2016	USC	@	ARIZ	20	32	62.5	235	7.3	0	175.8	15.6	0.0	0	0
18	Cody Kessler C. Kessler	5	9/26/2015	USC	@	ASU	19	33	57.6	375	11.4	1	197.0	15.2	3.0	2	15
19	Cody Kessler C. Kessler	5	11/1/2014	USC	@	WSU	21	32	65.6	400	12.5	0	222.2	15.6	0.0	3	19
20	Matt Barkley M. Barkley	5	11/3/2012	USC	vs	ORE	35	54	64.8	484	9.0	2	163.3	9.3	3.7
21	Matt Barkley M. Barkley	5	9/17/2011	USC	vs	SYR	26	39	66.7	324	8.3	0	178.8	12.8	0.0
22	Matt Barkley M. Barkley	5	10/16/2010	USC	vs	CAL	25	37	67.6	352	9.5	0	192.1	13.5	0.0
23	Matt Barkley M. Barkley	5	9/2/2010	USC	@	HAW	18	23	78.3	257	11.2	0	243.9	21.7	0.0
24	Mark Sanchez M. Sanchez	5	10/18/2008	USC	@	WSU	15	20	75.0	253	12.7	0	263.8	25.0	0.0
25	Matt Leinart M. Leinart	5	1/4/2005	USC	vs	OKLA	18	35	51.4	332	9.5	0	178.3	14.3	0.0

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Sat 8/29	SJSU	@	USC	3:00 PM
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	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
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11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

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1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

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1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

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1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167