2007 Stanford Vs. Southern California Football Game - Aftermath

Aftermath

See also: USC-UCLA rivalry and USC-Notre Dame rivalry

The final score was announced at the Rose Bowl, where USC's two arch-rivals, UCLA and Notre Dame, were playing each other. Irish and Bruins fans cheered in unison and celebrated together briefly.At the same time, at Tiger Stadium, the #1 LSU Tigers were playing the #9 Florida Gators and the fans in the stadium celebrated when the USC score was announced there, too. The Tigers would later come from behind to beat the Gators 28-24, making them #1 in both polls with USC dropping from #1 in the coaches poll due to the loss.

At the end of the regular season, Sports Illustrated chose the Stanford upset of USC as the second "Biggest Upset of 2007" after Division I FCS Appalachian State's upset of #5 Michigan.

In 1979, Stanford had pulled a similar feat by coming back in the last 4 minutes to tie USC 21-21 on October 13. This game, considered one of the greatest of the 20th century, effectively cost USC a national championship.

In the 2009 college football season, Stanford would eclipse the point spread by handing USC its worst defeat ever. Stanford won 55-21, and USC was an 11 point favorite. The next year in 2010, tenth-ranked Stanford defeated USC with a last-second field goal to win, 37-35. In 2011, Stanford would again defeat USC, continuing a 3-game streak of defeating USC at their home stadium. In a much closer game, Stanford defeated USC 56-48 in triple overtime. In the following year, the Cardinal again faced a second-ranked USC team and defeated them 21-14, earning a fourth consecutive win over the Trojans, a first in team and school history.