Las Vegas Bowl by the numbers: Texas A&M vs. Southern Cal

SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl

Texas A&M (8-4) vs. Southern Cal (6-6)

9:30 p.m. CST Friday (ESPN)

Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas

2 Previous appearances in the Las Vegas Bowl for Southern Cal. The Trojans lost to Utah 10-6 on Dec 25, 2001, and defeated Fresno State 45-20 on Dec. 21, 2013. Texas A&M will be making its first appearance in the Las Vegas Bowl.

2 SEC teams and two Big Ten teams have played in the Las Vegas Bowl. Arkansas lost to UNLV 31-14 on Dec. 21, 2000, and Florida lost to Oregon State 30-3 on Dec. 17, 2022, in the SEC’s previous appearances. Wisconsin defeated Arizona State 20-13 on Dec. 30, 2021, and Northwestern defeated Utah 14-7 on Dec. 23, 2023, in the Big Ten’s previous appearances.

3 Previous games between Texas A&M and Southern Cal, all won by the Trojans. USC won 31-7 on Oct. 10, 1964, in the teams’ only regular-season meeting. Southern Cal upended No. 2 Texas A&M 20-0 in the Liberty Bowl on Dec. 22, 1975, and downed the Aggies 47-28 in the Bluebonnet Bowl on Dec. 31, 1977.

5 Of Southern Cal’s six losses this season included a Trojans’ lead in the fourth quarter.

6 Victories and nine losses for Texas A&M against Big Ten opponents. Friday’s game will be the Aggies’ first against a Big Ten opponent since a 33-22 victory over Northwestern in the Meineke Car Care Bowl on Dec. 31, 2011. Texas A&M’s past six meetings with Big Ten teams have come in bowls, with the Aggies posting a 2-4 record in those games. Before that, all the games against Big Ten teams had come in regular-season play.

36 Victories and 21 losses in bowls for Southern Cal. Texas A&M has a 20-23 bowl mark.

38 Years since the previous time Southern Cal faced an SEC opponent in a bowl and 80 years since the Trojans defeated an SEC member in the postseason. USC has a 2-3 record against SEC opponents in bowls, with a 16-7 loss to Auburn in the Citrus Bowl on Oct. 1, 1987, as the Trojans’ most recent encounter with the SEC in a bowl. Southern Cal most recently defeated an SEC opponent in a bowl on Jan. 1, 1945, when the Trojans topped Tennessee 25-0 in the Rose Bowl. In all games, Southern Cal has a 15-11-1 record against SEC opponents, including a 27-20 victory over LSU on Sept. 1 in Las Vegas.

48.5 Yards per punt have been averaged in 2024 by Southern Cal’s Eddie Czaplicki, who won the 2024 Ray Guy Award as the nation’s best punter. USC led the nation in net punting entering the bowl season with an average of 45.5 yards per punt. Texas A&M has returned 15 punts for 58 yards this season.

69.5 Rushing yards per game have been averaged by Texas A&M RB Amari Daniels over the past four games after he averaged 47.9 in the first eight. RB Le’Veon Moss, the Aggies’ leading rusher in 2024, sustained a season-ending injury on his second carry of the eighth game, ending the season with 765 yards and 10 TDs on 121 carries. Daniels has 661 yards and eight TDs on 139 carries for the season.

122 Yards on 20 rushing attempts by RB Bryan Jackson for Southern Cal this season. Jackson is the Trojans’ leading rusher entering the Las Vegas Bowl. Woody Marks ran for 1,133 yards in 2024, but has opted out of the bowl, as had Quinten Joyner, who ran for 478 yards this season.

361 Passing yards for Texas A&M QB Marcel Reed in the Aggies’ 31-23 loss to Oklahoma State in last season’s Texas Bowl. Reed has 13 career passing yards when he took the helm after Jaylen Henderson left the Texas Bowl because of an injury. The game remains Reed’s single-game passing high. Reed started seven games for Texas A&M this season. He enters the Las Vegas Bowl having completed 121-of-198 passes for 1,572 yards with 12 TDs and four interceptions and running for 497 yards and six TDs on 107 carries in 2024.

840 Passing yards for Jordan Maiava in the three games since he became Southern Cal’s starting quarterback. In victories over Nebraska and UCLA and a loss to Notre Dame, Maiava completed 71-of-119 passes with seven TDs and three interceptions. He also ran for three TDs in the three games.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.