College Football · January 4, 2006Historic1 in 68
Down 12 with six minutes left in the national championship. Vince Young.
Rose Bowl, January 4, 2006. USC came in on a 34-game winning streak.
Texas Longhorns 41, USC Trojans 38
How rare was it
A team in this position wins the game about 1 in 68 times. On our ladder that is a Historic. How the ladder works.
The HoleUSC 38, Texas 26. 6:42 left.Down 12 to a two-time defending champion. In our record, FBS teams down exactly 12 with six minutes left have won 2 of 137 times, about 1 in 68.
The TurnYoung runs for 17. Then the fourth-and-five.Vince Young scored from 17 yards with 4:03 left, 38-33. The defense stopped USC on fourth-and-two. On fourth-and-five from the eight, Young ran it in with 19 seconds left, then ran in the two-point conversion.
The ComebackTexas 41, USC 38.Young ran for 200 yards and threw for 267. A Historic: about 1 in 68 teams in that spot win the game.
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