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UCLA running back Kahlil Bell, center, is tackled by several USC players, including standout linebacker Rey Maualuga, right, during the No. 5 Trojans' 28-7 win Saturday.

They both played their home games at the Coliseum until UCLA moved to the Rose Bowl in 1982, and the NCAA passed a rule the following year that would penalize teams one timeout if they didn’t wear their proper home and road jerseys. So the Bruins wore white at the Coliseum in 1983, and the visitors did the same ever next year at the Rose Bowl.

USC was penalized a timeout after the opening kickoff, and UCLA voluntarily took its first timeout immediately thereafter, as Neuheisel had promised. The timeouts prompted a large cheer from the Rose Bowl crowd of 87,790.

After UCLA went three-and-out, C.J. Gable fumbled on USC’s first scrimmage play and Korey Bosworth recovered at the Trojans’ 20. Two running plays lost a yard before Dominique Johnson threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to Bell, giving the Bruins their early lead. Craft tossed a backward pass to Johnson before the sophomore wide receiver was successful on the first pass of his career.

“That was a huge deal,” Neuheisel said. “We had the play for the entire year. The play is actually called Tennessee because it was put in for the Tennessee game. We used it today, it worked, got us off to a good start. It was exciting.”

The Bruins rallied for a 27-24 overtime victory over the Volunteers to open the season.

USC quickly moved into UCLA territory on a 20-yard pass from Sanchez to Turner and a roughing-the-passer penalty, but David Buehler was wide right on a 41-yard field goal, the first of three misses for a kicker who went 8-of-9 in the first 11 games of the season.

The Trojans tied the game on their third possession, scoring on a 12-yard run by Joe McKnight, who gained 99 yards on 15 carries.

That was just the beginning for USC.

Sanchez threw a 12-yard scoring pass to Damian Williams before the first quarter was over. Helped by a roughing the kicker penalty against David Carter, the Trojans moved 70 yards on 16 plays for a 21-7 lead, scoring on a 2-yard run by Johnson with 1:55 left before halftime.

USC needed just 2½ minutes of the third quarter to extend its lead to 28-7, scoring on an 18-yard pass from Sanchez to Turner to cap a 66-yard drive following the second-half kickoff.

“It feels good to get in the end zone in my last game of the regular season,” said Turner, a senior who caught five passes for 81 yards. “It’s a beautiful thing.”

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