Quarterback Bo Nix is the second Duck in program history with three career 400-yard passing games (Akili Smith) and his 412 yards were the most passing yards ever by a Duck against USC. It was also his second straight game with four touchdown passes and has thrown multiple TDs in 12 straight games, going back to last season. His touchdown throws of 77 and 84 yards on his first two pass attempts of the game marked the two longest completions of his Ducks career, and he became the first FBS quarterback to throw touchdowns of at least 75 yards on first two pass attempts since at least 2012; only other player to throw 75-plus yards on first two attempts was Baylor’s Jacob Zeno in 2019 (did not start and one pass was not a touchdown).