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USC looks to bounce back vs. Oregon State

Nov 3, 2007 - 10:43 AM Oregon State (5-3) at No. 13 USC (6-2) 8:00 pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Southern California coach Pete Carroll knows his team has not been the same since it lost to Oregon State last year.

Carroll's 13th-ranked Trojans try to respond to a difficult defeat Saturday when they host the Beavers in a Pac-10 Conference contest.

USC (6-2, 3-2 Pac-10) saw its hopes of a sixth straight conference crown all but dashed with a 24-17 setback at Oregon last week.

Mark Sanchez threw for 277 yards and two touchdowns but also was intercepted twice - the latter with nine seconds left - in the defeat.

Last year, USC had 38-game regular-season and 27-game Pac-10 winning streaks snapped with a 33-31 setback in Corvallis.

The seemingly invincible Trojans lost again at UCLA later in the season, and although they went on to win the Rose Bowl, they have lost twice this year - including a stunner to lowly Stanford at home.

Oregon State (5-3, 3-2) has won three straight games, downing Stanford last week, 23-6.

Sean Canfield threw a touchdown and Alexis Serna had three field goals for the Beavers, who lost star running back Yvenson Bernard to a shoulder injury in the second quarter.

The Beavers have not won at the Coliseum since 1960.