By Tyler Devine

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Iowa football team will face Southern Cal for the 10^th time on Saturday in the Holiday Bowl.

The game will be held at SDCCU Stadium in San Diego, Calif., at 7 p.m. and will be televised by FS1.

USC currently holds a 7-2 advantage in the series with Iowa.

The last matchup between the two teams was a 38-17 USC win in the 2003 Orange Bowl.

Iowa vs. USC series results

1925 – USC 18, Iowa 0

1950 – Iowa 20, USC 14

1961 – Iowa 35, USC 34

1962 – USC 7, Iowa 0

1970 – USC 48, Iowa 0

1974 – USC 41, Iowa 3

1975 – USC 27, Iowa 16

1976 – USC 55, Iowa 0

2003 – USC 38, Iowa 17

Here is an at-a-glance look at USC.

2019 Game results (8-4, 7-2)

31-23 W vs. Fresno State

45-20 W vs. Stanford

30-27 L at BYU

30-23 W vs. Utah

28-14 L at Washington

30-27 L at Notre Dame

41-14 W vs. Arizona

35-31 W at Colorado

56-24 L vs. Oregon

31-26 W at Arizona State

41-17 W at California

52-35 W vs UCLA

USC – Iowa connection: In its history, USC has had 10 lettermen from Iowa: Ward Browning 1932-34) of Sioux City; Joel Crisman (1990-93) of Grundy Center; Clarke DeGroot (1924-26) of Humboldt; Robert Erskine (1931-33) of Ottumwa; William J. Gill (1934-35) of Des Moines; Robert Hendren (1946-48) of Clarinda; Pete Kalinich (1939) of Waterloo; Jim Phillips (1983) of Des Moines, who transferred to USC from Iowa; Alfred Plaehn (1930-32) of Reinbeck; Howard Stoecker (1937-39) of Mason City. Also, Rudy Bukich (1951-52) transferred to USC from Iowa State.

Howard Jones also coached both Iowa and USC. Jones coached Iowa to a 42-17-1 record from 1916-23 and led USC to a 121-36-13 record from 1925-40. Jones won two Big Ten championships at Iowa in 1921 and 1922.

All-time bowl record: 34-18

USC in the Holiday Bowl

2015 – Wisconsin 23, USC 21

2014 – USC 45, Nebraska 42

National championships: 1929, 1933, 1976, 1979, 2002, 2005, 2007

Heisman winners: Mike Garrett (1965), O.J. Simpson (1968), Charles White (1979), Marcus Allen (1981), Carson Palmer (2002), Matt Leinart (2004)

Key team stats

Points per game – 33.2

Opponent points per game – 27.8

Rushing yards – 1,533

Opponent rushing yards – 1,998

Passing yards – 4,031

Opponent passing yards – 2,987

Total offense – 5,564

Third down percentage – 45%

Key individual stats

Rushing

Vavae Malepeai – 97 att., 466 yards, 6 TD

Kenan Christon – 68 att., 373 yards, 2 TD

Stephen Carr – 67 att., 372 yards, 4 TD

Passing

Kedon Slovis – 260-362, 3,242 yards, 28 TD, 9 INT

Receiving

Michael Pittman – 95 rec., 1,222 yards, 11 TD

Amon-Ra St. Brown – 68 rec., 879 yards, 6 TD

Tyler Vaugns – 68 rec., 858 yards, 6 TD

Drake London – 35 rec., 533 yards, 4 TD

Defense

John Houston – 100 tackles, 6.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks

Talanoa Hufanga – 76 tackles, 5.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks, FF

Isaiah Pola-Mao – 68 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 1.5 sacks, 4 INT

Kana’I Mauga – 57 tackles, 7 TFL, 3 sacks, INT

Marlon Tuipulotu – 44 tackles, 6 TFL, 2 sacks, FF

Drake Jackson – 41 tackles, 11.5 TFL, 5.5 sacks, FF

Jay Tufele – 39 tackles, 6.5 TFL, 4.5 sacks, FF

Trojans on the silver screen: Considering its proximity to Hollywood, it comes as no surprise that several former Trojans have gone on to show business. USC players that went on to gain fame on the silver screen include: John Wayne, Ward Bond, Mike Henry, Tim Rossovich, O.J. Simpson, Anthony Davis, Patrick Muldoon, Brian Turk, Mazio Royster, Shane Foley, Matt Willig, Nick Pappas and John Walker.