LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Southern California could only stop Aaron Rodgers and California when it counted most. The top-ranked Trojans held the seventh-ranked Golden Bears out of the end zone after a first-and-goal with less than two minutes left and held on for a 23-17 victory Saturday.<br>
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Before the final four plays, Rodgers was 29-for-31 for 267 yards and a touchdown.<br>
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But after Rodgers got Cal to first-and-goal at the 9 with just under two minutes left, the Trojans got a sack and forced three incomplete passes. Rodgers' final throw came with pressure coming up the middle and zipped by a diving Geoff McArthur in the end zone, sending most of the more than 90,000 at the Los Angeles Coliseum into a frenzy and the Bears home with a hard-fought loss.<br>
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Southern California (5-0, 2-0 Pac-10) extended its winning streak to 14 games and avenged its only loss in the last 26. The Bears' 34-31 triple-overtime victory last season kept the Trojans from claiming an undisputed national title.<br>
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Matt Leinart tossed two touchdown passes for the Trojans, who had only two possessions in the fourth quarter - both times going three-and-out.<br>
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Rodgers tied an NCAA record by completing his first 23 passes for the Bears (3-1, 1-1).
