How to score a TD in College ball...when the lights are out

Matt Kalil blocked Utah’s 41-yard field goal attempt on the final play and Torin Harris returned it for a touchdown that wasn’t counted until two hours after the game ended. Almost everybody in the Coliseum thought the officials ruled Harris’ touchdown didn’t count because of an unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty called when much of the USC bench ran onto the field to celebrate, mobbing him in the end zone. But long after the Coliseum had emptied, the Pac-12 announced that Harris had scored after all, saying the penalty was what didn’t count.

“All Unsportsmanlike Conduct fouls by substitutes (on the bench) are enforced as dead ball fouls,” Pac-12 officiating consultant Mike Pereira said in a league statement. “Since the game was over, the penalty could not be enforced, and the referee stated it was declined by rule. The officials did rule it a touchdown, making the final score 23-14.”