TUCSON, Ariz. — The Arizona Wildcats (4-2, 2-1) take their show on the road to face off against Pac-12 South foe USC (3-3, 2-1) this Saturday, Oct. 19 at the Coliseum. Kickoff is slated for 6:30 PM MST with a television broadcast on Pac-12 Networks.

The Cats are looking for back-to-back conference road wins after taking down Colorado, 35-30, two weeks ago in Boulder. Arizona last beat USC in Los Angeles in 2009, a 21-17 victory at the end of an 8-5 campaign for the Wildcats. 

The Trojans return home after dropping a 30-27 decision against Notre Dame last weekend. USC has a 3-0 record at home in the Coliseum this season.

A complete game preview is below.

Arizona Notes & Numbers

• Fresh off four home games in their past five contests, the Arizona Wildcats will hit the road each of the next two weeks. It begins this Saturday with a contest in Los Angeles against Pac-12 South opponent, USC.
• Arizona's four-game winning streak was snapped last weekend against Washington and the Wildcats enter this weekend's matchup with a 4-2 mark and a 2-1 conference record.
• Quarterback Khalil Tate threw the 53rd touchdown pass of his career Saturday against Washington. He is 14 touchdowns shy of the school record of 67 held by Nick Foles and Willie Tuitama. Tate has 5,636 career passing yards, which ranks ninth all-time in program history.
• Junior linebacker Tony Fields II has 29 tackles in three Pac-12 games and ranks fourth in the conference in total tackles in conference games. He has started 31 consecutive games, never missing a contest since his arrival in 2017. He leads the team overall this season with 47 tackles.
• Redshirt junior cornerback Lorenzo Burns had two pass breakups Saturday against Washington and has now defended nine passes on the season with six PBUs and three interceptions. He's tied for third in the conference and is 15th in the country, averaging 1.5 passes defended per game.
• Redshirt junior running back J.J. Taylor has rushed for 2,843 career yards, which ranks ninth all-time in school history. He needs 115 yards to pass Nic Grigsby for eighth. Taylor scored his 16th career rushing touchdown last time out.
• Arizona is ninth in the country in total offense at 509.3 yards per game. 
• Redshirt senior wide receiver Cedric Peterson has six catches for 163 yards and a touchdown over the past two games. He had eight catches for 107 yards in the first four games of the season.

50: Kicker Lucas Havrisik connected on a 50-yard field goal Saturday against UW. He is one of nine kickers nationally with two makes of 50 or more yards. He's tied for fourth in the country with four made field goals from 40 or more yards.   

49.5: Arizona is converting on third downs 49.5 percent of the time, which is tops in the Pac-12 Conference and ranks 11th nationally.

75: Arizona has three different players – Thomas Reid III, Darrius "Bam" Smith and Cedric Peterson – with 75-yard touchdown receptions so far this season. Arizona is one of only eight programs nationally to have three passing plays of 70 yards or longer this season.

14: The Wildcats have 14 rushing touchdowns in six games this season. Arizona had 14 rushing scores all of last season.

40.5: Linebacker Colin Schooler enters Saturday's game with 40.5 career tackles-for-loss. With his half tackle-for-loss against Washington, Schooler officially entered Arizona's Top 10 all-time for career TFLs, tying Chris Singleton.

90: Arizona is at 90 percent in the red zone, scoring 18 out of 20 trips.

SOME GAME THEMES: It's bounce back time for the Arizona Wildcats as they head to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to take on USC...The Wildcats are searching for their first win over the Trojans in Los Angeles since a 21-17 win in 2009...USC has won the previous four matchups in LA and the previous six matchups overall in the series...It's fair to expect a close contest between the two teams as 10 of the last 12 games in the series have been decided by a touchdown or less...The Trojans enter the game with a 3-3 matchup, coming off a 30-27 loss to Notre Dame...USC has already shown its dangerous at home, however, with a 3-0 mark and wins over conference opponents Stanford and Utah...Quarterback Kedon Slovis returned last week for the Trojans...He has thrown for 987 yards, seven touchdowns and four interceptions in five games this season...He has a deep and impressive group of receivers to throw to in Michael Pittman, Tyler Vaughns and Amon-Ra St. Brown...Pittman has 39 catches for 530 yards and four touchdowns, while Vaughns has 35 catches for 461 yards and three scores...St. Brown has 32 catches for 350 yards and four touchdowns...Vavae Malepeai paces the rushing attack with 406 yards and four touchdowns on 87 carries...The Wildcats, who have seen a minor dip in their rushing attack the past three weeks, will look to get that back to full service this week against a USC rushing defense that ranks 11th in the conference, allowing 197.2 rushing yards per game...Quarterback Khalil Tate has rushed for 271 yards on 53 carries in three career games against USC with two touchdowns...Running back J.J. Taylor has rushed for 101 yards on 30 carries in two career games against USC, and also has four catches for 38 yards and one touchdown...On the other side of the ball, some of Arizona's brightest stars have played their best against USC...Colin Schooler has 23 tackles in two games against USC, including 1.5 for a loss and a forced fumble, which he also recovered...Tony Fields II had a big game against the Trojans as a freshman with 11 tackles...Arizona struggled away from home last season, but the Wildcats are coming off a 35-30 win over Colorado their last time away from home...In that game, Khalil Tate threw for a career-high 404 yards and Arizona's defense made a late stand to secure Coach Kevin Sumlin's second Pac-12 road win...Sumlin is 9-9 in 18 games at Arizona and 0-1 against USC...This will mark Arizona's first game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum since the stadium underwent a $315-million renovation, which includes new seats, aisle handrails, additional aisles, a new stadium-wide Wi-Fi system, upgraded concession stands and a new south-side structure housing suites including a new press box...It will of course be a homecoming of sorts for several players as Arizona's leading rusher (Taylor), leading passer (Tate), and leading receiver (Brian Casteel) all hail from the Los Angeles area.

LAST MEETING: USC outlasted Arizona 24-20 at Arizona Stadium, despite a late rally from the host Wildcats...Arizona trailed 24-7 heading into the fourth quarter but scored on a 32-yard touchdown pass from Khalil Tate to Cedric Peterson with 9:34 left to make it a 10-point game...The Cats then scored again with 1:40 left, but missed the extra point to keep it a four-point game, which was as close as the Wildcats would get...Arizona once trailed 24-0 in the game...Aca'Cedric Ware rushed 21 times for 173 yards for the Trojans and Stephen Carr added 80 yards on 14 carries...JT Daniels completed 16 of 24 passes for 197 yards...Tate threw for 232 yards and two touchdown passes in a losing effort for the Wildcats...A bright spot for Arizona on defense was Jarrius Wallace, who started and made nine tackles against the Trojans...The win gave USC six victories in a row in the series...Arizona was held to 330 yards of total offense on 70 plays, while the Trojans racked up 450 yards on 71 plays...The Wildcats were held to just 98 rushing yards on 37 attempts, as J.J. Taylor had 50 yards on 18 carries...Stanley Berryhill had a 33-yard touchdown catch in the game from Tate, which marked his first-ever career touchdown...Berryhill also scored in Arizona's most recent road game at Colorado.

CHARTING THE CATS (CAREER):

• Running back J.J. Taylor has 2,843 career rushing yards, which ranks ninth all-time at Arizona. Taylor needs 115 yards to pass Nic Grigsby for eighth all-time.. Taylor's 493 career carries are the fewest of any player in the top 10. 
• Quarterback Khalil Tate has passed for 5,636 yards in his career, which ranks ninth-most in program history. He'll need another 87 yards to move into eighth.
• Tate has rushed for 2,105 yards. He is the 17th player in program history to rush for at least 2,000 yards. With 284 more yards, he would pass Jim Upchurch for 13th all-time at Arizona in rushing yards. 
• Tate has racked up 7,741 yards of total offense in his career, which currently ranks No. 3 in school history. He is 986 yards behind Willie Tuitama for second all-time in program history. 
• Tate has passed for 53 touchdowns in his career, which ranks third all-time in program history. Nick Foles and Willie Tuitama share the record with 67 touchdown passes. 
• Cornerback Jace Whittaker, who utilized his redshirt season last year, is sixth in career passes broken up with 31. He's currently one behind Devin Ross and Antoine Cason, who are tied for fourth. Kelly Malveaux is third all-time with 35 PBUs. Whittaker had a pair of interceptions in the opener against Hawai'i and then another against NAU. He has seven picks for his career. 
• Linebacker Colin Schooler enters Saturday's game with USC with 40.5 tackles-for-loss in just 31 games. He is tied with Chris Singleton for 10th all-time at Arizona.

LU-KICKS HAVRISIK: Arizona junior placekicker Lucas Havrisik was named the Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week on Monday afternoon following his performance against Washington. He is enjoying one of the finest seasons by any kicker nationally this year. First, beginning with kickoffs, Havrisik has made returning one of his kicks nearly impossible. The Wildcats have a touchback percentage of 84.21, which ranks fifth in the country. Havrisik, of course, has taken every kickoff for the Wildcats this season. Arizona's 32 touchbacks total are sixth most in the country. Havrisik's average of 64.61 yards per kickoff ranks sixth in the country. He has also yet to kick one out of bounds. As for his field goals, Havrisik converted a 50-yard field goal Saturday versus Washington. He now has two makes from 50 yards or longer this season. He is one of only nine kickers nationally to have multiple makes from 50+. Havrisik has made four field goals from 50 yards and out in his three-year career. Consider as a program, Arizona had just four field goals from 50 or deeper from 1997 to 2016. Havrisik is the first Arizona kicker to have two makes from 50 yards or longer in the same season since Matthew Peyton in 1996. Havrisik has four makes this year from 40+, which is tied for fourth-best nationally.

HOMETOWN HEROES: The Arizona wide receiver room has a strong Tucson feel to it with three local players in Stanley Berryhill III, Drew Dixon and Jamarye Joiner. The three Tucsonans have combined for 41 catches for 579 yards and six touchdowns in the first six games of the season. Adding to the impressiveness of it is that all three players are underclassmen. Berryhill and Dixon are both redshirt sophomores, while Joiner is a redshirt freshman. Dixon had his first career catch against Hawai'i, and then had four catches for 46 yards and a touchdown against NAU. Dixon's four catches against the Lumberjacks tied for the game-high with Berryhill and senior Cedric Peterson. Joiner, who had four catches in the opener against Hawai'i, had one catch for 15 yards against NAU and two catches for 14 yards against Texas Tech, before a four-catch, 68-yard game against Colorado. Joiner had three catches for 55 yards and a touchdown against Washington. Dixon and Joiner were both high school quarterbacks, who transitioned to receiver. Both played their high school football in Tucson with Dixon attending Sabino High School and Joiner going to Cienega High School. Joiner and Berryhill each had three catches against UCLA. Dixon had two. 

I'M MR. BRIGHTWELL: Junior running back Gary Brightwell currently ranks second on the team with 44 rushing attempts and 286 yards this season, 85 of which he picked up on a career-high 21 carries in the Cats third game of the year against Texas Tech. He picked up four rushing touchdowns across a three-game stretch against Northern Arizona (1), Texas Tech (2), and UCLA (1) – his four rushing scores are tied for the most on the team with Nathan Tilford. His average carry of 6.5 yards per attempt is the fourth-best mark in the Pac-12 among qualified players (played in 75% of team games, 8 rushes per game). Brightwell rewrote the Arizona record books in week two against Northern Arizona – his 94-yard touchdown run against NAU tied Nic Grigsby (2009) for the second-longest run in school history, and was just two yards shy of tying the all-time record of 96 yards set by Trung Canidate in 1997. Through three seasons and 135 attempts, Brightwell has amassed 811 rushing yards for the Cats, good for an average of 6.0 yards per carry. His four touchdowns, 6.5 yards per carry, and 57.2 yards per game this season are all career-best marks for Brightwell.

BUILT TILFORD TOUGH: Redshirt sophomore running back Nathan Tilford has made good use of his limited touches so far in 2019. On just 21 carries he has picked up 146 yards, good for 7.0 yards per attempt, and is tied for the team lead with four touchdowns. He scored once in the Wildcats season opener at Hawai'i, added a pair of scores in Arizona's road win over Colorado, and found the end zone once last weekend against Washington. Tilford, along with teammate Gary Brightwell, is tied for eighth in the Pac-12 with four rushing touchdowns; he has reached that mark on just 21 carries, while the others tied at four have gotten there in 44 (Brightwell), 87 (Vavae Malepeai, USC), and 103 (Alex Fontenot). Four of Tilford's six career touchdowns have been rushes of five or fewer yards, with his 25-yard scoring scamper on Washington marking the longest touchdown rush of his career.