Aiden Chiles, in a California homecoming, connected with Chrishon McCray, for a early touchdown against USC.

Chiles passed for three TDs and rushed for another for the Spartans.

The Spartans' defense played shorthanded for most of the game, losing linebacker Jordan Hall to an ejection and Wayne Matthews III to injury.

LOS ANGELES — In its first matchup with Southern Cal as a Big Ten member, Michigan State football hung with the Trojans for a while.

But USC’s high-powered offense – which entered Saturday, Sept. 20, at No. 2 in the nation in points per game (and No. 1 in yards per game) – was rarely slowed by MSU in a 45-31 loss at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum .

MSU (3-1) scored the first touchdown – a 42-yard bomb from California native Aiden Chiles to a wide-open Chrishon McCra

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