VIDEO: USC Stuns Iowa With Onside Kick After Scoring Touchdown to Open Second Half

USC is squaring off against Iowa in the long-winded San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl. The Trojans were trailing the Hawkeyes to start the second half, but Kedon Slovis managed to get things started with a bang in the third quarter, tossing a 57-yard bomb to Amon-Ra St. Brown to set up a score.

My God! Kedon Slovis dropped a DIME to Amon-Ra St. Brown for 57 yards!! #USC pic.twitter.com/sU1Jd7LTuA
— Decaf Metcalf ☕ (@FTBeard11) December 28, 2019

Stephen Carr was able to punch it in from three yards out to allow USC to make it a one-possession ball game.

After the score, Clay Helton decided to get a little experimental, and ordered up an onside kick which was executed to perfection.

? Onside Kick! ?@USC_Athletics with the perfectly executed onside kick ? pic.twitter.com/heTNVA2a9s
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) December 28, 2019

USC's kicker struck the ball just enough to get it 10 yards and also used his body to shield and jump on the pigskin once a recovery became legal. Helton had nothing to lose by dialing up this onside kick, and it certainly caught Iowa off guard.