WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — USC traveled halfway across the country for its Big Ten opener and endured a three-hour weather delay before beating Purdue 33-17 on Saturday.

Showers and storms had been hovering around the area before warmups, but had initially cleared out. The showers recirculated the area about an hour before the 3:30 p.m. EST contest was slated to kick off. Those storms hung around the stadium, resulting in a three-hour and five-minute delay in the kickoff.

USC entered the matchup without winning a game in the Eastern time zone since 2012, when it defeated Syracuse in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

The Trojans converted three of their first four drives into points, tallied 263 first-half yards, and led at halftime 17-3.

After forcing a Purdue punt on the opening drive, the Tro

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