USC's Patrick Kim, center, runs in for a touchdown as teammate Robert Woods, left, looks on during the second half of Saturday's Pac-12 game in Los Angeles. USC won 17-14.

LOS ANGELES — If the first game in Pac-12 history is any indication of what’s in store, the rest of the country had better not fall asleep before the West Coast games are finished.

Southern California and Utah packed a plethora of drama into the final minutes of the league’s debut, and it wasn’t over until Matt Kalil swatted away the Utes’ last gasp.

Matt Barkley passed for 264 yards, Kalil blocked Utah’s 41-yard field goal attempt on the wacky final play and USC held off the upstart Utes 17-14 Saturday night.

Marc Tyler rushed for 113 yards and a touchdown in his return from suspension and Robert Woods had eight catches for 102 yards as the Trojans (2-0, 1-0) opened their conference schedule with a tenacious defensive performance against their new division rivals.

But USC couldn’t celebrate until Kalil swatted down Coleman Petersen’s final kick after the Utes (1-1, 0-1) drove into field-goal range from their 33 in the final 1:01.

“It hit my forearm, so it didn’t even get over my hand,” said Kalil, the Trojans’ 6-foot-7 left tackle. “Luckily, I’m a tall guy.”

Torin Harris returned the kick into the Utah end zone, but the score was waved off by an unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty when much of the USC bench ran onto the field to celebrate.

“I was trying to follow what was going on with the refs, but we had so many chances to put that game away,” said Barkley, who went 20 for 32. “The defense won this game for us, no doubt about it.”

The Pac-12’s debut game matched the conference’s newest member against the winningest program in league history. Once the biggest BCS-busters outside Boise State, Utah and its raucous fans didn’t look at all out of place in the venerable Coliseum.

“It was baptism by fire,” Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said. “We stayed toe-to-toe, but we have to find a way to win close games. … If you have a group of competitive guys, you want to play the best in the country. Personnel-wise, USC stacks up with anyone in the country.”

Perhaps so do the Utes. A week after USC was shut out in the second half by lowly Minnesota, Utah forced three key turnovers and shut out the Trojans in the final 24 minutes.

Also on Saturday:

No. 6 Stanford 44

Duke 14

DURHAM, N.C. — Andrew Luck matched a career high by throwing four touchdown passes in Stanford’s rout of Duke. Luck was 20 of 28 for 290 yards with touchdown passes of 60 and 3 yards to Coby Fleener, 10 yards to Chris Owusu and 3 yards to Zach Ertz.

Washington 40

Hawaii 32

SEATTLE — Keith Price connected on his first eight passes en route to a career-high 315 yards and four touchdowns, and Washington used a blistering start to hold off Hawaii’s late rally.

California 36

Colorado 33

BOULDER, Colo. — Keenan Allen hauled in a 5-yard TD pass from Zach Maynard in overtime, lifting California to a thrilling win over Colorado despite a record-setting offensive day by the Buffaloes. It counts as a nonconference victory for Cal, as the schools scheduled the game before Colorado joined the Pac-12.

Washington State 59

UNLV 7

PULLMAN, Wash. — Marshall Lobbestael threw for career highs of 361 yards and five touchdowns as Washington State pounded UNLV. Washington State (2-0) scored touchdowns on its first five possessions and held a 35-0 lead at halftime to win its first two games of the season for the first time since 2005.

UCLA 27

San Jose State 17

PASADENA, Calif. — Derrick Coleman rushed for 135 yards — all in the second half — and UCLA survived a lackluster performance to beat San Jose State, handing the Spartans their 24th loss in 27 games dating back to the beginning of the 2009 season. Coleman, who carried 14 times, put the game out of reach by scoring on a 24-yard run with 3:35 remaining to cap a five-play, 79-yard drive — all on the ground.