2001 USC Trojans football team

The 2001 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was Pete Carroll's first year as head coach. The Kansas State Wildcats's victory on September 8 marked the last time a non-Pac-10 team defeated the Trojans in the Coliseum until November 27, 2010, when the Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeated the Trojans, 20–16.

2001 USC Trojans football
Las Vegas Bowl, L 6–10 vs. Utah
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record6–6 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorNorm Chow (1st season)
Captains
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 92,000, grass)
2001 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Oregon $  7 –1   11 –1  
No. 10 Washington State  6 –2   10 –2  
No. 16 Stanford  6 –2   9 –3  
No. 19 Washington  6 –2   8 –4  
USC  5 –3   6 –6  
UCLA  4 –4   7 –4  
Oregon State  3 –5   5 –6  
Arizona  2 –6   5 –6  
Arizona State  1 –7   4 –7  
California  0 –8   1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

The Trojans finished the regular season with a 6–5 record.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 13:30 p.m.San Jose State*
FSN WestW 21–1045,568[1]
September 83:30 p.m.No. 12 Kansas State*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
FSNL 6–1069,959[1]
September 227:00 p.m.at No. 7 Oregon
FSNL 22–2445,765[1]
September 293:30 p.m.Stanford
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
FSN WestL 16–2153,962[1]
October 612:30 p.m.at No. 11 Washington
FSNL 24–2772,946[1]
October 133:30 p.m.Arizona State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
FSNW 48–1743,508[1]
October 2010:30 a.m.at Notre Dame*
NBCL 16–2780,795[1]
October 273:30 p.m.at Arizona
FSNW2W 41–3446,399[1]
November 312:30 p.m.Oregon Statedagger
  • Los Angeles Memorial Stadium
  • Los Angeles, CA
ABCW 16–13 OT44,880[1]
November 1012:30 p.m.at California
W 55–1433,506[1]
November 173:30 p.m.No. 20 UCLA
FSNW 27–088,588[1]
December 2512:30 p.m.vs. Utah*
ABCL 6–1022,385[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

San Jose State
1 234Total
San Jose St 0 307 10
• USC 7 707 21
Scoring summary
12:59USCSultan McCullough 14 yard run (David Davis kick)USC 7–0
21:36USCSultan McCullough 35 yard run (David Davis kick)USC 14–0
2:00SJSUNick Gilliam 37 yard field goalUSC 14–3
412:13USCSultan McCullough 7 yard run (David Davis kick)USC 21–3
46:00SJSUDeonce Whitaker 3 yard run (Nick Gilliam kick)USC 21–10

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Kansas State

Arizona State
1 234Total
Arizona St 3 770 17
• USC 0 21143 38

[3]

Arizona
1 234Total
• USC 3 28010 41
Arizona 10 3147 34
Scoring summary
Q111:27ARIZSean Keel 24 yard field goalARIZ 3–0
Q14:36USCDavid Davis 32 yard field goalTie 3–3
Q11:35ARIZMichael Jolivette 60 yard interception return (Sean Keel kick)ARIZ 10–3
Q213:35USCKevin Arbet 70 yard interception return (David Davis kick)Tie 10–10
Q211:00USCAlex Holmes 1 yard pass from Carson Palmer (David Davis kick)USC 17–10
Q25:43USCSunny Byrd 1 yard run (David Davis kick)USC 24–10
Q2:32USCKori Dickerson 17 yard pass from Carson Palmer (David Davis kick)USC 31–10
Q2:00ARIZSean Keel 46 yard field goalUSC 31–13
Q37:43ARIZClarence Farmer 23 yard run (Sean Keel kick)USC 31–20
Q33:37ARIZBrandon Marshall 24 yard pass from Jason Johnson (Sean Keel kick)USC 31–27
Q410:46USCDavid Davis 47 yard field goalUSC 34–27
Q47:05ARIZJason Johnson 9 yard run (Sean Keel kick)Tie 34–34
Q41:50USCKris Richard 58 yard interception return (David Davis kick)USC 41–34

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Oregon State
1 234OTTotal
Oregon St 0 3700 10
• USC 7 0306 16

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California
1 234Total
• USC 7 21107 45
California 7 070 14

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UCLA
1 234Total
UCLA 0 000 0
• USC 14 373 27
Scoring summary
111:46USCKeary Colbert 4 yard pass from Carson Palmer (David Davis kick)USC 7–0
1:00USCAntuan Simmons 36 yard interception return (David Davis kick)USC 14–0
29:38USCDavid Davis 20 yard field goalUSC 17–0
3:52USCChris Howard 34 yard run (David Davis kick)USC 24–0
412:36USCDavid Davis 20 yard field goalUSC 27–0

[7]

Roster
2001 USC Trojans football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 10 Matt Cassel Fr
WR 2 Kareem Kelly Jr
FB 21 Malaefou MacKenzie Jr
RB 4 Sultan McCullough Jr
QB 3 Carson Palmer Jr
OT 77 Jacob Rogers So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 90 Ryan Nielsen Sr
S 43 Troy Polamalu Jr
DT 93 Bernard Riley Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2001-12-04

Team players in the NFL

References
  1. "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of Southern California Department of Athletics. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
  2. USA Today
  3. "USA Today". Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
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