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 OregonFSNL 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 WashingtonFSNL 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 ArizonaFSNW2W 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 CaliforniaW 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

[2]

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

[4]

Oregon State

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

[5]

California

1 234Total
USC 7 21107 45
California 7 070 14

[6]

UCLA

1 234Total
UCLA 0 000 0
USC 14 373 27

[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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