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
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

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.

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

[2]

Kansas State

Oregon

Stanford

Washington

Arizona State

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

[3]

Notre Dame

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

[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
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]

Las Vegas Bowl

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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "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.
  4. ↑ USA Today
  5. ↑ USA Today
  6. ↑ USA Today
  7. ↑ USA Today
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