2001 USC Trojans football team

2001 USC Trojans football

Las Vegas Bowl vs. Utah, L 6–10
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
2001 record	6–6 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Pete Carroll (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Norm Chow (1st year)
Captain	Charlie Landrigan
Captain	Troy Polamalu
Captain	Antuan Simmons
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 92,000, grass)

2001 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#2 Oregon $		7	–	1		11	–	1
#10 Washington State		6	–	2		10	–	2
#16 Stanford		6	–	2		9	–	3
#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.

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	3:30 PM	San Jose State*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	FSNW2	W 21–10	45,568^[1]
September 8	3:30 PM	No. 12 Kansas State*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	FSN	L 10–6	69,959^[1]
September 22	7:00 PM	at No. 7 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	FSN	L 24–22	45,765^[1]
September 29	3:30 PM	Stanford	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	FSNW2	L 21–16	53,962^[1]
October 6	12:30 PM	at No. 11 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	FSNW2	L 27–24	72,946^[1]
October 13	3:30 PM	Arizona State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	FSN	W 48–17	43,508^[1]
October 20	10:30 AM	at Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Battle for the Jeweled Shillelagh)	NBC	L 27–16	80,795^[1]
October 27	3:30 PM	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	FSNW2	W 41–34	46,399^[1]
November 3	12:30 PM	Oregon State	Los Angeles Memorial Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	ABC	W 16–13	44,880^[1]
November 10	12:30 PM	at California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA		W 55–14	33,506^[1]
November 17	3:30 PM	No. 20 UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Stadium • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	FSN	W 27–0	88,588^[1]
December 25	12:30 PM	vs. Utah*	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl)	ABC	L 10–6	22,385^[1]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Pacific Time.

	1	2	3	4	Total
San Jose St	0	3	0	7	10
• USC	7	7	0	7	21

Scoring summary

1	2:59	USC	Sultan McCullough 14 yard run (David Davis kick)	USC 7–0

2	1:36	USC	Sultan McCullough 35 yard run (David Davis kick)	USC 14–0

2	:00	SJSU	Nick Gilliam 37 yard field goal	USC 14–3

4	12:13	USC	Sultan McCullough 7 yard run (David Davis kick)	USC 21–3

4	6:00	SJSU	Deonce Whitaker 3 yard run (Nick Gilliam kick)	USC 21–10

	1	2	3	4	Total
Arizona St	3	7	7	0	17
• USC	0	21	14	3	38

	1	2	3	4	Total
• USC	3	28	0	10	41
Arizona	10	3	14	7	34

Scoring summary

Q1	11:27	ARIZ	Sean Keel 24 yard field goal	ARIZ 3–0

Q1	4:36	USC	David Davis 32 yard field goal	Tie 3–3

Q1	1:35	ARIZ	Michael Jolivette 60 yard interception return (Sean Keel kick)	ARIZ 10–3

Q2	13:35	USC	Kevin Arbet 70 yard interception return (David Davis kick)	Tie 10–10

Q2	11:00	USC	Alex Holmes 1 yard pass from Carson Palmer (David Davis kick)	USC 17–10

Q2	5:43	USC	Sunny Byrd 1 yard run (David Davis kick)	USC 24–10

Q2	:32	USC	Kori Dickerson 17 yard pass from Carson Palmer (David Davis kick)	USC 31–10

Q2	:00	ARIZ	Sean Keel 46 yard field goal	USC 31–13

Q3	7:43	ARIZ	Clarence Farmer 23 yard run (Sean Keel kick)	USC 31–20

Q3	3:37	ARIZ	Brandon Marshall 24 yard pass from Jason Johnson (Sean Keel kick)	USC 31–27

Q4	10:46	USC	David Davis 47 yard field goal	USC 34–27

Q4	7:05	ARIZ	Jason Johnson 9 yard run (Sean Keel kick)	Tie 34–34

Q4	1:50	USC	Kris Richard 58 yard interception return (David Davis kick)	USC 41–34

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Oregon St	0	3	7	0	0	10
• USC	7	0	3	0	6	16

	1	2	3	4	Total
• USC	7	21	10	7	45
California	7	0	7	0	14

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	0	0	0	0	0
• USC	14	3	7	3	27

Scoring summary

1	11:46	USC	Keary Colbert 4 yard pass from Carson Palmer (David Davis kick)	USC 7–0

1	:00	USC	Antuan Simmons 36 yard interception return (David Davis kick)	USC 14–0

2	9:38	USC	David Davis 20 yard field goal	USC 17–0

3	:52	USC	Chris Howard 34 yard run (David Davis kick)	USC 24–0

4	12:36	USC	David Davis 20 yard field goal	USC 27–0

USC Trojans football

Venues	Athletic Park (1895–98) Fiesta Park (1897–98, 1904–06, 1916) Chutes Park (1900) Prager Park (1903) Bovard Field (1904–10, 1914–15, 1917–22) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1923–present) Howard Jones Field (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Notre Dame (Jeweled Shillelagh) UCLA (Victory Bell) Stanford

Culture & lore	Traveler George Tirebiter Giles Pellerin "Fight On" Spirit of Troy Student Body Right Tommy Trojan Athletics scandal 1967 "Game of the Century" "Bush Push" 2007 Stanford game

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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National championship seasons in bold

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