2001 USC Trojans football team

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2001 USC Trojans football
USC Trojans logo.svg
Las Vegas Bowl, L 6–10 vs. Utah
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Record6–6 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Norm Chow (1st season)
Captains
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
  2000
2002  
2001 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
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.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 13:30 p.m. San Jose State * FSN West W 21–1045,568
September 83:30 p.m.No. 12 Kansas State *
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
FSNL 6–1069,959
September 227:00 p.m.at No. 7 Oregon FSNL 22–2445,765
September 293:30 p.m. Stanford
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
FSN West L 16–2153,962
October 612:30 p.m.at No. 11 Washington FSNL 24–2772,946
October 133:30 p.m. Arizona State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
FSNW 48–1743,508
October 2010:30 a.m.at Notre Dame * NBC L 16–2780,795
October 273:30 p.m.at Arizona FSNW2 W 41–3446,399
November 312:30 p.m. Oregon State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Los Angeles Memorial Stadium
  • Los Angeles, CA
ABC W 16–13 OT44,880
November 1012:30 p.m.at California W 55–1433,506
November 173:30 p.m.No. 20 UCLA
FSNW 27–088,588
December 2512:30 p.m.vs. Utah *ABCL 6–1022,385
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

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Game summaries

vs San Jose State

1234Total
Spartans030710
Trojans770721

vs No. 12 Kansas State

1234Total
No. 12 Wildcats370010
Trojans00606

at No. 7 Oregon

1234Total
Trojans337922
No. 7 Ducks777324

vs Stanford

1234Total
Cardinal7140021
Trojans0010616

at No. 11 Washington

1234Total
Trojans0143724
No. 11 Huskies7071327

vs Arizona State

1234Total
Sun Devils377017
Trojans021141348

at Notre Dame

1234Total
Trojans763016
Fighting Irish3771027

at Arizona

1234Total
Trojans32801041
Wildcats10314734

vs Oregon State

1234OTTotal
Beavers0370313
Trojans7030616

at California

1234Total
Trojans721101755
Golden Bears707014

vs No. 20 UCLA

1234Total
No. 20 Bruins00000
Trojans1437327

Las Vegas Bowl (vs Utah)

1234Total
Utes730010
Trojans00606

Roster

2001 USC Trojans football team roster
PlayersCoaches
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
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2001-12-04

Team players in the NFL

References

  1. "2001 USC Trojans Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
  2. "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of Southern California Department of Athletics. Retrieved October 14, 2011.