2010 USC Trojans football team

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2010 USC Trojans football
USC Trojans logo.svg
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Record8–5 (5–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Kennedy Pola (1st season)
Offensive scheme West Coast
Defensive coordinator Ed Orgeron (1st season)
Base defense 4–3
Captain Matt Barkley
Stanley Havili
Michael Morgan
Malcolm Smith
Shareece Wright
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Capacity: 93,607)
Seasons
←  2009
2011  →
2010 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 Oregon $  9 –0   12 –1  
No. 4 Stanford  %  8 –1   12 –1  
USC †  5 –4   8 –5  
Washington  5 –4   7 –6  
Arizona  4 –5   7 –6  
Arizona State  4 –5   6 –6  
Oregon State  4 –5   5 –7  
California  3 –6   5 –7  
UCLA  2 –7   4 –8  
Washington State  1 –8   2 –10  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • † – USC ineligible for championship and post-season due to NCAA sanctions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Trojans were led by head coach Lane Kiffin, who was in his 1st season. They played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as members of the Pacific-10 Conference.

Contents

Pre-season

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 28:00 p.m.at Hawai'i *No. 14
 ESPN W 49–3644,204 [3]
September 117:30 p.m. Virginia *No. 16
 FSN W 17–1481,375 [4]
September 1812:30 p.m.at Minnesota *No. 18
ESPNW 32–2150,442 [5]
September 2512:00 p.m.at Washington State No. 20
FSNW 50–1624,310 [6]
October 25:00 p.m. Washington No. 18
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
 ESPN2 L 31–3282,796 [7]
October 95:00 p.m.at No. 16 Stanford
ABC L 35–3751,607 [8]
October 1612:30 p.m. California
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
FSNW 48–1472,386 [9]
October 305:00 p.m.No. 1 Oregon Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 24
ABC/ESPN3L 32–5388,726 [10]
November 67:30 p.m. Arizona State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
FSNW 34–3368,744 [11]
November 135:00 p.m.at No. 18 Arizona
ABCW 24–2154,722 [12]
November 205:00 p.m.at Oregon State No. 20
ABCL 7–3644,969 [13]
November 275:00 p.m. Notre Dame *
ABCL 16–2085,417 [14]
December 47:30 p.m.at UCLA
FSNW 28–1471,105 [15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

Hawaii Warriors

No. 14 USC Trojans vs Hawaii Warriors
Quarter1234Total
No. 14 Trojans141315749
Hawaii31371336

at Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI

  • Date: September 2nd, 2010
  • Game time: 8:00 P.M. PST
  • Game weather: 83 Degrees
  • Game attendance: 44,204
  • TV: ESPN
Game information
StatisticsNo. 14 USCHawaii
First downs2531
Plays–yards62-52478-588
Rushes–yards35-24629-129
Passing yards278459
Passing: comp–att–int20-27-027-49-0
Time of possession27:5332:07

The Trojans began the season by taking advantage of the NCCA's Hawaii scheduling exemption which permits an extra non-conference game when traveling to Hawaii, which allowed them a 13-game schedule without a bowl game. [16] The game turned out to be an offensive showcase, with Matt Barkley throwing a USC record-tying five touchdowns. [17]

Virginia Cavaliers

1234Total
Cavaliers070714
#16 Trojans0140317

In their home debut the Trojans hosted the Virginia Cavaliers, who played their first game ever in the state of California. [18] Compared with the previous match's high-scoring, the game remained close with the Cavaliers failing by only three points.

Minnesota Golden Gophers

1234Total
#18 Trojans7661332
Golden Gophers707721

USC extended its victory streak against Big Ten schools to 11 games in a road win against the embattled Golden Gophers, who lost their previous game to FCS foe South Dakota. Minnesota went on to fire its head coach Tim Brewster later in the season. The game was also the 19th straight nonconference win by the Trojans, a streak that would be broken later in the season by Notre Dame. [19]

Washington State Cougars

1234Total
#20 Trojans21715750
Cougars760316

Southern California began their conference schedule after dropping six spots in the AP rankings since the preseason poll despite going undefeated. Washington State scored on their opening drive, but the Trojans went on to score 50 points in a blowout, earning Lane Kiffin a 4-0 record, the best start of a USC coach's tenure since Jess Hill in 1951. [20]

Washington Huskies

1234Total
Huskies3173932
#18 Trojans7147331

For consecutive years, head coach Steve Sarkisian's Washington Huskies upset the Trojans by kicking a last-second field goal. Sarkisian was an assistant coach at USC prior to taking over the program at Washington.

Erik Folk, who hit the game-winning field goal for Washington, was named Pac-10 special teams player of the week. [21] He went 4-for-4 on field goals and completed two PAT attempts. The previous year, Folk kicked a 22-yarder to defeat the Trojans 16-13. [22]

Stanford Cardinal

1234Total
Trojans7771435
#16 Cardinal7771637

For the second week in a row USC lost in the final seconds of the game by a field goal, as Stanford kicker Nate Whitaker made a 30-yarder as time expired. It marked the first time since 2000 that Stanford defeated the Trojans at Stanford Stadium, and the first time since 2001 that USC has lost two games in a row. [23]

California Golden Bears

1234Total
Golden Bears007714
Trojans14283348

Matt Barkley once again tied the USC mark for touchdown passes in a game by throwing five to put the Trojans up 42-0 at halftime. USC rested its starters in the second half, allowing 14 points, but still prevailed by 34 points. [24]

Oregon Ducks

1234Total
#1 Ducks821141053
#24 Trojans10715032

The Ducks came into the game ranked 1st in the AP poll. The previous three weeks a team ranked number one had lost, but the Trojans were unable to continue this streak. USC had a three-point lead in the third quarter, but Oregon scored all the game's remaining points and won by margin of three touchdowns. [25]

Arizona State Sun Devils

1234Total
Sun Devils70141233
Trojans01415534

The Trojans eked out a single-point victory against Arizona State thanks to a rare defensive two-point conversion in the fourth quarter. After the Sun Devils scored a touchdown to put them in the lead by four points Torin Harris blocked the extra point and ran it back to the opposite end-zone, cutting ASU's newly found lead to two. Kicker Joe Houston later kicked a 29-yard field to put the Trojans in the lead, which they maintained during the game's final minutes. [26]

Arizona Wildcats

1234Total
Trojans1473024
#18 Wildcats0140721

USC beat Arizona to extend its win streak in Tucson to nine with a 160-yard performance by Marc Tyler and avenged their season-ending loss from the previous year. [27]

Oregon State Beavers

1234Total
#20 Trojans00707
Beavers31731336

The Trojans lost their third straight game in Corvallis and lost Matt Barkley to injury late in the second quarter. Oregon State's 36–7 victory marked the worst defeat for USC against the Beavers in 96 years. [28] [29]

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

1234Total
Fighting Irish0130720
Trojans3010316

Playing with its backup quarterback Mitch Mustain, USC lost to Notre Dame and ended its victory streak against its arch rival dating back to 2001. The Fighting Irish scored the go-ahead touchdown with 2:23 remaining in the game, and the Trojans failed to convert a two-minute drill after a pass to Ronald Johnson that would have resulted in a touchdown and the probable win was dropped. Mustain later threw an interception that ended the game and gave Notre Dame the victory. [30]

UCLA Bruins

1234Total
Trojans7701428
Bruins700714

After losing to rival Notre Dame the week before, USC bounced back to close their season with a win over cross-town rival UCLA to retain the Victory Bell. Quarterback Matt Barkley returned after missing the previous week and threw one of the team's two touchdown passes. Allen Bradford led the Trojans by gaining 212 yards rushing and catching a 47-yard touchdown throw to extend the victory streak against the Bruins to four. [31]

Rankings

Ranking Movement
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PollPreWk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Wk 12Wk 13Wk 14Final
AP1416182018NRNRNR24NRNR20NRNRNRNR
CoachesIneligible for ranking
HarrisNot releasedIneligible for ranking
BCSNot releasedIneligible for ranking

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