2002 USC Trojans football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4

The 2002 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2002-2003 NCAA Division I-A college football season.

USC ended the regular season ranked #5 in both the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll. During the bowl games, USC had a convincing 38–17 win over #3 Iowa in the Orange Bowl. USC became #4 in the final AP Poll and Coaches' Poll.

Recruiting

USC was ranked highly (#12 by Scout, #13 by Rivals) for getting Darnell Bing, Manuel Wright, Winston Justice, Fred Matua, Tom Malone, Jason Mitchell, Hershel Dennis, Kyle Williams, Dominique Byrd, Dallas Sartz, Justin Wyatt, Chris McFoy, Mike Williams, LaJuan Ramsey, Oscar Lua and Brandon Hancock among others.

Schedule

The Trojans finished the season with a 11-2 record, 7-1 in the Pac-10.[1]

September 2Auburn*No. 18

W 24–17 September 14at No. 18 BYU*No. 17

W 40–3 September 21at No. 25 Kansas State*No. 11

L 20–27 September 28No. 23 Oregon StateNo. 18

Los Angeles Stadium
Los Angeles, CA

W 22–0 October 05at No. 18 Washington StateNo. 20

L 27–30 October 12CalNo. 20

Los Angeles Coliseum
Los Angeles, CA

W 30–28 October 19No. 22 WashingtonNo. 19

Los Angeles Coliseum
Los Angeles, CA

W 41–21 October 26at No. 14 OregonNo. 15

W 44–33 November 09at StanfordNo. 10

W 49–17 November 16Arizona StateNo. 8

Los Angeles Coliseum
Los Angeles, CA

W 34–13 November 23at No. 25 UCLANo. 7

W 52–21 November 30No. 7 Notre Dame*No. 6

Los Angeles Coliseum
Los Angeles, CA

W 44–13 January 2vs. No. 3 Iowa*No. 5

W 38–17

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Game Notes

Auburn

2002 Team Players in the NFL

References

USC Football Archive (2002 Season), USC Athletic Department.
2002 NCAA Football Rankings, ESPN.com.

External links

Official site

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