2001 USC Trojans football team

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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.

Schedule

The Trojans finished the regular season with a 6–5 record.

September 13:30 PMSan Jose State*

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA

FSNW2W 21–10 45,568 September 83:30 PMNo. 12 Kansas State*

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA

FSNL 6–10 69,959 September 227:00 PMat No. 7 Oregon

• Autzen Stadium
• Eugene, OR

FSNL 22–24 45,765 September 293:30 PMStanford

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA

FSNW2L 16–21 53,962 October 612:30 PMat No. 11 Washington

• Husky Stadium
• Seattle, WA

FSNW2L 24–27 72,946 October 133:30 PMArizona State

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA

FSNW 48–17 43,508 October 2010:30 AMat Notre Dame*

• Notre Dame Stadium
• Notre Dame, IN (Battle for the Jeweled Shillelagh)

NBCL 16–27 80,795 October 273:30 PMat Arizona

• Arizona Stadium
• Tucson, AZ

FSNW2W 41–34 46,399 November 312:30 PMOregon State

• Los Angeles Memorial Stadium
• Los Angeles, CA

ABCW 16–13 44,880 November 1012:30 PMat California

• California Memorial Stadium
• Berkeley, CA

W 55–14 33,506 November 173:30 PMNo. 20 UCLA

• Los Angeles Memorial Stadium
• Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)

FSNW 27–0 88,588 December 2512:30 PMvs. Utah*

• Sam Boyd Stadium
• Whitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl)

ABCL 6–10 22,385

Game summaries

San Jose State

1 2 3 4 Total San Jose St 0 3 0 7 10 • USC 7 7 0 7 21 Date: September 1 Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California Game attendance: 45,568

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

Arizona State

1 2 3 4 Total Arizona St 3 7 7 0 17 • USC 0 21 14 3 38 Date: October 13 Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California Game attendance: 43,508

Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total • USC 3 28 0 10 41 Arizona 10 3 14 7 34 Date: October 27 Location: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona Game attendance: 46,399

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

Oregon State

1 2 3 4 OT Total Oregon St 0 3 7 0 0 10 • USC 7 0 3 0 6 16 Date: November 3 Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California Game attendance: 44,880

California

1 2 3 4 Total • USC 7 21 10 7 45 California 7 0 7 0 14 Date: November 10 Location: Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California Game attendance: 33,506

UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total UCLA 0 0 0 0 0 • USC 14 3 7 3 27 Date: November 17 Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California Game attendance: 88,588

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

Roster

2001 USC Trojans football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 2 Kareem Kelly Jr FB 21 Malaefou MacKenzie Jr QB 3 Carson Palmer Jr OT 77 Jacob Rogers So	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Pete Carroll Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Team players in the NFL

• Marcell Allmond
• Kevin Arbet
• Chris Cash
• Matt Cassel
• Shaun Cody
• Keary Colbert
• Kori Dickerson
• Justin Fargas
• Lonnie Ford
• Matt Grootegoed
• Gregg Guenther
• Alex Holmes
• Norm Katnik
• Kareem Kelly
• David Kirtman
• Jason Leach
• Matt Leinart
• Malaefou MacKenzie
• Grant Mattos
• Sultan McCullough
• Ryan Nielsen
• Carson Palmer
• Mike Patterson
• Troy Polamalu
• Kris Richard
• Bernard Riley
• Jacob Rogers
• Antuan Simmons
• Kenechi Udeze
• Lenny Vandermade
• John Walker
• Lee Webb