2001 USC Trojans football team

2001 USC Trojans football
2001 USC Trojans football
Las Vegas Bowl, L 6–10 vs. Utah
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	6–6 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Pete Carroll (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Norm Chow (1st season)
Captains	Charlie Landrigan; Troy Polamalu; Antuan Simmons;
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

2001 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

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
	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

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	3	0	7	10
Trojans	7	7	0	7	21

vs No. 12 Kansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Wildcats	3	7	0	0	10
Trojans	0	0	6	0	6

at No. 7 Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	3	3	7	9	22
No. 7 Ducks	7	7	7	3	24

vs Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	7	14	0	0	21
Trojans	0	0	10	6	16

at No. 11 Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	0	14	3	7	24
No. 11 Huskies	7	0	7	13	27

vs Arizona State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sun Devils	3	7	7	0	17
Trojans	0	21	14	13	48

at Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	7	6	3	0	16
Fighting Irish	3	7	7	10	27

at Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	3	28	0	10	41
Wildcats	10	3	14	7	34

vs Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Beavers	0	3	7	0	3	13
Trojans	7	0	3	0	6	16

at California

	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	7	21	10	17	55
Golden Bears	7	0	7	0	14

vs No. 20 UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 Bruins	0	0	0	0	0
Trojans	14	3	7	3	27

Las Vegas Bowl (vs Utah)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utes	7	3	0	0	10
Trojans	0	0	6	0	6

Roster

2001 USC Trojans football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
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.	#	Name	Class
DT	`90`	Ryan Nielsen	Sr
S	`43`	Troy Polamalu	Jr
DT	`93`	Bernard Riley	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Pete Carroll

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2001-12-04

Team players in the NFL

References

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

[1] "2001 USC Trojans Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 12, 2025.

[statistics-2] "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of Southern California Department of Athletics. Retrieved October 14, 2011.

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