American college football season
2001 USC Trojans football Conference Pacific-10 Conference 2001 record 6–6 (5–3 Pac-10) Head coach Pete Carroll (1st season)Offensive coordinator Norm Chow (1st season)Captains
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 92,000, grass)Seasons
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.
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 21–1045,568[1] September 8 3:30 p.m. No. 12 Kansas State * Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA FSN L 6–1069,959[1] September 22 7:00 p.m. at No. 7 Oregon FSN L 22–2445,765[1] September 29 3:30 p.m. Stanford Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry ) FSN West L 16–2153,962[1] October 6 12:30 p.m. at No. 11 Washington FSN L 24–2772,946[1] October 13 3:30 p.m. Arizona State Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA FSN W 48–1743,508[1] October 20 10:30 a.m. at Notre Dame * NBC L 16–2780,795[1] October 27 3:30 p.m. at Arizona FSNW2 W 41–3446,399[1] November 3 12:30 p.m. Oregon State Los Angeles Memorial Stadium Los Angeles, CA ABC W 16–1344,880[1] November 10 12:30 p.m. at California California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA W 55–1433,506[1] November 17 3:30 p.m. No. 20 UCLA FSN W 27–088,588[1] December 25 12:30 p.m. vs. Utah * ABC L 6–1022,385[1] *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
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 1Location: 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
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Arizona State [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Arizona St
3
7 7 0
17
• USC
0
21 14 3
38
Date: October 13Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum , Los Angeles, California Game attendance: 43,508
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Arizona [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• USC
3
28 0 10
41
Arizona
10
3 14 7
34
Date: October 27Location: 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
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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 3Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum , Los Angeles, California Game attendance: 44,880
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California [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• USC
7
21 10 7
45
California
7
0 7 0
14
Date: November 10Location: Memorial Stadium , Berkeley, California Game attendance: 33,506
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UCLA [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
UCLA
0
0 0 0
0
• USC
14
3 7 3
27
Date: November 17Location: 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
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Roster [ ]
2001 USC Trojans football team roster
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