2001 USC Trojans football team

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.

2001 USC Trojans football
Las Vegas Bowl, L 6–10 vs. Utah
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record6–6 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
  • Pete Carroll (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorNorm Chow (1st season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Base defense4–3
Captains
  • Charlie Landrigan
  • Troy Polamalu
  • Antuan Simmons
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 2000
2002 →
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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 13:30 p.m.San Jose State*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
FSN WestW 21–1045,568
September 83:30 p.m.No. 12 Kansas State*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
FSNL 6–1069,959
September 227:00 p.m.at No. 7 Oregon
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR
FSNL 22–2445,765
September 293:30 p.m.Stanford
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
FSN WestL 16–2153,962
October 612:30 p.m.at No. 11 Washington
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
FSNL 24–2772,946
October 133:30 p.m.Arizona State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
FSNW 48–1743,508
October 2010:30 a.m.at Notre Dame*
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
NBCL 16–2780,795
October 273:30 p.m.at Arizona
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
FSNW2W 41–3446,399
November 312:30 p.m.Oregon State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Stadium
  • Los Angeles, CA
ABCW 16–13 OT44,880
November 1012:30 p.m.at California
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 55–1433,506
November 173:30 p.m.No. 20 UCLA
  • Los Angeles Memorial Stadium
  • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)
FSNW 27–088,588
December 2512:30 p.m.vs. Utah*
  • Sam Boyd Stadium
  • Whitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl)
ABCL 6–1022,385
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

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 4OT Total
Beavers 0 3 7 03 13
Trojans 7 0 3 06 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

  • 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

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