# 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.

## 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 ColiseumLos Angeles, CA | FSN West | W 21–10 | 45,568 |
| September 8 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 12 Kansas State* | Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA | FSN | L 6–10 | 69,959 |
| September 22 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 7 Oregon | Autzen StadiumEugene, OR | FSN | L 22–24 | 45,765 |
| September 29 | 3:30 p.m. | Stanford | Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA (rivalry) | FSN West | L 16–21 | 53,962 |
| October 6 | 12:30 p.m. | at No. 11 Washington | Husky StadiumSeattle, WA | FSN | L 24–27 | 72,946 |
| October 13 | 3:30 p.m. | Arizona State | Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA | FSN | W 48–17 | 43,508 |
| October 20 | 10:30 a.m. | at Notre Dame* | Notre Dame StadiumNotre Dame, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh) | NBC | L 16–27 | 80,795 |
| October 27 | 3:30 p.m. | at Arizona | Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ | FSNW2 | W 41–34 | 46,399 |
| November 3 | 12:30 p.m. | Oregon State | Los Angeles Memorial StadiumLos Angeles, CA | ABC | W 16–13 $^{OT}$ | 44,880 |
| November 10 | 12:30 p.m. | at California | California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA | | W 55–14 | 33,506 |
| November 17 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 20 UCLA | Los Angeles Memorial StadiumLos Angeles, CA (Victory Bell) | FSN | W 27–0 | 88,588 |
| December 25 | 12:30 p.m. | vs. Utah* | Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl) | ABC | L 6–10 | 22,385 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll 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 | 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 |

## 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