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# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | 
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| September 1 | 3:30 PM | San Jose State* |  | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA | FSNW2 | W 21–10 | 45,568[1] | 
| September 8 | 3:30 PM | #12 Kansas State* |  | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA | FSN | L 10–6 | 69,959[1] | 
| September 22 | 7:00 PM | at #7 Oregon |  | Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR | FSN | L 24–22 | 45,765[1] | 
| September 29 | 3:30 PM | Stanford |  | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA | FSNW2 | L 21–16 | 53,962[1] | 
| October 6 | 12:30 PM | at #11 Washington |  | Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA | FSNW2 | L 27–24 | 72,946[1] | 
| October 13 | 3:30 PM | Arizona State |  | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA | FSN | W 48–17 | 43,508[1] | 
| October 20 | 10:30 AM | at Notre Dame* |  | Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Battle for the Jeweled Shillelagh) | NBC | L 27–16 | 80,795[1] | 
| October 27 | 3:30 PM | at Arizona |  | Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ | FSNW2 | W 41–34 | 46,399[1] | 
| November 3 | 12:30 PM | Oregon State  |  | Los Angeles Memorial Stadium • Los Angeles, CA | ABC | W 16–13 | 44,880[1] | 
| November 10 | 12:30 PM | at California |  | California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA |  | W 55–14 | 33,506[1] | 
| November 17 | 3:30 PM | #20 UCLA |  | Los Angeles Memorial Stadium • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell) | FSN | W 27–0 | 88,588[1] | 
| December 25 | 12:30 PM | vs. Utah* |  | Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl) | ABC | L 10–6 | 22,385[1] | 
| *Non-conference game.  Homecoming.   #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Pacific Time. | 
Game summaries
San Jose State
 
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|  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | 
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| San Jose St | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |  
| • USC | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |  | 
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| Scoring summary | 
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 |  |  | 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
 
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|  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | 
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| Arizona St | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |  
| • USC | 0 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 38 |  | 
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Arizona
 
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|  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | 
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| •  USC | 3 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 41 |  
| Arizona | 10 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 34 |  | 
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| Scoring summary | 
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 |  |  | 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
 
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|  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total | 
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| Oregon St | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |  
| • USC | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 |  | 
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California
 
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|  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | 
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| •  USC | 7 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 45 |  
| California | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |  | 
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UCLA
 
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|  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | 
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| UCLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| • USC | 14 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 27 |  | 
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| Scoring summary | 
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 |  |  | 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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Las Vegas Bowl
Team players in the NFL
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