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
Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

2001 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	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

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.

The Trojans finished the regular season with a 6–5 record.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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