2002 USC Trojans football team

2002 USC Trojans football
National champion (Dunkel, Matthews)
Co-national champion (Sagarin)
Pac-10 co-champion
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 38–17 vs. Iowa
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 4
AP No. 4
2002 record 11–2 (7–1 Pac-10)
Head coach Pete Carroll (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator Norm Chow
Captain Carson Palmer
Captain Troy Polamalu
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 92,000, grass)
2002 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 10 Washington State $+  7 –1     10 –3  
No. 4 USC %+  7 –1     11 –2  
Arizona State  5 –3     8 –6  
UCLA  4 –4     8 –5  
Oregon State  4 –4     8 –5  
California  4 –4     7 –5  
Washington  4 –4     7 –6  
Oregon  3 –5     7 –6  
Arizona  1 –7     4 –8  
Stanford  1 –7     2 –9  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. USC ended the regular season ranked #5 in both the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll. Trojans quarterback Carson Palmer won the 2002 Heisman Trophy as the best college football player in America. During the bowl games, USC had a convincing 38–17 win over #3 Iowa in the Orange Bowl. USC became #4 in the final AP Poll and Coaches' Poll. Other notable players for the USC Trojans in 2002 include WR#2 Kareem Kelly, RB#21 Malaefou Mackenzie, QB#10 Matt Cassel, RB#4 Sultan McCullough, RB#34 Hershel Dennis (FR) RB#25 Justin Fargas, RB#39 Sunny Byrd, RB#34 Chad Pierson, WR#44 Gregg Guenther, TE#86 Dominique Byrd, WR#83 Keary Colbert, WR#1 Mike Williams, WR#7 Sandy Fletcher, WR#82 Donald Hale, TE#88 Doyal Butler, and WR#87 Grant Mattos.

The team was named national champion by both Dunkel and Matthews, and co-champion by Sagarin, all NCAA-designated major selectors.[1]:115

Recruiting

USC was ranked highly (#12 by Scout, #13 by Rivals) for getting Darnell Bing, Manuel Wright, Winston Justice, Fred Matua, Tom Malone, Jason Mitchell, Hershel Dennis, Kyle Williams, Dominique Byrd, Dallas Sartz, Justin Wyatt, Chris McFoy, Mike Williams, LaJuan Ramsey, Oscar Lua and Brandon Hancock among others.

Schedule

The Trojans finished the season with an 11–2 record, 7–1 in the Pac-10.

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 5:00 PM Auburn* No. 20 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles ABC W 24–17   63,269[2]
September 14 12:30 PM at No. 18 Colorado* No. 18 Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado ABC W 40–3   53,119[2]
September 21 4:00 PM at No. 25 Kansas State* No. 11 KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas TBS L 20–27   49,276[2]
September 28 3:30 PM No. 23 Oregon State No. 18 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles FSN W 22–0   56,417[2]
October 5 4:00 PM at No. 17 Washington State No. 18 Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington TBS L 27–30 OT  36,861[2]
October 12 3:30 PM California No. 20 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles FSN W 30–28   63,113[2]
October 19 12:30 PM No. 22 Washington No. 19 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles ABC W 41–21   52,961[2]
October 26 12:30 PM at No. 14 Oregon No. 15 Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon ABC W 44–33   56,754[2]
November 9 5:00 PM at Stanford No. 10 Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California ABC W 49–17   44,950[2]
November 16 4:00 PM Arizona Statedagger No. 8 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles TBS W 34–13   73,923[2]
November 23 12:30 PM at No. 25 UCLA No. 7 Rose Bowl • Pasadena, California ABC W 52–21   91,084[2]
November 30 5:00 PM No. 7 Notre Dame* No. 6 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles ABC W 44–13   91,432[2]
January 2 5:00 PM vs. No. 3 Iowa* No. 5 Pro Player Stadium • Miami Gardens, Florida (Orange Bowl) ABC W 38–17   75,971[2]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Pacific Time.

Game summaries

Auburn

1 234Total
Auburn 7 703 17
• USC 7 737 24

[3]

Colorado

1 234Total
• USC 14 6020 40
Colorado 0 030 3

[4]

Kansas State

1 234Total
USC 0 6014 20
• Kansas State 0 1278 27

[5]

Oregon State

1 234Total
Oregon State 0 000 0
• USC 0 1363 22

[6]

Washington State

1 234OTTotal
USC 7 07130 27
• Washington State 10 07103 30

[7]

California

1 234Total
California 14 707 28
• USC 3 1476 30

[8]

Washington

#22/17 Washington at #19/20 USC
1 234Total
Washington 7 0014 21
• USC 7 10177 41

[9]

UCLA

1 234Total
• USC 21 71410 52
UCLA 0 7014 21
  • Date: November 23
  • Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena
  • Game start: 3:30 p.m. EST
  • Elapsed time: 3:26
  • Game attendance: 91,084
  • Television network: ABC

[10]

Notre Dame

1 234Total
Notre Dame 6 700 13
• USC 0 171314 44
  • Date: November 30
  • Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
  • Game start: 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Elapsed time: 3:26
  • Game attendance: 91,432
  • Game weather: Cloudy; 60°F; wind variable
  • Referee: Chuck McFerrin
  • Television network: ABC

[11]

Orange Bowl

#3/5 Iowa Hawkeyes at #5/4 USC Trojans
1 234Total
Iowa 10 007 17
• USC 7 31414 38

USC played third ranked Iowa in the Orange Bowl. The matchup featured the top two finalists for that season's Heisman Trophy; Trophy winner Carson Palmer and runner up Brad Banks.[13] Banks was the quarterback for the Hawkeyes. The Hawkeyes had only lost one game all year and it was to their rival Iowa State. Iowa opened the play up with a bang and set an Orange Bowl record when C.J. Jones returned the opening kickoff of the game 100 yards for a touchdown. USC responded with a touchdown run on from running back Justin Fargas. Iowa regained the lead with a field goal from Nate Kaeding. USC would kick a field goal in the second quarter to even the score 10-10 at the half. USC came out in the second half and separated themselves from Iowa scoring twice in the third quarter to take a 24-10 lead. The first score was a pass from Palmer to Mike Williams and the second was another run from Fargas. USC ended the third quarter with the ball and scored quickly in the fourth quarter giving them a 31-10 lead. The lead grew when Iowa continued to be unable to do anything with the ball and USC took advantage on a rushing touchdown from fan favorite Sunny Byrd to make the score 38-10. Iowa would score off a touchdown pass from Banks however it was too late. USC would end up winning 38-17.

The Trojans dominated time of possession in the game, having control of the ball for 38:06 seconds. This allowed for the Trojans defense to rest while keeping the Iowa defense out on the field and making them tired. USC's defense did not give up a touchdown to Iowa until the fourth quarter of the game and forced Banks to throw his first interception since October 19.[14]

Roster

2002 USC Trojans football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 31 Will Buchanon Fr
TE 88 Doyal Butler Jr
RB 39 Sunny Byrd So
WR 19 Greig Carlson Fr
TE 86 Dominique Byrd Fr
QB 10 Matt Cassel So
WR 83 Keary Colbert Jr
RB 25 Justin Fargas Sr
TE 44 Gregg Guenther Fr
TE 81 Alex Holmes Jr
C 62 Norm Katnik Jr
WR 2 Kareem Kelly Sr
RB 37 David Kirtman Fr
QB 11 Matt Leinart Fr
FB 21 Malaefou MacKenzie Sr
RB 4 Sultan McCullough Sr
QB 3 Carson Palmer Sr
T 77 Jacob Rogers Jr
G 78 Lenny Vandermade So
RB 35 Lee Webb So
WR 1 Mike Williams Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 8 Marcell Allmond Jr
LB 59 Collin Ashton Fr
DT 84 Shaun Cody Fr
LB 6 Matt Grootegoed So
DB 27 Jason Leach So
DT 99 Mike Patterson So
S 43 Troy Polamalu Sr
DT 93 Bernard Riley Sr
LB 42 Dallas Sartz Fr
DE 94 Kenechi Udeze So
CB 24 Justin Wyatt Fr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 16 Ryan Killeen Fr
P 14 Tom Malone Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2004-05-13

2002 team players in the NFL

References

  1. ↑ 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis: National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of Southern California Department of Athletics. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
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  10. ↑ . Retrieved 2017-Feb-14.
  11. ↑ USC Official Athletic Site - Football - History. Retrieved 2014-Oct-19.
  12. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090602014445/http://www.orangebowl.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11800&KEY=&ATCLID=1249402
  13. ↑ https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/awards/heisman-2002.html
  14. ↑ http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?id=230020030
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