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2002 USC Trojans football team

2002 USC Trojans football
Interlocking USC Logo.svg
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
Offensive coordinator Norm Chow
Captain Carson Palmer
Captain Troy Polamalu
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 92,000, grass)
Seasons
« 2001 2003 »
2002 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#10 Washington State $+   7 1         10 3  
#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
1 2 3 4 Total
Auburn 7 7 0 3 17
USC 7 7 3 7 24
1 2 3 4 Total
USC 14 6 0 20 40
Colorado 0 0 3 0 3
1 2 3 4 Total
USC 0 6 0 14 20
Kansas State 0 12 7 8 27
1 2 3 4 Total
Oregon State 0 0 0 0 0
USC 0 13 6 3 22
1 2 3 4 OT Total
USC 7 0 7 13 0 27
Washington State 10 0 7 10 3 30

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.

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.


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