2003 USC Trojans football team

2003 USC Trojans football

AP national champion Pac-10 champion Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 28–14 vs. Michigan
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 1
2003 record	12–1 (7–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Pete Carroll
Offensive coordinator	Norm Chow
Captain	Keary Colbert
Captain	Melvin Simmons
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 92,000, grass)

2003 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#1 USC $		7	–	1		12	–	1
#9 Washington State		6	–	2		10	–	3
Oregon		5	–	3		8	–	5
California		5	–	3		8	–	6
Oregon State		4	–	4		8	–	5
Washington		4	–	4		6	–	6
UCLA		4	–	4		6	–	7
Arizona State		2	–	6		5	–	7
Stanford		2	–	6		4	–	7
Arizona		1	–	7		2	–	10

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were named the Associated Press and Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) National Champions but were denied a spot in the BCS National Championship Game by the BCS selections for the national championship game.

The regular season ended with three one-loss teams in BCS contention: Oklahoma, LSU and USC. USC ended the regular season ranked #1 and LSU #2 in both the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll. USC lost one triple-overtime game at California, which finished 8–6; LSU had a 12-point home loss against a Florida team that went 8–5; Oklahoma, which had been ranked #1 for most of the season, fell to #3 after suffering a 35–7 defeat in the 2003 Big 12 Championship Game to Kansas State, which finished 11–4. Controversy erupted when the BCS computers selected Oklahoma–LSU as the BCS title game. During the bowl games, USC had a convincing 28–14 win over #4 Michigan in the Rose Bowl while LSU beat Oklahoma 21–14 in the Sugar Bowl (designated the BCS title game). USC remained #1 in the final AP Poll with 48 of the 65 votes, and LSU was ranked, by contractual obligation, #1 in the final Coaches' Poll, though three coaches did not follow instructions and voted USC #1 in that poll as well.^[1] Their offensive players include QB#10 Matt Cassel (JR), QB#11 Matt Leinart (SO), RB#40 Brandon Hancock (SO), RB#34 Hershel Dennis (SO), WR#7 Sandy Fletcher (SR), WR#19 Greig Carlson (SO), WR#31 William Buchanon (SO), WR#83 Keary Colbert (SR), WR#82 Chris McFoy (FR), WR#15 Jason Mitchell (SO), WR#2 Steve Smith (FR), RB#23 Chauncey Washington (FR), RB#35 Lee Webb (JR), RB#21 Lendale White (FR), WR#1 Mike Williams (SO), RB#28 Andre Woodert (FR), TE#44 Gregg Guenther (SO), and RB#37 David Kirtman (SO).

Recruiting

With the late arrival of highly touted quarterback John David Booty, who left high school a year early to attend USC, the Trojans' 2003 recruiting class was considered by some to be the best in the country.^[2]^[3]

Its legacy included many NFL Draft picks over several years, including five first-round picks.^[4]

2004 NFL Draft:

Will Poole (Round 4, Pick 102)

2006 NFL Draft:

Reggie Bush (Round 1, Pick 2)
Matt Leinart (Round 1, Pick 10)
LenDale White (Round 2, Pick 45),

2007 NFL Draft:

Steve Smith (Round 2, Pick 51)
Eric Wright (Finished career at UNLV, Round 2, Pick 53)
Ryan Kalil (Round 2, Pick 59)

2008 NFL Draft:

Sedrick Ellis (Round 1, Pick 7)
Sam Baker (Round 1, Pick 21)
Lawrence Jackson (Round 1, Pick 28)
Terrell Thomas (Round 2, Pick 63)
John David Booty (Round 5, Pick 137)
Thomas Williams (Round 5, Pick 155)
Chauncey Washington (Round 7, Pick 213)

Schedule

The Trojans finished the season with a 12–1 record, 7–1 in the Pac-10.^[5]

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	3:00 PM	at No. 6 Auburn*	No. 8	Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	CBS	W 23–0	86,063
September 6	5:00 PM	BYU*	No. 5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ABC	W 35–18	75,315
September 13	1:00 PM	Hawaii*	No. 4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	FSN	W 61–32	73,654
September 27	3:30 PM	at California	No. 3	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	FSN	L 31–34 ^3OT	51,208
October 4	12:30 PM	at Arizona State	No. 10	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	ABC	W 37–17	56,527
October 11	7:00 PM	Stanford	No. 9	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	FSN	W 44–21	68,341
October 18	11:30 AM	at Notre Dame*	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Battle for the Jeweled Shillelagh)	NBC	W 45–14	80,795
October 25	12:30 PM	at Washington	No. 4	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	ABC	W 43–23	72,015
November 1	4:00 PM	No. 6 Washington State	No. 3	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ABC	W 43–16	82,478
November 15	4:00 PM	at Arizona	No. 2	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	TBS	W 45–0	39,201
November 22	12:30 PM	UCLA	No. 2	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	ABC	W 47–22	93,172
December 6	1:30 PM	Oregon State	No. 2	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ABC	W 52–28	73,864
January 1, 2004	1:30 PM	vs. No. 4 Michigan*	No. 1	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	ABC	W 28–14	93,849
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Pacific Time.

Game notes

Auburn

	1	2	3	4	Total
• USC	10	0	6	7	23
Auburn	0	0	0	0	0

Date: August 30
Location: Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama
Game attendance: 86,063
Television network: CBS

Scoring summary

1	12:38	USC	Mike Williams 5 yard pass from Matt Leinart (Ryan Killeen kick)	USC 7-0

1	3:21	USC	Ryan Killeen 28 yard field goal	USC 10-0

3	11:50	USC	Ryan Killeen 42 yard field goal	USC 13-0

3	7:22	USC	Ryan Killeen 35 yard field goal	USC 16-0

4	13:51	USC	Hershel Dennis 14 yard run (Ryan Killeen kick)	YSC 23-0

USC opened the season visiting Auburn University: the Tigers were also ranked in the top 10 and had been named a pre-season favorite to be the national champion by at least one major news organization. In his first start, quarterback Matt Leinart led the Trojans on a dominating 23–0 performance.^[6]

References

↑ Miller, Ted (May 20, 2008). "BCS system leaves long trail of wounded victims". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 20, 2008.
↑ Newberg, Jamie (May 22, 2003). "Upon further review ...". SI.com. Retrieved April 30, 2008.
↑ "USC wins on recruiting trail by grabbing California talent". USA Today. February 6, 2003.
↑ 2003 USC FOOTBALL SIGNEES, USC Trojans - Official Site, Retrieved April 30, 2008.
↑ "2003 FINAL USC Football Statistics - University of Southern California Official Athletic Site". Usctrojans.cstv.com. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
↑ Forde, Pat (August 28, 2007) The Dash is off and running, ESPN.com.

2003 USC Trojans football—AP national champions

Head coach: Pete Carroll

USC Trojans football

Venues	Athletic Park (1895–98) Fiesta Park (1897–98, 1904–06, 1916) Chutes Park (1900) Prager Park (1903) Bovard Field (1904–10, 1914–15, 1917–22) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1923–present) Howard Jones Field (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Notre Dame (Jeweled Shillelagh) UCLA (Victory Bell) Stanford

Culture & lore	Traveler George Tirebiter Giles Pellerin "Fight On" Spirit of Troy Student Body Right Tommy Trojan Athletics scandal 1967 "Game of the Century" "Bush Push" 2007 Stanford game

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

College football national champions (championship game era)

Bowl Coalition	1992: Alabama 1993: Florida State 1994: Nebraska

Bowl Alliance	1995: Nebraska 1996: Florida 1997: Michigan (AP, FN, FWAA, TSN) / Nebraska (Bowl Alliance, Coaches)

Bowl Championship Series	1998: Tennessee 1999: Florida State 2000: Oklahoma 2001: Miami (FL) 2002: Ohio State 2003: LSU (BCS, Coaches, NFF) / USC (AP, FWAA, TSN) 2004: USC (vacated) 2005: Texas 2006: Florida 2007: LSU 2008: Florida 2009: Alabama 2010: Auburn 2011: Alabama 2012: Alabama 2013: Florida State

College Football Playoff	2014: Ohio State 2015: Alabama

Pac-12 Conference football champions

Pacific Coast	Washington (1916) Washington State (1917) California (1918) Oregon & Washington (1919) California (1920) California (1921) California (1922) California (1923) Stanford (1924) Washington (1925) Stanford (1926) Idaho, Stanford, & USC (1927) USC (1928) USC (1929) Washington State (1930) USC (1931) USC (1932) Oregon & Stanford (1933) Stanford (1934) California, Stanford, & UCLA (1935) Washington (1936) California (1937) California & USC (1938) USC (1939) Stanford (1940) Oregon State (1941) UCLA (1942) USC (1943) USC (1944) USC (1945) UCLA (1946) USC (1947) California & Oregon (1948) California (1949) California (1950) Stanford (1951) USC (1952) UCLA (1953) UCLA (1954) UCLA (1955) Oregon State (1956) Oregon & Oregon State (1957) California (1958)

AAWU	UCLA, USC, & Washington (1959) Washington (1960) UCLA (1961) USC (1962) Washington (1963) Oregon State & USC (1964) UCLA (1965) USC (1966) USC (1967)

Pacific-8	USC (1968) USC (1969) Stanford (1970) Stanford (1971) USC (1972) USC (1973) USC (1974) California & UCLA (1975) USC (1976) Washington (1977)

Pacific-10	USC (1978) USC (1979) Washington (1980) Washington (1981) UCLA (1982) UCLA (1983) USC (1984) UCLA (1985) Arizona State (1986) USC & UCLA (1987) USC (1988) USC (1989) Washington (1990) Washington (1991) Washington & Stanford (1992) Arizona, UCLA, & USC (1993) Oregon (1994) USC & Washington (1995) Arizona State (1996) UCLA & Washington State (1997) UCLA (1998) Stanford (1999) Oregon, Oregon State, & Washington (2000) Oregon (2001) USC & Washington State (2002) USC (2003) USC (2004) vacated USC (2005) vacated California & USC (2006) Arizona State & USC (2007) USC (2008) Oregon (2009) Oregon (2010)

Pac-12	Oregon (2011) Stanford (2012) Stanford (2013) Oregon (2014) Stanford (2015) Washington (2016)

National championships in bold

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