2004 USC Trojans Football USC Trojans Combined Team Statistics (As of Sep 11, 2004) All Games
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2004 USC TROJANS GAME NOTES FOOTBALL SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE • HER 103 • LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90089-0601 TELEPHONE: (213) 740-8480 FAX: (213) 740-7584 WWW.USCTROJANS.COM TIM TESSALONE, DIRECTOR FOR RELEASE: Sept. 13, 2004 2004 USC FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (2-0) NO. 1-RANKED USC FOOTBALL MAKES FIRST-EVER VISIT TO BYU DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT FACTS Aug. 28 vs. Virginia Tech W 24-13 Sept. 11 Colorado State W 49-0 USC (2-0 overall) vs. BYU (1-1), Saturday, Sept. 18, 8 p.m. MST/7 p.m.PDT, LaVell Edwards Sta- Sept. 18 at BYU 8 p.m. (ESPN) dium, Provo, Ut. Sept. 25 at Stanford 4 p.m. (TBS) Oct. 9 California TBA THEMES Oct. 16 Arizona State TBA Top-ranked and defending national champion USC puts its 11-game winning streak on the line Oct. 23 Washington TBA when it makes its first-ever visit to BYU this week. It’s just the second meeting between the Oct. 30 at Washington State 4 p.m. (ABC) Trojans and Cougars, following last year’s closer-than-the-final-score USC victory. It’s been 87 Nov. 6 at Oregon State TBA years since the Trojans have played a football game in the state of Utah. It should be a difficult Nov. 13 Arizona 7:15 p.m. (FSN) environment for Troy, as 64,045-seat LaVell Edwards Stadium could be at capacity. It’ll be a Nov. 27 Notre Dame 5 p.m. (ABC) homecoming for USC offensive coordinator Norm Chow, who returns for the first time to the Dec. 4 at UCLA 1:30 p.m. (ABC) school where he spent 27 years as an assistant. For the second time in USC’s first 3 games of 2004, Trojans such as Heisman Trophy candidate QB Matt Leinart, talented TBs LenDale White PAC-10 STANDINGS and Reggie Bush and All-American defensive candidates Matt Grootegoed, Mike Patterson and Shaun Cody will take their acts on the road. For the second week in row, USC is playing a PAC-10 OVERALL W L W L Mountain West Conference opponent (last week, the Trojans blanked Colorado State at home). ASU 0 0 2 0 BYU played another Pac-10 team last week, falling at Stanford. USC is coming off a 322-yard CAL 0 0 2 0 ground performance last week, but the Cougars are seventh nationally in rush defense. The STAN 0 0 2 0 Watkins brothers (USC’s Travis and BYU’s Todd) will be on opposite sidelines. The game will be USC 0 0 2 0 shown live nationally on ESPN, USC’s second appearance on that network’s air this year after a ARIZ 0 0 1 1 12-year drought. UCLA 0 0 1 1 WSU 0 0 1 1 RANKINGS ORE 0 0 0 1 USC is ranked first by AP and USA Today/ESPN. BYU is not ranked. WASH 0 0 0 1 OSU 0 0 0 2 AP POLL USA TODAY/ESPN POLL 1. USC 1. USC TICKETS—Tickets for the USC-BYU game, priced at $25, IT’S NOT SOUTHERN CAL—Note to the media: In edi- 2. Oklahoma 2. Oklahoma are available at the USC Ticket Office (213-740-GO torial references to athletic teams of the University of 3. Georgia 3. Georgia SC) and www.usctrojans.com. Southern California, the following are preferred: USC, 4. Miami (Fla.) 4. LSU Southern California, So. California, Troy, Trojans and 5. LSU 5. Miami (Fla.) RADIO-TV—Live national cable TV : 7 p.m. (PDT), ESPN, (for women’s teams) Women of Troy. PLEASE do not 6. Texas 6. Texas Dave Barnett, Bill Curry, David Norrie, Alex Flanagan. use Southern Cal. 7. West Virginia 7. Ohio State Live national radio: 7 p.m. (PDT), Westwood 8. Florida State 8. West Virginia One, John Castleberry, Foge Fazio. PAC-10 ONLINE—Pac-10 information, press releases, 9. Ohio State 9. Florida Live local radio: 3:30 p.m. (PDT), KMPC-AM (1540 statistics and links to all league schools are available 10. California 10. California The Ticket), Pete Arbogast, Paul McDonald, John online at www.pac-10.org. 11. Florida 11. Florida State Jackson, Mark Willard, Suzy Shuster and Harvey Hyde 12. Virginia 12. Iowa (includes 3-and-a-half hour pre-game and 2-hour PAC-10 SATELLITE FEED—The Pac-10 provides a 13. Tennessee 13. Tennessee post-game shows. Eight other stations are included weekly satellite feed featuring interviews with 14. Auburn 14. Utah on the USC radio network: KSPA-AM 1510 in Ontario/ coaches and players regarding upcoming games 15. Utah 15. Auburn Orange County, XEMM-AM 800 in San Diego, KGEO- along with highlight footage. The half-hour feed airs 16. Iowa 16. Virginia AM 1230 in Bakersfield, KXPS-AM 1010 in Palm Springs, every Wednesday (through Dec. 1) at 11:30 a.m. 17. Michigan 17. Michigan KVEN-AM 1450 in Ventura, KSZL-AM 1230 in Barstow, (PDT). Coordinates are IA5/14 (formerly Telestar 5/ 18. Purdue 18. Purdue KSFB-AM 1220 in San Francisco and KFSN-AM 1140 in 14 C-Band). Trouble numbers: (310) 543-1835, (805) 19. Fresno State 19. Maryland Las Vegas. Fans also can hear the live KMPC broad- 231-3229 (888-451-5861 pager) or 925-932-4411. 20. Wisconsin 20. Fresno State cast on www.usctrojans.com, on SIRIUS satellite ra- 21. Maryland 21. Wisconsin dio or by dialing 1-800-846-4675 ext. 5933. PAC-10 COACHES TELECONFERENCE—Pac-10 foot- 22. Minnesota 22. Minnesota Live local Spanish-language radio: 7 p.m. (PDT), ball coaches are available for 10 minutes each on a 23. Boise State 23. Boise State KMXE-AM (830), John Laguna, Pepe Mantilla. media teleconference beginning at 10 a.m. (PDT) 24. Louisville 24. Louisville USC Sports Magazine Show : 11 p.m., Thursday every Tuesday (through Nov. 16) during the season. 25. Memphis 25. Clemson (Sept. 16), FOX Sports Net West 2, Lindsay Soto. USC coach Pete Carroll comes on at 10:40 a.m. (PST). USC Insider Show : 7 p.m. (PDT), Tuesdays dur- Beginning at 2:30 p.m. (PDT) each of those Tuesdays, ing football season, KMPC-AM (1540) and KPLS-AM a taped replay of the teleconference is available (830), Pete Arbogast, Petros Papadakis. until the next call. Call the Pac-10 office (925-932- USC FOOTBALL USC Trojan Talk: 7 p.m. (PDT), Sundays during 4411) or USC sports information office (213-740-8480) football season, KDWN-AM (720), Harvey Hyde, to obtain the media-only phone numbers for the Pac- Chuck Hayes. Fans also can hear the live KDWN 10 Coaches Teleconference. 10 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS broadcast on www.usctrojans.com. 27 BOWL VICTORIES PETE CARROLL MEDIA LUNCHEON—USC head coach 129 ALL-AMERICANS USC ONLINE—The USC athletic department has an Pete Carroll hosts a media-only luncheon in the Heri- 5 HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS official “home page” on the World Wide Web, fea- tage Hall lounge at 11:30 a.m. (PDT) each Tuesday 380 NFL PLAYERS turing current and historical information about Trojan during the season (except bye weeks). Transcribed 22 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS sports. For access, type www.usctrojans.com. quotes from each session are available from the USC sports information office. 1 2004 TROJAN FOOTBALL SERIES HIGH RANKING 281 (the Rams had just 48 yards on the In 2003 in its first-ever meeting against BYU, USC has been ranked in the AP Top 10 for its ground). The Trojans also had 32 first downs No. 4 USC opened up a big early lead, but past 21 games, its longest string since 34 in a (21 in the first half), held the ball 33:13 and the Cougars nearly caught up in the fourth row in 1978-80. The Trojans have been in the limited CSU to 3-of-14 on third down conver- quarter before the Trojans pulled away to win, AP Top 5 in 16 of the last 20 polls. sions. Holland was 19-of-35 for 233 yards, but 35-18, in Troy’s home opener in the Coliseum. he was sacked 4 times. CSU WR David Ander- USC went up 21-0 in the first quarter on QB RECORD WHEN NO. 1 son had 9 grabs for 137 yards. USC unveiled Matt Leinart’s touchdown tosses of 1 yard to USC has a 38-4-2 (.886) record games when it its 2003 national championship banner at the WR Mike Williams and 48 yards to WR Keary is ranked No. 1 by AP. When a No. 1-ranked game, which also included a moment of silence Colbert on a nice catch-and-run, and then 9 Trojan team faces an unranked opponent, it in honor of the third anniversary of Sept. 11. seconds after Colbert’s score, DE Omar Nazel is 24-1-1 (.942). returned a point-blank interception 16 yards SCHEDULE for a TD. But USC’s offense then stalled and IN SEPTEMBER USC will defend its national championship BYU picked up some momentum late in the USC has a 145-37-8 (.784) all-time record while against a schedule that features 6 opponents first half by getting a safety when Leinart was playing in the month of September. who played in bowls last season. The chal- called for intentionally grounding in the end lenge started right away, as the Trojans zone while being sacked by MLB K.C. Bills (ex- CONNECTIONS opened on Aug. 28 against perennial power tending BYU’s NCAA record scoring streak to USC has no Utah natives on its roster, while Virginia Tech in the Black Coaches Associa- 352 games) and then a 53-yard field goal by BYU claims 23 players from California…USC tion Football Classic in Landover, Md.