11 National Championships 496 NFL Players 33 Bowl Victories 79 NFL 1st Round Draftees accolades 163 All-Americans 5 No. 1 Overall Draft Picks 6 Heisman Trophy Winners 22 Academic All-Americans Release Date: Sept. 4, 2016 2016 SCHEDULE (0-1) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT GAME 2 Sept. 3 vs. Alabama L 6-52 USC (@Arlington, Tex.) (0-1 overall, 0-0 Pac-12 South) Sept. 10 Utah State 11 a.m. PT (P12N) Sept. 17 at Stanford 5 p.m. PT (ABC) vs. Sept. 23 (Fr.) at Utah 7 p.m. MT (FS1,FOXD) Utah State Oct. 1 Arizona State TBA (1-0 overall, 0-0 Mountain West Mountain) Oct. 8 Colorado TBA Oct. 15 at Arizona TBA Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, 11 a.m. PT, Los Angeles Coliseum Oct. 27 (Th.) California 7:30 p.m. PT (ESPN) USC FOOTBALL HOSTS UTAH STATE IN 2016 HOME OPENER Nov. 5 Oregon TBA Nov. 12 at Washington TBA THEMES Nov. 19 at UCLA TBA Nov. 26 Notre Dame TBA *After dropping its season opener in record fashion to No. 1 Alabama in Dallas, USC looks to regroup as it now hosts Utah State of the Mountain West Conference in its 2016 home opener. USCTROJANS.COM *It is the earliest kickoff (11 a.m.) for a Trojan home game since at least the early 1950s. *It is the only September home contest for the Trojans, who face the nation’s toughest schedule. @USC_Athletics *Troy has never lost to the Aggies, winning by an average of 37 points (although the most recent game in 2013 was a nail-biter). USC also is near-spotless against current Mountain West Conference foes. *Marcus Allen Bobbleheads and 2016 USC Football Schedule Posters will be given out to fans. /USCTrojans *For the first time since 1979, USC is sharing the Coliseum with the NFL’s Rams. Fans should be aware of a number of new security policies at the Coliseum, including clear bags and metal detectors, as well as #FIGHTON more limited tailgate areas due to construction around the stadium. *Coach Clay Helton’s Trojans are led offensively by new QB Max Browne, TBs Ronald Jones II and Justin #ALLABOUTBALL Davis (who both approached 1,000 rushing yards last fall), Biletnikoff Award candidate WR JuJu Smith- #FAITHFAMILYFOOTBALL Schuster and All-American nominee OT Zach Banner. Defensive headliners include triple threat CB-WR- RET Adoree’ Jackson, along with a pair of 2015 Freshman All-Americans in ILB Cameron Smith and CB Iman Marshall (he already has 4 career picks). *Utah State opened with a 39-point win last Thursday over FCS opponent Weber State. The Aggies have played in a school-record 5 consecutive bowls, including the past 4 under coach Matt Wells. USU’s offense is guided by dual threat QB Kent Myers (11 wins as a starter), who once rushed for 191 yards in a game. TROJANS ON THE AIR Live national cable TV: 11 a.m. (PT), Joining him in the run attack are RBs Devante Mays and LaJuan Hunt, the team’s top rushers in 2015 and Pac-12 Network, Roxy Bernstein, Anthony 2014, respectively. Key receivers are TE Wyatt Houston and WR Andrew Rodriguez. Three seniors--OTs Herron, Kate Scott. Austin Albrecht and Jake Simonich and C Austin Stephens--anchor the offensive line. Only 3 starters Live local radio: 7 a.m. (PT), ESPNLA from return from a defense that was in the national Top 45 in 10 categories last fall: DBs Jalen Davis and 710 Radio (KSPN-AM), Pete Arbogast, Devin Centers and DE Ricky Ali’ifua. John Jackson, Jordan Moore, Shaun Cody, Chris Fisher, Travis Rodgers, Jeremy *The game will be shown live on Pac-12 Network. Hogue (includes 4-hour pre-game and *USC’s women’s soccer and men’s water polo teams also have home games this weekend. 2-hour post-game shows). Fans also can hear the live 710 ESPN Radio broadcast RANKINGS on USCTrojans.com and ESPNLA.com, on This week’s rankings were not released by press time. Last week, USC was ranked No. 20 in the AP sports SiriusXM satellite radio (channel 137/197) and on the TuneIn Radio app. media poll and No. 17 in the USA Today coaches poll. Utah State was not ranked in either poll. Trojans Live: 7-8 p.m. (PT), Mondays (except Tuesdays, Sept. 6 and 13), SERIES ESPNLA 710 Radio (KSPN-AM), John USC leads its series with Utah State, 5-0, with all the meetings occurring in Los Angeles. The Trojans have Jackson, Jordan Moore (live from The outscored the Aggies, 230-43, winning by an average of 37 points. Lab gastropub, 3500 Figueroa St., Los Angeles). Fans also can hear “Trojans In 2013 in the teams’ most recent meeting, USC’s stingy defense held down a potent Utah State offense Live” on ESPNLA.com, USCTrojans.com and the Trojan offense did just enough to pull out a 17-14 victory over Utah State. It was the schools’ first and the TuneIn Radio app. meeting since 1989. The Trojan defense limited an Aggie offense that came in averaging 49 points, 550 total USC Trojan Talk: 7 p.m. (PT), yards and 29 first downs to just 14 points, 285 total yards and 13 first downs. It was the fourth consecutive Thursdays, KSHP-AM 1400, and 11 a.m. (PT), Saturdays, KMET-AM 1490, Harvey game that USC held an opponent under 300 total yards. USU, which had been converting 30-of-46 third Hyde. downs, managed to go just 5-of-17 on third downs and it failed twice on fourth downs in the fourth quarter. Utah State was penalized 11 times. USC sacked Aggie QB Chuckie Keeton 4 times and allowed him to connect on just 21-of-39 passes for 179 yards. He was averaging 370 total yards, but had just 164 against USC. The Trojans got into Aggie territory on 11 of their 14 drives, but could only come away with a pair of first TICKETS half touchdowns (a 1-yard run by TB Tre Madden late in the first quarter and a 30-yard pass from QB Cody Tickets for USC home football games are on Kessler to TE Xavier Grimble late in the half) before PK Andre Heidari’s 25-yard field goal early in the fourth sale online at USCTrojans.com/tickets or by calling (213) 740-GOSC (4672). To reserve quarter broke a 14-14 tie and proved to be the decisive points (it came 6 plays after a shanked USU punt). a Coliseum Field Suite, contact the USC Troy had just 282 yards of total offense and converted just 3-of-14 third downs. Utah State’s TDs came on Premium Department at [email protected]. a pair of short Keeton passes, the first an 8-yarder to WR Brandon Swindall at the top of the second quarter 1 PAC-12 STANDINGS and a 10-yarder to WR Travis Reynolds midway through the third quarter. Only 3 of the Aggies’ 13 drives penetrated USC territory and 7 of their series were 3-and-outs. The Aggies’ average starting field position PAC-12 OVERALL was their own 21-yard line, thanks to effective punting by P Kris Albarado (5 of his 7 punts pinned the Aggies W L W L within the 20-yard line, including 2 inside the 5). USU was held scoreless in the first quarter for the first time SOUTH ASU 0 0 1 0 in 11 games. Kessler was 13-of-26 for 164 yards, WR Marqise Lee caught 6 passes for 72 yards and Madden COLO 0 0 1 0 ran for 93 yards on 24 carries (his first sub-100-yard rushing outing of 2013). DE Leonard Williams had 8 UTAH 0 0 1 0 tackles, including 3 of USC’s 10 tackles for losses, while LB Lamar Dawson and S-CB Josh Shaw each had ARIZ 0 0 0 1 7 stops and OLB Morgan Breslin had 2 sacks. TB Joey DeMartino had 72 yards on 9 carries for USU, while UCLA 0 0 0 1 Reynolds had 5 receptions for 70 yards. USC 0 0 0 1 NORTH HOME OPENERS CAL 0 0 1 0 ORE 0 0 1 0 USC record for home openers is 94-19-7 (.813). (This does not include 1 win vacated due to NCAA penalty; STAN 0 0 1 0 original record: 95-19-7, .814.) WASH 0 0 1 0 OSU 0 0 0 1 EARLY KICKOFF WSU 0 0 0 1 This week’s 11 a.m. PT kickoff against Utah State is the earliest kickoff time for a Trojan home game since at least the early 1950s when complete records became available (a home contest against Loyola in the 1891 AP POLL USA TODAY POLL season began at 9:30 a.m.). The last time USC began a game before noon at home was the 1998 season (Pre-Season) (Pre-Season) opener against Purdue at 11:30 a.m. (the Trojans hosted Boston College in 2013 and Arizona State in 2012 1. Alabama 1. Alabama in noon games). 2. Clemson 2. Clemson 3. Oklahoma 3. Oklahoma 4. Florida State 4. Florida State VERSUS MOUNTAIN WEST 5. LSU 5. Ohio State USC is 29-1-1 (.952) against current Mountain West Conference teams (not including 2 wins vacated due to 6. Ohio State 6. LSU NCAA penalty; original record: 31-1-1, .955), last losing in 1992 (to Fresno State), the same year it tied San 7. Michigan 7. Stanford Diego State.