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USC FOOTBALL10 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

27 BOWL VICTORIES135 ALL-AMERICANS

6 HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS380 NFL PLAYERS

22 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS

2004 USC FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (12-0)

DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULTAug. 28 vs. Virginia Tech W 24-13Sept. 11 Colorado State W 49-0Sept. 18 at BYU W 42-10Sept. 25 at Stanford W 31-28Oct. 9 California W 23-17Oct. 16 Arizona State W 45-7Oct. 23 Washington W 38-0Oct. 30 at Washington State W 42-12Nov. 6 at Oregon State W 28-20Nov. 13 Arizona W 49-9Nov. 27 Notre Dame W 41-10Dec. 4 at UCLA W 29-24Jan. 4 Oklahoma 8:20 p.m. (ABC-TV)

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PAC-10 STANDINGS

PAC-10 OVERALLW L W L

USC 8 0 12 0CAL 7 1 10 1ASU 5 3 8 3OSU 5 3 6 5UCLA 4 4 6 5ORE 4 4 5 6WSU 3 5 5 6STAN 2 6 4 7ARIZ 2 6 3 8WASH 0 8 1 10

AP POLL

1. USC2. Oklahoma3. Auburn4. California5. Utah6. Texas7. Louisville8. Georgia9. Virginia Tech10. Boise State11. Iowa12. LSU13. Michigan14. Miami (Fla.)15. Tennessee16. Wisconsin17. Florida State18. Virginia19. Pittsburgh20. Florida21. Arizona State22. Texas A&M23. Texas Tech24. Ohio State25. Boston College

USA TODAY/ESPN POLL

1. USC2. Oklahoma3. Auburn4. California5. Texas6. Utah7. Georgia8. Louisville9. Virginia Tech10. Boise State11. LSU12. Michigan13. Iowa14. Miami (Fla.)15. Florida State16. Wisconsin17. Tennessee18. Virginia19. Florida20. Pittsburgh21. Texas Tech22. Ohio State23. West Virginia24. Arizona State25. Texas A&M

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Dec. 20, 2004

NO. 1 USC MEETS NO. 2 OKLAHOMA IN ORANGE BOWL BCS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

FACTSUSC (12-0 overall, 8-0 Pac-10) vs. Oklahoma (12-0, 8-0 Big 12), BCS Championship Game, FedExOrange Bowl, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 8:20 p.m. EST/5:20 p.m. PST, Pro Player Stadium, Miami, Fla.

THEMESWhat a high-powered, star-studded match-up this BCS Championship Game in the 2005 Or-ange Bowl will be: top-ranked and defending national champion USC versus No. 2 Oklahoma,which played in last year’s BCS contest. It’s a meeting of 2 of college football’s most historicprograms. These teams have met just 8 times, and it’s been a dozen years since the last faceoff.Each USC-OU game has featured a ranked team…and oftentimes a highly-ranked team. Infact, it’s not the first time the No. 1 Trojans met the No. 2 Sooners (in 1981, USC won in the lastseconds). Oklahoma is one of only 2 teams to ever beat a No. 1 Trojan team. And OU is the lastteam to hold the No. 1 ranking before USC’s current run of 17 consecutive polls. This is a familiartrip for USC, which won the 2003 Orange Bowl, and Oklahoma, which has played in 17 OrangeBowls (it won the 2000 national title there). This is the second time Pete Carroll has coachedagainst Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. The teams are mirror images: Heisman winners atquarterback and finalists at running back, deep receiving corps, staunch defenses with a Codyanchoring the line, exciting returners, and the game’s top head coaches in USC’s Pete Carolland OU’s Bob Stoops. The teams also are very similar statistically. Questions abound: CanUSC’s stingy defense stop Oklahoma’s balanced offense? Can USC’s potent multidimensionaloffense have success against OU’s testy defense? Will the game turn on special teams? Cananybody halt USC’s Matt Leinart or Reggie Bush or LenDale White or Dwayne Jarrett? Or OU’sJason White or Adrian Peterson or Mark Clayton or Antonio Perkins? How do you contend withthe likes of Troy’s Shaun Cody or Mike Patterson or Matt Grootegoed or Lofa Tatupu? OrOklahoma’s Lance Mitchell or Dan Cody or Donte Nicholson? The game in Miami’s 72,230-seatPro Player Stadium is sold out and it will be shown live nationally in prime time on ABC-TV.

RANKINGSUSC is ranked first by AP and USA Today/ESPN. Oklahoma is second in both polls.

SERIESUSC holds a 5-2-1 lead in its series with Oklahoma, with all contests occurring in the regularseason. The Trojans have won the last 4 meetings (23-7 in 1988 in Los Angeles, 12-0 in 1982 inNorman, 28-24 in 1981 in L.A. and most recently 20-10 in 1992 in Norman when Troy scored 20unanswered points in the fourth quarter) and they are unbeaten in the last 5 contests (a 7-7 tiein 1973 in the Coliseum). In every meeting, at least one of the teams was ranked by AP . In fact,USC was No. 1 in 3 of its games against the Sooners (1963-73-81). Also, USC has twice beaten aNo. 2 Oklahoma squad (in 1981 and 40-14 in 1964 in Norman), while Oklahoma has gone 1-1-1against top-ranked USC squads (winning in 1963, 17-12, in the Coliseum while ranked No. 3,then getting the tie in 1973 and losing in 1981). That 1981 contest saw No. 1 USC score thegame-winning touchdown with 2 seconds to play (a 7-yard pass from QB John Mazur to TE FredCornwell) to beat No. 2 Oklahoma, 28-24, in the Coliseum. USC’s only other loss to Oklahomawas in 1971, 33-20, in Norman. The Sooners have scored only 24 points against USC in the last 14quarters. USC’s 1982 shutout snapped Oklahoma’s then-NCAA record consecutive game scoringstreak at 181 games.


USC VS. OKLAHOMA (5-2-1)

YEAR AP RANK RESULT PLACE1963 1-3 L 12-17 H1964 NR - 2 W 40-14 A1971 17- 8 L 20-33 A1973 1- 8 T 7- 7 H1981 1- 2 W 28-24 H1982 18-NR W 12- 0 A1988 4- 3 W 23- 7 H1992 NR-13 W 20-10 A

FOOTBALL POWERSUSC and Oklahoma have 2 of the top grid-iron heritages in the country. USC has won 10national titles (1928-31-32-39-62-67-72-74-78-2003) and Oklahoma has 7 (1950-55-56-74-75-85-2000). Oklahoma is third in career winningpercentage among Division I-A schools (.714),while USC is ninth (.697). In all-time victories,Oklahoma is eighth (749) and USC is 10th (719).USC has appeared in 42 bowls (with 27 wins),while Oklahoma has been in 37 bowls (with23 wins). Five Trojans have won Heisman Tro-phies (Mike Garrett, O.J. Simpson, CharlesWhite, Marcus Allen, Carson Palmer) and 4Sooners have (Billy Vessels, Steve Owens, BillySims and Jason White). Both have had leg-endary coaches (USC’s Gloomy GusHenderson, Howard Jones, John McKay, JohnRobinson and now Pete Carroll, andOklahoma’s Bennie Owen, Bud Wilkinson,Chuck Fairbanks, Barry Switzer and now BobStoops). Both even have distinctive songs:Fight On and Boomer Sooner.

USC VERSUS BIG 12USC is 26-7-2 against Big 12 opponents. TheTrojans have won 7 of the last 9 such meet-ings, but have dropped the last 2 (most re-cently losing at Kansas State, 27-20, in 2002).On the other hand, Oklahoma is 20-12-1against the Pac-10, having won the last 2meetings.

USC NO. 1 VS. 2An AP No. 1-ranked USC team is 2-0 whenplaying a No. 2 team. USC defeated Wiscon-sin in the 1963 Rose Bowl, 42-37, and USC de-feated Oklahoma in 1981, 28-24.

USC IN BOWLSUSC has a remarkable record in bowl games.The Trojans have the nation’s fourth highestbowl winning percentage (.643) among the65 schools which have made at least 10 bowlappearances (behind only Oklahoma State’s.667, Georgia Tech’s .656 and Penn State’s.649). USC is just 2 wins behind Alabama formost bowl victories, 29 to 27. Troy’s 42 bowlappearances rank fourth behind only Ala-bama (51), Tennessee (44) and Texas (43), andare tied with Nebraska. USC once won 9consecutive bowl games (the 1923-30-32-33-39-40-44-45 Rose Bowls and 1924 ChristmasFestival); only Florida State has won more ina row (11). USC’s overall post-season recordis 27-15. The Trojans were a bowl participanteach year they were eligible from 1972 to1990. Troy has appeared in an unprec-edented 29 Rose Bowls, where it has a 21-8mark. That’s not only the most Rose Bowl winsof any team, but also the most wins by aschool in a single bowl. USC has won 8 of itslast 10 Rose Bowls. USC has also appeared in11 other bowls—the Christmas Festival, LibertyBowl, Bluebonnet Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, AlohaBowl, Florida Citrus Bowl, Sun (John Hancock)Bowl (twice), Freedom Bowl (twice), CottonBowl, Las Vegas Bowl and Orange Bowl.

USC IN ORANGE BOWLUSC will be making its second appearancein the Orange Bowl (on the other hand, thiswill be Oklahoma’s 17th Orange Bowl trip). Inthe 2003 FedEx Orange Bowl (following the2002 season), No. 5-ranked USC–behind abalanced offense and a stingy defense–staked its claim as one of the nation’s topteams as it swamped No. 3 Iowa, 38-17. Itwas Pac-10 co-champion USC’s eighth winin a row (giving Troy its first 11-win season since1979) and it snapped Big Ten co-champIowa’s 9-game winning streak. It was the first

meeting between the teams in 26 years andthe first trip to the Orange Bowl for eitherschool. It also was Troy’s first win ever in Floridain 5 tries and came against the ninth AP-ranked squad the Trojans played in the 2002season. And USC scored at least 30 points fora school-record eighth consecutive game.USC dominated the Hawkeyes statistically,getting more total yards (550-323), first downs(30-18), plays (80-58) and possession time(38:06-21:54). It was the ninth game in a rowthat USC had at least 400 yards of total of-fense. Despite facing an Iowa defense thatwas second nationally against the run (68.2),Troy rushed for a season-best 247 yards andscored 4 TDs on the ground. And USC–play-ing without 2-time All-American S TroyPolamalu, who was held out with a sore ham-string–kept in check a Hawkeye offense thatwas sixth nationally in scoring (38.9). At thestart, it looked like Iowa would provide a stiffchallenge as WR C.J. Jones ran back theopening kickoff an Orange Bowl-record 100yards for a TD. But USC responded quickly asQB Carson Palmer’s 65-yard bomb to WRKareem Kelly on Troy’s first play set up TB Jus-tin Fargas’ 4-yard scoring run just 3 plays later.Then, after Iowa had to settle for a 35-yardfield goal by PK Nate Kaeding after advanc-ing to the USC 2-yard line on the ensuing drive,USC reeled off 31 unanswered points. First,PK Ryan Killeen atoned for an earlier missedfield goal by nailing a 35-yarder late in thehalf (DT Bernard Riley then blocked Kaeding’s28-yard field goal try at the end of the half tokeep the score knotted at 10-10). Next, USCscored on its first 3 possessions of the secondhalf, first an 18-yard Palmer TD pass to WR MikeWilliams, then a career-long 50-yard TD runby Fargas (to cap a 99-yard drive) and a 5-yard run by TB Sultan McCullough at the topof the fourth quarter. FB Sunny Byrd added a6-yard scoring run late in the game beforeIowa added a touchdown against USC’s re-serves on an 18-yard pass from QB Brad Banksto WR Maurice Brown. Palmer proved hisHeisman Trophy was no fluke as he hit 21-of-31 passes for 303 yards to earn Orange BowlMVP honors, while Heisman runnerup Banks–the nation’s passing efficiency leader–was just15-of-36 for 204 yards and an interception (hisfirst pick in his last 104 attempts). Fargas ranfor 122 yards on 20 carries and McCulloughadded 76 yards on 12 tries, while Iowa RB FredRussell–12th in the nation in rushing–was heldto just 45 yards on 9 carries. Florida nativeWilliams (game-high 99 yards) and WR KearyColbert (81 yards) each had 6 receptions,while Kelly had 3 for 74 yards to set an NCAArecord for consecutive games with a catch(47) en route to becoming USC’s career re-ception leader (204). Williams set NCAA fresh-man records for receptions (81), receivingyards (1,265) and receiving TDs (14). Brownhad 6 catches for 63 yards for Iowa. LBs MikePollard and Matt Grootegoed each had ateam-best 6 tackles for USC, while S JasonLeach had an interception and fumble recov-ery filling in for Polamalu. Iowa hurt itself with13 penalties and turned the ball over twice.

CARROLL, ORGERON IN ORANGE BOWLThis will be the third Orange Bowl visit for bothUSC head coach Pete Carroll and defensiveline coach/recruiting coordinator Ed Orgeron.Both were with USC for the 2003 game. Also,Carroll was the secondary coach at Arkan-sas when it beat Oklahoma in the 1978 Or-ange Bowl. Orgeron was an assistant at Mi-ami when it beat Nebraska in the 1989 and1992 Orange Bowls and at Arkansas when itlost to Oklahoma in the 1987 Orange Bowl.

USC’s Rose Bowl Record

1923—USC 14, Penn State 31930—USC 47, Pittsburgh 141932—USC 21, Tulane 121933—USC 35, Pittsburgh 01939—USC 7, Duke 31940—USC 14, Tennessee 01944—USC 29, Washington 01945—USC 25, Tennessee 01946—Alabama 34, USC 141948—Michigan 49, USC 01953—USC 7, Wisconsin 01955—Ohio State 20, USC 71963—USC 42, Wisconsin 371967—Purdue 14, USC 131968—USC 14, Indiana 31969—Ohio State 27, USC 161970—USC 10, Michigan 31973—USC 42, Ohio State 171974—Ohio State 42, USC 211975—USC 18, Ohio State 171977—USC 14, Michigan 61979—USC 17, Michigan 101980—USC 17, Ohio State 161985—USC 20, Ohio State 171988—Michigan State 20, USC 171989—Michigan 22, USC 141990—USC 17, Michigan 101996—USC 41, Northwestern 322004—USC 28, Michigan 14

USC’s Record in Other Bowls

1924—USC 20, Missouri 7 (Christmas Festival)1975—USC 20, Texas A&M 0 (Liberty Bowl)1977—USC 47, Texas A&M 28 (Bluebonnet Bowl)1982—Penn State 26, USC 10 (Fiesta Bowl)1985—Alabama 24, USC 3 (Aloha Bowl)1987—Auburn 16, USC 7 (Florida Citrus Bowl)1990—Michigan State 17, USC 16 (John Hancock Bowl)1992—Fresno State 24, USC 7 (Freedom Bowl)1993—USC 28, Utah 21 (Freedom Bowl)1995—USC 55, Texas Tech 14 (Cotton Bowl)1998—TCU 28, USC 19 (Sun Bowl)2001—Utah 10, USC 6 (Las Vegas Bowl)2003—USC 38, Iowa 17 (Orange Bowl)

FUN FACT IThis is the first time that a pair of Heisman Tro-phy winners (USC’s Matt Leinart andOklahoma’s Jason White) will face each otherin a game.

FUN FACT IIUSC has never played a game on Jan. 4. Thisis also the latest USC has ended a season sincethe 1891 campaign (Feb. 22, 1892); Troy’sdebut 1888 season also ended late (on Jan.19, 1889).

FUN FACT IIIBetween them, USC’s staff has coached in 77bowl games at the major college level.

FUN FACT IVIn years that USC beat UCLA and Notre Dameand then played in a bowl game, the Trojansare 10-1 (wins in 1938-62-67-72-74-76-78-79-2002-03 and the loss in 1981).

FUN FACT VThis will be the fifth time that USC enters a bowlgame ranked No. 1 by AP. The Trojans werevictorious in the previous 4 such bowls (1962-67-72-2003), winning national championshipseach season.

FUN FACT VIUnder Pete Carroll, USC has allowed its 3 bowlopponents to average just 13.7 points.


ORANGE BOWL HISTORYThis will be the 71st version of the Orange Bowl,held in 75,540-seat Pro Player Stadium (homeof the Miami Dolphins). This will be just thethird time that a Pac-10 team has played inthe Orange Bowl, following Washington’s 28-17 victory over Oklahoma in 1985 and USC’s38-17 win over Iowa in the 2003 contest. Okla-homa will be making its 18th Orange Bowl visit.

1935—Bucknell 26, Miami (Fla.) 01936—Catholic 20, Mississippi 191937—Duquesne 13, Mississippi State 121938—Auburn 6, Michigan State 01939—Tennessee 17, Oklahoma 01940—Georgia Tech 21, Missouri 71941—Mississippi State 14, Georgetown 71942—Georgia 40, Texas Christian 261943—Alabama 37, Boston College 211944—Louisiana State 19, Texas A&M 141945—Tulsa 26, Georgia Tech 121946—Miami (Fla.) 13, Holy Cross 61947—Rice 8, Tennessee 01948—Georgia Tech 20, Kansas 141949—Texas 41, Georgia 281950—Santa Clara 21, Kentucky 131951—Clemson 15, Miami (Fla.) 141952—Georgia Tech 17, Baylor 141953—Alabama 61, Syracuse 61954—Oklahoma 7, Maryland 01955—Duke 34, Nebraska 71956—Oklahoma 20, Maryland 61957—Colorado 27, Clemson 211958—Oklahoma 48, Duke 211959—Oklahoma 21, Syracuse 61960—Georgia 14, Missouri 01961—Missouri 21, Navy 141962—Louisiana State 25, Colorado 71963—Alabama 17, Oklahoma 01964—Nebraska 13, Auburn 71965—Texas 21, Alabama 171966—Alabama 39, Nebraska 281967—Florida 27, Georgia Tech 121968—Oklahoma 26, Tennessee 241969—Penn State 15, Kansas 141970—Penn State 10, Missouri 31971—Nebraska 17, Louisiana State 121972—Nebraska 38, Alabama 61973—Nebraska 40, Notre Dame 61974—Penn State 16, Louisiana State 91975—Notre Dame 13, Alabama 111976—Oklahoma 14, Michigan 61977—Ohio State 27, Colorado 101978—Arkansas 31, Oklahoma 01979—Oklahoma 31, Nebraska 241980—Oklahoma 24, Florida State 71981—Oklahoma 18, Florida State 171982—Clemson 22, Nebraska 151983—Nebraska 21, Louisiana State 201984—Miami (Fla.) 31, Nebraska 301985—Washington 28, Oklahoma 171986—Oklahoma 25, Penn State 101987—Oklahoma 42, Arkansas 81988—Miami (Fla.) 20, Oklahoma 141989—Miami (Fla.) 23, Nebraska 31990—Notre Dame 21, Colorado 61991—Colorado 10, Notre Dame 91992—Miami (Fla.) 22, Nebraska 01993—Florida State 27, Nebraska 141994—Florida State 18, Nebraska 161995—Nebraska 24, Miami (Fla.) 171996—Florida State 31, Notre Dame 261997—Nebraska 41, Virginia Tech 211998—Nebraska 42, Tennessee 171999—Florida 31, Syracuse 102000—Michigan 35, Alabama 342001—Oklahoma 13, Florida State 22002—Florida 56, Maryland 232003—USC 38, Iowa 172004—Miami (Fla.) 16, Florida State 14

OKLAHOMA BOWL HISTORYOklahoma has a 23-13-1 (.635) record in bowlgames, including 12-5 in the Orange Bowl (it’slast appearance there was 13-2 win overFlorida State in the 2001 game. Its 23 overallbowl victories is tied for third most ever (be-hind Alabama’s 29 and USC’s 27).

MIRROR IMAGESStatistically, USC and Oklahoma match upvery closely in 2004.

USC OklahomaRushing Offense 176.1 215.1Passing Offense 266.7 254.5Pass Efficiency Offense 155.5 162.3Total Offense 442.8 469.6Scoring Offense 36.8 36.1Rushing Defense 75.3 86.4Passing Defense 196.3 193.8Pass Efficiency Defense 99.3 111.3Total Defense 271.6 280.2Scoring Defense 12.5 13.7Turnover Margin +1.2 +0.8

Among the other statistical similarities in 2004:Each has a running back who has scored 15TDs (USC’s LenDale White and Reggie Bush,OU’s Adrian Peterson). Both starting quarter-backs (Heisman winners USC’s Matt Leinart,OU’s Jason White) have thrown for 2,900 yards-and-change with only 6 interceptions. Bothteams have returned 2 punts for touchdowns.Both kickers have missed nearly the sameamount of field goals (9 by USC’s Ryan Killeen,8 by OU’s Trey DiCarlo). USC has allowedopponents 182 first downs, OU has given up184. USC averaged 85,229 fans per homegame, OU was at 84,532.

WIN STREAKSThe Trojans have captured their last 21 homegames (with 4 shutouts), which is a schoolrecord (the Pac-10 mark is 26 by California,1919-23). Besides that Pac-10 leading 21-game home winning streak, USC also has thelongest current Pac-10 win streaks for overallgames (21), Pac-10 home games (a school-and Pac-10-record 15), Pac-10 games (15)and road games (9). Troy’s 21-game winningstreak is the second longest in the nation (be-hind Boise State’s 22) and is USC’s longestsince a school- and Pac-10-record 25 con-secutive from 1931 to 1933. The 15-game Pac-10 win streak is USC’s longest since a school-record 19 consecutive in 1987-89 (the Pac-10mark is 22 by Cal, 1947-50). The 9-game roadwinning streak (which does not include 2 neu-tral site victories during that span) is the Tro-jans’ longest since a school-record 12 in a rowin 1978-80 (which did not include 2 neutralsite wins).

HIGH RANKINGUSC has been ranked in the AP Top 10 for itspast 31 games, its longest string since 34 in arow in 1978-80. The Trojans have been in theAP Top 5 in 27 of the last 32 polls. USC hasbeen AP’s No. 1 team in the last 17 polls, whichties a school record (1972-73) and equals thethird longest streak in AP history (the record is20 by Miami from 2001 to 2002).

RECORD WHEN NO. 1USC has a 48-4-2 (.907) record in games whenit is ranked No. 1 by AP. When a No. 1-rankedTrojan team faced a ranked opponent, it hasgone 16-2-1 (.868), with the losses versus Okla-homa in 1963 and Alabama in 1977 and thetie with Oklahoma in 1973. When a No. 1 USCsquad played an unranked opponent, it went32-2-1 (.929), with the losses at Oregon Statein 1967 and versus Arizona in 1981 and the tiewith Stanford in 1979.

WIRE-TO-WIRE NO. 1USC is looking to become only the secondteam ever to be ranked No. 1 in the AP pre-season poll and hold that top ranking theentire season (Florida State did it in 1999). Fourother teams—Notre Dame in 1943, Army in1945, Nebraska in 1971 and USC in 1972—were No. 1 in every regular season ranking,but either did not start off No. 1 in the pre-season poll (Nebraska and USC) or there wasno pre-season poll (Notre Dame and Army).

BACK-TO-BACK AP CHAMPSIf USC wins the 2004 AP national champion-ship, it would be the 10th time that a teamwins consecutive AP national championships.The others: Minnesota (1940-41), Army (1944-45), Notre Dame (1946-47), Oklahoma (1955-56), Alabama (1964-65), Nebraska (1970-71),Oklahoma (1974-75), Alabama (1978-79) andNebraska (1994-95).

BEST STARTAt 12-0, USC is off to its best start since the1972 national championship team finishedthe season at 12-0. A win would give USC itsfirst-ever 13-win season.

PERFECT SEASONSUSC is looking for its eighth perfect (unbeaten,untied) season. The others: 1888 (2-0), 1889(2-0), 1894 (1-0), 1920 (6-0), 1932 (10-0), 1962(11-0) and 1972 (12-0).

USC’S WINNINGEST 3 AND 2 YEAR SPANSUSC’s 35 wins over the past 3 years (11 in 2002,12 in 2003 and 12 in 2004) represent thewinningest 3-year period in Trojan history. Theprevious best 3-year stretch was 31 victories,on several occasions. Also, USC’s 24 winsduring the past 2 years (2003-04) is its best 2-year span.

SEASON ENDERSUSC is 60-40-11 (.590) is all season finales.

USC IN FLORIDAUSC is 1-4 in the state of Florida. The Trojansbeat Iowa in the 2003 Orange Bowl, 28-17,but lost at Miami in 1966, at Florida in 1982, toAuburn in the 1987 Citrus Bowl in Orlando andat Florida State in 1998.

OKLAHOMA TROJANSUSC has had 9 lettermen in its history whoprepped in Oklahoma: Calvin Clemens(1932-33-34), Stuart Gage (1993-94-95), DwightMcFadden (1992), Harry McKinney (1944-45-46-47), Robert Peoples (1938-39-40), LynmanRussell (1936-37), Scott Tinsley (1980-81-82),Mickey Upton (1965) and Ray Webha (1936-37-38). McKinney and Elbert Watts (1985)transferred to USC after attending Oklahoma.

CARROLL’S SECOND HALF SHOWINGFourth-year head coach Pete Carroll’s USCteams have been nearly unbeatable duringthe second half of the regular season. In-deed, his teams are 17-7 in the first half of theregular season and then 22-1 in the secondhalf (not counting 2-1 in the bowls).


2003 COMPARISONA 12-game statistical comparison betweenthe No. 1-ranked Trojans of 2004 and the2003 national championship USC team inkey categories shows that this year’s teamhas an offense almost equal to last year’s,but the current defense is much moredominant.

2003 2004Wins 11 12AP Ranking 1st 1st

Turnover Margin +1.7 +1.2Total Offense 450.7 442.8Scoring Offense 42.2 36.8Rushing Offense 163.2 176.1Passing Efficiency 156.6 155.6First Downs 261 273Total Defense 337.8 272.6Scoring Defense 18.8 12.5Pass Defense 276.7 196.2Pass Efficiency Defense 110.9 99.3Sacks By 46 48Penalties 66 64Home Attendance Avg. 78,592 85,229

HALFTIME ADJUSTMENTSHere’s a look at USC’s offensive and defen-sive production (points and total yardage) byhalves in 2004.

USC USC OPP OPP1ST PTS/TO 2ND PTS/TO 1ST PTS/TO 2ND PTS/TO

VT 7/195 17/178 10/207 3/87CSU 28/337 21/216 0/188 0/93BYU 21/255 21/259 3/98 7/109STAN 17/159 14/224 28/291 0/36CAL 16/127 7/78 10/216 7/208ASU 42/307 3/139 7/155 0/88WASH10/181 28/272 0/55 0/58WSU 35/289 7/132 0/54 12/102OSU 7/181 21/234 13/153 7/211ARIZ 14/228 35/357 3/98 6/157ND 17/246 24/242 10/185 0/115UCLA 20/268 9/209 10/72 14/223TOTAL 234/2773 207/2540 94/1772 56/1487

WHAT IF?A number of Trojans—mainly offensive play-ers—projected as starters in 2004 are not onthe USC roster or have missed significant ac-tion. They include WR Mike Williams (not eli-gible after signing with an agent), DE KenechiUdeze (left early for the NFL), FB BrandonHancock (out all season with a knee injury),OT Winston Justice (suspended all season), TEGregg Guenther (playing basketball) and WRWhitney Lewis (ineligible). And several oth-ers have missed some contests this season:TE Dominique Byrd (missed USC’s first 4 gamesof 2004 with a knee injury), TB Hershel Dennis(missed first 2 games while suspended), WRSteve Smith (missed 5 games midseasongames with a broken leg), OG John Drake(missed 2 games late season with an anklesprain), CB Kevin Arbet (missed a late gamewith a knee sprain) and WR Chris McFoy(missed a late game with a knee sprain).

SELLOUTSUSC has had 3 home sellouts in 2004 (Califor-nia, Arizona State, Notre Dame), a schoolrecord. USC also will play before 7 regular-season sellouts—home and away—in 2004(the 3 home games plus road contests versusVirginia Tech, Washington State, Oregon Stateand UCLA), also a school record. The Trojansalso will play before 8 season sellouts (includ-ing a bowl), another school record.

HOME, OVERALL ATTENDANCE RECORDSUSC averaged a school and Pac-10 record85,229 fans per home game in 2004, shatter-ing mark it established last year (77,804). USCalso broke its home attendance total recordwith 511,373 fans (the old mark of 504,000 wasset in 1933 when there were 8 home contests).USC also is averaging 73,519 fans for all of itsgames, above the school record for overallattendance average (72,482, set in 2003). Ifat least 64,257 fans show up for the OrangeBowl in 72,230-seat Pro Player Stadium, USCnot only will set that mark but it will eclipse itsoverall attendance total record of 946,482,set in 2003 (Troy currently is at 882,226). Troy’sCalifornia and Arizona State home gameswere sold out, marking only the second timein Trojan history that there have been back-to-back sellouts in the Coliseum (the othertime was in 1947 for the UCLA and NotreDame games). Those 2 crowds (90,008 forCalifornia and 90,211 for Arizona State) wereUSC’s largest crowds to see a non-UCLA/non-Notre Dame home game since 1952, when94,677 fans attended the USC-Californiagame when the Coliseum’s capacity wasgreater than present.

CONNECTIONSUSC has no players from Oklahoma on its ros-ter, while the Sooners claim 5Californians…Oklahoma co-defensive coor-dinator Bo Pelini was an assistant for PeteCarroll at the New England Patriots (1997-99)…USC wide receivers coach/passinggame coordinator Lane Kiffin was the defen-sive quality control coach for the Jackson-ville Jaguars in 2000 (his father, Monte Kiffin,is the defensive coordinator with the TampaBay Buccaneers)…USC associate athletic di-rector in charge of student-athlete academicservices Dr. Magdi El Shahawy was a 3-year(1986-89) letterman nose guard at FloridaState, then he worked in the Seminole ath-letic department…USC video coordinator JoeSchrimpl held a similar position at Miami (1998).

USC’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPSUSC has won 10 national championships infootball: 1928-31-32-39-62-67-72-74-78-2003.In 5 other years (1929-33-76-79-2002), the Tro-jans were picked by some as No. 1, but theselectors were deemed not all-encompass-ing enough to claim a legitimate nationalcrown.

USC’S PAC-10 TITLESAfter sharing the Pac-10 championship in2002, USC won the 2003 Pac-10 title outright(its first outright crown since 1989) and againin 2004. That’s the first time that USC won 3consecutive Pac-10 titles since 1987-88-89.USC has now won the league title 34 times,twice as much as any other school.

LAST GAMETB Reggie Bush had a pair of electrifyingtouchdown runs among his career-best 335all-purpose yards and PK Ryan Killeen kickeda school-record (and Pac-10 conferencegame record) 5 field goals as No. 1 USC heldoff pesky UCLA, 29-24, before a soldout crowdof 88,442 in the Rose Bowl and a national ABC-TV audience. The win—giving Troy the out-right Pac-10 title—propelled USC into the BCSChampionship Game in the Orange Bowl. Itwas USC’s sixth consecutive victory over theBruins (a Trojan best) and it gave Troy its thirdconsecutive season sweep over traditionalrivals UCLA and Notre Dame for the first timein school history. It also was USC’s 21st con-secutive win, its 15th straight Pac-10 victoryand its eighth road win in a row. At 12-0, USC

tied its best-ever start with the 1972 team.Bush ran for a career-best 204 yards (the mostby a Trojan since Shawn Walters’ 234 in 1994at Stanford) on 15 carries (he had 153 yardsand both TDs on just 6 carries in the first half),plus he had 73 yards on a game-best 6catches, 39 yards on 2 kickoff returns and 19yards on 2 punt returns. He zig-zagged 65yards for a TD run on the game’s second play,then jetted a career-long 81 yards for anotherscore midway through the second quarter.USC held a 10-0 lead after Killeen’s 37-yardfield goal midway through the first quarter,but FL Craig Bragg had a UCLA-record 96-yardpunt return in the second quarter to give theBruins life. However, 2 plays after a missedUCLA field goal (following a blocked Trojanpunt), Bush had his 81-yard score. The teamsthen traded field goals late in the half, as PKJustin Medlock hit a 43-yarder and Killeenanswered with a 42-yarder with 9 seconds togo. USC had a 268 to 72 edge in total of-fense in the half (and 10 first downs to UCLA’s3). Killeen added a 34-yarder midwaythrough the third quarter, but TB ManuelWhite’s 9-yard scoring run late in the quarterbrought UCLA within 23-17. Killeen addedfourth quarter field goals of 36 and 34 yardsin the final quarter before QB Drew Olsonlofted a 4-yard TD pass to TE Marcedes Lewislate in the contest for the game’s final points.USC had 477 total yards to UCLA’s 295 (theBruins had only 17 of those yards on theground). Although Troy controlled the ball for34:33, it converted just 1-of-13 third downs(UCLA made good on only 3-of-14). QB MattLeinart was 24-of-34 for 242 yards and an in-terception (he completed his first 10 passesof the game and was 15-of-17 for 103 yardsin the first half), but he was held without a TDthrow for the first time in 25 games as a starter.TB LenDale White added 75 yards on 16 car-ries, WR Dwayne Jarrett had 5 catches for 44yards and LB Lofa Tatupu had a game-high10 tackles (with an interception). For UCLA,QB Drew Olson was 20-of-34 for 278 yards and2 interceptions, while Bragg made 6 catchesfor 67 yards and SE Junior Taylor had 5 for 89yards. It was the 75th anniversary of the firstUSC-UCLA game in 1929.

SCHEDULEUSC is defending its national championshipagainst a schedule that features 7 opponentswho played in bowls last season…and 7 whowill appear in bowls this season. Troy’s 2004slate is currently ranked the nation’s eighthmost difficult, according to the USA Today/Sagarin ratings. USC, which beat 3 of thecurrent AP Top 25 teams (No. 4 California, No.9 Virginia Tech and No. 21 Arizona State), isthe only school in the nation with wins over apair of current Top 10 teams. The challengestarted right away, as the Trojans opened onAug. 28 against perennial power Virginia Techin the Black Coaches Association FootballClassic in Landover, Md. USC then hostedColorado State and traveled to BYU andStanford before having a trio of home games(California, Arizona State and Washington)—the first time since 1998 that Troy played 3straight at home—followed by another pairof road contests (Washington State and Or-egon State). The Trojans—who had 3 byes in2004 for the second consecutive year—thenreturned home to host Arizona and NotreDame before concluding their regular sea-son on “Championship Saturday” (Dec. 4) atUCLA. Troy now faces No. 2 Oklahoma in theBCS Championship Game in the OrangeBowl. It’s a schedule that helped USC betterthe average overall (72,806) and home(77,804) attendance school records it set lastyear…and gave credence to the Trojan mar-keting department’s 2004 slogan of “ Still TheHottest Ticket In Town.”


2004 ALL-AMERICANSA school-record 6 Trojans won All-Americanfirst team honors in 2004: QB Matt Leinart (AP,Football Coaches, Walter Camp, ESPN.com,CSTV, Rivals.com), TB Reggie Bush (AP, Foot-ball Coaches, Cingular/ABC Sports, The Sport-ing News, ESPN.com, SI.com, CSTV,Rivals.com), DE-DT Shaun Cody (AP, WalterCamp, Cingular/ABC Sports, ESPN.com,SI.com, CSTV), LB Matt Grootegoed (AP, Foot-ball Coaches, Walter Camp, CSTV), DT MikePatterson (The Sporting News, SI.com,Rivals.com) and LB Lofa Tatupu (SI.com). Inhistory, Trojans now have made All-Americanfirst team 135 times. Leinart was the HeismanTrophy winner, as well as the Walter Campand AP Player of the Year. Cody was aLombardi Award finalist and Grootegoed wasa Butkus Award finalist. Wide receiverDwayne Jarrett, offensive tackle Sam Bakerand defensive end Lawrence Jackson wereFreshman All-American first teamers.

2004 ALL-PAC-10QB Matt Leinart and TB Reggie Bush werenamed 2004 Pac-10 Co-Offensive Players ofthe Year, while DE-DT Shaun Cody was Pac-10 Co-Defensive Player of the Year. It’s justthe third time that a Pac-10 school had bothan Offensive and Defensive Player of theYear, and the first time that teammates sharedthe award on one side of the ball. This is thesecond year in a row that Leinart won theleague’s Offensive MVP. He’s the fourthplayer (and just the second quarterback) towin that honor twice, joining USC’s CharlesWhite (1978-79), Stanford’s John Elway (1980-82) and Washington State’s Rueben Mayes(1984-85). It’s also the third year in a row thata Trojan has been the Pac-10 Offensive Playerof the Year (quarterback Carson Palmer wonit in 2002). Cody, who shared the honor withOregon State defensive end Bill Swancutt, isUSC’s first All-Pac-10 Defensive MVP since line-backer Chris Claiborne in 1998. He is also thefirst Trojan defensive lineman so honored.Besides that trio, four other Trojans made theAll-Pac-10 first team: DT Mike Patterson, LBsMatt Grootegoed and Lofa Tatupu and P TomMalone. Bush made the first team as both atailback (USC’s first tailback first teamer since1989) and punt returner, and the second teamas a kickoff returner. Grootegoed and Tatupuwere USC’s first linebacker duo to make firstteam since 1989. Trojans on the All-Pac-10second team were TB LenDale White, OT SamBaker and S Darnell Bing. TB Desmond Reedmade the second team as a special teamsplayer. USC’s honorable mention All-Pac-10players were TEs Dominique Byrd and AlexHolmes, WR Dwayne Jarrett, S Jason Leach,LB Dallas Sartz, DT Manuel Wright and CB Jus-tin Wyatt.

LOOKING TO 2005On USC’s current 48-man 2-deep (includingthe punter and kicker), 34 players (16 on bothoffense and defense, plus 2 specialists) arenon-seniors, including 17 starters (9 offense, 7defense, 1 specialist). And that does not in-clude 3 usual underclass starters who are ei-ther injured or ineligible, but are expectedback in 2005. Here’s the schedule those re-turnees will play in 2005:

Sept. 3 at HawaiiSept. 10 TBASept. 17 ArkansasSept. 24 at OregonOct. 1 at Arizona St.Oct. 8 Arizona

Oct. 15 at Notre DameOct. 22 at WashingtonOct. 29 Wash. StateNov. 5 StanfordNov. 12 at CaliforniaDec. 3 UCLA

PETE CARROLLIt didn’t take energetic and charismaticfourth-year USC head football coach PeteCarroll long to restore the glory of the Trojanfootball program and return Troy to nationalprominence. He is 41-9 (82.0%) as a collegehead coach (all at USC). His losses were by atotal of 42 points (4.7 average) and only 1 wasby more than a touchdown (it was by 11points). After starting off his Trojan career 2-5,he has gone 39-4 (90.7%). He is 28-5 in Pac-10games, giving him an 84.8% winning mark (aleague record). He is 13-0 in November. Histeams have posted 6 shutouts and havescored at least 20 points in the last 38 games(a school record). USC’s 24 and 35 wins overthe past 2 and 3 years represent thewinningest 2- and 3-year periods in Trojan his-tory. He also serves as USC’s defensive coor-dinator.

—In 2004, he has guided No. 1-rankedUSC to its first trip to the BCS ChampionshipGame and, with a win, back-to-back nationalchampionships. If USC wins, it would be onlythe second team ever to hold its AP pre-sea-son ranking all the way through a season. Histeam is 12-0 (USC’s best mark since 1972) andwent 8-0 in the Pac-10. He also has led theTrojans to their third consecutive Pac-10 titleand their third straight season sweep of tradi-tional rivals UCLA and Notre Dame (a first atTroy). USC is riding a 21-game winning streak(as well as 21 straight home games, a Pac-10record 15 consecutive league home game,15 straight Pac-10 games and 9 road gamesin a row). USC has been AP’s No. 1 team for17 straight polls. Troy is in the national Top 10in every defensive statistical category (its to-tal defense average is USC’s lowest in 15years), including second in scoring defensand rushing defense. USC is outscoring op-ponents by 24.3 points (including a school-record 7 games with a margin of at least 30points). A school-record 6 Trojans (HeismanTrophy quarterback Matt Leinart, tailbackReggie Bush, defensive linemen Shaun Codyand Mike Patterson, and linebackers MattGrootegoed and Lofa Tatupu—were namedAll-American first teamers. He is a finalist forthe 2004 Bear Bryant Coach of the YearAward and the Eddie Robinson Coach of theYear Award and a semifinalist for the GeorgeMunger Coach of the Year Award. He wasthe 2004 ESPN.com Pac-10 Coach of the Year.

—The 2003 season–his third at Troy–wasone of the best in USC history. The Trojanswon the AP national championship (USC’s firstnational crown since 1978) and entered theRose Bowl also ranked No. 1 in the USA To-day/ESPN poll but weren’t allowed to keepthe top spot after winning that bowl becauseof a contractual agreement which requiredthe coaches to vote the Sugar Bowl winneras their poll’s champion (USC ended up sec-ond). USC was 12-1 overall (the only loss wasby 3 points at California in triple overtime)and, at 7-1 in the Pac-10, Troy won its secondconsecutive league title for the first time since1988-89 (and its first outright crown since 1989).His Trojans won their last 9 games and postedback-to-back seasons of double digit wins forthe first time since 1978 and 1979. For just thesecond time in history (the other time also was1978 and 1979), USC swept traditional rivalsUCLA and Notre Dame in consecutive years.His 2003 squad featured a potent offense, astingy defense and productive special teams.USC had a stretch of 11 consecutive 30-pointgames (also a school mark) and 7 straight 40-point contests (a Pac-10 record). USC’s 534points was a Pac-10 record. The defense led

the nation in rushing defense and was sec-ond in turnover margin, forced 42 turnoversand scored 8 touchdowns. And the Trojanstopped the nation in net punting. Five Tro-jans–wide receiver Mike Williams, offensivetackle Jacob Rogers, defensive end KenechiUdeze, punter Tom Malone and quarterbackMatt Leinart–were first team All-Americans(Leinart and Williams finished sixth and eighth,respectively, in the Heisman Trophy voting).For all this, Carroll was named the 2003 Ameri-can Football Coaches Association Division I-A Coach of the Year, Home Depot NationalCoach of the Year, Maxwell Club CollegeCoach of the Year, ESPN.com NationalCoach of the Year, Pigskin Club of Washing-ton D.C. Coach of the Year and All-Ameri-can Football Foundation Frank Leahy Co-Coach of the Year. He also was the Pac-10Co-Coach of the Year (USC’s first honoreesince Larry Smith in 1988).

—In 2002, just his second season at USC,his Trojans thrived despite playing what wasranked by the NCAA, Sagarin and the BCS asthe nation’s most difficult schedule (facing 9AP-ranked teams and 11 bowl squads). USC—which beat Iowa in the Orange Bowl—postedan 11-2 overall record and a No. 4 ranking inthe final polls, and won the Pac-10 champi-onship while going 7-1. The Trojans also wontheir last 9 home games. It was USC’s first 11-win season since 1979 and its highest rankingsince 1988. Troy won its final 8 games (scor-ing at least 30 points in each), including blow-outs of traditional rivals UCLA and Notre Dame(the first time USC beat both in the same sea-son since 1981 and the first time in back-to-back games since 1978). USC led the Pac-10in total offense (449.3) and total defense(284.9), as well as scoring offense (35.8) andscoring defense (18.5), and was in the NCAA’sTop 25 in nearly every team statistical cat-egory on both sides of the ball. Heisman Tro-phy-winning quarterback Carson Palmer andsafety Troy Polamalu were first team All-Ameri-cans.

—Carroll brought big doses of experi-ence, enthusiasm and leadership in his questto revive the USC football program when hewas named the Trojans’ head football coachon Dec. 15, 2000 (he signed a 5-year con-tract). After USC started off his opening 2001season slowly at 1-4, Carroll stayed the courseand got his troops to rally by winning 5 of theirlast 7 games (including the final 4 regular sea-son contests) to finish at 6-6 overall. USC,which won its last 5 Pac-10 games after be-ginning league play at 0-3, placed fifth in theconference at 5-3 and earned a berth intothe Sega Sports Las Vegas Bowl. Putting anexclamation point on the regular season wasa 27-0 blanking of No. 20 UCLA, USC’s first shut-out in the crosstown rivalry since 1947 and theseries’ biggest margin of victory since 1979.

—The 53-year-old Carroll has 30 years ofNFL and college experience, including 14 onthe college level. He was the head coachof the NFL’s New England Patriots for 3 sea-sons (1997-99) and New York Jets for 1 year(1994). He guided the Patriots into the play-offs in his first 2 seasons, winning the AFC East-ern Division title at 10-6 in 1997 and advanc-ing to the second round of the playoffs. Hisoverall record in New England was 27-21 inthe regular season and 1-2 in the playoffs.After serving as the Jets’ defensive coordina-tor for 4 seasons (1990-93), he became theteam’s head coach the following season. His1994 Jets went 6-10. He spent the next 2 years(1995-96) as the defensive coordinator withthe San Francisco 49ers, who won the NFC


Western Division title both seasons. Carrollbegan his coaching career at the collegelevel, serving as a graduate assistant at hisalma mater, Pacific, for 3 years (1974-76),working with the wide receivers and second-ary. He then spent a season as a graduateassistant working with the secondary at Ar-kansas (1977), and then a season each as anassistant in charge of the secondary at IowaState (1978) and at Ohio State (1979). ThatBuckeye squad lost to USC in the 1980 RoseBowl. He next spent 3 seasons (1980-82) asthe defensive coordinator and secondarycoach at North Carolina State, then returnedto Pacific in 1983 as the assistant head coachand offensive coordinator. He entered theNFL in 1984 as the defensive backs coach ofthe Buffalo Bills, then held a similar positionwith the Minnesota Vikings for 5 seasons (1985-89). Carroll spent the 2000 season as a con-sultant for pro and college teams, doingcharitable work for the NFL and writing a col-umn about pro football for CNNSI.com.

—Carroll was a 2-time (1971-72) All-Pa-cific Coast Conference free safety at Pacificand earned his bachelor’s degree in 1973 inbusiness administration. He received his sec-ondary teaching credential and a master’sdegree in physical education from Pacific in1976. He was inducted into the Pacific Ath-letic Hall of Fame in 1995. He was born onSept. 15, 1951 in San Francisco. He and hiswife, Glena, who played volleyball at Pacific,have 3 children: sons Brennan, 24, who playedtight end at Pittsburgh (he previously playedat Delaware) and is now an assistant at USC,and Nathan, 16, and daughter Jaime, 21, asenior at USC who played on the Women ofTroy’s highly-ranked volleyball team whichcompeted in the 2000 NCAA Final Four.

—In 2003, he helped develop “A BetterL.A.,” a non-profit group consisting of a con-sortium of local agencies and organizationsworking to reduce gang violence by empow-ering change in individuals and communities.

LEINARTUSC has perhaps the nation’s top quarterbackin record-setting All-American first teamer MattLeinart (251-of-377, 66.6%, 2990 yds, 28 TD, 6int in 2004, plus 47 tcb, -33 yds, -0.7 avg, 3 TD).

·His statistics are comparable or betterin 2004 than they were at the same point lastyear (see chart below), and he’s doing it thisyear without 2003’s top 2 pass catchers—WRsMike Williams and Keary Colbert—and behinda rebuilt offensive line.

·And at this point in 2004, he has fewerinterceptions and a better completion per-centage and passing rating—and has ledUSC to more wins—than Carson Palmer didafter 12 games of his 2002 Heisman Trophyseason (see chart below).

·Against USC’s 3 opponents of 2004 cur-rently ranked by AP (Virginia Tech, Californiaand Arizona State), he threw for 660 yards and9 TDs with only 1 interception .

·He won the 2004 Heisman Trophy (be-coming the sixth Trojan to do so, along withMike Garrett in 1965, O.J. Simpson in 1968,Charles White in 1979, Marcus Allen in 1981and Carson Palmer in 2002).

·He was named the 2004 Walter CampPlayer of the Year (joining 3 other Trojans tohave been so honored, Simpson in 1967 and1968, White in 1979 and Allen in 1981) and APPlayer of the Year.

·He was named to the 2004 All-Americanfirst team by AP, Football Coaches, WalterCamp, ESPN.com, CSTV and Rivals.com, andto the second team by SI.com andCollegefootballnews.com.

·He was the 2004 Pac-10 Co-OffensivePlayer of the Year (along with teammateReggie Bush), becoming just the fourth playerto be win that honor twice (and the secondquarterback, along with Stanford’s JohnElway).

·He currently is ninth nationally in pass-ing efficiency (154.5, second in Pac-10).

·His 251 completions, 2,990 passing yards,28 TD passes and 2,957 yards of total offensein 2004 are all fourth on USC’s season lists (theTD passes is tied for 10th on the Pac-10 list).

·He is fourth on USC’s career completions(506), passing yardage (6,546) and total of-fense (6,451) charts.

·He already has thrown 66 touchdowns(second most in USC history behind Palmer’s72) in just 25 career starts, with at least 1 TD inall but 1 game he has started (the first 24) andat least 2 TDs in all but 3 games (he had astring of at least 2 TDs in 15 consecutivegames).

·He also has thrown at least 3 TDs 12 times(and at least 4 TDs 6 times, including 5 TDstwice).

·He is averaging a TD pass every 11.8career attempts.

·During USC’s current 21-game winningstreak, he has thrown 58 TDs and just 9 inter-ceptions (his career TD/interception ratio is66/15).

·His 66 career TD passes—already eighthon the Pac-10 career ladder—are the mostever in back-to-back seasons by a Pac-10quarterback.

·His 65.0% career passing percentage isabove USC’s career record of 64.6% set byRob Johnson (1991-94).

·His 1.93% career interception rate islower than the USC and Pac-10 career recordof 1.95% set by Brad Otton (1994-96).

·USC is 24-1 when Leinart starts (his 96.0%winning percentage is the highest of any USCquarterback ever).

·He is attempting to be just the third quar-terback in the last 30 years to lead his teamto back-to-back national championships.

·In his 2 starts against Notre Dame (2003and 2004), he has completed 73.5% of hispasses (50-of-68) for 751 yards and 9 TDs.

·He was a finalist for the 2004 DaveyO’Brien Award, Maxwell Award and CingularWireless/ABC Sports All-America Player of theYear Award.

·He also was named the 2004 ESPN.comand Rivals.com All-Pac-10 Player of the Year.

·He was USC’s 2004 Player of the Gameversus Notre Dame and a team captain.The junior finished sixth in the 2003 HeismanTrophy voting and was only the secondsophomore (along with Stanford’s JohnElway) to win Pac-10 Offensive Player of theYear honors. The accurate and efficient left-handed Leinart came out of relative obscu-rity to more-than-capably fill the shoes of 2002Heisman winner Carson Palmer. He hit 63.4%of his passes (255-of-402) for 3,556 yards withjust 9 interceptions in 2003. He gave an earlyindication of his talent when his first careerpass went for a touchdown at Auburn in lastfall’s opener. He went on to throw a Pac-10record 38 TDs (1 shy of the NCAA sophomoremark). His 164.5 passing efficiency ratingranked third nationally and was a USC record.His 255 completions was third on the USC sea-son chart. He set a Pac-10 season mark with212 consecutive passes without an intercep-tion (just 4 throws short of the league’s careerrecord). His 3,494 yards of total offense in 2003was second in USC history. And he punctu-ated USC’s Rose Bowl victory over Michiganby catching a 15-yard TD pass off a reverse.

—In the opener against Virginia Tech whilebreaking in a new receiving corps, he hit 65.5% of hispasses (19-of-29, despite missing on his first 4 throws)for 272 yards and 3 long TDs (he was 11-of-13 for 170yards and 2 TDs in the second half, with 11 consecu-tive completions at one point).

—He was 20-of-31 for 231 yards and 2 short TDs(with 4 drops) in just 3 quarters of action againstColorado State (he also ran for a career-high 46 yardson 7 attempts).

—At BYU, he hit 22-of-34 passes for 236 yardsand 2 TDs with an interception (breaking a streak of102 pass attempts without a pick) and he also ranfor a 1-yard TD (his first career score).

—He hit a career-best 76.7% of his passes (23-of-30) for 284 yards with a TD at Stanford and he alsoscored on a 1-yard sneak to earn Pac-10 OffensivePlayer of the Week honors.

—He was 15-of-24 for 164 yards and 2 TDs (witha pick) against California.

—In just 3 quarters of action against ArizonaS t a t e, he threw 4 TD passes on 13-of-24 passing for224 yards with no interceptions and also had a 1-yard sneak for a touchdown to earn The SportingNews National Player of the Week honors.

—He was 24-of-43 (a career high for attempts)for 217 yards and 2 scores (with a pick) against Wash-ington (he came out after the first series of the finalquarter).

—He hit a career-best 82.1% of his passes (23-of-28) for 235 yards and 2 TDs at Washington State(he was 18-of-21, 85.7%, for 203 yards and a TD in thefirst half).

—In the fog at Oregon State, he completed17-of-31 passes for 205 yards with 2 TDs and an inter-ception.

—He completed a career-best 27 passes in 35attempts (77.1%) for 280 yards and 3 TDs against Ari-zona despite sitting out most of the fourth quarter(he hit 11 consecutive passes in the first half and was12-of-14 for 273 yards in the second half).

—Against Notre Dame, he equaled a USC andNotre Dame opponent single game record with 5TD passes (the second time in his career that he hasthrown that many) as he completed 24-of-34 aerialsfor a career-best 400 yards (the second most everagainst the Irish) with no interceptions to earn bothThe Sporting News College Player of the Week andCingular Wireless/ABC Sports All-America NationalPlayer of the Week honors.

—He was 24-of-34 for 242 yards and an inter-ception at UCLA (he completed his first 10 passes ofthe game and was 15-of-17 for 103 yards in the firsthalf), but he was held without a TD throw for the firsttime in 25 games as a starter.

LEINART 2003/2004 COMPARISON THROUGH 12GAMES

PA PC PI PCT YDS TD LG RAT’GRUSH TD W2003 368 232 9 .630 3229 35 73 156.6 0 112004* 377 251 6 .666 2990 28 69 155.6 3 12*Without Mike Willams and Keary Colbert andbehind a rebuilt offensive line

MATT LEINART’S 2004 VS. CARSON PALMER’S 2002HEISMAN SEASONS THROUGH 12 GAMES

PA PC PI PCT YDS TD LG RAT’GRUSH TD WML 377 251 6 .666 2990 28 69 155.6 3 12CP 458 288 10.629 3639 32 61 148.4 4 10

USC CAREER PASSING LEADERS(Based of Number of Completions —

Includes bowl games)

PA PC INT NYG Pct. TD 1. Carson Palmer 1569 927 49 11818 .591 72 2. Rob Johnson 1046 676 28 8472 .646 58 3. Rodney Peete 1081 630 42 8225 .583 54 4. Matt Leinart 779 506 15 6546 .650 66

USC CAREER TOTAL OFFENSE LEADERS(Includes bowl games)

PLAYS RUSH PASS TOTAL1. Carson Palmer 1824 -197 11818 116212. Rodney Peete 1371 415 8225 86403. Rob Johnson 1305 -576 8472 78964. Matt Leinart 858 -95 6546 6451


GAME-BY-GAME WITH MATT LEINART

2004

PA PC PI PCT YDS TD LGVirginia Tech* 29 19 0 .655 272 3 53Colorado St.* 31 20 0 .645 231 2 31BYU* 34 22 1 .647 236 2 24Stanford* 30 23 1 .767 284 1 51California* 24 15 1 .625 164 2 45Arizona St.* 24 13 0 .542 224 4 35Washington* 43 24 1 .558 217 2 29Wash. State* 28 23 0 .821 235 2 42Oregon State* 31 17 1 .548 205 2 48Arizona* 35 27 0 .771 280 3 44Notre Dame* 34 24 0 .706 400 5 69UCLA* 34 24 1 .706 242 0 352004 (Jr.)… 377 251 6 .666 2990 28 69

2003

PA PC PI PCT YDS TD LGAuburn* 30 17 0 .567 192 1 42BYU* 34 19 3 .559 235 3 48Hawaii* 21 15 0 .714 220 2 34California* 39 21 3 .538 277 2 33Arizona State* 23 13 1 .565 289 2 57Stanford* 27 18 0 .667 260 3 41Notre Dame* 34 26 0 .765 351 4 38Washington* 29 19 0 .655 351 4 60Wash. State* 31 17 0 .548 191 3 55Arizona* 30 22 0 .733 296 4 28UCLA* 32 23 0 .719 289 2 39Oregon State* 38 22 2 .579 278 5 73Mich. (Rose)* 34 23 0 .677 327 3 472003 (So.)… 402 255 9 .634 3556 38 73*Starter

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT MATT LEINART

Steve Dilbeck, Los Angeles Daily News: “Matt Leinartis slowing, consistently building a case that he is in-deed the finest college football player in the land…Heis having an even more impressive season thanCarson Palmer had in 2002 when he won theHeisman. Leinart also is having a better year than in2003, when he finished sixth in the Heisman voting.He’s putting up equal or better numbers, despite los-ing his top three receivers from last year and despiteplaying behind an almost all-new offensive line…Themost dramatic thing about Leinart might be hisconsistency…And the way he takes advantage offall the talent around him is Palmeresque.”

Matthew Zemek, Collegefootballnews.com: “MattLeinart’s best quality is his poised leadership of a teamthat’s been decimated at wide receiver all year long.Leinart is a true college leader, a quarterback moreimportant for his intangibles than for his rawnumbers…He’s held his team together emotionally,and that’s why USC is on its way to a perfect regularseason.”

Kelly Whiteside, USA Today: “In the celebrity-drivenculture of Los Angeles, it’s been suggested that MattLeianrt just might be L.A.’s new leading man. Thoughas unassuming as a movie-set backdrop, Leinart hasCentral Casting qualities. A Heisman Trophy candi-date, quarterback for the defending national co-champion and pre-season No. 1 Trojans, with boyishgood looks and big-lug charm, Leinart’s got every-thing going for him.”

Matt Hayes, The Sporting News: “Go ahead, pick afantasy. Dream it up. You know what? Matt Leinarthas got you beat. And the ride is just beginning.Come on, who among us wouldn’t love to switchplaces with this guy? A hip quarterback at a privateLos Angeles university with a stars-aligned, bathe-in-the-glory-of-it-all lifestyle. He looks like a Ken doll,a 6-5 statue glowing amid one of the most storiedprograms in the history of college football…Leinartcould be the biggest college football star in decades.He already is the king of the city that’s fashionablylate…But he isn’t who you think he is. It’s touchdownsand titles and tinseltown on the surface. It’s just plainMatty inside.”

Todd Harmonson, Orange County Register: “Collegefootball’s flavor of the season arrived this summer withhis SoCal, so-chiseled mug on the cover of at least10 national publications. He is portrayed as thepracticioner of poise, the commissioner of cool andthe quarterback on a quest for anotherchampionship…Another huge season for Leinartlikely would make him a finalist for the Heisman Tro-phy, and doing it without Mike Williams and KearyColbert could earn him the prize.”

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com: “Matt Leinart went from un-known to unstoppable in the course of one season.He owns a national championship ring. He owns apost position in the 2004 Heisman Derby. And if hewere any calmer, he would be asleep.”

USC tailback Reggie Bush: “Matt’s got the world inhis hands.”

OTHER QUARTERBACKSBehind Matt Leinart is a stable of very capablebackups, but none have seen much time yetat USC. Sophomore John David Booty, be-lieved to be the first football player to gradu-ate a full year early from high school andenroll at a major Division I-A university whenhe did so last year, became Leinart’s backupby the middle of the 2003 season beforebreaking his wrist late in the year (an elbowinjury has sidelined him so far in 2004, so he’llredshirt). Then there’s senior Matt Cassel (10-of-14, 71.4%, 97 yds, 1 int in 2004, plus 6 tcb, 11yds, 1.8 avg), the current No. 2 signalcallerwho also has spent time in his career at tightend and is a pitcher on the Trojan baseballteam, as well as senior Brandon Hance (1-of-1, 100.0%, 6 yds in 2004, plus 1 tcb, 0 yds, 0.0avg), who started 9 games at Purdue in 2001and was No. 2 at USC after Booty got hurt lastyear, junior Billy Hart, an infielder/outfielderon USC’s baseball team, and walk-on redshirtfreshman Michael McDonald, the son of ex-USC All-American quarterback PaulMcDonald. Joining the signalcalling corps thisfall as a freshman was prep All-AmericanRocky Hinds.

—Cassel and Hance saw brief action againstColorado State, but neither threw a pass.

—Cassel saw brief action at BYU, but did notthrow a pass.

—Cassel (who went 3-of-3 for 25 yards) andHance each directed a series late in the ArizonaState game.

—Cassel was 4-of-5 for 39 yards versus Wash-ington (he also ran for 12 yards on 2 carries), whileHance directed the game’s final series (but did notthrow a pass).

—Cassel was 0-of-2 (with an interception) atWashington State.

—Cassel was 2-of-3 for 28 yards against Arizona,while Hance hit his only pass for 6 yards.

—Cassel completed a 5-yard pass againstNotre Dame while directing a series and Hanceplayed 1 play (he didn’t throw the ball).

—At UCLA, Cassel leaped high into traffic torecover an onside kick late in the game.

“THUNDER AND LIGHTNING” TAILBACKSUSC features a “Thunder and Lightning” duosplitting time at tailback: sophomoresLenDale White (188 tcb, 985 yds, 5.2 avg, 13TD in 2004, plus 11 rec, 97 yds, 8.8 avg, 2 TD)and Heisman Trophy candidate Reggie Bush(137 tcb, 833 yds, 6.1 avg, 6 TD in 2004, plus 41rec, 478 yds, 11.7 avg, 7 TD and 23 PR, 369yds, 16.0 avg, 2 TD and 19 KOR, 501 yds, 26.4avg and 1-of-1 passing, 100.0%, 52 yds, 1 TD).Either White or Bush has scored a touchdownin each of USC’s last 23 games (USC is 11-0when both score a TD). The last time that apair of Trojan running backs both scored 10TDs in a season like White and Bush have in2004 was 1976 (Ricky Bell had 14 and CharlesWhite had 11). They have combined for 52TDs in USC’s last 25 games, 4 more than Troy’s

opponents have scored during that stretch.The last time USC had a pair of 800-yard run-ners was in 1978 (Charles White and LynnCain). At times, they are on the field at thesame time in USC’s “Pony” package.

·The bull-like White has 26 rushing TDs in25 career games (he has 29 TDs overall, sec-ond only to Mike Williams’ 30 TDs for most bya Trojan by the end of his sophomore year),along with 7 games with 100 rushing yards (4times in 2004).

·He made the 2004 All-Pac-10 secondteam.

·He made the 2004 ESPN.com All-Pac-10first team.

·He already is 21st on USC’s prestigiouscareer rushing list (with 1,739 yards).

·He is on pace to become USC’s 23rd

1,000-yard season rusher (he needs 15 yardsin 2004).

·Some 574 of his rushing yards in 2004(58.3%) have come after contact.

·He has a co-team-best 15 TDs in 2004;USC’s opponents have scored only 18 TDs thisseason.

·He has run for 8 TDs in USC’s last 6 games.White had a trio of 100-yard games last sea-son when he was the first true freshman tolead USC in rushing (his 754 yards in 2003 werethe second most by a Trojan frosh behindCharles White’s 858 in 1976) and his 13 rush-ing TDs were a USC freshman mark (his 14 to-tal TDs tied the USC frosh record).

·The electrifying, multi-purpose Bush cur-rently is fifth nationally in all-purpose running(181.8, first in Pac-10), as well as ninth in puntreturns (16.0, first in Pac-10) and 10th in kickoffreturns (26.4, second in Pac-10).

·He finished fifth in the voting for the 2004Heisman Trophy.

·He was named to the 2004 All-Americanfirst team by Football Coaches, Cingular/ABCSports, The Sporting News, ESPN.com, CSTV (allas a return specialist) and AP, SI.com andRivals.com (as an all-purpose player), to thesecond team by Walter Camp and honor-able mention by SI.com (as a punt returner)and Collegefootballnews.com.

·He was the 2004 Pac-10 Co-OffensivePlayer of the Year (along with teammate MattLeinart) and made the All-Pac-10 first teamas both a tailback (USC’s first tailback firstteamer since 1989) and punt returner, and thesecond team as a kickoff returner.

·He made the 2004 ESPN.com All-Pac-10first team and Rivals.com All-Pac-10 first team(as both a punt returner and utility player.

·He was USC’s 2004 team MVP and wonUSC’s Co-Player of the Game versus UCLAand Jack Oakie “Rise and Shine” (longest run)Awards.

·If he tops the Pac-10 in punt returns (forthe first time by a Trojan since Raymond But-ler in 1979), he would be the first Trojan to winPac-10 titles in both punt and kickoff returns(he was the league’s 2003 kickoff returnleader).

·And if he leads the Pac-10 in all-purposeyardage, he’d be the first Trojan to do so sinceMarcus Allen in 1981 (when he topped theNCAA).

·Bush’s 2 scoring punt returns in 2004 arethe most in a season by a Trojan since R. JaySoward also had 2 in 1998 (and are 1 shy ofthe USC and Pac-10 season records).

·He has 2,181 all-purpose yards in 2004(the most by a Trojan since Marcus Allen hada school-record 2,683 yards in his 1981Heisman season and the fourth-most ever atUSC) and is averaging 9.9 yards every timehe touches the ball (220 touches).


·He has 30 plays of 20-plus yards in 2004(54 in his career), including 8 of 50-plus yards.

·In his career, he has proven to be a 5-way threat as he has produced touchdownsvia rushing, receiving, kickoff returning, puntreturning and passing.

·He has scored 23 TDs in his 25-game ca-reer (9 rushing, 11 receiving, 1 on kickoff re-turns, 2 on punt returns).

·He has 3,512 all-purpose yards in his ca-reer.

·His 991 career kickoff return yards is al-ready fourth on USC’s all-time list and his 369career punt return yards is 19th on USC’s all-time chart.

·He was a finalist for the 2004 WalterCamp Player of the Year Award and a semi-finalist for the Doak Walker Award and Max-well Award.Bush earned Freshman All-American first teamhonors as he set the USC freshman all-purposeyardage record (1,331 yards) and, as a hold-your-breath-when-he-gets-the-ball runner,had 24 plays of 20-plus yards in 2003. He was10th nationally in kickoff returns (27.3, first inPac-10) and had a scoring runback. Herushed for 521 yards in 2003.

—In the opener against Virginia Tech, Bushcaught 3 long scoring passes to become the 10t h

USC player to catch a school-record 3 TD passes ina game (but the first running back to do so) and hehad 258 all-purpose yards (127 on 5 receptions, 60on 4 punt returns, 44 on 3 kickoff returns and 27 on 9rushes), all of which earned him Pac-10 OffensivePlayer of the Week honors, while White added ateam-best 78 rushing yards on 15 carries (5.2 avg).

—White ran for a game-best 123 yards (thefourth 100-yard outing in his career) with 3 first-halfTDs on just 14 carries (8.8 average) against ColoradoS t a t e (he also caught a 22-yard pass), while Bushrushed for 84 yards and a TD on 12 tries (along with a39-yard kickoff return, 3 punt returns for 17 yards anda 2-yard catch).

—At BYU, Bush and White became the first Tro-jan duo to each break the 100-yard rushing barriersince Chad Morton and LaVale Woods did so againstOregon State in 1996, as Bush had 124 yards (the first100-yard outing of his career) with a career-long 66-yard TD run on 14 carries (he had 211 all-purposeyards as he also caught 4 passes for 42 yards, includ-ing a 21-yard TD, returned a kickoff 38 yards and had7 yards on a pair of punt returns) and White had 110yards (with a 43-yard TD) on 17 carries (it was his sec-ond consecutive 100-yard game) and a 7-yard re-ception.

—Bush had 240 all-purpose yards (95 on 16rushes, 25 on 4 receptions, 85 on 4 kickoff returns and35 on 2 punt returns) at Stanford, with a 17-yardtackle-breaking TD run and a 33-yard zig-zaggingpunt return to set up USC’s winning score, while Whiteadded 24 yards on 11 carries, including the game-winning 2-yard TD run late in the fourth quarter.

—White ran for 52 yards on 11 carries againstCalifornia and caught 2 passes for 10 yards (with a5-yard TD catch), while Bush had 109 yards on 2 kick-off returns (including an 84-yarder), plus he rushed 8times for 23 yards and caught a 6-yard pass.

—Both Bush (10 yards) and White (9 yards)caught first quarter TD passes against Arizona State,as Bush had 115 all-purpose yards (49 on 2 punt re-turns, including a 41-yarder in which he barelystepped out of bounds as he was breaking into theclear, plus 45 yards on 2 receptions and 21 on 5 car-ries) and White ran for 68 yards on 16 carries andhad 2 catches for 22 yards (both played only 3 quar-ters).

—White ran for 93 yards with 2 short TDs on 17carries against Washington (he also caught 2 passesfor 18 yards), while Bush had 126 all-purpose yards(55 on 13 carries and 41 on a game- and career-best 6 receptions with a 15-yard TD, plus a 30-yardpunt return).

—At Washington State, White had a game-high77 yards on 16 carries with 2 short TDs, while Bush had143 all-purpose yards (42 on 14 carries, 23 on 5 re-ceptions and 78 on 3 punt returns) with 2 TDs (a 19-yard run and 57-yard punt return).

—At Oregon State, Bush had 249 all-purposeyards (88 on 11 rushes, 82 on 3 kickoff returns, 73 on 3punt returns and 6 on 2 receptions) and had a daz-zling reverse-his-field scoring punt return for the sec-ond consecutive week (this one was 65 yards) to earnPac-10 Special Teams Player of the Week honors,while White ran for 116 yards on 25 tries (his sixth ca-reer 100-yard game and third of 2004) with a 5-yardTD and caught a 5-yard pass.

—White ran for a game-best 118 yards and 3short touchdowns on 16 carries (his fourth 100-yardgame of 2004, including his second in a row, andseventh of his career) against Arizona (he also hada season-long 54-yard scamper), while Bush had 130all-purpose yards (65 yards on 3 kickoff returns, 45yards on 12 rushes, 19 yards on 4 receptions and 1yard on a punt return).

—Bush took a short pass 69 yards for a TDagainst Notre Dame (he also ran for 25 yards on 8carries), while White had 51 yards on 14 tries.

—At UCLA, Bush had a pair of electrifyingtouchdown runs (a zig-zagging 65-yarder on thegame’s second play, then a career-long 81-yarder)among his career-best 335 all-purpose yards—he ranfor a career-best 204 yards (the most by a Trojan sinceShawn Walters’ 234 in 1994 at Stanford) on 15 carries(he had 153 yards and both TDs on just 6 carries inthe first half), plus he had 73 yards on a game-best 6catches, 39 yards on 2 kickoff returns and 19 yardson 2 punt returns—while White added 75 yards on16 carries and 13 yards on 2 catches.

GAME-BY-GAME WITH LENDALE WHITE IN 2004

TCB YDS TDVT 15 78 0CSU 14 123 3BYU 17 110 1STAN 11 24 1CAL 11 52 0ASU 16 68 0WASH 17 93 2WSU 16 77 2OSU 25 116 1ARIZ 16 118 3ND 14 51 0UCLA 16 75 0TOTAL 188 985 13

GAME-BY-GAME WITH REGGIE BUSH IN 2004(ATT/YDS/TD)

RUSH REC KOR PRVT 9/27/0 5/127/3 3/44/0 4/60/0CSU 12/84/1 1/2/0 1/39/0 3/17/0BYU 14/124/1 4/42/1 1/38/0 2/7/0STAN 16/95/1 4/25/0 4/85/0 2/35/0CAL 8/23/0 1/6/0 2/109/0 0/0/0ASU* 5/21/0 2/45/1 0/0/0 2/49/0WASH 13/55/0 6/41/1 0/0/0 1/30/0WSU 14/42/1 5/23/0 0/0/0 3/78/1OSU 11/88/0 2/6/0 3/82/0 3/73/1ARIZ 12/45/0 4/19/0 3/65/0 1/1/0ND 8/25/0 1/69/1 0/0/0 0/0/0UCLA 15/204/2 6/73/0 2/39/0 2/19/0TOTAL 137/833/6 41/478/7 19/501/0 23/369/2*Also threw a 52-yard TD pass

WHITE’S YAC* BUSH’S 20+*VT 47 4 (35 TD, 27, 53 TD, 29 TD)CSU 109 1 (39)BYU 68 4 (21 TD, 66 TD, 38, 20)STAN 14 4 (26, 21, 29, 33)CAL 40 2 (25, 84)ASU 21 2 (35, 41)WASH 41 1 (30)WSU 37 1 (57 TD)OSU 52 4 (30, 44, 41, 65 TD)ARIZ 71 2 (38, 20)ND 28 1 (69 TD)UCLA 46 4 (65 TD, 81 TD, 35, 29)2004 574 30*Yards After Contact/Plays of 20-Plus Yards in 2004

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT LENDALE WHITE

Ted Miller, ESPN.com: “White is Hemingway. He is 6-foot-2, 235 pounds of power and streamlined foot-work; he cuts and goes without a lot of decorativemaneuvers. He is good…White has been comparedto former Trojan great Ricky Bell or Eddie George.”

Todd Harmonson, Orange County Register: “Whiteis the thunder and has drawn comparisons to bruis-ing backs ranging from Jamal Lewis to former USCgreat Ricky Bell…He is a tackle-breaking bulldozerwho delivers punishment with a try-to-stop-megrin…Off the field, White is the fun-lover who ravesabout seeing Beyonce at the BET Awards, adds tat-toos the way he does yards and always seems to belaughing.”

USC tailback Reggie Bush: “He’s very physical. Hesoftens them up and I run by them.”

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT REGGIE BUSH

Washington State head coach Bill Doba: “If you’vegot a linebacker covering him, you might as well startsinging their fight song.”

Oregon State quarterback Derek Anderson: “The kidis unbelievable. I’ve never seen anything like it, inthe NFL or wherever.”

Stanford head coach Buddy Teevens: “You can’treally stop Bush, to be perfectly honest. He’s in aclass by himself.”

California head coach Jeff Tedford: “If he’s not thebest player in the country, he’s one of the top, noquestion…He is so talented than any one-on-one situ-ation, he’s going to win. You have to pay attentionto where he is.”

Stanford assistant coach Tom Williams: “He is the mostversatile player in the country and, in my opinion,he’s the best player in the country.”

Arizona State head coach Dirk Koetter: “He can doit all. Every time he touches the ball, you hold yourbreath.”

Virginia Teach head coach Frank Beamer: “If hecould throw, he’d be Michael Vick.”

BYU head coach Gary Crowton: “He’s as good asany receiver on their team, and the next moment,he’s running with power, makes one guy miss andhe’s so fast he can go the distance. He just has theability to create lots of matchup problems withoutthem changing personnel groups. That’s a real luxurythey have. It kind of reminds me of Marshall Faulk.”

Colorado State head coach Sonny Lubick: “I can’tbelieve he’s only a sophomore. The thing that makeshim so darned good is he’s such a confident youngguy and he’s never out of the play, no matter howbleak it looks, no matter how much you have himsurrounded.”

Washington head coach Keith Gilbertson: “I don’tcare what formation they’re in, you better knowwhere No. 5 is, OK? End of story.”

Kirk Herbstreit, ESPN : “I’ve decided how I am goingto vote already this year. I’m going to give the legsof the Heisman pick to Reggie Bush and the upperbody of the trophy to Matt Leinart. While I weeklyhave more and more admiration for Leinart and hisdecision making and poise, I said it last year and I’llsay it again this year. The most explosive player incollege football is Reggie Bush. The best player inthe country wears No. 5 for USC. If you get a chance,check him out. Reggie Bush…He’s the most electri-fying player in college football. Every time he touchesthe ball, he can score.”

Bud Withers, Seattle Times: “There is little doubt thatBush is the most dynamic player in the nation. Hemay not win the Heisman Trophy, but voters ought tothink long and hard if defenders’ broken ankles,Bush’s gasp-inducing cuts and spinning, serpentinedashes matter.”

Ted Miller, ESPN.com: “Bush is Shakespeare. He’sgifted with speedy brilliance and flourish. Bush is 200pounds of sound and fury signifying touchdown. Hedoth rise from the ground like feathered Mercury strid-ing the heavens…He resembles the elusive Gale Say-ers or the versatile Marshall Faulk.”


David Leon Moore, USA Today : “Bush is basically asworn enemy of a straight line. He’s all switchbacksand zigzags, spin moves and ankle-breaking shim-mies. Some people even think he is already the mostentertaining, and maybe best, college football playerin the country…He is a quiet sort, polite, humble, goodgrades, solid citizen…On a football field, he getsaround like nobody else. Here, there, this sideline,that end zone, he’s running, receiving, returning,making plays, scoring touchdowns, winninggames…He runs with a can’t-take-your-eyes-off-himstyle that seems part Marshall Faulk, part Barry Sand-ers, part Gale Sayers.”

Steve Bisheff, Orange County Register: “Bush is defi-nitely the most exciting player in college football.Bush with the football in an open space is like BarryBonds at the plate with the bases loaded. Immedi-ately, your senses heighten. Your pulse races. Youreyes refuse to look anywhere else…No one in col-lege football has anyone like him. No one else iseven close…The Trojans’ flashy hummingbird of anall-purpose player is an amalgam of all the great USCbacks through the years.”

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com: “He releases adrenaline inevery bloodstream the minute he touches the ball.”

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com: “He’s a humanhighlight tape.”

Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune: “Bush, whoruns like a witch flies, has developed into the mostdangerous player in the country.”

Jeff Miller, Orange County Register: “What defend-ers see are hips and elbows and ankles and fore-arms and shoe bottoms, all of it twisting and spinninguntil what remains is a trail of vapor and shadowsand empty-armed opponents…USC uses him to cre-ate Maalox matchups for the opposition. When Bushis positioned anywhere but the backfield, 10 defend-ers can be seen pointing and waving, motioning asto his whereabouts.”

USC quarterback Matt Leinart: “Every time Reggietouches the ball, anything can happen…He’s anawesome weapon…A lot of people think he’s anoutside runner, but he’s tough. He can run in be-tween the tackles.”

USC tailback LenDale White: “He’s smooth. He’s gotmad, crazy speed…If Reggie’s not the best there is,he’s one of the best. He opens this offense up somuch just by being there.”

Former USC All-American wide receiver Mike Williams:“Reggie’s the ultimate weapon.”

USC defensive lineman Shaun Cody: “Practicingagainst him is great training for us. You want to im-prove your quickness, try chasing a rabbit around.”

USC tight end Alex Holmes: “When he’s in, you hearlinebackers screaming every time. They’re all shout-ing about ‘No. 5.’ Reggie is a guy who literallychanges the game just by being out there.”

USC linebacker Lofa Tatupu: “We just sit back onSaturday and watch the show…Not to take creditaway from the offensive line because they’ve donea great job, but Reggie sets up his blocks so well thatthey can miss their man completely and he still getsthrough…I’ve even told guys on the other team, ‘Don’tfeel bad. He got me with that play twice this week inpractice, too.’”

USC cornerback Kevin Arbet: “He’s the best playerI’ve ever played with or against. When he’s runningan option route against you, you just have to guess.It’s impossible.”

Patrick Kinmartin, Daily Trojan: “His combination oftrack-sprinter speed and music-video shiftinessmakes him a one-man show.”

Dan Weber, Riverside Press-Telegram: “Bush aweshis teammates daily with his ability to get to full speedon his second step.”

Todd Harmonson, Orange County Register: “Bush isa highlight-show fixture with physiology-defying, did-he-do-that moves. The easy comparison is toMarshall Faulk because of the similarity in all-aroundgames, but those who saw Gale Sayers recognizethe speed, spins and spellbinding cuts…He is a speeddemon who sees Christmas morning when a line-backer tries to defend him and a winnable challengewhen a quick corner draws the assignment…Off thefield, Bush is a quiet leader who is on track to gradu-ate in 3 ½ years.”

Phil Collin, South Bay Daily Breeze: “Around USC now,they’re simply wondering what Reggie will come upwith next. The thing is, they know it’s coming. Oppo-nents do too…As brilliant as he can be on the foot-ball field, Bush is simply that humble off of it. He smilessheepishly at the mention of his nickname, ‘The Presi-dent.’”

Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times: “Keith Gilbertson half-jokingly labeled the situation unfair. Bill Doba calledthe potential problems monstrous. Mike Riley foundonly one word to describe it—horrible. That’s whatthese Pac-10 coaches said when asked to assessdifficulties created for defenses when Reggie Bushlines up as a receiver.”

Michael Ventre, MSNBC.com: “Bush is young andmulti-talented. He’s a running back. He’s a receiver.He’s a kick returner. He’s a punt returner. He’s evena passer. If you try to pigeonhole him, you’d betterhave lots of pigeonholes…Bush can stop on a dime,give you nine cents change, then blow past you be-fore you can bend to pick it up…When it comes topure, all-around, pound-for-pound value from a col-lege football player, it’s hard to beat what Bush bringsto the table…He’s a genuine once-in-a-generationplayer…And he’s a good kid—smart, down to earth,respectful of others yet supremely confident…He hasturned a run-of-the-mill punt return into an event. Hecauses teams to kick away from him on kickoffs.When he comes into the game, defenders cast des-perate looks at their sideline for advice.”

OTHER TAILBACKSBesides LenDale White and Reggie Bush, USChas some other talented tailbacks. JuniorHershel Dennis (28 tcb, 109 yds, 3.9 avg, 1 TDin 2004, plus 1 tac), the veteran of the group,started each game last year and was effec-tive. He gained 661 yards on 137 carries (4.8avg) with 4 TDs in 2003. He was part of a 3-tailback rotation in 2003 that saw the three-some combine for 1,906 rushing yards (146.6yards a game) with 20 TDs; each rushed forat least 500 yards (the first time that had hap-pened at USC since 1988) and averaged atleast 4.8 yards per carry. He missed the Vir-ginia Tech and Colorado State games in 2004while suspended for a team rule violation.And he tore ligaments in his knee prior to theOrange Bowl and is sidelined. Looking tobreak into the tailback rotation in 2004 is quickredshirt freshman Desmond Reed (29 tcb, 171yds, 5.9 avg, 1 TD in 2004, plus 3 rec, 0 yds, 0.0avg and 7 KOR, 150 yds, 21.4 avg and 1 PR,16 yds, 16.0 avg and 1-of-1 passing, 100.0%,55 yds and 5 tac, 1 for loss, 1 FF), who workedat wide receiver and in the secondary lastfall, along with a pair of walk-ons in juniorAndre Woodert (1 tcb, 4 yds, 4.0 avg in 2004)and redshirt freshman John Griffin (2 tcb, 9 yds,4.5 avg in 2004). Reed made the 2004 All-Pac-10 second team (as a special teamsplayer) and was USC’s 2004 Special TeamsPlayer of the Year.

—Reed had 56 yards on 8 carries (the first of hiscareer) against Colorado State.

—At BYU, Reed had 21 yards on 7 carries, whileDennis saw his first action of 2004 while getting 18yards on 3 tries.

—Dennis had a 1-yard carry at Stanford.—Reed returned a kickoff 15 yards against

California, plus he tackled the punter after a badsnap and forced a fumble.

—Dennis ran for 19 yards on 5 carries againstArizona State, while Reed had a 21-yard kickoff re-turn, a carry for no yards and a tackle.

—Reed ran for a 28-yard TD (the first of his ca-reer) against Washington (he also caught a 2-yardpass and had a tackle), while Dennis added 12 yardson 4 carries and Griffin had 9 yards on 2 carries (hisfirst career attempts).

—Dennis had 55 yards on 11 carries at Wash-ington State, while Reed ran for 27 yards on 9 triesand also had a 16-yard punt return and a 7-yard kick-off return.

—Reed had a 32-yard kickoff return at OregonState.

—Against Arizona, Reed rushed for 37 yards on2 carries, caught a 1-yard pass, completed a 55-yardpass off a reverse and made a tackle, while Dennisgained 5 yards on 3 rushes (with a 1-yard TD) andWoodert had a 4-yard run.

—Reed returned 2 kickoffs for 26 yards, plus hada 2-yard run and a tackle, versus Notre Dame, whileDennis lost a yard on his only rush and made a tackle.

—At UCLA, Reed returned a kickoff 49 yards.

FULLBACKSAt fullback, fleet junior Brandon Hancock, atough blocker and excellent receiver, wasexpected to return as the starter, but he’ll miss2004 while recuperating from knee surgery.So senior Lee Webb (5 tcb, 25 yds, 5.0 avg, 1TD in 2004, plus 4 rec, 47 yds, 11.8 avg)—hestarted 5 times at fullback last year after see-ing action at linebacker (where he played in2001 and the first half of 2002)—took over thestarting job. Backing him is junior DavidKirtman (7 tcb, 41 yds, 5.9 avg in 2004, plus 18rec, 146 yds, 8.1 avg, 1 TD), a rugged blockerand good pass catcher who has starting ex-perience and is a key special teamer, andredshirt freshman Jody Adewale (1 rec, 16 yds,16.0 avg in 2004), a converted tailback. Walk-on redshirt freshman Sean Kelly, anotherformer tailback, also is available.

—Kirtman had 3 catches for 32 yards againstVirginia Tech, while Webb caught a 14-yard.

—Kirtman ran for 17 yards on 3 tries and caught2 passes for 30 yards against Colorado State.

—At BYU, Webb scored his first career TD on hisonly carry of the game (a 9-yarder), while Kirtmancaught 2 passes for 19 yards.

—Kirtman had 2 catches for 4 yards at Stanford.—Kirtman had a 2-yard catch against Califor-

nia.—Against Arizona State, Kirtman ran for 24 yards

on 4 carries and caught a 7-yard pass, while Webbhad 16 yards on 4 carries.

—Adewale (16 yards) and Kirtman (9 yards)each caught a pass against Washington (it was thefirst of Adewale’s career).

—Kirtman caught 2 passes for 12 yards at Wash-ington State.

—Kirtman had a 17-yard reception at OregonState.

—Kirtman caught a 5-yard TD pass against Ari-zona (his first career score), while Webb had a 22-yard catch.

—Webb (8 yards) and Kirtman (2 yards) eachhad a catch versus Notre Dame.

—Kirtman (7 yards) and Webb (3 yards) eachhad a catch at UCLA.

WIDE RECEIVERSIt’s always difficult to lose a pair of playersthe caliber of 4-year starter Keary Colbert andAll-American first teamer Mike Williams.Colbert was USC’s career receptions leader(207) who had 1,000-yard receiving seasonsthe past 2 years (including 1,013 yards and 9TDs on 69 catches in 2003). His underrated,yet steady, ability—remember his highlightreel touchdown grabs against Michigan inlast season’s Rose Bowl—made it unwise forteams to double-cover Williams. Colbert wasselected in the NFL’s second round. This pastFebruary when a court ruled that playersdidn’t have to wait until after their third yearout of high school to enter the NFL draft, Will-


iams quickly decided to give up his final 2seasons at Troy and go pro. But he was notselected because of a judicial stay on thatruling, which was then overturned. So hesought to have his collegiate eligibility re-stored, but the NCAA ruled against him onAug. 26. In his 2-year Trojan career, Williamshas 176 receptions for 2,579 yards and a USCrecord 30 touchdowns. He placed eighth inthe 2003 Heisman balloting when he had 95catches for 1,314 yards and a USC record 16TDs. But there’s a host of talented players fill-ing the void: promising sophomores SteveSmith (35 rec, 547 yds, 15.6 avg, 3 TD in 2004,plus 1 tcb, -1 yd, -1.0 avg rushing and 1 tac, 1FF), who was USC’s No. 3 wideout last fall (buthe broke his leg against California this yearand missed the next 5 games), and ChrisMcFoy (21 rec, 272 yds, 13.0 avg in 2004), se-nior Jason Mitchell (13 rec, 226 yds, 17.4 avg,2 TD in 2004), and juniors Greig Carlson (5 PR,14 yds, 2.8 avg in 2004, plus 1 tac), who wasUSC’s top punt returner last season, and one-time cornerbacks William Buchanon (4 rec,15 yds, 3.8 avg in 2004) and John Walker (1rec, 22 yds, 22.0 avg in 2004, plus 3 tac). Thenthere’s eye-opening freshman Dwayne Jarrett(team-high 50 rec, 734 yds, 14.7 avg, 12 TD in2004), who came in this fall after earning prepAll-American acclaim last year. Jarrett hasjust 4 less TD catches than Williams had at thispoint in his 2003 All-American sophomorecampaign (and he has just 1 less than Will-iams had in 2002 when he was a FreshmanAll-American). His 12 TD catches are the sec-ond most ever by a Trojan freshman receiver(behind Williams’ 14). He has had 4 multiple-TD games and 3 100-yard outings in 2004. His50 catches is 19th on USC’s season list. Hemade the 2004 The SportingNews,Collegefootballnews.com andRivals.com Freshman All-American first teams,All-Pac-10 honorable mention and The Sport-ing News Freshman All-Pac-10 first team.Walk-ons Chris Bocage, a senior who missed2004 spring practice while recovering from aknee injury (he also can play safety), juniorWil Smith, redshirt freshman John Zilka and truefreshman Brad Walker , the cousin of currentTrojan tight end Kurt Katnik, also are available.Bocage was USC’s 2004 Service Team Offen-sive Player of the Year.

—Steve Smith had 4 catches for 68 yardsagainst Virginia Tech, while McFoy (11 yards) andJarrett (8 yards) each had 2 grabs.

—Steve Smith had a career-high 8 catches for79 yards (with a 5-yard TD) against Colorado State,while McFoy added 4 grabs for 59 yards and Jarretthad 3 for 32 (with a 4-yard score).

—At BYU, Steve Smith had a team-high 6catches for 62 yards, McFoy added 4 for 37 yardsand Jarrett had 3 for 58 yards (including a 15-yardTD).

—Steve Smith had 7 catches for 153 yards (witha 2-yard TD) at Stanford, while Jarrett added 5 re-ceptions for 54 yards and McFoy had 2 for 28 yards.

—Jarrett had a team-best 4 catches for 37yards (with a 16-yard TD) versus California, while SteveSmith caught 2 passes for 76 yards (but suffered abroken left leg), McFoy had 2 grabs for 20 yards andWalker had a tackle.

—Jarrett tied the USC single game TD catchrecord with his 3 scores (19, 52 and 34 yards, all inthe second quarter) against Arizona State (overall,he caught 5 passes for a career-best 139 yards) toearn Rivals.com National Freshman of the Week hon-ors, while McFoy added a 19-yard reception.

—Jarrett had 5 catches for 31 yards versusWashington, while McFoy had 2 for 26 yards, Mitchellhad a 29-yard TD (his first career score), Walkeradded a 22-yard catch (his first career reception)and Buchanon had a catch for –1 yard (his first ca-reer grab).

—Jarrett had 4 catches for 64 yards at Wash-ington State, with 2 TDs (42 and 4 yards), while McFoycaught 3 passes for 54 yards and Mitchell had a 33-yard grab.

—At Oregon State, Jarrett had 2 catches for21 yards and Mitchell had an 11-yard grab.

—Jarrett had 6 catches for 144 yards (bothcareer bests) and 2 TDs against Arizona for his sec-ond career 100-yard outing, while Mitchell (whostarted for an injured McFoy) added 5 catches for74 yards (also career highs) and Buchanon had 2catches for 11 yards.

—Jarrett had a game-best 6 catches for 102yards (his third 100-yard outing and second in a row)with 2 TDs (12 and 57 yards) against Notre Dame,while Steve Smith returned from a 5-game layoffbecause of a broken leg and grabbed 4 passes for96 yards (with a 35-yard TD), Mitchell had 2 catchesfor 38 yards (with a 23-yard TD), McFoy caught an18-yard pass and Buchanon had a 5-yard grab.

—At UCLA, Jarrett had 5 catches for 44 yards,Smith had 4 for 37 (plus a tackle and forced fumble)and Mitchell had 2 for 36 yards.

TIGHT ENDSAnother deep unit for USC in 2004—9 deep,in fact—is the tight ends corps. Junior Domi-nique Byrd (34 rec, 326 yds, 9.6 avg, 2 TD in2004, plus 1 tac) started the first half of 2003(he had 14 catches for 268 yards and a score)and was impressive before suffering a sea-son-ending knee injury (he missed 2004 springdrills while recuperating, then broke his knee-cap a week before 2004 fall camp andmissed USC’s first 4 games; he’s back in therotation now). All 36 of Byrd’s catches in 2004have come in the past 7 games. Senior AlexHolmes (24 rec, 244 yds, 10.2 avg in 2004), whohas 82 career catches to rank tied for 19th onUSC’s all-time list, is back after sitting out lastfall with a back injury. He started all of 2002and has won back his job in 2004; he’s play-ing like his old self. Byrd and Holmes bothmade 2004 All-Pac-10 honorable mention.Holmes was invited to play in the 2005 East-West Shrine Game. Also in the mix are sopho-more ex-center Kurt Katnik (however, he hasbeen sidelined all of 2004 with a concussion),sophomore Nick Vanderboom, a one-timewalk-on who earned a scholarship this fall (hesuffered a knee injury at Stanford and wassidelined for USC’s next 5 games), redshirtfreshman Chris Barrett, who this midseasonmoved over from defensive end, and seniorwalk-on Owen Hanson, a one-time USCvolleyballer. First-year freshman Fred Davis (4rec, 30 yds, 7.5 avg in 2004) graduated a se-mester early from high school after being aprep All-American in 2003 and enrolled at USCthis past spring (he originally came in as awide receiver). Two prep All-Americans—Jimmy Miller and Dale Thompson (1 tac in2004)—came aboard this fall as freshmen.And USC’s tight end depth is even withoutGregg Guenther Jr., who became the starterby mid-2003 and performed well (he had 17grabs for 167 yards and 2 TDs in 2003). USC’stallest player at 6-8, once football seasonconcluded he would change into a basket-ball jersey and star for the Trojan hoopsters.However, he is concentrating solely on bas-ketball in his 2004 senior season.

—Holmes had 2 catches for 12 yards againstVirginia Tech.

—Holmes had a 7-yard reception versus Colo-rado State.

—Holmes had 2 catches for 11 yards at BYU.—Holmes had 2 catches for 29 yards at

Stanford, while Davis grabbed a 15-yard pass for hisfirst career reception.

—Holmes had 2 catches for 8 yards versus Cali-fornia.

—Byrd had 3 catches for 39 yards against Ari-zona State (his first receptions in 13 games sincegetting injured), while Holmes made a nice, one-handed 14-yard catch.

—Byrd had 5 catches for 57 yards against Wash-ington, while Holmes had a catch for –3 yards.

—Byrd had 5 catches for 32 yards at Washing-ton State and Holmes added 2 for 20 yards, whileThompson had a tackle.

—Byrd had 7 catches for 85 yards with 2 TDs (aone-handed 18-yarder and a 25-yarder)—all careerhighs—at Oregon State, while Holmes had 3 grabsfor 60 yards, including a career-long 48-yarder.

—Byrd had 8 catches (a career-best for thesecond consecutive week) for 72 yards against Ari-zona, while Holmes added 3 receptions for 21 yards.

—Holmes (44 yards) and Byrd (23 yards) eachhad 4 catches against Notre Dame.

—Byrd had 2 catches for 8 yards at UCLA andHolmes added a 21-yard grab.

OFFENSIVE LINEMENA key to USC’s success in 2004 will be the playof the partially-rebuilt offensive line, whichcould be the biggest in Trojan history (thereare 8 linemen who weigh at least 300pounds). Ten years of starting experience hadto be replaced now that 2003 All-Americanfirst team left tackle Jacob Rogers (3-yearstarter), who was a second round NFL pick,plus All-Pac-10 first team center Norm Katnik(3-year starter) and left guard LennyVandermade (4-year starter) are gone. Lastyear, USC allowed just 1.2 sacks a game (itslowest average since 1987). Also, junior tackleWinston Justice, who from his right side spotprotected Leinart’s blind side, was slated tostart for his third year and be an All-Americancandidate. But he was ineligible for this pastspring’s practice and will not participate inthe 2004 season because of a student con-duct violation. Sophomore Fred Matua (1 FRin 2004) started most of last season at rightguard and brings a defensive lineman’s men-tality to the offensive front. He is starting againthere, while senior John Drake is starting atleft guard. After transferring from a juniorcollege, Drake had moved into the lineup bymid-2003, where he split 7 starting assignmentsbetween right guard and tackle. He provedto be a load at 350 pounds before breakinghis ankle late in the year (he missed 2004spring drills while recuperating). There’s a newcenter, with sophomore Ryan Kalil winningout over first-year freshman Jeff Byers, a prepAll-American who was the national highschool player of the year in 2003 (Byers hasspent most of his time lately at guard, evenstarting 4 times there), and junior walk-on RossBurruel . Kalil won USC’s 2004 Courage Award .Byers made the 2004 The Sporting News Fresh-man All-American second team and TheSporting News Freshman All-Pac-10 first team.Competing for time at guard are senior TravisWatkins, sophomore walk-on John Lanza,sophomore junior college transfer AlatiniMalu, who enrolled at USC this spring, andfreshmen Travis Draper (originally a 2003signee, he didn’t enroll at USC until this spring)and prep All-American Chilo Rachal , a first-year freshman who also can play tackle.Redshirt freshmen Sam Baker and 370-poundjunior Taitusi Lutui, a J.C. All-American trans-fer this fall, captured the starting tackle spots(Baker on the left and Lutui on the right) andthey have performed solidly. Baker made the2004 The Sporting News,Collegefootballnews.com and Rivals.comFreshman All-American first teams, the All-Pac-10 second team, the ESPN.com All-Pac-10 firstteam and The Sporting News Freshman All-Pac-10 first team. He also was USC’s 2004Offensive Lineman of the Year. Also in thehunt for time at tackle are sophomore KyleWilliams, who sees frequent action in relief ofLutui, and redshirt freshmen Drew Radovichand Matt Spanos.


—Baker, Drake, Kalil, Matua and Lutui (from leftto right) started on the offensive line against VirginiaTech, Colorado State, BYU, Stanford, California, Ari-zona State, Washington and Washington State.

—Byers started for an injured Drake at left guardagainst Oregon State, Arizona, Notre Dame andUCLA (the rest of the line remained the same).

DEFENSIVE LINEMENUSC’s highly-regarded “Wild Bunch II” defen-sive line of the past 2 years is now down to“Wild Bunch ½,” as veteran starting endsKenechi Udeze and Omar Nazel are gone.All-American first teamer Udeze—a 3-yearstarter and Hendricks Award finalist who tiedfor the national lead in sacks in 2003 whileposting 56 tackles, 16.5 sacks, 26 tackles forloss and 5 forced fumbles—opted to skip hissenior year and head to the NFL, where hewas a first round pick. Nazel, the defense’svocal leader, was a 2-year starter who lastyear notched 27 tackles, including 6.5 for loss(with 4 sacks), 2 fumble recoveries and aninterception. But all is not lost, as the 2 start-ing tackles returned…and they’re among thenation’s best. Both are battle-tested seniorsafter winning All-Pac-10 first team honors lastfall. They are USC’s first pair of All-Americandefensive linemen since 1969 (Jimmy Gunnand Al Cowlings). Both have a knack for cre-ating havoc. Between them, Cody andPatterson have 28 tackles for loss and 15 sacksin 2004. Shaun Cody (40 tac, 12 for loss, team-best 9 sack, 2 FF, 1 BLK, 3 dfl in 2004) starts forhis fourth year (at times, he slides out to endand starts there). He was a finalist for the 2004Lombardi Award and Hendricks Award, anda semifinalist for the Bednarik Award and LottTrophy. He was named a 2004 first team All-American by AP, Walter Camp, Cingular/ABCSports All-American, ESPN.com, SI.com andCSTV and a second team All-American by TheSporting News andCollegefootballnews.com. He was the 2004Pac-10 Co-Defensive Player of the Year (withOregon State’s Bill Swancutt), the first Trojanso honored since linebacker Chris Claibornein 1998 and the first Trojan defensive linemanever to win that honor. He also was namedto the 2004 ESPN.com and Rivals.com All-Pac-10 first teams. He was USC’s 2004 Co-Defen-sive Lineman of the Year and a team cap-tain. He has 5 blocked field goals in his ca-reer. He had 10.5 tackles for loss (with 6 sacks)among his 26 stops last year and also blocked3 field goals. Nose tackle Mike Patterson (42tac, team-best 16 for loss, 6 sack, team-best4 FR, 2 FF, 2 dfl in 2004), who last fall had themost tackles for a loss (13.5) of any Trojantackle since 1996, starts for his third season.He was named to the 2004 The Sporting News,SI.com and Rivals.com All-American firstteams, AP All-American third team andCollegefootballnews.com honorable men-tion. He made the 2004 All-Pac-10 first team(for the second consecutive year). He alsowas named to the 2004 ESPN.com andRivals.com All-Pac-10 first teams. He wasUSC’s 2004 Co-Defensive Lineman of the Year.He currently leads the Pac-10 in fumble re-coveries (4). He posted 55 total tackles, in-cluding 7 sacks, and recovered 3 fumbles (re-turning 1 for a TD) in 2003. When Cody movesto end, sophomore Manuel Wright (20 tac, 3.5for loss, 2 sack, 2 FR with 1 for a TD, 2 dfl in2004) assumes his tackle spot. He made 2004All-Pac-10 honorable mention. Anotherbackup tackle is redshirt freshman Sedrick Ellis(2 tac in 2004). Joining the tackles this fall asfreshmen were prep All-American LawrenceMiles and Fili Moala, plus walk-on frosh JeffTola. Moala was USC’s 2004 Service Team

Defensive Player of the Year. Junior FrosteeRucker (27 tac, 7.5 for loss, 1.5 sack, 1 FR, 1 FF,2 dfl in 2004), who started 5 games last yearwhen Nazel was injured, and redshirt fresh-man Lawrence Jackson (30 tac, 11 for loss, 6sack, 1 int, 1 dfl in 2004) are the new startersat end. Jackson made the 2004Collegefootballnews.com Freshman All-American first team, The Sporting News andRivals.com Freshman All-American secondteams and The Sporting News Freshman All-Pac-10 first team. Among those looking toget into the action at end are junior LaJuanRamsey (2 tac in 2004), who also might workat tackle, sophomore Travis Tofi (1 tac in 2004),who also can play tackle, redshirt freshmanAlex Morrow (2 tac in 2004), junior juco trans-fer junior Rashaad Goodrum (1 tac, 1 for loss,1 sack in 2004) and new freshman JeffSchweiger (16 tac, 4.5 for loss, 2 sack, 1 FF, 1dfl in 2004), who was a prep All-American.

—Four of Patterson 6 tackles against VirginiaTech were for a loss (including 2.5 sacks) and heforced a fumble late in the game that set up a USCfield goal, while Cody and Schweiger each had 3tackles (Schweiger had an 11-yard sack on his sec-ond play as a Trojan), Jackson had 2 tackles (with0.5 sack), and Rucker and Tofi each had 1 stop.

—Wright had a team-high 6 tackles (with 2 forloss, including a sack) and returned a fumble 20 yardsfor a TD against Colorado State, while Cody had 4tackles (2 for loss, with a sack), Schweiger had 4 stops(2.5 for loss, with a sack that caused a fumble), Jack-son had 3 tackles, Rucker had 2 stops and Pattersonhad a sack and deflection.

—At BYU, 3 of Cody’s 4 tackles were sacks, whileRucker and Wright each had 2 tackles (Rucker had1 for a loss), Goodrum had a sack and Patterson andJackson each had a tackle.

—At Stanford, Cody had 3 tackles, Jackson had2 tackles for losses (with a sack), Patterson andRucker had 2 tackles (Patterson had 1 for a loss), andWright had a stop.

—Against California, Patterson had a career-best 10 tackles (2 for loss, with a sack) along with 2fumble recoveries (1 set up a field goal) and a forcedfumble to win Walter Camp Football FoundationNational Defensive Player of the Week, FootballWritres Association of America Bronko Nagurski Na-tional Defensive Player of the Week and Pac-10 De-fensive Player of the Week honors, while Ruckeradded 6 tackles (with 0.5 sack), Cody had 4 tackles(with a sack) and a forced fumble, Wright had 3 tack-les (with a sack) and Jackson had 2 stops (with 1.5sacks).

—Against Arizona State, Wright had 3 tackles(with a sack) and a deflection, Rucker and Codyeach had 2 stops with a sack (Cody also blocked afield goal), Patterson had 2 tackles, and Schweiger,Ellis and Ramsey each added 1 stop.

—Rucker had 3 tackles (including 2 for losses),a forced fumble and a fumble recovery (to set up aUSC field goal) against Washington, while Cody had4 tackles (0.5 for loss), Schweiger had 3 stops and adeflection, Jackson had 2 tackles (1.5 for loss, with asack), Patterson had 2 tackles (1 for a loss) with adeflection, Wright also had 2 and Morrow had 1.

—Cody had 2 tackles, including a sack thatcaused a fumble (which USC recovered to set up aTD), and also had 2 deflections at Washington State,while Patterson had 2 tackles (1 for a loss, with 0.5sack) and recovered 2 fumbles (1 set up a TD), Wrighthad 2 tackles, a fumble recovery and a deflection,and Rucker and Jackson each had 1 stop.

—Patterson had 7 tackles, including 3.5 forlosses (with 1 sack), at Oregon State, while Codyadded 5 stops (2.5 for loss, with a sack), Jackson alsohad 5 tackles (1.5 for loss), and Rucker, Wright andEllis each had a tackle.

—Rucker, Patterson and Schweiger each had2 tackles against Arizona (Rucker had 1 for loss andPatterson had 0.5 for loss), while Ramsey and Jack-son each added 1 stop (Jackson also had an inter-ception, which he returned 19 yards).

—Cody had 6 tackles against Notre Dame,while Jackson had 5 stops (2 for losses, with a sack),Patterson and Rucker each had 3 tackles (Ruckeralso had a deflection) and Schweiger had 1 tackle.

—At UCLA, Patterson had 4 tackles (2 for a loss),Cody had 3 stops (with a sack) and a deflection,Jackson had 2 tackles (1 for a loss), Rucker had 2tackles for loss and a deflection, and Schweiger had2 stops (1 for a loss).

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT SHAUN CODY ANDMIKE PATTERSON

Arizona State head coach Dirk Koetter: “In ShaunCody and Mike Patterson, I can’t imagine a bettertandem in college football…Every pass is an adven-ture because Cody or Patterson has a chance to beattheir man every time…In our game, Cody played upand down the line at all positions. Almost every oneof our offensive linemen got a shot to go against him,and the guy has got everything. He’s got power, he’sgot speed, he’s got counter moves. And Pattersoncan almost control a game. When USC beat Califor-nia, I thought Patterson was the difference in thegame.”

Washington State head coach Bill Doba: “MikePatterson and Shaun Cody. Those two guys are thebest in the country. With a defense built around twotackles like that, you can’t stand back in the pocketas a quarterback because they can get pressure witha four-man rush.”

USC head coach Pete Carroll: “Shaun and Mike arethe pillars that we built this defense on. I can’t evenbegin to imagine what it will be like to coach USCwithout having them here.”

Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times: “Cody and Patterson—both All-American candidates—are the leaders of agroup that once again ranks among the nation’s mostproductive units…Cody is regarded as the corner-stone of USC’s turnaround…Patterson is regarded asperhaps the nation’s quickest tackle.”

LINEBACKERSUSC’s strength on defense is its linebackingcorps. Trojan linebackers have intercepted12 passes in the past 14 games (dating to2003). Junior middle linebacker Lofa Tatupu(team-high 92 tac, 13 for loss, 5.5 sack, 2 FR, 2FF, team-best 8 dfl, 3 int in 2004) returns aftermaking the improbable jump from starting atMaine in 2001 to doing so at USC last fall. Heended up as the Trojans’ leading tackler in2003, getting 98 tackles, including 11.5 for loss,to go along with his 10 deflections and 4 in-terceptions (including 1 for a TD). He madethe 2004 SI.com All-American first team,Rivals.com All-American second team andCollegefootballnews.com honorable men-tion, as well as the All-Pac-10 first team andthe ESPN.com and Rivals.com All-Pac-10 firstteams. He won USC’s 2004 Co-Most Inspira-tional Player Award, Co-Lifter Award and BobChandler Award. Senior Matt Grootegoed (61tac, 12.5 for loss, 3 sack, team-high 4 int, 3 dfl,1 FR, 1 FF in 2004), who started the past 3 yearsat strongside linebacker (he is on the weakside in 2004), has a knack for always beingaround the ball. He was a 2004 Butkus Awardfinalist. He was named to the 2004 AP, Foot-ball Coaches, Walter Camp and CSTV All-American first teams. He made the 2004 All-Pac-10 first team (for the second time), as wellas the ESPN.com and Rivals.com All-Pac-10first teams. He was USC’s 2004 Co-Most Inspi-rational Player and a team captain. He wasinvited to play in the 2005 East-West ShrineGame. He has 4 interceptions in the past 11games. Both are good enough to merit All-American consideration (Grootegoed was aButkus Award and Lombardi Award semifinal-ist last season). Junior Dallas Sartz (45 tac, 3.5for loss, 1.5 sack, 1 int, 6 dfl, 1 FF in 2004) hasassumed the starting strongside job. He’smore than capable, as he started there thelast 6 games of 2003 when Grootegoed wasbothered by an ankle sprain (he posted 60


tackles last year). He made 2004 All-Pac-10honorable mention. Only 2-year startingweakside linebacker Melvin Simmons is gonefrom 2003 (he had 55 tackles and 3 fumblerecoveries last season). Other possibilities onthe outside among the returnees are juniorCollin Ashton (15 tac, 1 for loss, 1 sack in 2004),who performed admirably while startingtwice late last year when Simmons was in-jured (a one-time walk-on, Ashton receiveda scholarship this fall), and redshirt freshmanThomas Williams (12 tac, 2 for loss, 1 sack in2004), plus walk-on sophomore MikeBrittingham (1 tac in 2004), who also can playfullback. Williams won USC’s 2004 JohnMcKay Award. On the inside, there is seniorwalk-on Marco Chavez (he sat out 2003 aftertransferring from Hawaii), plus sophomoreOscar Lua (12 tac, 1 for loss in 2004), who wassidelined most of last season because of aknee injury (he missed some of 2004 springdrills while recuperating). Enrolling this fallwere J.C. All-American Ryan Powdrell, who isa junior, and prep All-Americans Keith Rivers(21 tac, 2.5 for loss, 2 sack, 1 int, 1 dfl, 1 FF in2004) and Michael Stuart, who both are fresh-men, along with walk-on freshman ClayMatthews, the son of the ex-USC All-Americanlinebacker of the same name. Rivers madethe 2004 The Sporting News Freshman All-Pac-10 first team

—Tatupu had a team-best 8 tackles (2.5 for loss,with a sack), returned an interception 32 yards toset up USC’s first TD and had a deflection in theopener against Virginia Tech, while Grootegoedadded 6 stops, Sartz had 3, Lua had 2 and Ashtonhad 1.

—Tatupu had a team-best 6 tackles (1 for loss)and a forced fumble against Colorado State, whileGrootegoed intercepted 2 passes that set up TDs(he also had a tackle), Rivers added 5 stops, Ashtonhad 4, Sartz had 2 tackles with an interception anddeflection and Lua and Williams each had a tackle.

—At BYU, Tatupu had a team-best 7 tackles (0.5for loss) with a fumble recovery (to set up a USC TD)and a deflection, while Ashton and Grootegoedeach had 4 stops (Grootegoed also intercepted apass), Rivers had 2 tackles and Sartz had 1.

—Tatupu had a game-best 10 tackles (1 forloss), with a forced fumble and deflection, atStanford, while Grootegoed added 7 tackles (1 forloss), Sartz had 4 stops, Rivers had 3 tackles (with 2sacks) and a forced fumble, and Thomas Williamsand Oscar Lua each had a stop.

—Tatupu had a game-high 13 tackles (1 for loss)against California, while Sartz added 10 tackles (1for loss) and Grootegoed had 6 stops.

—Sartz led USC with 7 tackles against ArizonaS t a t e (he also had a deflection), while Tatupu added6 stops (with a sack) and 3 deflections, Grootegoedhad 3 tackles and returned an interception 41 yardsto set up a TD, Williams had 2 tackles, Ashton had asack and Lua and Rivers both had a tackle.

—Grootegoed had a team-best 5 tackles (2for loss) and forced a fumble against Washington,while Rivers had 4 stops and returned an intercep-tion 22 yards, Tatupu had 4 tackles, recovered afumble to set up a field goal and had 2 deflections,Williams and Sartz each had 2 tackles (Williams had1 for a loss), and Lua had a stop.

—Grootegoed had a team-high 6 tackles (3for losses, with a sack) and a deflection at Washing-ton State, while Tatupu had 5 stops (2.5 for loss, witha sack), Sartz also had 5 tackles (1 for a loss, with 0.5sack) along with 2 deflections and a forced fumble,Williams added 2 tackles (with a sack), Rivers alsohad 2 stops (0.5 for a loss), and Ashton and Lua eachhad 1 tackle.

—Grootegoed had a team-best 9 tackles (3.5for loss, with a sack), plus a fumble recovery and 2deflections at Oregon State, while Sartz added 5stops, Tatupu had 4 tackles (with a sack) and inter-cepted a pass to set up a USC TD, Lua had 2 tacklesand Brittingham had 1.

—Tatupu had a game-high 11 tackles (with 1.5sacks) against Arizona, while Grootegoed added 6stops (3 for losses, with 1 sack), Rivers and Ashtonhad 3 tackles (Rivers also had a deflection), and Luaand Sartz each had 1 tackles (Sartz had 0.5 for lossand also had a deflection).

—Tatupu had a game-best 8 tackles againstNotre Dame, while Grootegoed added 6 stops, Sartzhad 4 tackles (with a sack) and a deflection, Will-iams had 3 stops and Ashton, Lua and Rivers eachhad 1.

—Tatupu had a game-high 10 tackles (1 for aloss) and a fourth-quarter interception at UCLA, whileGrootegoed added 2 stops, and Sartz, Williams andLua each had 1.

DEFENSIVE BACKSThe good news in the secondary is that bothstarting safeties return. Sophomore strongsafety Darnell Bing (53 tac, 6.5 for loss, 0.5 sack,2 int, 2 FF, 6 dfl in 2004) was a Freshman All-American first team selection last year whenhe had 69 tackles and 2 interceptions. Hehas an unlimited future. He made the 2004All-Pac-10 second team. Hard-hitting seniorfree safety Jason Leach (44 tac, 1 for loss, 1FR, 1 FF, 4 dfl, 2 int in 2004) was USC’s No. 2tackler last season with 88 stops (he also had2 interceptions, including 1 for a TD). He made2004 All-Pac-10 honorable mention. He wasinvited to play in the 2005 East-West ShrineGame. Providing safety depth is senior GregFarr (2 tac in 2004), a former walk-on who re-ceived a scholarship this fall, and twin redshirtfreshmen Brandon Ting (1 tac in 2004) andRyan Ting (4 tac in 2004); Ryan Ting also canplay cornerback (he won USC’s 2004 HowardJones/Football Alumni Club AcademicAward). Then, enrolling in the fall were J.C.All-American Scott Ware (16 tac, 1 dfl in 2004),who is a junior (he has started 3 times at freesafety, with Leach moving to strong safety),and prep All-American Josh Pinkard (7 tac, 1FF in 2004, plus 1 KOR, 0 yds), who is a fresh-man. Ware missed 4 mid-season games witha foot injury. Both of 2003’s startingcornerbacks are gone: Will Poole, an All-Pac-10 first teamer and NFL fourth rounder whose7 interceptions (the most at USC since 1994)and 19 deflections last year ranked him in thetop 10 nationally in those categories (he alsohad 80 tackles, 4 forced fumbles and 2 fumblerecoveries), and Marcell Allmond, whohelped Troy to an 18-1 record when he startedin the secondary (he had 3 picks and 48 stopsin 2003). Losing that duo might not be asmuch of a concern as it appears, however,because their replacements include experi-enced seniors with plenty of starts under theirbelts. Junior Justin Wyatt (39 tac, 3.5 for loss, 1int, 1 FF, 5 dfl in 2004), who also saw someaction at wide receiver last fall, has claimeda starting cornerback job. He made 2004 All-Pac-10 honorable mention and the ESPN.comAll-Pac-10 first team. Redshirt freshmen EricWright (29 tac, 2 for loss, 2 sack, 1 int, 6 dfl, 1FR in 2004) has emerged as the other starterat corner. He made the 2004 The SportingNews Freshman All-Pac-10 first team. He tookover midseason for senior Kevin Arbet (26 tac,0.5 for loss, 1 int, 2 dfl in 2004), who has 12career starts (Arbet now serves as the nickelback). Arbet received a sixth year of eligibil-ity from the NCAA in 2004 because he wasout of action for most of the past 2 seasonswith a foot injury (he missed 2004 spring drillswhile recuperating). Also a key special teamsplayer, he led the Trojans in punt returns in2001 with 25 for 225 yards (9.0 average) andearned All-Pac-10 first team honors as a spe-cial teamer that season. Then there’s seniorRonald Nunn (18 tac, 1.5 for loss, 1 sack, 1 FR,1 FF in 2004), known for his big plays (he re-

turned an interception and a fumble for TDsin 2003), started 3 times in 2002 and playedoften in extra defensive back formations lastyear. Also pushing for playing time at thecorner spots is redshirt freshman Terrell Tho-mas (7 tac, 2 int, 2 dfl in 2004), plus 3 walk-ons: juniors Alex Gomez (2 tac in 2004) andJustin Tolliver (2 tac in 2004) and first-year fresh-man Jim Abbott.

—Bing had 7 tackles (1 for a loss) versus VirginiaTech, Leach added 5 stops and a deflection, Wyatthad 3 tackles and a deflection, and Arbet, Wrightand Nunn each had 2 stops (Nunn also recovered afumble late in the game that set up a USC field goal).

—Leach had 5 tackles (1 for a loss), a fumblerecovery and a deflection against Colorado State(he started at strong safety for an injured Bing), whileNunn also had 5 stops (0.5 for loss), Wyatt had 3 tack-les, a forced fumble and a deflection, Ware had 3stops (while starting at free safety), Wright had 2 tack-les and an interception, Bing and Arbet each had 2tackles, and Thomas and Pinkard each had 1.

—At BYU, Leach had 5 tackles and a forcedfumble, Bing had 4 stops and an interception, 2.5 ofWyatt’s 3 tackles were for losses, Wright, Thomas andNunn each had 2 tackles (Thomas also had an end-zone interception, which he returned 29 yards), Arbethad a tackle and a deflection, and Ware had atackle.

—At Stanford, Bing and Leach each had 6tackles (Bing also had a forced fumble and deflec-tion), Nunn had 4 tackles, Arbet had 3 stops and re-turned an interception 66 yards to set up a TD, Wyatthad 2 tackles and Ware had a deflection.

—Against California, Ware started and had 12tackles, Arbet added 7 stops, Eric Wright had 5 tack-les and recovered a fumbled punt, Wyatt and Leacheach had 4 stops (Leach started at strong safety foran injured Bing), and Pinkard had a tackle.

—Bing had 6 tackles (0.5 for loss) and inter-cepted a pass against Arizona State, Arbet had 4stops and a deflection, Wright had 3 tackles (with0.5 sack) and a deflection, Thomas also had 3 tack-les, Wyatt and Pinkard both had 2 stops, Nunn hada sack and forced a fumble, and Tolliver and Bran-don Ting each had a tackle.

—Against Washington, Leach had 3 tackles,Wyatt and Bing had 2 each, Arbet and Nunn eachhad 1 and Wright deflected 2 passes.

—Bing had 5 tackles (1.5 for loss) and 2 deflec-tions at Washington State, Wyatt, Arbet and Nunneach added 3 stops (Arbet had 0.5 for a loss andWyatt also had a deflection), Farr and Leach eachhad 2 tackles, Wright and Pinkard each had 1 stopand Thomas had an interception in the end zone.

—Wyatt had a career-high 7 tackles and adeflection at Oregon State, while Bing added 5 stopswith a deflection and forced fumble, Leach had 4tackles with an interception and 2 deflections, Arbethad 2 stops, Wright and Pinkard each had a tackleand Thomas deflected 2 passes.

—Bing had 6 tackles (2.5 for loss, with 0.5 sack)and a deflection against Arizona, Wright and Leacheach had 4 stops, Ryan Ting had 3 tackles, Wyattand Gomez each had 2 stops (Wyatt also had aninterception which he returned 19 yards), and Tolliverhad 1 tackle.

—Bing had 5 tackles against Not re Dame,Wyatt had 4 (1 for a loss), Wright also had 4 (with 2deflections), and Pinkard and Leach each had 1.

—Leach, Bing and Wright each had 5 tacklesat UCLA (Leach had a fourth-quarter interception,Bing had a tackle for loss and a deflection and Wrighthad a tackle for loss), Wyatt added 4 tackles and adeflection, and Arbet, Ryan Ting and Thomas eachhad a tackle.

SPECIALISTSAll-American junior Tom Malone (43.8 avg in2004), one of the nation’s best punters and asemifinalist for the 2004 Ray Guy Award, hasproven to be a weapon whenever he bootsthe ball. He currently ranks 10th nationally inpunting (43.8, first in Pac-10). A total of 26 ofhis 45 punts in 2004 have pinned opponentswithin the 20-yard line and 12 have traveledat least 50 yards (with a pair of 62-yarders).His career average of 44.6 is above the schoolstandard (44.1) and equal to the all-time Pac-


10 mark (44.6, by UCLA’s Kirk Wilson in the mid-1950s). He was named a 2004 SI.com All-American honorable mention. He made the2004 All-Pac-10 first team (for the second con-secutive year) and the ESPN.com All-Pac-10first team. He broke the USC season puntingaverage record by 3.4 yards last fall (his 49.0mark was just 0.3 off of the Pac-10 standard).He led the nation in punting for 5 consecu-tive weeks in the middle of the 2003 cam-paign and would have finished as the leader(by 1.0 yard), but the efficiency of USC’s of-fense left him 5 punts shy of having the NCAA-required minimum 3.6 punts per game. In2003, 24 of his 42 punts traveled at least 50yards and 28 pinned opponents within the 20-yard line. Senior Ryan Killeen (14-of-23 FG and57-of-57 PAT in 2004, plus 2 tac) ranks amongthe nation’s top placekickers. A total of 60 ofhis 82 kickoffs in 2004 have kept opponentswithin the 20-yard line, including 44 touch-backs. He has connected on his past 70 PATtries (dating to 2003). He owns the USC andPac-10 career records for PATs (170) and PATattempts (173). He needs 4 more points to tiethe USC career points record (320 by CharlesWhite, 1976-79). He was USC’s 2004 Co-Playerof the Game versus UCLA. The Lou GrozaAward candidate was 12th nationally in scor-ing (9.4, second in Pac-10) and tied for 18th infield goals (1.5, third in Pac-10) in 2003. His 65PATs last fall were a Pac-10 season record andhis 19 field goals tied the USC season mark.The 122 points he scored in 2003 were thesecond-most ever tallied at USC. He had 35touchbacks among his 99 kickoffs in 2003 (andhe kept foes within the 20-yard line 58 times).He also backs up Malone at punter. BehindKilleen is walk-on redshirt freshman MarioDanelo, the son of ex-NFL kicker Joe Danelo,and walk-on first-year frosh Taylor Odegard.It might not sound like a big deal, but USChad to replace both of its long-time snappers:4-year short snapper Joe Boskovich and 3-year long snapper Matt Hayward. Both per-formed flawlessly during their careers. Theirreplacements are junior walk-on linebackerCollin Ashton on long snaps and redshirt fresh-man Will Collins, a one-time walk-on whoearned a scholarship this spring, on shortsnaps. Junior punter Tom Malone is the holderfor his third season, with senior quarterbackMatt Cassel as his backup. USC has back fromlast year its top kickoff returner in sophomoretailback Reggie Bush (19 KOR, 501 yds, 26.4avg in 2004), who was 10th nationally in kick-off returns in 2003 (27.3, first in Pac-10) andwas the first Trojan to lead the league in kick-off returns since Anthony Davis in 1974 (Bushreturned a 96-yarder for a score last year), andits top punt returner in junior wide receiverGreig Carlson (5 PR, 14 yds, 2.8 avg in 2004).Bush (23 PR, 369 yds, 16.0 avg, 2 TD in 2004)also returns punts. Bush currently is ninth na-tionally in punt returns (16.0, first in Pac-10) and10th in kickoff returns (26.4, second in Pac-10).Other potential returners are redshirt freshmantailback Desmond Reed (7 KOR, 150 yds, 21.4avg in 2004, plus 1 PR, 16 yds, 16.0 avg), juniortailback Hershel Dennis, who led USC in kick-off returns in 2002, senior cornerback KevinArbet, who led USC in punt returns in 2001,and junior cornerback Justin Wyatt.

—Malone averaged 42.8 yards on his 5 puntsversus Virginia Tech (1 traveled 53 yards and 2 pinnedthe Hokies within the 20), while Killeen hit 1-of-2 fieldgoals (a 41-yarder) and all 3 PATs, plus 3 of his 5 kick-offs kept Virginia Tech within the 20 (with 2 touch-backs).

—Killeen nailed all 7 of his PATs against Colo-rado State and 6 of his 8 kickoffs kept the Rams withinthe 20 (with 2 touchbacks), while Malone averaged43.2 yards on his 4 punts (with 2 keeping CSU withinthe 20).

—At BYU, 6 of Killeen’s 7 kickoffs were touch-backs and he nailed all 6 of his PATs (but he did missboth of his field goal attempts), while Malone aver-aged 44.0 yards on 4 punts (all pinned the Cougarswithin the 20).

—At Stanford, Malone averaged 40.3 yards onhis 3 punts, while Killeen hit all 4 of his PATs and made1-of-2 field goals (a 23-yarder).

—Killeen hit all 3 of his field goal attempts (31,33 and 42 yards) and both of his PATs against Cali-fornia, and all 6 of his kickoffs were touchbacks, ashe was named Pac-10 Special Teams Player of theWeek, while Malone averaged 57.0 yards on his 2punts (with a 62-yarder).

—Malone averaged 48.7 yards on his 3 puntsagainst Arizona State (with a 62-yarder for the sec-ond consecutive game), while Killeen hit his field goaltry (a 34-yarder) and all 6 of his PATs, plus 6 of his 8kickoffs were touchbacks (all 8 pinned ASU withinthe 20).

—Against Washington, 6 of Killeen’s 7 kickoffswere touchbacks (all 7 pinned the Huskies within the20) and he was 1-of-2 on field goals (hitting a 29-yarder) and 5-of-5 on PATs, while Malone averaged48.3 yards on his 3 punts (all of them kept UW withinthe 20), with a pair of 50-yarders.

—Killeen made all 6 of his PATs (he missed afield goal) at Washington State and 5 of his 6 kick-offs kept the Cougars within the 20 (with 4 touch-backs), while Malone averaged 37.3 yards on his 6punts (3 pinned WSU within the 20).

—Malone averaged 43.1 yards on 7 punts atOregon State (5 pinned OSU within the 20), whileKilleen hit all 4 PATs but missed a pair of field goals (1was blocked).

—Malone averaged 44.5 yards on his 2 puntsversus Arizona, while Killeen hit all 7 of his PATs (hemissed a field goal) and 7 of his 8 kickoffs pinned theWildcats within the 20 (with 4 touchbacks).

—Killeen nailed both of his field goals (39 and42 yards) and all 5 of his PATs against Notre Dame(also, 5 of his 8 kickoffs pinned the Irish within the 20,with 3 touchbacks), while Malone averaged 43.0yards on 2 punts, with 1 stopping within the 20 (hehad another punt partially blocked).

—Killeen set a USC game record (and a Pac-10 conference game record) by hitting 5 field goals(37, 42, 34, 36, 34 yards) at UCLA (all without a miss)and he also made both PATs and pinned the Bruins5 times within the 20 (with 4 touchbacks) on his 8 kick-offs, while Malone averaged 45.0 yards on his 4 punts(with a 59-yarder), but had a punt blocked and an-other returned for a TD.

ASSISTANT COACHESUSC’s assistant coaching staff welcomed 3new faces in 2004: QB coach Carl Smith, whohas 32 years of coaching experience (his last17 years were spent in the NFL); RB coachTodd McNair, a former NFL running back andassistant; and DEF/LB coach Ken Norton Jr.,the ex-NFL and UCLA star linebacker. Therewere also some slight adjustments involving3 returning coaches. Rocky Seto switchedfrom safeties to linebackers. Brennan Carroll,an offensive assistant the past 2 seasons, be-came a full-time assistant, handling the tightends. And WR coach Lane Kiffin took on theadded duty of passing game coordinator.

OREGERON TO OLE MISSUSC defensive line coach/recruiting coordi-nator/assistant head coach Ed Orgeron wasnamed the head coach at Mississippi on Dec.16. He will continue his duties with the Tro-jans through the Orange Bowl. During his 7seasons (1998-2004) at USC, he produced 3All-American first team defensive linemen, aswell as 6 All-Pac-10 first teamers.

STATS OF NOTE

WINS***USC has won 32of its last 33 games, 33 of its last35, 35 of its last 38 and 39 of its last 43.

DEFENSE***Defensively, USC currently is ranked in thenation’s Top 10 in every defensive category: sec-ond in scoring defense (12.5, first in Pac-10), sec-ond in rushing defense (75.3, first in Pac-10), sev-enth in pass efficiency defense (99.3, second inPac-10), seventh in total defense (271.6, first in Pac-10) and ninth in turnover margin (+1.2, first in Pac-10).***USC’s total defense average of 271.6 is its low-est since the 1989 season (238.4) and the 4.2 yardsper play allowed is its lowest since 1989’s 4.2.***USC has allowed just 2 touchdowns and 1 fieldgoal in the fourth quarter in 2004.***USC has held opponents scoreless in 27 of 48quarters in 2004.***During its current 21-game winning streak, USChas not allowed a team to score more than 28points (8 opponents in 2004 have been held to lessthan 14 points and only 3 have topped 20 points).***USC has posted 48 sacks in 2004 (4.0 per game).***USC has forced 32 turnovers in 2004 (19 inter-ceptions, 14 fumbles).***USC is allowing opponents to convert just 26.6%of third downs (46-of-173).***In the last 6 games, USC has allowed just 14-of-86 on third-down conversions (including none in27 tries by Washington and Oregon State).***Opponents have advanced into the red zoneonly 22 times in 2004.***USC has lost the turnover battle in just 1 game(Arizona) in 2004 (the Trojans are 30-4 under PeteCarroll when winning the turnover battle).***USC has intercepted a pass in 32 of the last 35games, including 16 consecutive games beforebeing blanked at Notre Dame in 2003.***USC has held 28 of its last 38 opposing teamsto less than 100 rushing yards (8 times in 2004, 10games in 2003 and 10 times in 2002).***Only 2 opposing runners have rushed for 100yards against USC in the past 35 games(California’s Adimchinobe Echemandu did so in2003, breaking a streak of 16 consecutive gameswithout a 100-yard rusher, and Cal’s J.J. Arringtondid so in 2004).***USC has 4 shutouts in its past 25 games (and 3in its last 16 outings).***USC has posted a pair of shutouts in both 2003and 2004 (before that, the last time USC had 2shutouts in a season was 1982, when it had 3).***USC’s first 3 opponents and 5 of its last 6 foes of2004 did not get more than 300 total yards .***Under Pete Carroll, USC is 22-0 when holdingopponents to less than 300 yards of total offense(7 times in 2004).***Since allowing a 69-yard TD pass in the thirdquarter of the BYU game in 2004, USC has not al-lowed a pass completion longer than 39 yards (aspan of 37 quarters).

OFFENSE***Offensively , USC currently is seventh nationallyin scoring offense (36.8, second in Pac-10), ninthin passing efficiency (155.5, second in Pac-10), 15th

in total offense (442.8, second in Pac-10) and 16th

in passing offense (266.7, third in Pac-10).***USC’s trio of Reggie Bush, LenDale White andDwayne Jarrett have accounted for 73.7% ofUSC’s touchdowns in 2004 (42 of 57).***This is just the third time in USC history (alongwith 1979 and 1993) that there have been 6 Tro-jans with 20-plus catches (Dwayne Jarrett, ReggieBush, Steve Smith, Dominique Byrd, Alex Holmesand Chris McFoy); David Kirtman needs 2 morecatches to make it 7 Trojans, which would be a first.***USC’s 600 combined rushing yards againstColorado State (322) and BYU (278) were the mostby Troy in back-to-back games since getting 638against Ohio State and Washington State in 1990.***All 8 of USC’s running backs who have carriedthe ball in 2004 are averaging at least 3.9 yardsper carry (5 are at least at 5.0).***USC has allowed just 24 sacks in 2004.***Of USC’s 69 offensive scoring drives in 2003, 44have taken less than 3 minutes (including 27 un-der 2 minutes).


SCORING***USC has scored at least 20 points in its last 38games, a school record (and in 40 of its past 41).***USC has scored at least 30 points in 27 of its last33 games (8 times in 2004).***USC has scored at least 40 points 21 times un-der Pete Carroll (6 times in 2004).***USC scored at least 30 points in 15 consecutivePac-10 games before being held to 23 points byCalifornia in 2004.***USC has scored 113 points (14 TDs, 5 field goals)after getting a turnover in 2004.***USC has a +24.3 scoring margin in 2004.***USC’s has won 7 games by at least 30 points in2004, equaling a school record first set in 1929.***USC has outscored opponents 234-94 in the firsthalf and 207-56 in the second half in 2004.***USC has a knack for scoring unanswered points(10 times in 2004: 49 versus Colorado State, 21twice at BYU, 21 and 24 versus Arizona State, 31versus Washington, 35 at Washington State, 28 atOregon State, 21 and 28 against Arizona, 38 ver-sus Notre Dame), continuing a trend from 2003 (11times) and 2004 (also 11 times) when Troy scored20 or more consecutive points.***In its current 21-game winning streak, USC haswon by a combined 496 points (an average of 23.6).***During the Pete Carroll era, USC has more thandoubled the score of its opponents in the secondhalf of games (856 to 391 points).***USC has 3 players who have scored 10 or moretouchdowns in 2004 (TB LenDale White with 15, TBReggie Bush 15 and WR Dwayne Jarrett 12), thefirst time that has happened at Troy since at least 1971.

MISCELLANEOUS***On special teams, USC currently is 10th nation-ally in kickoff returns (24.1, second in Pac-10), 16th

in punt returns (13.8, second in Pac-10) and 20th innet punting (38.1, second in Pac-10).*** USC’s first 6 opponents of 2004 entered theirgames against Troy with a cumulative 11-2 record,as 4 were undefeated and 2 were ranked in theAP Top 15.***USC has swept traditional rivals UCLA and NotreDame for 3 consecutive seasons for the first time ever.***USC has won its last 6 games against AP Top 7teams (No. 7 Notre Dame and No. 3 Iowa in 2002,No. 6 Auburn, No. 6 Washington State and No. 4Michigan in 2003, and No. 7 California in 2004) andhas done so by a 199-77 score (an average of 33-13).***USC has won its last 10 games against AP Top25 teams (the 6 mentioned in the previous item,plus No. 22 Washington, No. 14 Oregon and No.25 UCLA in 2002, and No. 15 Arizona State in 2004)and has done so by a 381-159 score (an averagescore of 38-16).***USC has played before crowds of at least 85,000in 8 of its past 15 games.***USC has played in all kinds of weather in 2004:humidity versus Virginia Tech, heat against Colo-rado State, hail and cold at Washington State, fogat Oregon State and rain versus Notre Dame.***USC’s last 2 losses (at Washington State in 2002and California in 2003) have come in 4 overtimes.***Eight of the 9 losses in the Pete Carroll era atUSC have been by a touchdown or less (the otherwas by 11 points).

TAKEAWAYSUSC has been effective in the takeaway de-partment during head coach Pete Carroll’s4-year tenure. In 2004, USC is +1.2 in turnovermargin (ninth in the U.S. and first in the Pac-10) by getting 19 interceptions and 14 fumbles(while giving back only 12 fumbles and 7 in-terceptions). USC’s +1.3 turnover margin overCarroll’s first 3 seasons was the best in thenation and its 113 takeaways during that spanalso were the most. In 2003, USC was +1.5 inturnover margin (second in the U.S. and firstin the Pac-10) by getting 22 interceptions and20 fumbles (and yielding only 9 interceptionsand 13 fumbles). In 2002, the Trojans had 36takeaways (19 fumbles and 17 interceptions)and ranked fifth nationally in turnover mar-gin (+1.4). In 2001, Troy had 35 takeaways(20 picks, 15 fumbles) and ranked fifth in thenation in turnover margin at +1.3. USC’s ballsecurity was impressive, too (only 19 turnoversin 2001 and just 18 in 2002).

RANDOM NOTES

***USC’s 2004 captains, as elected by theirteammates at the end of fall camp, are QBMatt Leinart, DE-DT Shaun Cody and LB MattGrootegoed.

***QB Matt Leinart hosts a daily web log(“blog”), chronicling his observations of theUSC football team this season. Check it outat www.mattleinartblog.com. It makes for afun read each day.

*** The 50 millionth fan (Jim Farrell of LongBeach) to see a USC football game, homeand away, came through the gates at thisyear’s Arizona State home game.

***Late USC 2-time All-American tailbackRicky Bell was enshrined into the CollegeFootball Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind., thisAug. 13-14, while former USC All-Americantight end Charles Young was inducted intothe Hall at a Dec. 7 dinner in New York (he’llbe enshrined in August of 2005). Bell, whoearned All-American honors in 1975 and 1976(he was the Heisman Trophy runner-up in1976), ran for 3,689 yards at Troy and then wasthe No. 1 pick of the 1977 NFL draft (he played6 years in the NFL) before dying in 1984 ofheart disease. Young was a unanimous All-American on USC’s 1972 national champion-ship team and caught 68 passes in his Trojancareer before playing 13 years in the NFL. USChas 26 former players, 2 ex-head coaches, 4one-time assistant coaches and a former ath-letic director in the College Football Hall ofFame.

***FieldTurf, the popular artificial turf, was in-stalled this past summer on a portion of USC’spractice field. It covers the L-shaped portionon the northwest corner of Howard JonesField. This marks the first time that USC everhas had artificial turf on its practice field.

***After doing significant research, USC nowis recognizing its 1939 football team as a na-tional champion, giving the Trojans 10 na-tional titles in program history (1928-31-32-39-62-67-72-74-78-2003). The 1939 Trojans went8-0-2 and finished atop the Dickinson Systempoll, thereby winning the Knute Rockne Inter-collegiate Memorial Trophy (at the time em-blematic of the nation’s No. 1 team). Accord-ing to the NCAA Football Records Book, theDickinson System was the first to gain wide-spread nation public and media acceptanceas a “major selector.”

***No USC football letterman in history hasbeen heavier than current Trojan OLs TaitusiLutui (370 pounds), John Drake (350) or AlatiniMalu (335, equaling the weight of 1995-98letterman Ken Bowen).

***QB John David Booty, who enrolled at USCin the fall of 2003, is believed to be the firstfootball player to graduate a full year earlyfrom high school and enroll at a major Divi-sion I-A university.

***USC also has 5 players who graduated asemester early from high school and enrolledat USC in the spring. P Tom Malone and FBBrandon Hancock came to USC in the springof 2002. Identical twin DBs Brandon and RyanTing did so in the spring of 2003. WR Fred Davisenrolled at USC this past spring.

***USC has retired the jersey numbers of its 6Heisman Trophy winners. However, 2 of thosenumbers are currently in use. When he ar-rived at USC in 2003, S Darnell Bing receivedpermission from USC athletic director MikeGarrett (Troy’s 1965 Heisman-winningtailback) to wear Garrett’s retired No. 20 jer-sey (that was Bing’s high school number). Andcurrent QB Matt Leinart will continue in his No.11 jersey now that he won the Heisman.

***Several Trojans have participated in othersports at Troy. QB Billy Hart was on the USCbaseball team the past 3 seasons (2002-04).He led USC in batting average (.367) andtriples (3) in 2004 while starting 44 games inthe outfield and then at third base (he alsohad 58 hits, 26 runs, 9 doubles, 2 home runsand 29 RBI). He started 22 times in right fieldin 2003, hitting .238 in 42 games with 20 hits,14 runs, 1 home run and 4 RBI (he redshirtedin 2002). QB Matt Cassel was a pitcher for the2004 Trojans, posting an 0-1 record and 9.35ERA in 8 games, with 10 strikeouts and 4 walks(he was selected in the 36th round of the 2004draft by the Oakland Athletics). OG TravisWatkins was a shot putter for the 2001 Trojantrack squad (he redshirted). Walk-on CB Jus-tin Tolliver was a sprinter for the 2002 and 2003Trojans, but did not compete in a meet. Walk-on TE Owen Hanson was a reserve on the USCmen’s volleyball team for 3 seasons (2001-03),seeing action in 1 match in 2003.

***As a youngster, LB Collin Ashton was aballboy for several years for the USC men’sbasketball team.

***OT Taitusi Lutui is USC’s only married player.He and his wife, Pua, were married in July of2004.

***USC’s 2004 schedule includes 7 nightgames (starting at 5 p.m. or later, local time),a school record dating to Troy’s first nightgame in 1944.

***Who’s the fastest among the 2004 Trojans?It might be TB Reggie Bush, with bests of 10.42in the 100 meters and 21.06 in the 200. Heplaced third in the 100 in the 2002 Californiastate meet.

***QB Matt Cassel played on the Northridge(Calif.) team that was a finalist at the 1994Little League World Series. And LB MattGrootegoed was a finalist as a 10-year-old inthe national Punt, Pass and Kick competition.

***Several Trojans have Hollywood connec-tions. As a youngster, CB John Walker was atelevision actor who appeared in such showsas “E.R.” and “7th Heaven” (in fact, he didn’tplay football until his sophomore year of highschool because a clause in his acting con-tract prevented him from doing anything thatcould affect his appearance). QB Matt Casselwas featured in the HBO documentary “Fresh-man Year,” which was filmed at his highschool in 1999-2000. And QB Brandon Hance,a music industry major, has interned at sev-eral Beverly Hills entertainment-based talentand management agencies.

***On DE-DT Shaun Cody’s right biceps is alarge tattoo of the interlock “SC” logo, whichstands both for his initials and his university.

***FB Brandon Hancock has been featured invarious body building magazines, includingMuscle Magazine International.


***QB Brandon Hance, who was hospitalizedbriefly in the summer of 2003 with a viral formof spinal meningitis, recorded a public ser-vice announcement for the Meningitis Foun-dation of America as part of the MFA’s Men-ingitis Awareness and Prevention month inAugust of 2003. Hance’s 30-second radiomessage was geared toward college stu-dents.

***In his 32-year collegiate coaching careerat BYU, North Carolina State and now USC,offensive coordinator Norm Chow hascoached quarterbacks who combined havethrown for more than 70,000 career yards…orabout 40 miles! Besides Matt Leinart andCarson Palmer at Troy, Chow has tutoredBYU’s Steve Young, Jim McMahon, Marc Wil-son, Gifford Nielsen, Ty Detmer and RobbieBosco and North Carolina State’s Philip Riv-ers. Three of his pupils (Leinart, Palmer andDetmer) won the Heisman Trophy (4 othersfinished in the top 3 of the voting).

***“The Tradition Continues,” a 75-minutevideo look at the USC football team’s excit-ing 2003 national championship season, isavailable in both DVD and VHS format. It canbe purchased for $24.95 at the USC Bookstoreon campus, as well as ordered online atwww.uscthestore.com or by calling the USCBookstore at 800-447-8620. The video includeshighlights from all 13 of USC’s games, never-before-seen pre-game, halftime and post-game lockerroom footage, and interviewswith current and former players and coaches.Also available at the USC Bookstore andonline is a 150-minute DVD of ABC-TV’s entirecommercial-free broadcast of the 2004 RoseBowl, a 28-14 Trojan victory over Michigan. Itis priced at $24.95.

***”UCLA Vs. USC: 75 Years Of The GreatestRivalry In Sports,” a 272-page book authoredby Los Angeles Times sportswriter (and formerTrojan footballer) Lonnie White, was publishedthis fall and is available at Southern Califor-nia-area bookstores. The book provides acomprehensive review of all clashes in allsports between the crosstown rivals. Trojanand Bruins luminaries Mike Garrett, RodDedeaux, Cheryl Miller, John Wooden, BillWalton and Rafer Johnson wrote the fore-words.

***Strength and conditioning coach ChrisCarlisle has beaten cancer. He learned hehad Hodgkin’s Disease in December of 2000,began radiation treatments in Tennessee(where he was still the Volunteers’ associatestrength and conditioning coach), was hiredby USC in February of 2001, kept his illness asecret except to Trojan head coach PeteCarroll, continued treatments in Tennesseeand at USC/Norris Comprehensive CancerCenter and Hospital, then doctors told him inthe summer of 2001 that the cancer was inremission. He informed the USC players of hisordeal at the start of fall 2001 camp. He was1 of 17 nominees for the 2003 Most Coura-geous Award presented by the Football Writ-ers Association of America.

***Politically speaking, TB Reggie Bush’s nick-name is “The President.” Troy also presiden-tially features a Jackson (DE Lawrence Jack-son) and a Buchanan (WR William Buchanon,spelled slightly different than the President).And TE Dominique Byrd was an intern for Min-nesota senator Mark Dayton. By the way, USCis 187-59-14 (.746) during presidential electionyears and won 3 of its 10 football nationalchampionships in those years (1928-32-72).

***USC is 171-52-10 (.755) in seasons that theSummer Olympics have been held. The Tro-jans won 3 national championships (1928,1932 and 1972) and played in 9 bowls (win-ning 6) during those Olympic seasons. TwoUSC football lettermen have won Olympicgold medals: Fred Kelly (lettered in 1914-15-16) in the high hurdles in the 1912 Games (heis USC’s first gold medalist) and Ken Carpen-ter (1934-37) in the discus in the 1936 Games.Although 2-time gold medalist Quincy Watts(400 meters and 1600-meter relay in the 1992Olympics) never lettered in football, he wasa receiver on the 1990 Trojans (he didn’t getinto a game).

***Seven Trojans have relatives who playedon national championship USC footballsquads: SNP Will Collins (uncle, Joe Collins,was on the 1974 team), TE Kurt Katnik (brother,Norm Katnik, was on the 2003 team), LB ClayMatthews (father, 1977 All-American ClayMatthews, was on the 1974 team and brother,Kyle Matthews, was on the 2003 team), QBMichael McDonald (father, 1979 All-AmericanPaul McDonald, was on the 1978 team), LBLofa Tatupu (father, Mosi Tatupu, was on the1974 team), CB Justin Tolliver (father, KevinWilliams, was on the 1978 team) and WR BradWalker (cousins, Norm and Kurt Katnik, wereon the 2003 team).

***Several Trojans have other relatives withUSC football connections. CB Kevin Arbet isthe stepson of ex-Trojan (1980-82) JeffSimmons. SNP Will Collins’ brother, Rob Collins,was a walk-on at USC in the 1980s. Four Tro-jans have uncles who were Trojan footballers:TE Kurt Katnik (John Katnik, 1986-87), LB ClayMatthews (Bruce Matthews, 1980-82, 1982 All-American), OG Fred Matua (Titus Tuiasosopo,1990-92) and WR Brad Walker (John Katnik,1986-87). WR William Buchanon’s secondcousin is former Trojan C.R. Roberts (1955-56).

***Speaking of genes: CB Kevin Arbet’s cousin,Lamarr Arbet, was a defensive lineman at SanJose State and his uncle, Darren Arbet, is thehead coach of the San Jose SaberCats of theArena Football League. OT Sam Baker’s fa-ther, David, formerly played basketball at UCIrvine and then professionally in Europe, whilehis brother, Ben, was an offensive lineman atDuke. QB John David Booty’s father, Johnny,played quarterback at Arkansas, LouisianaTech and Mississippi State, while his brother,Josh, played quarterback at LSU for 2 seasons(1999-2000) following a 5-year (1994-98) base-ball career as an infielder in the Florida Mar-lins organization (he then played with theNFL’s Cleveland Browns) and another brother,Abram, was a wide receiver at LSU (1997-99)and Valdosta State (2001). LB-FB MikeBrittingham has 5 relatives with athletic back-grounds: sister, Kristine, lettered on UCLA’swomen’s soccer team in 2000 and 2001, cous-ins Jack and Robert Brittingham were 3-year(1933-35) football lettermen at California,great uncle Richard Munroe lettered in foot-ball at both Stanford (1942) and California(1943), and great great grandfather LouisSumner lettered in football at Wisconsin (1889,1891-92). WR William Buchanon is the son ofex-NFL star Willie Buchanon, a 1971 All-Ameri-can cornerback at San Diego State who wasa 3-time Pro Bowler during his 11-year (1972-82) NFL career with the Green Bay Packersand San Diego Chargers. QB Matt Cassel’solder brother, Jack, is a pitcher in the San Di-ego Padres organization, while his youngerbrother, Justin, is a sophomore on UC Irvine’s

baseball team. PK Mario Danelo’s father, Joe,was a placekicker at Washington State (1972-74) before playing in the NFL with the GreenBay Packers (1975), New York Giants (1976-82) and Buffalo Bills (1983-84). TB Hershel Den-nis’ father, Hershel Sr., played tailback at NorthCarolina A&T. DE Rashaad Goodrum’sbrother, Nuru, is a sophomore fullback at TheCitadel. LB Matt Grootegoed’s brother, John,was an offensive guard at San Jose State in1994 and 1995. TE Alex Holmes’ father, Mike,lettered at defensive end at Michigan in 1974and 1975. DE Lawrence Jackson’s brother,Keith, was an offensive tackle at Arizona. WRDwayne Jarrett’s cousin, Desmond Belton, isa freshman wide receiver at Idaho. C RyanKalil’s father, Frank, was a center at Arizona(1980-82) and with the USFL’s Arizona Wran-glers (1983) and Houston Gamblers (1984). TEKurt Katnik’s father, Norman, was a 2-yearstarting center at Arizona (1978-79). FB SeanKelly’s father, Mike, was an All-Americanswimmer at USC (1977-80) and his greatgrandfather, Arnold Horween, kicked the win-ning PAT in Harvard’s 7-6 victory over Oregonin the 1920 Rose Bowl to help the Crimson tothe last of its 7 national football champion-ships (also a fullback, Arnold played along-side his brother, RB Ralph Horween). FB DavidKirtman’s father, Louis, ran track at California,his brother, Michael, was on Pomona-Pitzer’sfootball and track teams and his uncle, NateKirtman, played football at Stanford in 1967.S Jason Leach’s cousin is former Arizona StateS Alfred Williams (1999-2002). OT Taitusi Lutui’sbrother, Sam, is an assistant football coachat Southern Utah, where he also started onthe line in 1995 and 1996, while he is also re-lated to current BYU players Ofa Mohetauand David Tafuna and former Cougar T.J.Sitake (1999-2000). OG Fred Matua’s uncle,Navy Tuiasosopo, played offensive line atUtah State and later with the Los AngelesRams, another uncle, Mike Tuiasosopo, is thedefensive line coach at Arizona (he playeddefensive tackle at Pacific Lutheran from 1985to 1988) and a distant cousin, ManuTuiasasosopo, was a 3-time All-Conferencedefensive lineman at UCLA (1976-78) whothen played with the Seattle Seahawks andSan Francisco 49ers. WR Jason Mitchell’scousin, Christian Radley, was a coxswain onthe USC women’s rowing team in 2002. DTFili Moala’s cousin is Oregon sophomore de-fensive lineman Haloti Ngata. CB RonaldNunn’s sister, Natalie, is a redshirt freshmandefender on the USC women’s soccer team.OT Drew Radovich’s father, Mark, was a line-backer at Arizona State (1974-76). LB DallasSartz’s father, Jeff, played safety at OregonState and his grandfather, also named Dal-las, was a Golden Gloves boxer at Washing-ton State and a professional hydroplaneracer. Twin DBs Brandon and Ryan Ting’sbrother, Rich, was a quarterback at Yale(1998-2001). DT Travis Tofi’s cousin, Suaese“Pooch” Taase, played football at LouisianaTech. WR Brad Walker’s uncle, Norman Katnik,was a 2-year starting center at Arizona (1978-79). OG Travis Watkins’ brother, Todd, is a jun-ior wide receiver at BYU (he formerly playedat 2001 Norfolk State), while his father, Don,was a lineman at Pasadena City College andhis great uncle, Tom Watkins, was a runningback at Iowa State and then played 8 sea-sons in the NFL in the 1960s with the Cleve-land Browns, Detroit Lions and PittsburghSteelers. TB LenDale White is the cousin offormer Notre Dame (1998) and Pittsburgh(2000-01) tailback/wide receiver Darcey Levy(who played in the NFL), ex-Wyoming (1998-


2002) linebacker Herman White and formerColorado point guard Chauncey Billups, nowin the NBA. OT Kyle Williams’ father, Scott,played college basketball, while an uncle,Eric Williams, was a defensive lineman withthe Detroit Lions (1984-89) and WashingtonRedskins (1990-93, including on the 1991 Su-per Bowl champs) after earning 1983 All-Pac-10 first team honors in his 3 years (1981-83) atWashington State; his grandfather, Roy Will-iams, played for the Detroit Lions and SanFrancisco 49ers, another uncle played pro-fessional basketball in Europe, while his othergrandfather played 3 sports at Lehigh in the1960. DT Manuel Wright’s cousin is former Ari-zona State tailback Mike Williams. CB JustinWyatt’s father, Porter, played baseball in theMilwaukee Brewers organization, while hisuncle, Reggie, was in the Kansas City Royalssystem. WR John Zilka’s grandfather, JakeNagode, played basketball at Northwestern(1936-38) and then professionally in the late-1940s, while his sister, Allison, lettered on theArizona women’s soccer team in 1994. DBcoach Greg Burns’ brother, Dexter, was adefensive back at San Jose State in the mid-1990s. Head coach Pete Carroll’s wife, Glena,played volleyball at Pacific, while his son,Brennan, was a tight end at Delaware andPitt (he currently is an assistant football coachat USC) and his daughter, Jaime, played onthe 2000 USC women’s volleyball team. WRcoach Lane Kiffin’s father, Monte, is the de-fensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Buc-caneers (he is a longtime NFL and collegiateassistant coach who also served as NorthCarolina State’s head coach in the early1980s), while his brother, Chris, is a senior de-fensive lineman at Colorado State. LB coachRocky Seto’s wife, Sharla, played soccer atUSC. TE coach Brennan Carroll is the son ofUSC head coach Pete Carroll. DEF/LB coachKen Norton Jr. is the son of Ken Norton Sr., theformer world heavyweight boxing championwho played football at Northeast MissouriState.

***How about these names: DE FrosteeRucker. OT Taitusi Lutui (he goes by “Deuce”).OG Alatini Malu, who answers to “Tiny” (he’s6-4 and 335 pounds). LB Lofa Tatupu . DT TravisTofi. DT Fili Moala. Then, there’s S Darnell Bingand the Ting twins (DBs Brandon and Ryan).

ON TVUSC is one of America’s most televised teams.The Trojans have appeared on live national,regional or local telecasts 333 times, includ-ing 199 of the past 201 games (USC’s last 40games have been televised). In fact, USChad an amazing streak of 111 consecutivegames on some form of live television from1988 to 1997 (snapped against Oregon State)and another streak of 48 in a row from 1997to 2001 (broken against California).

1979 DÉJÀ VU?There were numerous similarities betweenlast year’s national champion Trojans andthe USC team from 25 years earlier, the1978 national champs. This year, againthere are many coincidental repeats be-tween the 2004 Trojans and the USC teamfrom 25 years earlier, the 1979 squad thatwent 11-0-1 and finished No. 2 in the polls. As in 2004, that 1979 team was a pre-sea-son No. 1 coming off a controversial splitnational title shared with an SEC team(Alabama) and a Rose Bowl win over aTop 5 Michigan team, and was led by ahead coach in his fourth year at the helm(John Robinson). More similarities for bothteams: an opening win against a “Tech”team (Texas Tech, Virginia Tech), an effi-cient left-handed quarterback in his sec-ond year as a starter (Paul McDonald,Matt Leinart) who set the school seasontouchdown pass record the previous year,a running back named White (Charles,who wore 12, and LenDale, who is No. 21),a player named Mike McDonald (thisyear’s Mike is the son of the 1979 quarter-back, Paul), a highly-touted freshman re-ceiver from New Jersey (Timmy White,Dwayne Jarrett), a top Heisman candi-date (Charles White, Matt Leinart) and aNo. 1-ranked recruiting class. Also, eerily,the previous season for both squads fea-tured a Heisman winner from Oklahomawho returned for his final year (Billy Sims,Jason White).

IN THE NFLUSC is always well-represented in the NFL. Atthe start of training camp this summer, therewere 43 ex-Trojans on NFL rosters. Last year,there were 28 Trojans on opening day NFLrosters, including players such as LBs JuniorSeau, Chris Claiborne and Zeke Moreno, DLWillie McGinest, WRs Keyshawn Johnson,Johnnie Morton and Curtis Conway, QBsCarson Palmer, Rodney Peete and RobJohnson and DBs Sammy Knight, TroyPolamalu, Brian Kelly and DaylonMcCutcheon. Six NFL head coaches haveUSC ties (either as former players or assistants):Tennessee’s Jeff Fisher, Seattle’s MikeHolmgren, San Francisco’s Steve Mariucci,Miami’s Dave Wannstedt, Jacksonville’s JackDel Rio and Oakland’s Norv Turner. Thirteencurrent USC players have relatives with NFLplaying backgrounds: QB John David Booty(brother, Josh Booty), WR William Buchanon(father, Willie Buchanon), PK Mario Danelo (fa-ther, Joe Danelo), TE Kurt Katnik (brother,Norm Katnik), OG Fred Matua (cousins, Navyand Manu Tuiasosopo), LB Clay Matthews(grandfather, Clay Matthews Sr.; father, ClayMatthews; uncle, Bruce Matthews), QBMichael McDonald (father, Paul McDonald),LB Lofa Tatupu (father, Mosi Tatupu), CB JustinTolliver (father, Kevin Williams), WR BradWalker (cousin, Norm Katnik), OG TravisWatkins (uncle, Tom Watkins), TB LenDaleWhite (cousin, Darcey Levy) and OT Kyle Wil-liams (uncle, Eric Williams; grandfather, RoyWilliams). OT Sam Baker’s father, David, is thecommissioner of the Arena Football League.And C Ryan Kalil’s father, Frank, played in theUSFL. Additionally, head coach Pete Carrollwas an NFL head coach and assistant coach,and assistants Carl Smith , Lane Kiffin and ToddMcNair were NFL assistants. Four assistantcoaches played professionally: Ken Norton Jr.and Todd McNair were in the NFL, while NormChow and Tim Davis were in the CFL (Davisalso played in the USFL).

ACADEMICSTwo of USC’s most recent graduation ratesfor football were the highest in USC history.The 2001 official NCAA graduation rate forTrojan football players was 82%, an all-timehigh (topping the previous USC high of 80% in2000). That rate compared to 73% for thegeneral USC student body...and it was about30 percentage points higher than the nationalfootball average for Division I schools. Amongthe top scholars on the 2004 Trojan squad are:S-CB Ryan Ting (3.93 GPA), FB BrandonHancock (3.86, communication major), SBrandon Ting (3.7 GPA), QB Brandon Hance(3.47, music industry), WR John Zilka (3.46), TENick Vanderboom (3.4, business), OG TravisDraper (3.35), QB Billy Hart (3.30, business), QBMatt Cassel (3.28, communication), TB AndreWoodert (3.15, kinesiology), FB MikeBrittingham (2.93), WR Wil Smith (2.85, publicmanagement and planning), FB JodyAdewale (2.77, psychology), FB David Kirtman(2.76, business), S Greg Farr (2.76, internationalrelations) and QB Matt Leinart (2.75, sociol-ogy). Both Tings made the 2004 Pac-10 All-Academic second team, while Vanderboommade honorable mention. Hancock was a2003 CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII firstteam and Pac-10 All-Academic first teamselection. In its history, USC football has pro-duced 22 Academic All-American firstteamers (tops in the Pac-10 and sixth in thenation), 20 NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarshipwinners, 12 National Football FoundationScholar-Athletes, 4 NCAA Today’s Top Six win-ners, 1 Rhodes Scholar and 1 Academic All-American Hall of Famer.

ROSTER UPDATESThere are a number of updates from the ros-ter in the 2004 USC football media guide.

***There are 2 new scholarship players(bios below): #91 Fili Moala (DT, 6-5, 300, Fr./Fr., Buena Park, Western HS) and #44 RashaadGoodrum (DE, 6-3, 245, Jr./Jr., Fayetteville, NC,Pine Forest HS/Los Angeles Valley JC).

***A trio of former walk-ons—LB CollinAshton, S Greg Farr and TE NickVanderboom—have been awarded a schol-arship this fall (bios are below).

***Six players have joined the team aswalk-ons: #22 Jim Abbott (CB, 5-10, 175, Fr./Fr., San Marino, Loyola HS), #98 Mike Davis(DT, 6-0, 280, Jr./Jr., Irvine, Irvine HS/Saddleback CC), #47 Clay Matthews (LB, 6-3, 230, Fr./Fr., Agoura Hills, Agoura HS), #18 Tay-lor Odegard (P-PK, 5-10, 160, Fr./Fr., Mercer Is-land, WA, Mercer Island HS), #65 Jeff Tola (DT,6-1, 225, Fr./Fr., Upland, Upland HS) and #48Brad Walker (WR, 6-2, 200, Fr./Fr., Tustin, Foot-hill HS).

***Six players have changed numbers:OT Taitusi Lutui is now #71, Brandon Hance isnow #4, Dwayne Jarrett is now #8, CB EricWright is now #25, CB Alex Gomez is now #46,WR Wil Smith is now #26.

***Five players have switched positions:Chris Barrett is now a TE-DE, John Walker is nowa WR-CB, Michael Stuart is now a LB-TE, FredDavis is now a WR-TE, Chris Bocage is now aWR-S. Also, change the class standing of WRWil Smith to Jr.*/Sr.

* **Delete: DE Thomas Herring (ineligible),TE-LB Eugene Germany (ineligible), WR MikeWilliams (ineligible), WR Derrick Jones (ineli-gible), WR Whitney Lewis (ineligible), TBChauncey Washington (ineligible), DT RyanWatson (ineligible), OT Winston Justice (sus-pended), TE Gregg Guenther Jr. (basketball).


BIOS OF NEW SCHOLARSHIP TROJANS

COLLIN ASHTON—A one-time walk-on linebackerand snapper, he earned a scholarship in the fallof 2004…As a sophomore in 2003 while appearingin all 13 games, he had 28 tackles (0.5 for a loss), 1forced fumble and 1 deflection as a backup line-backer and key special teams player…He evenstarted 2 late-season games (Arizona and UCLA),becoming just the second USC walk-on to start agame in the previous 20 years…He had 8 tacklesat Arizona and 5 against UCLA…As a redshirt fresh-man in 2002, he made 3 tackles while seeing briefaction in 3 games (Oregon State, Oregon andUCLA)…He redshirted as a first-year freshman in2001…He prepped at Mission Viejo (Calif.)High…As a youngster, he served as a ballboy forseveral years for the USC men’s basketball team.

GREG FARR —A one-time walk-on safety, heearned a scholarship in the fall of 2004…As aredshirt junior in 2003 while appearing in 10 games(all but Auburn, California and Arizona State), hemade 6 tackles as a reserve safety and on spe-cial teams…As a junior in 2002, he saw brief actionin just 1 game (2 plays at Colorado), but he didnot make a tackle (however, he petitioned theNCAA and was allowed to redshirt)…He trans-ferred to USC in the fall of 2002 from Palomar Jun-ior College in San Marcos (Calif.)…He prepped atCarlsbad (Calif.) High.

RASHAAD GOODRUM—He was a 2-year (2002-03)starting defensive end and linebacker at Los An-geles Valley Junior College in Valley Glen(Calif.)…He was a 2003 Super Prep Juco 100, J.C.Grid-Wire All-American honorable mention andAll-Western State Conference Northern Division firstteam (unanimous) selection…He posted 55 tack-les (35 solo), including 16 tackles for loss (with 6sacks), and 2 forced fumbles in 2003…He alsomade the 2002 All-Western State ConferenceNorthern Division first team…He originally signedwith Washington in 2004, but did not enroll there inthe spring because he did not graduate from jun-ior college in time…He prepped at Pine Forest Highin Fayetteville (N.C.), where he was a 2000 All-MidSouth Conference second teamer as a senior line-backer and fullback…He averaged 6.0 yards percarry as a senior…He did not attend any schoolduring the 2001 season…His brother, Nuru, is asophomore fullback at The Citadel.

FILI MOALA—He originally signed with USC in 2003,but did not qualify for admission, so he attendedCypress (Calif.) Junior College in 2003 as a part-time student (he didn’t play football there)...Hewas a 2002 Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Tom Lemming All-West and Tacoma NewsTribune Western 100 selection as a senior offen-sive and defensive lineman at Western High inAnaheim (Calif.)...He missed all but 2 games of his2002 senior season because of an injured left footligament...As a junior in 2002, he made All-CIF Di-vision IX first team and All-League while posting60 tackles and 4 sacks...His cousin is Oregon sopho-more defensive lineman Haloti Ngata.

NICK VANDERBOOM—A one-time walk-on tightend, he earned a scholarship in the fall of 2004…Heappeared in 8 games (all but California, ArizonaState, Washington, Washington State and Michi-gan) as a redshirt freshman tight end and specialteams player in 2003, but did not catch a pass ormake a tackle…He was switched to tight end fromquarterback in 2003 spring drills…He redshirted asa freshman quarterback in 2002, his first year atUSC…He prepped at The Breck School in Minne-apolis (Minn.)…Current Trojan Dominique Byrd alsoprepped at The Breck School.

USC IS THE PLACE TO BEBased on several national accolades it hasreceived in recent years, USC can stake itsclaim as one of the nation’s premier schools.USC was named the “College of the Year” bythe 2000 edition of the Time/Princeton ReviewCollege Guide because of the remarkablebonds it has forged with the local commu-nity. The editors said USC has one of the mostambitious social-outreach programs of anyuniversity in the nation and cited the school’smodel of service learning (applying aca-demic theory to real-life situations throughpublic service). They also pointed out thatUSC’s undergraduate applications havenearly doubled over the last few years and itis enrolling the most academically accom-plished freshman classes in its history. Troy alsowas selected as one of America’s nine “hot-test schools” by the 2001 edition of theNewsweek/Kaplan College Guide becauseit lives up to its reputation as a top-notch in-stitution of higher education. Students quotedin the guide said that what attracted themto the university was Los Angeles’ ethnic di-versity, the offer of scholarships, the smallclassroom sizes and USC’s standing in aca-deme. Also in 2001, the Association of Ameri-can Colleges and Universities picked USC asone of 16 “Leadership Institutions” for provid-ing stimulating educational experiences bothinside and outside of the classroom. USC wascited for emphasizing a campus culturefeaturing new learning techniques, curricu-lum and organizational structure and for dem-onstrating a strong commitment to liberal artseducation relevant to the contemporaryworld. The organization said USC not onlylinked liberal arts and pre-professional study,but offered students the opportunity to learnby doing through off-campus work in com-munity projects and internships. Also, USC waslauded for stressing critical thinking, effectivecommunication and contributing to a diversesociety.

USC’S 125TH CELEBRATIONThe USC 125th Anniversary Project (1880-2005)showcases USC’s leadership in redefining theresearch university of the 21st century whilecelebrating and honoring its proud heritageas one of the oldest continuing academicand cultural institutions in the region. USC hasbeen reinventing itself since 1880. Thanks tothe dedication, talent, and resources of theTrojan Family, USC will be inventing the futurefor generations to come. Between now andspring 2006, USC will host a variety of univer-sity-wide as well as school-based academicprograms, including conferences and guestlectures focused on the first part of USC’s 125thanniversary theme — “inventing the future.”At the same time, the university will explorethe second part of the theme — “honoringthe past” — through history projects, celebra-tions, campus tours, and publications reflect-ing our rich heritage. Finally, USC’s 125th an-niversary year — 2005-2006 — will culminatein spring 2006 with a university-hosted inter-national academic conference aimed atdefining the research university of the 21stcentury.

SCOUTING OKLAHOMAOklahoma, under sixth-year coach BobStoops (his 2000 team won the national cham-pionship in the Orange Bowl), has been thenation’s No.2-ranked team all season afterlosing in last year’s BCS Championship Game.The Sooners mowed through their non-con-ference and Big 12 schedule, going 12-0 (in-cluding a 42-3 win over Colorado in the Big12 championship game). OU is highly-rankedstatistically on both sides of the ball. It is sev-enth nationally in passing efficiency (162.3),eighth in total offense (469.6), ninth in scoringoffense (36.1), 16th in rushing offense (215.1)and 25th in passing offense (254.5). Senior QBJason White (231-of-354, 65.3%, 2961 yds, 33TD, 6 int in 2004), the 2003 Heisman Trophywinner who captured the Davey O’Brien andMaxwell Awards this season, directs the of-fense. He is the school’s career leader in pass-ing yards (7,678) and TD passes (79). He andfreshman phenon RB Adrian Peterson (314 tcb,1843 yds, 5.9 avg, 15 TD in 2004. plus 3 rec, 6yds, 2.0 avg), who has rushed for at least 100yards an NCAA frosh record 11 times this sea-son, were Heisman finalists in 2004 (Petersonfinished second and White third). White is sixthnationally in passing efficiency (162.9), whilePeterson is sixth in rushing (153.6) and 15th inall-purpose running (154.1). Senior WR MarkClayton (62 rec, 855 yds, 13.8 avg, 8 TD in 2004,plus 7 PR, 101 yds, 14.4 avg, 1 TD and 3 KOR,67 yds, 22.3 avg and 4 tcb, 11 yds, 2.8 avg),OU’s career leader in receptions (217), receiv-ing yards (3,220) and TD catches (31), is thetop receiver. Other top offensive performersare senior OT Jamaal Brown, who won the2004 Outland Trophy, plus junior RB KejuanJones (125 tcb, 504 yds, 4.0 avg, 5 TD in 2004,plus 20 rec, 166 yds, 8.3 avg), junior WR TravisWilson (43 rec, 601 yds, 14.0 avg, 9 TD in 2004,plus 6 KOR, 84 yds, 14.0 avg), senior WR Bran-don Jones (25 rec, 332 yds, 13.3 avg, 3 TD In2004) and senior WR Mark Bradley (21 rec, 425yds, 20.2 avg, 7 TD in 2004, plus 9 KOR, 166yds, 18.4 avg and 4 tcb, 73 yds, 18.2 avg, 1TD). The Sooner defense is fifth nationally inscoring defense (13.7) and rushing defense(86.2), ninth in total defense (280.2) and 15th

in turnover margin (+0.8). Leading defendersare junior FS Brodney Pool (85 tac, 4 for loss, 2int, 9 dfl, 1 FR, 1 blk in 2004), senior MLB LanceMitchell (72 tac, 10 for loss, 2 sack, 5 dfl, 2 FR,1 FF in 2004), sophomore WLB Rufus Alexander(69 tac, 7 for loss, 2 sack, 1 int, 3 dfl, 3 FR, 3 FFin 2004), senior FS Donte Nicholson (66 tac, 3for loss, 2 sack, 1 int, 6 dfl in 2004) and seniorDE Dan Cody (39 tac, 15 for loss, 9 sack, 2 dflin 2004). Senior CB Antonio Perkins (29 tac, 1sack, 1 int, 1 FR, 1 FF in 2004, plus 17 PR, 156yds, 9.2 avg, 1 TD) has returned 8 punts for aTD in his career (an NCAA mark). Senior PBlake Ferguson (41.8 avg in 2004) handles thepunting, while junior PK Trey DiCarlo (8-of-16FG, 45-of-48 PAT in 2004) is the placekicker.

INJURY UPDATEOUT: TB Hershel Dennis (knee), OG TravisDraper (thumb), TE Kurt Katnik (concussion),FB Brandon Hancock (knee).PROBABLE: DT Manuel Wright (ankle), OT DrewRadovich (hip), C Ross Burruel (hip).


USC IN NCAA/PAC-10 STAT RANKINGS

NCAA PAC-10NAME CATEGORY AVG RANK* RANK**Reggie Bush All-Purp. Run. 181.8 5 1Reggie Bush Punt Returns 16.0 9 1Matt Leinart Passing Eff. 154.5 9 2Reggie Bush Kickoff Ret. 26.4 10 2Tom Malone Punting 43.8 10 1Ryan Killeen Scoring 8.3 22 1Matt Leinart Total Off. 246.4 — 4LenDale White Rushing 82.1 — 5Ryan Killeen Field Goals 1.2 — 5LenDale White Scoring 7.5 — 5TReggie Bush Scoring 7.5 — 5TUSC Scoring Def. 12.5 2 1USC Rushing Def. 75.3 2 1USC Total Def. 271.6 7 1USC Pass Eff. Def. 99.3 7 2USC Scoring Off. 36.8 7 2USC TO Margin +1.2 9 1USC Passing Eff. 155.5 9 2USC Kickoff Ret. 24.1 10 2USC Total Off. 442.8 15 2USC Passing Off. 266.7 16 2USC Punt Returns 13.8 16 2USC Net Punting 38.1 20 2USC Pass Def. 196.3 — 3USC Rushing Off. 176.1 — 3*Top 25 only**Top 5 only

RED ZONE PRODUCTION

GAME USC OPPONENTVT 0 of 1 (miss FG) 2 of 2 (FG, TD)CSU 6 of 8 (lost fum, TD, 0 of 2 (int, lost fum)

TD, TD, TD, TD, TD, end of game)BYU 3 of 5 (punt, TD, 1 of 1 (FG)

miss FG, TD, TD)STAN 5 of 8 (FG, TD, TD, 3 of 3 (TD, TD, TD)

punt, TD, miss FG, TD, end of game)CAL 4 of 5 (TD, FG, FG, 2 of 4 (TD, TD, miss FG,

TD, int) failed 4th)ASU 5 of 6 (TD, TD, TD, 1 of 1 (TD)

TD, FG, failed 4th)WASH 4 of 4 (FG, TD, TD, TD) 0 of 0WSU 4 of 6 (TD, TD, TD, 0 of 0

end of half, TD, miss FG)OSU 2 of 3 (TD, int, TD) 3 of 3 (FG, FG, TD)ARIZ 7 of 8 (TD, miss FG, 1 of 1 (TD)

TD, TD, TD, TD, TD, TD)ND 1 of 1 (TD) 2 of 2 (TD, FG)UCLA 5 of 7 (FG, FG, FG, 2 of 3 (miss FG, TD, TD)

FG, failed 4 th, FG, lost fum)TOTAL 46 of 62 (74.2%) 17 of 22 (77.3%)

36—TD 12—TD10—FG 5—FG5—miss FG 1—int2—lost fum 1—lost fum2—end of game 2—miss FG2—punt 1—failed 4t h

2—int2—failed 4t h

1—end of half

TOM MALONE PUNTS

GAME PUNTS WITHIN 20 50+ YARDSVT 5 2 1CSU 4 2 0BYU 4 4 1STAN 3 1 1CAL 2 1 2ASU 3 2 2WASH 3 3 2WSU 6 3 0OSU 7 5 2ARIZ 2 0 0ND 2 1 0UCLA 4 2 1TOTAL 45 26 12

RYAN KILLEEN KICKOFFS

GAME KICKOFFS WITHIN 20 (TOUCHBACKS)VT 5 3 (2)CSU 8 6 (2)BYU 7 6 (6)STAN 6 2 (1)CAL 6 6 (6)ASU 8 8 (6)WASH 7 7 (6)WSU 6 5 (4)OSU 5 0 (0)ARIZ 8 7 (4)ND 8 5 (3)UCLA 8 5 (4)TOTAL 82 60 (44)


DEPTH CHARTOFFENSE

SE – 8 Dwayne Jarrett (6-5, 195, Fr.)82 Chris McFoy (6-1, 195, So.*)18 John Walker (6-2, 200, Jr.*) OR31 William Buchanon (6-3, 190, Jr.*)

LT – 79 Sam Baker (6-5, 290, Fr.*)75 Kyle Williams (6-6, 290, So.*)60 Drew Radovich (6-5, 290, Fr.*)

LG – 53 Jeff Byers (6-3, 275, Fr.) OR73 John Drake (6-4, 350, Sr.)63 Travis Watkins (6-3, 305, Sr.*) OR60 Drew Radovich (6-5, 290, Fr.*)

C – 67 Ryan Kalil (6-4, 270, So.)53 Jeff Byers (6-3, 275, Fr.)69 Matt Spanos (6-5, 285, Fr.*)

RG – 51 Fred Matua (6-2, 305, So.*)60 Drew Radovich (6-5, 290, Fr.*) OR63 Travis Watkins (6-3, 305, Sr.*)

RT – 71 Taitusi Lutui (6-6, 370, Jr.)75 Kyle Williams (6-6, 290, So.*)60 Drew Radovich (6-5, 290, Fr.*)

TE – 81 Alex Holmes (6-3, 270, Sr.*)86 Dominique Byrd (6-3, 260, Jr.)89 Dale Thompson (6-4, 255, Fr.) OR83 Fred Davis (6-4, 215, Fr.)

QB – 11 Matt Leinart (6-5, 225, Jr.*)10 Matt Cassel (6-5, 230, Sr.*) 4 Brandon Hance (6-1, 195, Sr.*)

FB – 35 Lee Webb (6-0, 240, Sr.*)37 David Kirtman (6-0, 225, Jr.*)

TB – 21 LenDale White (6-2, 235, So.) OR 5 Reggie Bush (6-0, 200, So.)22 Desmond Reed (5-9, 180, Fr.*)

FL – 2 Steve Smith (6-1, 195, So.)15 Jason Mitchell (6-1, 200, Sr.*)19 Greig Carlson (5-10, 195, Jr.*)

DEFENSE

DE – 90 Frostee Rucker (6-4, 255, Jr.*)54 Jeff Schweiger (6-4, 250, Fr.)

NT – 99 Mike Patterson (6-0, 290, Sr.)49 Sedrick Ellis (6-2, 275, Fr.*)

DT – 84 Shaun Cody (6-4, 295, Sr.)92 Manuel Wright (6-6, 290, So.)52 LaJuan Ramsey (6-3, 285, Jr.)

DE – 96 Lawrence Jackson (6-5, 250, Fr.*)84 Shaun Cody (6-4, 295, Sr.)52 LaJuan Ramsey (6-3, 285, Jr.)

SLB – 42 Dallas Sartz (6-5, 220, Jr.)41 Thomas Williams (6-3, 225, Fr.*)

MLB – 58 Lofa Tatupu (6-0, 225, Jr.*)59 Collin Ashton (6-1, 215, Jr.*)45 Oscar Lua (6-2, 240, So.*)

WLB – 6 Matt Grootegoed (5-11, 215, Sr.*)55 Keith Rivers (6-3, 220, Fr.)59 Collin Ashton (6-1, 215, Jr.*)

CB – 24 Justin Wyatt (5-10, 180, Jr.)25 Eric Wright (5-11, 190, Fr.*)28 Terrell Thomas (6-2, 195, Fr.*)

SS – 20 Darnell Bing (6-2, 220, So.)27 Jason Leach (5-11, 210, Sr.*)26 Greg Farr (5-11, 190, Sr.*) OR36 Josh Pinkard (6-1, 200, Fr.)

FS – 27 Jason Leach (5-11, 210, Sr.*)29 Scott Ware (6-3, 220, Jr.)39 Ryan Ting (5-10, 180, So.) OR38 Brandon Ting (5-10, 180, So.)

CB – 25 Eric Wright (5-11, 190, Fr.*)30 Kevin Arbet (5-11, 190, Sr.*)23 Ronald Nunn (5-11, 180, Sr.*)

SPECIALISTS

P – 14 Tom Malone (6-0, 190, Jr.)16 Ryan Killeen (5-11, 185, Sr.)

PK – 16 Ryan Killeen (5-11, 185, Sr.)19 Mario Danelo (5-10, 210, Fr.*)

SNP – 59 Collin Ashton (6-1, 215, Jr.*)–P50 Will Collins (6-2, 220, Fr.*)–PAT, FG

HLD – 14 Tom Malone (6-0, 190, Jr.)10 Matt Cassel (6-5, 230, Sr.*)

RETURNERS

KOR – 5 Reggie Bush (6-0, 200, So.) AND22 Desmond Reed (5-9, 180, Fr.*)

PR – 5 Reggie Bush (6-0, 200, So.)19 Greig Carlson (5-10, 195, Jr.*)

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES........... (12-0-0) (6-0-0) (5-0-0) (1-0-0) CONFERENCE.......... (8-0-0) (4-0-0) (4-0-0) (0-0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (4-0-0) (2-0-0) (1-0-0) (1-0-0)

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND TEAM STATISTICS USC OPP ------------ ------------------------ --- ----- ------ --------------------------------------------------- Aug 28, 2004 vs Virginia Tech W 24-13 91665 FIRST DOWNS.............. 273 182 Sep 11, 2004 COLORADO STATE W 49-0 85521 Rushing................ 115 57 Sep 18, 2004 at Brigham Young W 42-10 63467 Passing................ 139 115 *Sep 25, 2004 at Stanford W 31-28 55750 Penalty................ 19 10 *Oct 09, 2004 #7 CALIFORNIA W 23-17 90008 RUSHING YARDAGE.......... 2113 904 *Oct 16, 2004 #15 ARIZONA STATE W 45-7 90211 Yards gained rushing... 2438 1410 *Oct 23, 2004 WASHINGTON W 38-0 72855 Yards lost rushing..... 325 506 *Oct 30, 2004 at Washington State W 42-12 35117 Rushing Attempts....... 465 354 *Nov 06, 2004 at Oregon State W 28-20 36412 Average Per Rush....... 4.5 2.6 *Nov 13, 2004 ARIZONA W 49-9 80167 Average Per Game....... 176.1 75.3 Nov 27, 2004 NOTRE DAME W 41-10 92611 TDs Rushing............ 25 5 *Dec 04, 2004 at UCLA Bruins W 29-24 88442 PASSING YARDAGE.......... 3200 2355 * denotes conference game Att-Comp-Int........... 395-264-7 421-222-19 Average Per Pass....... 8.1 5.6 RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G Average Per Catch...... 12.1 10.6 ----------------------------------------------------------- Average Per Game....... 266.7 196.2 White, LenDale 12 188 1010 25 985 5.2 13 54 82.1 TDs Passing............ 29 11 Bush, Reggie 12 137 892 59 833 6.1 6 81 69.4 TOTAL OFFENSE............ 5313 3259 Reed, Desmond 12 29 180 9 171 5.9 1 28 14.2 Total Plays............ 860 775 Dennis, Hershel 9 28 116 7 109 3.9 1 13 12.1 Average Per Play....... 6.2 4.2 Kirtman, David 12 7 41 0 41 5.9 0 14 3.4 Average Per Game....... 442.8 271.6 Webb, Lee 12 5 25 0 25 5.0 1 9 2.1 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 27-651 38-813 Cassel, Matt 8 6 18 7 11 1.8 0 8 1.4 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 29-399 21-200 Griffin, John 2 2 9 0 9 4.5 0 7 4.5 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS..... 19-327 7-75 Woodert, Andre 2 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 2.0 FUMBLES-LOST............. 25-12 30-14 Smith, Steve 7 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.1 PENALTIES-YARDS.......... 64-512 74-524 Hance, Brandon 5 2 0 4 -4 -2.0 0 0 -0.8 PUNTS-AVG................ 47-42.4 81-43.4 Malone, Tom 12 1 0 15 -15 -15.0 0 0 -1.2 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME.. 32:17 27:43 Team 9 11 0 22 -22 -2.0 0 0 -2.4 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 73/168 46/173 Leinart, Matt 12 47 143 176 -33 -0.7 3 23 -2.8 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 9/19 10/18 Total.......... 12 465 2438 325 2113 4.5 25 81 176.1 Opponents...... 12 354 1410 506 904 2.6 5 82 75.3 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long --------------------------------------- PASSING GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Grootegoed, M. 4 98 24.5 0 57 --------------------------------------------------------------- Tatupu, Lofa 3 38 12.7 0 32 Leinart, Matt 12 154.53 377-251-6 66.6 2990 28 69 249.2 Thomas, Terrell 2 29 14.5 0 29 Cassel, Matt 8 115.34 14-10-1 71.4 97 0 22 12.1 Bing, Darnell 2 8 4.0 0 8 Reed, Desmond 12 562.00 1-1-0 100.0 55 0 55 4.6 Leach, Jason 2 20 10.0 0 14 Hance, Brandon 5 150.40 1-1-0 100.0 6 0 6 1.2 Sartz, Dallas 1 8 8.0 0 8 Team 9 0.00 1-0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Rivers, Keith 1 22 22.0 0 22 Bush, Reggie 12 866.80 1-1-0 100.0 52 1 52 4.3 Wyatt, Justin 1 19 19.0 0 19 Total.......... 12 155.57 395-264-7 66.8 3200 29 69 266.7 Jackson, L. 1 19 19.0 0 19 Opponents...... 12 99.32 421-222-19 52.7 2355 11 69 196.2 Arbet, Kevin 1 66 66.0 0 66 Wright, Eric 1 0 0.0 0 0 RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Total.......... 19 327 17.2 0 66 ------------------------------------------------- Opponents...... 7 75 10.7 1 28 Jarrett, Dwayne 12 50 734 14.7 12 57 61.2 Bush, Reggie 12 41 478 11.7 7 69 39.8 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd Smith, Steve 7 35 547 15.6 3 51 78.1 ----------------------------------------------------- Byrd, D. 8 34 326 9.6 2 28 40.8 Malone, Tom 45 1970 43.8 62 9 6 17 1 Holmes, Alex 12 24 244 10.2 0 48 20.3 Team 2 21 10.5 21 0 0 0 1 McFoy, Chris 11 21 272 13.0 0 31 24.7 Total.......... 47 1991 42.4 62 9 6 17 2 Kirtman, David 12 18 146 8.1 1 26 12.2 Opponents...... 81 3513 43.4 79 2 17 17 0 Mitchell, Jason 11 13 226 17.4 2 33 20.5 White, LenDale 12 11 97 8.8 2 22 8.1 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Webb, Lee 12 4 47 11.8 0 22 3.9 --------------------------------------- Davis, Fred 9 4 30 7.5 0 15 3.3 Bush, Reggie 23 369 16.0 2 65 Buchanon, W. 11 4 15 3.8 0 6 1.4 Carlson, Greig 5 14 2.8 0 6 Reed, Desmond 12 3 0 0.0 0 2 0.0 Reed, Desmond 1 16 16.0 0 16 Walker, John 12 1 22 22.0 0 22 1.8 Total.......... 29 399 13.8 2 65 Adewale, Jody 4 1 16 16.0 0 16 4.0 Opponents...... 21 200 9.5 1 96 Total.......... 12 264 3200 12.1 29 69 266.7 Opponents...... 12 222 2355 10.6 11 69 196.2 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long --------------------------------------- FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk Bush, Reggie 19 501 26.4 0 84 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Reed, Desmond 7 150 21.4 0 49 Killeen, Ryan 14-23 60.9 0-0 2-4 8-10 4-9 0-0 42 1 Pinkard, Josh 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total.......... 27 651 24.1 0 84 |------ PATs ------| Opponents...... 38 813 21.4 0 54 SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points ------------------------------------------------------------- ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G Killeen, Ryan 0 14-23 57-57 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 99 ------------------------------------------------------ Bush, Reggie 15 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 90 Bush, Reggie 12 833 478 369 501 0 2181 181.8 White, LenDale 15 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 90 White, LenDale 12 985 97 0 0 0 1082 90.2 Jarrett, Dwayne 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 72 Jarrett, Dwayne 12 0 734 0 0 0 734 61.2 Smith, Steve 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Smith, Steve 7 -1 547 0 0 0 546 78.0 Leinart, Matt 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Reed, Desmond 12 171 0 16 150 0 337 28.1 Byrd, D. 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Byrd, D. 8 0 326 0 0 0 326 40.8 Mitchell, Jason 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 McFoy, Chris 11 0 272 0 0 0 272 24.7 Reed, Desmond 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Holmes, Alex 12 0 244 0 0 0 244 20.3 Wright, Manuel 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Mitchell, Jason 11 0 226 0 0 0 226 20.5 Kirtman, David 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Kirtman, David 12 41 146 0 0 0 187 15.6 Webb, Lee 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Dennis, Hershel 9 109 0 0 0 0 109 12.1 Dennis, Hershel 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Grootegoed, M. 12 0 0 0 0 98 98 8.2 Total.......... 57 14-23 57-57 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 441 Webb, Lee 12 25 47 0 0 0 72 6.0 Opponents...... 18 9-15 15-16 0-0 0 0-2 0 0 150 Arbet, Kevin 11 0 0 0 0 66 66 6.0 Tatupu, Lofa 12 0 0 0 0 38 38 3.2 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Davis, Fred 9 0 30 0 0 0 30 3.3 -------------------- --- --- --- --- --- Thomas, Terrell 10 0 0 0 0 29 29 2.9 USC Trojans......... 82 152 104 103 - 441 Walker, John 12 0 22 0 0 0 22 1.8 Opponents........... 26 68 39 17 - 150 Rivers, Keith 12 0 0 0 0 22 22 1.8 Leach, Jason 12 0 0 0 0 20 20 1.7 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Wyatt, Justin 12 0 0 0 0 19 19 1.6 ---------------------------------------------- Jackson, L. 12 0 0 0 0 19 19 1.6 Leinart, Matt 12 424 -33 2990 2957 246.4 Adewale, Jody 4 0 16 0 0 0 16 4.0 White, LenDale 12 188 985 0 985 82.1 Buchanon, W. 11 0 15 0 0 0 15 1.4 Bush, Reggie 12 138 833 52 885 73.8 Carlson, Greig 10 0 0 14 0 0 14 1.4 Reed, Desmond 12 30 171 55 226 18.8 Cassel, Matt 8 11 0 0 0 0 11 1.4 Dennis, Hershel 9 28 109 0 109 12.1 Griffin, John 2 9 0 0 0 0 9 4.5 Cassel, Matt 8 20 11 97 108 13.5 Sartz, Dallas 12 0 0 0 0 8 8 0.7 Kirtman, David 12 7 41 0 41 3.4 Bing, Darnell 11 0 0 0 0 8 8 0.7 Webb, Lee 12 5 25 0 25 2.1 Woodert, Andre 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 2.0 Griffin, John 2 2 9 0 9 4.5 Total.......... 12 2113 3200 399 651 327 6690 557.5 Woodert, Andre 2 1 4 0 4 2.0 Opponents...... 12 904 2355 200 813 75 4347 362.2 Hance, Brandon 5 3 -4 6 2 0.4 Total.......... 12 860 2113 3200 5313 442.8 Opponents...... 12 775 904 2355 3259 271.6

2004 USC Trojans Football-- USC Trojans Combined Team Statistics (as of Dec. 4, 2004)All games

2004 USC Trojans FootballUSC Trojans Defensive Statistics (as of Dec. 4, 2004)

All games

|--------Tackles--------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 58 Tatupu, Lofa 12 50 42 92 13.0-40 5.5-25 3-38 8 . 2-12 2 . . 6 Grootegoed, M. 12 38 23 61 12.5-46 3.0-24 4-98 3 1 1-0 1 . . 20 Bing, Darnell 11 38 15 53 6.5-17 0.5-5 2-8 6 . . 2 . . 42 Sartz, Dallas 12 20 25 45 3.5-11 1.5-5 1-8 6 . . 1 . . 27 Leach, Jason 12 33 11 44 1.0-2 . 2-20 4 1 1-0 1 . . 99 Patterson, Mike 12 25 17 42 16.0-80 6.0-39 . 2 1 4-0 2 . . 84 Cody, Shaun 12 27 13 40 12.0-82 9.0-74 . 3 5 . 2 1 . 24 Wyatt, Justin 12 33 6 39 3.5-4 . 1-19 5 . . 1 . . 96 Jackson, L. 12 17 13 30 11.0-41 6.0-31 1-19 1 . . . . . 25 Wright, Eric 12 24 5 29 2.0-13 2.0-13 1-0 6 . 1-0 . . . 90 Rucker, Frostee 12 19 8 27 7.5-32 2.5-15 . 2 . 1-0 1 . . 30 Arbet, Kevin 11 19 7 26 0.5-0 . 1-66 2 1 . . . . 55 Rivers, Keith 12 10 11 21 2.5-20 2.0-19 1-22 1 . . 1 . . 92 Wright, Manuel 10 9 11 20 3.5-15 2.0-10 . 2 . 2-20 . . . 23 Nunn, Ronald 9 9 9 18 1.5-9 1.0-9 . . . 1-0 1 . . 29 Ware, Scott 7 9 7 16 . . . 1 . . . . . 54 Schweiger, Jeff 11 7 9 16 4.5-32 2.0-27 . 1 . . 1 . . 59 Ashton, Collin 12 8 7 15 1.0-5 1.0-5 . . . . . . . 41 Williams, T. 12 8 4 12 2.0-8 1.0-7 . . . . . . . 45 Lua, Oscar 12 8 4 12 1.0-1 . . . . . . . . 36 Pinkard, Josh 12 5 2 7 . . . . . . 1 . . TM Team 9 7 . 7 6.0-19 2.0-8 . . . . . . . 28 Thomas, Terrell 10 5 2 7 . . 2-29 2 . . . . . 22 Reed, Desmond 12 4 1 5 1.0-12 . . . . . 1 . . 39 Ting, Ryan 9 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . . 18 Walker, John 12 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . . 16 Killeen, Ryan 12 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . . 26 Farr, Greg 7 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . 46 Gomez, Alex 2 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . 97 Morrow, Alex 5 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . 52 Ramsey, LaJuan 8 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . 49 Ellis, Sedrick 10 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . 79 Baker, Sam 12 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . 2A Tolliver, J. 11 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . 95 Tofi, Travis 4 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 19 Carlson, Greig 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 34 Dennis, Hershel 9 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 Smith, Steve 7 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1 . . 86 Byrd, D. 8 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 73 Drake, John 9 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 44 Goodrum, R. 2 1 . 1 1.0-8 1.0-8 . . . . . . . 38 Ting, Brandon 11 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 89 Thompson, Dale 11 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 4I Brittingham, M. 9 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Total.......... 12 456 262 718 113-497 48-324 19-327 55 9 14-32 19 1 . Opponents...... 12 545 316 861 81-303 24-167 7-75 34 6 12-4 14 3 .

2004 GAME-BY-GAME STATSINDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

(USC game highs in bold face)

Name Va. Tech Colo. St. BYU Stanford Cal Ariz. St. Wash. Wash. St. Ore. St. Arizona No. Dame UCLA Oklahoma

Rushing: TCB-NET-TDWhite 15-78-0 14-123-3 17-110-1 11-24-1 11-52-0 16-68-0 17-93-2 16-77-2 25-116-1 16-118-3 14-51-0 16-75-0Bush 9-27-0 12-84-1 14-124-1 16-95-1 8-23-0 5-21-0 13-55-0 14-42-1 11-88-0 12-45-0 8-25-0 15-204-2Reed -- 8-56-0 7-21-0 -- -- 1-0-0 1-28-1 9-27-0 -- 2-37-0 1-2-0 --Dennis -- -- 3-18-0 1-1-0 -- 5-19-0 4-12-0 11-55-0 -- 3-5-1 1-(-1)-0 --Kirtman -- 3-17-0 -- -- -- 4-24-0 -- -- -- -- -- --Webb -- -- 1-9-1 -- -- 4-16-0 -- -- -- -- -- --Cassel -- -- -- -- -- 1-6-0 2-12-0 3-(-7)-0 -- -- -- --Griffin -- -- -- -- -- -- 2-9-0 -- -- -- -- --Woodert -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-4-0 -- --S. Smith 1-(-1)-0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Hance -- 1-(-4)-0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-0-0 -- --Malone -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-(-15)-0Team -- -- 1-(-1)-0 2-(-5)-0 2-(-4)-0 -- -- -- 3-(-6)-0 -- 1-(-1)-0 2-(-5)-0Leinart 4-(-3)-0 7-46-0 8-(-3)-1 4-(-16)-0 4-(-30)-0 2-(-9)-1 3-(-12)-0 1-(-8)-0 5-12-0 3-7-0 3-7-0 3-(-24)-0

Passing: PA-PC-INT-YDS-TDLeinart 29-19-0 31-20-0 34-22-1 30-23-1 24-15-1 24-13-0 43-24-1 28-23-0 31-17-1 35-27-0 34-24-0 34-24-1

272-3 231-2 236-2 284-1 164-2 224-4 217-2 235-2 205-2 280-3 400-5 242-0Cassel -- -- -- -- -- 3-3-0 5-4-0 2-0-1 -- 3-2-0 1-1-0 --

25-0 39-0 0-0 28-0 5-0Reed -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-1-0 -- --

55-0Bush -- -- -- -- -- 1-1-0 -- -- -- -- -- --

52-1Hance -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-1-0 -- --

6-0Team -- -- -- -- 1-0-0 -- -- -- -- -- -- --

0-0

Receiving: NO-YDS-TDJarrett 2-8-0 3-32-1 3-58-1 5-54-0 4-37-1 5-139-3 5-31-0 4-64-2 2-21-0 6-144-2 6-102-2 5-44-0Bush 5-127-3 1-2-0 4-42-1 4-25-0 1-6-0 2-45-1 6-41-1 5-23-0 2-6-0 4-19-0 1-69-1 6-73-0S. Smith 4-68-0 8-79-1 6-62-0 7-129-1 2-76-0 -- -- -- -- -- 4-96-1 4-37-0Byrd -- -- -- -- -- 3-49-0 5-57-0 5-32-0 7-85-2 8-72-0 4-23-0 2-8-0Holmes 2-12-0 1-7-0 2-11-0 2-29-0 2-8-0 1-14-0 1-(-3)-0 2-20-0 3-60-0 3-21-0 4-44-0 1-21-0McFoy 2-11-0 4-59-0 4-37-0 2-28-0 2-20-0 1-19-0 2-26-0 3-54-0 -- -- 1-18-0 --Kirtman 3-32-0 2-30-0 2-19-0 2-4-0 1-2-0 1-7-0 1-9-0 2-12-0 1-17-0 1-5-1 1-2-0 1-7-0Mitchell -- -- -- -- 1-5-0 -- 1-29-1 1-33-0 1-11-0 5-74-0 2-38-1 2-36-0White -- 1-22-0 1-7-0 -- 2-10-1 2-22-1 2-18-0 -- 1-5-0 -- -- 2-13-0Webb 1-14-0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-22-0 1-8-0 1-3-0Davis -- -- -- 1-15-0 -- 2-6-0 1-9-0 -- -- -- -- --Buchanon -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-(-1)-0 -- -- 2-11-0 1-5-0 --Reed -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-2-0 1-(-3)-0 -- 1-1-0 -- --Walker -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-22-0 -- -- -- -- --Adewale -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-16-0 -- -- -- -- --

Punting: NO-YDS-LONGMalone 5-214-53 4-173-47 4-176-54 3-121-57 2-114-62 3-146-62 3-145-54 6-224-46 7-302-54 2-89-47 2-86-45 4-180-59Team -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-21-21 1-0-0

Punt Returns: NO-YDS-LONGBush 4-60-27 3-17-10 2-7-5 2-35-33 -- 2-49-41 1-30-30 3-78-57* 3-73-65* 1-1-1 -- 2-19-15Carlson -- 2-2-2 -- 1-5-5 -- -- 1-1-1 -- -- -- -- 1-6-6Reed -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-16-16 -- -- -- --*Includes 1 touchdown

Kickoff Returns: NO-YDS-LONGBush 3-44-15 1-39-39 1-38-38 4-85-29 2-109-84 -- -- -- 3-82-41 3-65-38 -- 2-39-25Reed -- -- -- -- 1-15-15 1-21-21 -- 1-7-7 1-32-32 -- 2-26-15 1-49-49Pinkard -- -- -- -- 1-0-0 -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Interceptions: NO-YDS-TDGrootegoed -- 2-57-0 1-0-0 -- -- 1-41-0 -- -- -- -- -- --Tatupu 1-32-0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-2-0 -- -- 1-4-0Leach -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-14-0 -- -- 1-6-0Thomas -- -- 1-29-0 -- -- -- -- 1-0-0 -- -- -- --Bing -- -- 1-8-0 -- -- 1-0-0 -- -- -- -- -- --Arbet -- -- -- 1-66-0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Rivers -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-22-0 -- -- -- -- --Wyatt -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-19-0 -- --Jackson -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-19-0 -- --Sartz -- 1-8-0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --E. Wright -- 1-0-0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Name Va. Tech Colo. St. BYU Stanford Cal Ariz. St. Wash. Wash. St. Ore. St. Arizona No. Dame UCLA Oklahoma

Defensive Statistics: TAC-FOR LOSS-PASS DEF-FUM RECTatupu 8-2.5-1-0 6-1-0-0 7-0.5-1-1 10-1-1-0 13-1-0-0 6-1-3-0 4-0-2-1 5-2.5-0-0 4-1-0-0 11-1.5-0-0 8-0-0-0 10-1-0-0Grootegoed 6-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 4-0-0-0 7-1-0-0 6-0-0-0 3-0-0-0 5-2-0-0 6-3-1-0 9-3.5-2-1 6-3-0-0 6-0-0-0 2-0-0-0Bing 7-1-0-0 2-0-0-0 4-0-0-0 6-0-1-0 -- 6-0.5-0-0 2-0-0-0 5-1.5-2-0 5-0-1-0 6-2.5-1-0 5-0-0-0 5-1-1-0Sartz 3-0-0-0 2-0-1-0 1-0-0-0 4-0-0-0 10-1-0-0 7-0-1-0 2-0-0-0 5-1-2-0 5-0-0-0 1-0.5-1-0 4-1-1-0 1-0-0-0Leach 5-0-1-0 5-1-1-1 5-0-0-0 6-0-0-0 4-0-0-0 -- 3-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 4-0-2-0 4-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 5-0-0-0Patterson 6-4-0-0 1-1-1-0 1-0-0-0 2-1-0-0 10-2-0-2 2-0-0-0 2-1-1-0 2-1-0-2 7-3.5-0-0 2-0.5-0-0 3-0-0-0 4-2-0-0Cody 3-0-0-0 4-2-0-0 4-3-0-0 3-0-0-0 4-1-0-0 2-1-1#-0 4-0.5-0-0 2-1-2-0 5-2.5-0-0 -- 6-0-0-0 3-1-1-0Wyatt 3-0-1-0 3-0-1-0 3-2.5-0-0 2-0-0-0 4-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 3-0-1-0 7-0-1-0 2-0-0-0 4-1-0-0 4-0-1-0Jackson 2-0.5-0-0 3-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 2-2-0-0 2-1.5-0-0 4-1-1-0 2-1.5-0-0 1-0-0-0 5-1.5-0-0 1-0-0-0 5-2-0-0 2-1-0-0E. Wright 2-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 -- 5-0-0-1 3-1-1-0 0-0-2-0 1-0-0-0 1-0-1-0 4-0-0-0 4-0-2-0 5-1-0-0Rucker 1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 2-1-0-0 2-0-0-0 6-0.5-0-0 2-1-0-0 3-2-0-1 1-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 2-1-0-0 3-0-1-0 2-2-1-0Arbet 2-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 1-0-1-0 3-0-0-0 7-0-0-0 4-0-1-0 1-0-0-0 3-0.5-0-0 2-0-0-0 -- -- 1-0-0-0Rivers -- 5-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 3-2-0-0 -- 1-0-0-0 4-0-0-0 2-0.5-0-0 -- 3-0-1-0 1-0-0-0 --M. Wright -- 6-2-0-1* 2-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 3-1-0-0 3-0.5-1-0 2-0-0-0 2-0-1-1 1-0-0-0 -- -- --Nunn 2-0-0-1 4-0.5-0-0 2-0-0-0 4-0-0-0 -- 1-1-0-0 1-0-0-0 3-0-0-0 -- -- -- --Ware -- 3-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 0-0-1-0 12-0-0-0 -- -- -- -- -- -- --Schweiger 3-1-0-0 4-2.5-0-0 -- -- -- 1-0-0-0 3-0-1-0 -- -- 2-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 2-1-0-0Ashton 1-0-0-0 4-0-0-0 4-0-0-0 -- -- 1-1-0-0 -- 1-0-0-0 -- 3-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 --T. Williams -- 1-0-0-0 -- 1-0-0-0 -- 2-0-0-0 2-1-0-0 2-1-0-0 -- -- 3-0-0-0 1-0-0-0Lua 2-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 -- 1-0-0-0 -- 1-0-0-0 1-1-0-0 1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 1-0-0-0Pinkard -- 1-0-0-0 -- -- 1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 -- 1-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 -- 1-0-0-0 --Team -- -- -- -- 3-2-0-0 2-2-0-0 -- -- -- -- 1-1-0-0 1-1-0-0Thomas -- 1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 -- -- 3-0-0-0 -- -- 0-0-2-0 -- -- 1-0-0-0Reed -- -- -- -- 1-1-0-0 1-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 -- -- 1-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 --R. Ting -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3-0-0-0 -- 1-0-0-0J. Walker -- 1-0-0-0 -- -- 1-0-0-0 -- -- 1-0-0-0 -- -- -- --Killeen -- 1-0-0-0 -- 1-0-0-0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-0-0-0 --Farr -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2-0-0-0 -- -- -- --Gomez -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2-0-0-0 -- --Morrow -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-0-0-0 -- -- 1-0-0-0 -- --Ramsey -- -- -- -- -- 1-0-0-0 -- -- -- 1-0-0-0 -- --Ellis -- -- -- -- -- 1-0-0-0 -- -- 1-0-0-0 -- -- --Baker -- -- -- -- 1-0-0-0 -- 1-0-0-0 -- -- -- -- --Tolliver -- -- -- -- -- 1-0-0-0 -- -- -- 1-0-0-0 -- --Tofi 1-0-0-0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Carlson -- -- -- -- -- 1-0-0-0 -- -- -- -- -- --Dennis -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-0-0-0 --S. Smith -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-0-0-0Byrd -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-0-0-0 -- -- --Drake -- -- 1-0-0-0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Goodrum -- -- 1-1-0-0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --B. Ting -- -- -- -- -- 1-0-0-0 -- -- -- -- -- --Thompson -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-0-0-0 -- -- -- --Brittingham -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-0-0-0 -- -- --Matua -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0-0-0-1*Returned for a TD#Includes 1 blocked field goal

USC TEAM STATISTICSVa. Tech Colo. St. BYU Stanford Cal Ariz. St. Wash. Wash. St. Ore. St. Arizona No. Dame UCLA Oklahoma

First Downs 16 32 26 23 12 23 28 26 20 25 23 19 Rush 7 17 13 9 6 10 9 12 11 9 4 8 Pass 8 13 12 12 5 11 17 9 8 16 17 11 Penalty 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 5 1 0 2 0Rush Attempts 29 45 51 34 25 38 42 54 44 38 28 37 Yds Gain 119 350 317 130 82 160 222 229 226 228 91 284 Yds Lost 18 28 39 31 41 15 25 43 16 12 8 49 Net Yards 101 322 278 99 41 145 197 186 210 216 83 235Net Yds Pass 272 231 236 284 164 301 256 235 205 369 405 242 Pass Att 29 31 34 30 25 28 48 30 31 40 35 34 Pass Com 19 20 22 23 15 17 28 23 17 31 25 24 Had Int 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1Tot Off Plays 58 76 85 64 50 66 90 84 75 78 63 71Tot Net Yards 373 553 514 383 205 446 453 421 415 585 488 477 Avg/Play 6.4 7.3 6.0 6.0 4.1 6.8 5.0 5.0 5.5 7.5 7.7 6.7Fumbles-Lost 3-0 3-2 0-0 2-0 1-0 2-1 1-1 3-2 4-2 4-3 1-0 2-1Penalties-Yds 7-60 7-60 8-73 2-20 5-36 4-25 5-30 8-75 6-50 6-46 2-10 4-40Punts-Yds 5-214 4-173 4-176 3-121 2-114 3-146 3-145 6-224 7-302 2-89 3-107 5-180 Avg/Punt 42.8 43.2 44.0 40.3 57.0 48.7 48.3 37.3 43.1 44.5 35.7 36.0Punt Ret-Yds 4-60 5-19 2-7 3-40 0-0 2-49 2-31 4-94 3-73 1-1 0-0 3-25KO Ret-Yds 3-44 1-39 1-38 4-85 4-124 1-21 0-0 1-7 4-114 3-65 2-26 3-88Int-Yards 1-32 4-65 3-37 1-66 0-0 2-41 1-22 1-0 2-16 2-38 0-0 2-10Fum Ret-Yds 0-0 1-20 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Poss Time 28:29 33:13 36:53 29:01 22:49 29:28 39:09 38:54 32:39 33:48 28:30 34:333rd Down Con 6-14 7-13 12-19 7-12 3-11 3-9 8-18 6-15 6-17 8-14 6-13 1-134th Down Con 0-1 2-2 1-1 0-0 1-2 0-2 0-3 1-1 1-1 1-2 1-1 1-2Sacks By-Yds 5-28 4-44 4-41 3-28 5-20 8-45 1-6 5-30 4-29 3-27 3-13 3-13

Game-By-Game Starters

Va. Tech Colo. St. BYU Stanford Cal Ariz. St. Wash. Wash. St. Ore. St. Arizona No. Dame UCLA Oklahoma

OffenseSE McFoy McFoy McFoy McFoy McFoy Jarrett Jarrett Jarrett Jarrett Jarrett Jarrett JarrettLT Baker Baker Baker Baker Baker Baker Baker Baker Baker Baker Baker BakerLG Drake Drake Drake Drake Drake Drake Drake Drake Byers Byers Byers Byers C Kalil Kalil Kalil Kalil Kalil Kalil Kalil Kalil Kalil Kalil Kalil KalilRG Matua Matua Matua Matua Matua Matua Matua Matua Matua Matua Matua MatuaRT Lutui Lutui Lutui Lutui Lutui Lutui Lutui Lutui Lutui Lutui Lutui LutuiTE Holmes Holmes Holmes Holmes Holmes Holmes Holmes Holmes Holmes Holmes Holmes HolmesQB Leinart Leinart Leinart Leinart Leinart Leinart Leinart Leinart Leinart Leinart Leinart LeinartFB Webb Kirtman Webb Webb Webb Kirtman Kirtman Webb Webb Webb Webb KirtmanTB White White White White White White White Bush White White White WhiteFL S. Smith S. Smith S. Smith S. Smith S. Smith McFoy McFoy McFoy McFoy Mitchell Mitchell S. Smith

DefenseDE Rucker Rucker Rucker Rucker Rucker Rucker Rucker Rucker Rucker Jackson Rucker RuckerNT Patterson Patterson Patterson Patterson Patterson Patterson Patterson Patterson Patterson Patterson Patterson PattersonDT Cody Cody M. Wright Cody Cody Cody Cody Cody Cody M. Wright Cody CodyDE Jackson Jackson Cody Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Cody Jackson JacksonSLB Sartz Sartz Sartz Sartz Sartz Sartz Sartz Sartz Sartz Sartz Sartz SartzMLB Tatupu Tatupu Tatupu Tatupu Tatupu Tatupu Tatupu Tatupu Tatupu Tatupu Tatupu TatupuWLB Groot'goed Groot'goed Groot'goed Groot'goed Groot'goed Groot'goed Groot'goed Groot'goed Groot'goed Groot'goed Groot'goed Groot'goedCB Wyatt Wyatt Wyatt Wyatt Wyatt Wyatt Wyatt Wyatt Wyatt Wyatt Wyatt WyattSS Bing Leach Leach Bing Leach Bing Bing Bing Bing Bing Bing BingFS Leach Ware Ware Leach Ware Leach Leach Leach Leach Leach Leach LeachCB Nunn Nunn Nunn Arbet Arbet Arbet Arbet Arbet Arbet E. Wright E. Wright E. Wright

OPPONENT TEAM STATISTICS

Va. Tech Colo. St. BYU Stanford Cal Ariz. St. Wash. Wash. St. Ore. St. Arizona No. Dame UCLA Oklahoma

First Downs 18 14 11 17 28 13 6 11 22 14 16 12 Rush 7 3 1 7 11 1 3 2 4 6 11 1 Pass 8 10 9 10 16 12 2 8 16 8 5 11 Penalty 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0Rush Attempts 34 27 25 30 44 30 27 25 25 25 37 25 Yds Gain 177 103 60 181 198 75 81 62 86 128 209 50 Yds Lost 36 55 47 37 41 51 31 71 52 38 14 33 Net Yards 141 48 13 144 157 24 50 -9 34 90 195 17Net Yds Pass 153 233 194 183 267 219 63 165 330 165 105 278 Pass Att 29 35 33 35 35 39 28 40 51 32 30 34 Pass Com 14 19 18 23 29 23 7 17 22 15 15 20 Had Int 1 4 3 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 2Tot Off Plays 63 62 58 65 79 69 55 65 76 57 67 59Tot Net Yards 294 281 207 327 424 243 113 156 364 255 300 295 Avg/Play 4.7 4.5 3.6 5.0 5.4 3.5 2.1 2.4 4.8 4.5 4.5 5.9Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-2 3-1 3-0 4-3 1-0 2-2 7-3 2-1 0-0 2-0 2-1Penalties-Yds 6-50 7-45 7-54 6-35 6-46 10-50 9-60 8-72 4-35 3-20 3-36 5-35Punts-Yds 5-229 7-302 8-386 5-212 0-0 6-247 10-429 9-371 8-372 8-307 8-351 7-307 Avg/Punt 45.8 43.1 48.3 42.4 0.0 41.2 24.9 41.2 46.5 38.4 43.9 43.9Punt Ret-Yds 1-10 1-1 1-0 3-22 2-6 1-8 0-0 3-19 3-19 2-4 1-9 3-102KO Ret-Yds 3-70 6-110 1-26 5-147 0-0 2-31 1-12 2-27 5-93 4-78 5-106 4-113Int-Yards 0-0 0-0 1-23 1-0 1-13 0-0 1-7 1-28 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-4Fum Ret-Yds 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Poss Time 31:31 26:47 23:07 30:59 37:11 30:32 20:51 21:06 27:21 26:12 31:30 25:273rd Down Con 5-13 3-14 4-15 9-16 6-12 5-17 0-14 5-18 0-13 2-12 4-15 3-144th Down Con 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-2 0-3 2-4 0-1 1-1 1-2 1-1 1-1 2-2Sacks By-Yds 2-12 0-0 3-30 2-19 4-30 1-10 3-12 2-14 2-6 1-7 1-3 3-24

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