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2005 USC TROJANSFOOTBALLGAME N

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USC FOOTBALL11 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

28 BOWL VICTORIES135 ALL-AMERICANS

6 HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS385 NFL PLAYERS

22 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS

2005 USC FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (3-0)

DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULTSept. 3 at Hawaii W 63-17Sept. 17 Arkansas W 70-17Sept. 24 at Oregon W 45-13Oct. 1 at Arizona State 12:30 p.m. (ABC)Oct. 8 Arizona TBAOct. 15 at Notre Dame 2:30 p.m. (NBC)Oct. 22 at Washington TBAOct. 29 Washington State 12:30 p.m. (ABC)Nov. 5 Stanford TBANov. 12 at California TBANov. 19 Fresno State 7:15 p.m. (FSN)Dec. 3 UCLA 1:30 p.m. (ABC)

PAC-10 STANDINGS

PAC-10 OVERALLW L W L

CAL 1 0 4 0USC 1 0 3 0ASU 1 0 3 1UCLA 0 0 3 0WSU 0 0 3 0STAN 0 0 1 1ARIZ 0 0 1 2ORE 0 1 3 1OSU 0 1 2 2WASH 0 1 1 3

AP POLL

1. USC2. Texas3. Virginia Tech4. LSU5. Florida6. Florida State7. Georgia8. Ohio State9. Miami (Fla.)10. Tennessee11. Michigan State12. California13. Notre Dame14. Arizona State15. Alabama16. Texas Tech17. Wisconsin18. Minnesota19. Virginia20. UCLA21 Boston College22. Purdue23. Iowa State24. Louisville25. Georgia Tech

USA TODAY POLL

1. USC2. Texas3. Virginia Tech4. LSU5. Florida6. Georgia7. Florida State8. Ohio State9. Tennessee10. Miami (Fla.)11. California12. Michigan State13. Texas Tech14. Notre Dame15. Arizona State16. Alabama17. Wisconsin18. Virginia19. Minnesota20. Purdue20 UCLA22. Louisville23. Boston College24. Auburn25. Georgia Tech

RADIO-TV—Live regional TV: 12:30 p.m. (PDT), ABC-TV, Keith Jackson, Dan Fouts, Todd Harris.

Live national radio: 12:30 p.m. (PDT), WestwoodOne, John Tautges, Fran Curci.

Live local radio: 9:30 a.m. (PDT), KMPC-AM(1540 The Ticket), Pete Arbogast, Paul McDonald,John Jackson, Mark Willard, Anthony Davis, SuzyShuster and Harvey Hyde (includes 3-hour pre-gameand 2-hour post-game shows). Nine other stationsare included on the USC radio network: KWRM-AM1370 Corona/South Orange County, KSPA-AM 1510in Ontario/San Bernardino County/Inland Empire,XSPN-AM 800 in San Diego, KGEO-AM 1230 in Bakers-field, KXPS-AM 1010 in Palm Springs, KVEN-AM 1450 inVentura, KSZL-AM 1230 in Barstow, KCBL-AM/KVBL-AM1340/1400 in Fresno and KSFN-AM 1140 in Las Vegas.Fans also can hear the live KMPC broadcast onwww.usctrojans.com, on SIRIUS satellite radio (Chan-nel 131) or by dialing 1-800-846-4675 ext. 5933. KMPC-AM 1540 will also replay the game on Sunday at 9p.m. (PDT).

Live local Spanish-language radio: 12:30 p.m.(PDT), KMXE-AM (830), John Laguna, Adrian GarciaMarquez.

Trojan Rewind: 10:30 p.m. (PDT), Tuesdays, FSNWest (replayed Wednesdays at 10 a.m., 6 p.m. PDT).

Pete Carroll Media Conference Show: 11 p.m.(PDT), Tuesdays, FSN.

USC Insider Show: 7 p.m. (PDT), Tuesdays,KMPC-AM (1540), Pete Arbogast, Petros Papadakis.

USC Trojan Talk: 7 p.m. (PDT), Sundays, KDWN-AM (720), Harvey Hyde, Chuck Hayes. Fans also canhear the live KDWN broadcast onwww.usctrojans.com.

USC ONLINE—The USC athletic department has anofficial home page on the web, featuring current andhistorical information about Trojan sports. For access,type www.usctrojans.com.

IT’S NOT SOUTHERN CAL—Note to the media: In edi-torial references to athletic teams of the University ofSouthern California, the following are preferred: USC,Southern California, So. California, Troy, Trojans and(for women’s teams) Women of Troy. PLEASE do notuse Southern Cal.

PAC-10 ONLINE—Pac-10 information, press releases,statistics and links to all league schools are availableonline at www.pac-10.org.

PAC-10 SATELLITE FEED—The Pac-10 provides aweekly satellite feed featuring interviews withcoaches and players regarding upcoming gamesalong with highlight footage. The half-hour feed airsevery Wednesday (through Nov. 30) at 11:30 a.m.(PDT). Coordinates are IA5/C14. Trouble numbers:(310) 543-1835, (805) 231-3229 (888-451-5861 pager)or 925-932-4411.

PAC-10 COACHES TELECONFERENCE—Pac-10 foot-ball coaches are available for 10 minutes each on amedia teleconference beginning at 10 a.m. (PDT)every Tuesday (through Nov. 15) during the season.USC coach Pete Carroll comes on at 10:40 a.m. (PST).Beginning at 3 p.m. (PDT) each of those Tuesdays, ataped replay of the teleconference is available untilthe next call. Call the Pac-10 office (925-932-4411)or USC sports information office (213-740-8480) toobtain the media-only phone numbers for the Pac-10 Coaches Teleconference.

PETE CARROLL MEDIA LUNCHEON—USC head coachPete Carroll hosts a media-only luncheon in the Heri-tage Hall lounge at 11:30 a.m. (PDT) each Tuesdayduring the season (except bye weeks). Transcribedquotes and a video replay from each session areavailable on usctrojans.com. Highlights of the lun-cheon are shown on Tuesdays at 11 p.m. (PDT) onFSN.

Sept. 25, 2005

TOP-RANKED, 2-TIME DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMP USC FOOTBALL VISITS ARIZONA STATE

FACTSUSC (3-0 overall, 1-0 Pacific-10) vs. Arizona State (3-1, 1-0), Saturday, Oct. 1, 12:30 p.m. PDT/MST,Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Ariz.

THEMESUSC enters the month of October by staying on the road for another key Pac-10 showdowngame, this time at No. 14 Arizona State. The Trojans have won a Pac-10 record-tying 25 con-secutive games, as well as 16 straight Pac-10 games, 11 road games in a row (1 shy of theschool record) and 12 consecutive versus AP Top 25 teams. Troy has captured the last 5 meet-ings in this young series with ASU (the Trojans have played the Sun Devils less than any otherleague foe), but USC hasn’t fared well against ranked Sun Devil teams. Heisman Trophy QBMatt Leinart, who is 4 TD tosses shy of the Pac-10 career record, returns to the scene of hiscareer-defining 2003 game. The Trojans, riding last weekend’s comeback blitzkrieg at Oregon,feature a high-powered offense that ranks in the national top 25 in every statistical category.Besides Leinart, there are such key offensive performers as TBs Reggie Bush and LenDale White,WRs Dwayne Jarrett and Steve Smith, TE Dominique Byrd and a potential all-honors line (manyof USC’s skill players can be found near the top of this week’s NCAA stat charts). USC’s nicked-up defense, coordinate by head coach Pete Carroll, showed the resiliency at Oregon that it’llneed this season, particularly this week. Arizona State, already playing its fourth home gameof 2005, won big at Oregon State last week. Coach Dirk Koetter’s potent offense is statisticallysimilar to USC’s. QB Sam Keller is on fire, and he’s joined by the likes of ASU record-holding WRDerek Hagan and precocious freshman TB Keegan Herring. The Sun Devil defense will bechallenged by a Trojan offense that is in the midst of a scoring explosion (233 points in the past4 games). USC will see a familiar face in the ASU athletic director’s box (long-time Trojanwomen’s volleyball coach and administrator Lisa Love). The game will be shown live region-ally on ABC-TV. ESPN’s GameDay pre-game show will be on site.

RANKINGSUSC is ranked first by AP and USA Today. Arizona State is ranked 14th by AP and 15th by USAToday.


WATCH LISTSThe following Trojans have made the official“Watch Lists” for national 2005 post-seasonawards, to date:

QB Matt LeinartMaxwell Award (top player)Walter Camp Award (top player)Unitas Golden Arm Award (top quarterback)

S Darnell BingThorpe Award (top defensive back)Lott Trophy (top defensive impact player)Bronko Nagurski Trophy (top defensive player)Bednarik Award (top defensive player)

TB Reggie BushMaxwell Award (top player)Walter Camp Award (top player)Doak Walker Award (top running back)

TB LenDale WhiteMaxwell Award (top player)Walter Camp Award (top player)Doak Walker Award (top running back)

WR Dwayne JarrettMaxwell Award (top player)Biletnikoff Award (top wide receiver)

WR Steve SmithMaxwell Award (top player)Biletnikoff Award (top wide receiver)

LB Dallas SartzButkus Award (top linebacker)

P Tom MaloneRay Guy Award (top punter)

TE Dominique ByrdMackey Award (top tight end)

OT Sam BakerLombardi Award (top lineman)

OT Winston JusticeLombardi Award (top lineman)

C Ryan KalilRimington Trophy (top center)

DE Lawrence JacksonLombardi Award (top lineman)

OG Fred MatuaLombardi Award (top lineman)

USC VS. ARIZONA STATE (12-9-0)

1978 L 7-20 A1980 W 23-21 H1982 L 10-17 A1983 L 14-34 H1984 W 6- 3 A1985 L 0-24 A1986 L 20-29 H1988 W 50- 0 A1990 W 13- 6 A1991 L 25-32 H1992 W 23-13 A1995 W 31-0 H1996 L 35-48(2OT) A1997 L 7-35 A1998 W 35-24 H1999 L 16-26 H2000 W 44-38(2OT) A2001 W 48-17 H2002 W 34-13 H2003 W 37-17 A2004 W 45-7 H

SERIESUSC has a 12-9 edge in its series with ArizonaState and the Trojans have won the last 5meetings (the longest streak in the series). ASUis USC’s newest and least played Pac-10 ri-val. In Tempe games, USC leads the series, 6-5. USC is just 1-4 against ranked Arizona Stateteams.

Last year in the sold-out Coliseum, top-ranked USC used a 42-point first half—behind4 touchdown passes from QB Matt Leinart andschool single game record-tying 3 scoringgrabs by true freshman WR Dwayne Jarrett—to demolish No. 15 Arizona State, 45-7. It wasUSC’s 15th consecutive win (the last 3 wereover undefeated teams), as well as its 18th vic-tory in a row at home, 10th straight Pac-10 winand 10th consecutive victory over an AP Top25 team. It was USC’s fifth consecutive winover ASU, but its first in 5 tries over a rankedSun Devil team. It was also USC’s secondconsecutive Coliseum sellout (only the sec-ond time in history it has done that, the otherbeing in 1947) and the largest crowd to see anon-UCLA/non-Notre Dame home gamesince 1952. USC led 42-7 at halftime and hadnearly doubled the Sun Devils in total offense(307 to 155) and first downs (15 to 8). It wasthe most points in a half by USC since 1981(when it had 42 at Oregon State). All of ASU’sfirst half yardage came through the air andthe Sun Devils converted just 3 of 10 first downswhile being assessed 8 penalties. USCjumped out to a 21-0 lead on Leinart scoringtosses to TBs Reggie Bush (10 yards) andLenDale White (9 yards) in the first quarter andto Jarrett early in the second quarter (19 yardson the play following LB Matt Grootegoed’sinterception). After ASU got in the end zoneon TB Hakim Hill’s 2-yard run following a Tro-jan fumble, USC scored TDs on its final 3 pos-sessions of the second quarter (all in the last5:08): a 1-yard Leinart sneak, then Jarrettcatches from Bush on a reverse (52 yards) andLeinart (34 yards). The game’s only secondhalf scoring came on a 34-yard fourth quar-ter field goal by PK Ryan Killeen as USC playedmainly its reserves in the final period. Overall,USC had 446 total yards and 23 first downsagainst a Sun Devil defense that was in thenational Top 25 in every stat category (allow-ing just 12.8 points and 304.4 total yards).Leinart was 13-of-24 for 224 yards in 3 quar-ters of work (he was 11-of-16 for 193 yards andthe 4 TDs in the first half), Jarrett had 5 catchesfor a career-best 139 yards (he was namedRivals.com National Freshman of the Week),White ran for 68 yards on 16 carries (and had2 catches for 22 yards) and Bush had 115 all-purpose yards (49 on 2 punt returns, includ-ing a 41-yarder in which he barely steppedout of bounds as he was breaking into theclear, plus 45 yards on 2 receptions and 21on 5 carries). Six of Killeen’s 8 kickoffs weretouchbacks. LB Dallas Sartz led USC with 7tackles and S Darnell Bing added 6 tacklesand an interception. For ASU, which overallmanaged just 243 total yards (24 rushing) and13 first downs (converting only 5-of-17 thirddowns) while surrendering 8 sacks, QB AndrewWalter was 19-of-34 for 181 yards but was in-tercepted twice (he had thrown only 1 pickin 179 season attempts coming in and wasthe ASU career recordholder with 70 TDs), withTE Zach Miller getting 8 grabs for 102 yards.Walter became ASU’s career leader in pass-ing yardage and completions.

In 2003 in the last meeting in Tempe, TBLenDale White rushed for more yards than anytrue freshman in USC history, QB Matt Leinartshook off mid-game knee and ankle injuriesand PK Ryan Killeen hit 3 field goals to lead

No. 10 USC to a 37-17 win. White came offthe bench to run for 140 yards (becoming onlythe seventh USC first-year freshman to rush for100 yards) on 21 carries, scoring twice. Leinart,who missed most of the second quarter afterinjuring his knee and ankle, returned in thesecond half and ended up hitting 13-of-23passes for 289 yards and 2 TDs. The gamewas tied at 10-10 at halftime: first, Leinart hitwide-open WR Keary Colbert on a 57-yardscoring bomb on USC’s first possession to capa 95-yard drive, then ASU responded on itsensuing series (QB Andrew Walter found WRSkyler Fulton for a 12-yard TD) before theteams traded second quarter field goals (a25-yarder by ASU PK Jesse Ainsworth at thetop of the quarter and a 45-yarder by Killeenwith 3 seconds to go in the half). The SunDevils scored again on their opening seriesof the second half on a 1-yard run by TB LorenWade, but the Trojans then scored the game’sfinal 27 points. First, White bounced outsidefor a 33-yard TD run on the following seriesand then, on fourth-and-1 late in the thirdquarter, Leinart hit FB Brandon Hancock on ashort pass and Hancock raced 33 yards for ascore. Killeen then nailed a pair of fourthquarter field goals (28 and 38 yards) on USC’snext 2 possessions–he was named Pac-10Special Teams Player of the Week for his per-formance–before White ran 6 yards on theTrojans’ subsequent drive to finish the scor-ing. USC piled up 529 yards of total offense(including 198 rushing) and limited ASU to 366total yards (only 61 rushing, including just 3 inthe second half). Colbert (100 yards) and WRMike Williams (108 yards) each had 5 grabsto eclipse the century mark in receiving yards.QB Matt Cassel was 4-of-10 for 42 yards in re-lief of Leinart in the second quarter. For ASU,which operated out of the no-huddle offensemost of the game, Walter completed 19-of-38 passes for 305 yards, while WR Derek Hagancaught 8 aerials for 170 yards and TB HakimHill rushed for 74 yards on 27 carries. USC LBDaniel Urquhart got his first career start inplace of injured LB Lofa Tatupu and had ateam-best 10 tackles, while LB MattGrootegoed had 9 stops (2 for losses) and SJason Leach (who had an interception) andCB Will Poole each had 8 tackles. CB RonaldNunn recovered a fumble. USC posted 5sacks, including 2.5 by DT Shaun Cody.

IN OCTOBERUSC has a 276-104-19 (.716) all-time recordwhile playing in the month of October.

WIN STREAKSUSC has the longest current Pac-10 win streaksfor overall games (a Pac-10 and school-record-tying 25), home games (a school-record 22, with 4 shuouts), Pac-10 homegames (a school- and Pac-10-record 15), Pac-10 games (16), non-conference games (14)and road games (11). Troy’s 24-game win-ning streak is the longest current streak in thenation and equals USC’s longest since aschool- and Pac-10-record 25 consecutivefrom 1931 to 1933. The 22-game home win-ning streak is approaching the Pac-10 markof 26 by California, 1919-23. The 16-gamePac-10 win streak is USC’s longest since aschool-record 19 consecutive in 1987-89 (thePac-10 mark is 22 by Cal, 1947-50). The 14-game non-conference win streak is USC’slongest since a school-record 20 straight in1977-81. The 11-game road winning streak(which does not include 3 neutral site victo-ries during that span) is the Trojans’ longestsince a school-record 12 in a row in 1978-80(which did not include 2 neutral site wins).

IS USC COOL, OR WHAT?Here’s what Tim Layden of Sports Illustratedwrote recently: “USC is the coolest place inAmerica to play college football.” And here’ssomething recently from ESPN.com’s PatForde: “USC is currently the coolest footballschool on the planet.” Or, as it said onESPN.com: “It’s USC’s world and the rest ofAmerica is just living in it.”

FUN FACTUSC is 8-3 in games it has played on Oct. 1.


HIGH RANKINGUSC has been ranked in the AP Top 10 for itspast 35 games, its longest string since aschool-record 38 in a row in 1967-70. The Tro-jans have been in the AP Top 5 in 37 of thelast 39 polls (not including 2 pre-season polls,per NCAA record-keeping policy). USC hasbeen AP’s No. 1 team in the last 21 polls (notincluding 2 pre-season polls), a school andPac-10 record. If pre-season polls are in-cluded, USC also owns that record at 23. Inits history, USC has held the AP No. 1 spot(again, not including pre-season polls) for 66weeks; only 3 other schools have done somore or as often (Notre Dame’s 89,Oklahoma’s 86 and Ohio State’s 67).

RECORD WHEN NO. 1USC has a 52-4-2 (.913) record in games whenit is ranked No. 1 by AP. When a No. 1-rankedTrojan team faced a ranked opponent, it hasgone 18-2-1 (.881), 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 went34-2-1 (.932), with the losses at Oregon Statein 1967 and versus Arizona in 1981 and the tiewith Stanford in 1979.

WIRE-TO-WIRE NO. 1In 2004, USC became only the second teamever to be ranked No. 1 in the AP pre-seasonpoll and hold that top ranking the entire sea-son (Florida State did it in 1999). Four otherteams—Notre Dame in 1943, Army in 1945,Nebraska in 1971 and USC in 1972—were No.1 in every regular season ranking, but eitherdid not start off No. 1 in the pre-season poll(Nebraska and USC) or there was no pre-sea-son poll (Notre Dame and Army).

BACK-TO-BACK AP CHAMPSUSC’s back-to-back AP national champion-ships in 2003 and 2004 marked the 10th timethat a team won consecutive AP nationalchampionships. The others: Minnesota (1940-41), Army (1944-45), Notre Dame (1946-47),Oklahoma (1955-56), Alabama (1964-65),Nebraska (1970-71), Oklahoma (1974-75), Ala-bama (1978-79) and Nebraska (1994-95). Noteam has ever won 3 consecutive AP titles.

USC’S WINNINGEST 3, 2 AND 1 YEAR SPANSUSC’s 36 wins over the previous 3 years (11 in2002, 12 in 2003 and 13 in 2004) representedthe winningest 3-year period in Trojan history.The previous best 3-year stretch was 31 victo-ries, on several occasions. Also, USC’s 25 winsduring the previous 2 years (2003-04) was itsbest 2-year span. And USC posted its first 13-win season in 2004, its eighth perfect (un-beaten, untied) season ever. The other per-fect campaigns: 1888 (2-0), 1889 (2-0), 1894(1-0), 1920 (6-0), 1932 (10-0), 1962 (11-0) and1972 (12-0). The Trojans have been on quitea run lately: 3 straight BCS bowl wins, a cur-rent streak of 23 victories in a row (and 34 inthe last 35 games), 3 consecutive Pacific-10titles, an unprecedented 3-year sweep of ri-vals UCLA and Notre Dame, an active stringof 15 straight Pac-10 conquests, 2 of the last 3Heisman Trophy winners, and 11 first team All-Americans in the past 2 years.

USC’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPSUSC has won 11 national championships infootball: 1928-31-32-39-62-67-72-74-78-2003-04. In 5 other years (1929-33-76-79-2002), theTrojans were picked by some as No. 1, butthe selectors were deemed not all-encom-passing 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. Troy haswon a school-record four consecutive leaguecrowns just once (1966-67-68-69).

CONNECTIONSWhile only 2 Trojans claims Arizona as home(OT Taitusi Lutui attended Mesa High andwalk-on PK Phil Mellinger prepped at Millen-nium High), 41 Sun Devils hail fromCalifornia…Arizona State cornerbacks coachMark Carrier was a 2-time (1988-89) All-Ameri-can first team safety at USC (he won the 1989Thorpe Award) and he also was a memberof USC’s football radio broadcast team in2002 and 2003…OG Drew Radovich’s father,Mark, was a linebacker at Arizona State (1974-76)...USC P Tom Malone’s personal puntingcoach is former Arizona State 1997 All-Pac-10first team punter Marcus Williams…ASU ath-letic director Lisa Love was USC’s women’svolleyball coach (1989-98) and senior associ-ate athletic director (1991-2005)…ASU men’sgolf coach Randy Lein was USC’s coach from1984 to 1992...ASU women’s tennis coachSheila McInerney played for the Women ofTroy from 1977 to 1980.

LAST GAMETrailing 13-0 late in the first half, top-rankedUSC exploded for 45 unanswered points tobeat No. 24 Oregon, 45-13, before a noisy,sold-out crowd of 59,129 (a stadium and staterecord) in Autzen Stadium and an ABC-TV re-gional audience. The win was Troy’s school-and Pac-10-record tying 25th in a row, as wellas its 16th straight Pac-10 victory, 11th consecu-tive road win and 12th in a row over an APTop 25 squad. Oregon scored twice early inthe game following USC turnovers (on a 37-yard field goal by PK Paul Martinez and a 36-yard TD pass from QB Kellen Clemens to WRDemetrius Williams). The Ducks added an-other Martinez field goal (48 yards) midwaythrough the second quarter (equaling Troy’slargest deficit in its 25-game winning streak)before the Trojan onslaught began, as USCscored on its next 7 possessions. First, TB ReggieBush caught a 19-yard TD from QB Matt Leinartand PK Mario Danelo hit a 36-yard field goal(the first of his career) to make it 13-10 at half-time. USC then scored 3 more TDs in the thirdquarter—a pair of Leinart passes to WRDwayne Jarrett (11 and 6 yards) sandwichinga 1-yard run by TB LenDale White—and twicein the fourth quarter (an 11-yard Bush reverse-field run and a 2-yard White run). USC piledup 593 total yards (including 278 rushingagainst an Oregon defense that was allow-ing only 81.0 on the ground) while gettingmore plays (81-66), first downs (31-16) andpossession time (32:40-27:20) and converting10-of-14 third downs. Oregon—which wasaveraging 490.7 total yards and 40.7 points—managed just 262 total yards (only 65 rush-ing) and 16 first downs on 66 plays against aTrojan defense that was breaking in 2 newstarters (LB Thomas Williams and CB JohnWalker). In the decisive third quarter, USCoutgained Oregon, 206 to 11, and had 9 firstdowns to the Ducks’ 1. Leinart hit 23-of-39passes for 315 yards and the 3 TDs, includinggoing 11-of-14 for 170 yards in the second half.Bush and White each rushed for 100-plusyards, as Bush had a game-topping 122 yardson 20 carries as part of his 267 all-purposeyards and White had 111 yards on 15 at-tempts. Jarrett caught 8 passes for 94 yards(both game highs), while WR Steve Smithadded 6 catches for 93 yards. Defensively,USC LBs Keith Rivers and Oscar Lua each had

8 tackles (2 of Rivers’ stops were for losses),while DE Frostee Rucker added 7 tackles (4for losses, with a sack). USC was penalized11 times for 86 yards, including 9 times in thefirst half. Clemens hit 15-of-30 passes for 168yards, including 5 for 83 yards to Williams.

SCHEDULEUSC is being challenged by a schedule thatincludes 6 opponents who played in bowlslast season, with 4 who won at least 8 games.Already in 2005, the Trojans have played 1team that was ranked in the AP Top 25 (Or-egon) and have to play 4 others from thecurrent poll (California, Notre Dame, ArizonaState, UCLA). USC opened its 2005 slate atHawaii on Labor Day weekend, then had abye before hosting Arkansas (the schools’ firstmeeting since 1974) in the Coliseum, whereTroy has won its past 22 games (4 shy of thePac-10 record). The Trojans then began Pac-10 action by playing 4 of their next 5 gameson the road, with a home contest versus Ari-zona sandwiched in the middle of trips toOregon, Arizona State, intersectional rivalNotre Dame and Washington. USC thencloses its regular season with 4 of its last 5games at home (Troy has won a leaguerecord 15 consecutive Pac-10 home games)by hosting Washington State for Homecom-ing and Stanford before going to Californiaand then coming home for non-conferencefoe Fresno State (the Bulldogs beat Troy in the1992 Freedom Bowl in the only other meet-ing) and, after a bye, crosstown rival UCLA.This schedule should help USC once again beamong college football’s most populardraws. Last season, the Trojans set a Pac-10record for home attendance average(85,229), as well as school marks for total homeattendance, overall attendance averageand total overall attendance. USC playedbefore 3 home sellouts, 7 regular-season sell-outs and 8 season sellouts in 2004, all schoolmarks.

PRE-SEASON RANKINGS…The two-time defending national champion2005 Trojans are the clear favorite to win thenational title again, according to these pre-season prognosticators: AP, USA Today, SportsIllustrated, The Sporting News, ESPN.com, CBSSportsline.com, Playboy, Athlon, Street &Smith’s, Lindy’s, NBCSports.com, Phil Steele’s,Blue Ribbon, Yahoo.com,Collegefootballnews.com, Gold Sheet. AndUSC was voted by the Pac-10 media as theclear favorite to win its fourth consecutivePac-10 title.

…AND PRE-SEASON HONORSQB Matt Leinart (Sports Illustrated, Playboy,Athlon, The Sporting News, ESPN.com,CBSSportsline.com, Street & Smith’s, PhilSteele’s, Lindy’s, Blue Ribbon,Collegefootballnews.com, Rivals.com), TBReggie Bush (Sports Illustrated, Playboy,Athlon, The Sporting News, ESPN.com,CBSSportsline.com, Street & Smith’s, PhilSteele’s, Lindy’s, Blue Ribbon,Collegefootballnews.com, Rivals.com), SDarnell Bing (Sports Illustrated, The SportingNews, ESPN.com, CBSSportsline.com, Street &Smith’s, Phil Steele’s, Rivals.com), P TomMalone (Playboy, ESPN.com, Phil Steele’s,Collegefootballnews.com) and WR DwayneJarrett (Athlon) have been named to variouspre-season All-American first teams. DELawrence Jackson was a pre-season All-American second teamer and TB LenDaleWhite was a third teamer by several mediaoutlets. Besides the above mentioned, thefollowing Trojans were selected to various pre-season All-Pac-10 first teams: OT Sam Baker,CB Justin Wyatt, OG Fred Matua, DE LawrenceJackson, WR Steve Smith, OT Winston Justice,DE Frostee Rucker and S Scott Ware.


PETE CARROLLIt didn’t take energetic and charismatic fifth-year USC head football coach Pete Carrolllong to restore the glory of the Trojan footballprogram and return Troy to national promi-nence. He is 45-9 (83.3%) as a college headcoach (all at USC). His losses were by a totalof 42 points (4.7 average) and only 1 was bymore than a touchdown (it was by 11 points).After starting off his Trojan career 2-5, he hasgone 43-4 (91.5%). He is 29-5 in Pac-10 games,giving him an 85.3% winning mark (a leaguerecord). He is 13-0 in November. His teamshave posted 6 shutouts and have scored atleast 20 points in the last 42 games (a schoolrecord). USC’s 13, 25 and 36 wins over theprevious 1, 2 and 3 years represent thewinningest 1-, 2- and 3-year periods in Trojanhistory. USC is riding a Pac-10-record tying25-game winning streak (as well as 22 straighthome games, a Pac-10 record 15 consecu-tive league home games, 16 straight Pac-10games, 14 consecutive non-conferencegames and 11 road games in a row). USChas been AP’s No. 1 team for a school-record21 straight polls (not including 2 pre-seasonpolls, per NCAA policy). He also serves asUSC’s defensive coordinator. He was the 2005Playboy Pre-Season All-American teamCoach of the Year and was named by TheSporting News as the top coach in the nation.

—In 2004, he guided No. 1-ranked USCto its second consecutive national champi-onship with a convincing win over Oklahomain the BCS Championship Game in the Or-ange Bowl. USC became only the secondteam ever to hold its AP pre-season No. 1 rank-ing all the way through a season. It was onlythe 10th time that a team won back-to-backAP crowns. His team was 13-0 (a schoolrecord for wins) and went 8-0 in the Pac-10.He also led the Trojans to their third consecu-tive Pac-10 title and their third straight sea-son sweep of traditional rivals UCLA and NotreDame (a first at Troy). Troy was in the nationalTop 10 in every defensive statistical category(its total defense average was USC’s lowestin 15 years), including first in rushing defenseand turnover margin and third in scoring de-fense. USC outscored opponents by 25.2points (including a school-record 8 gameswith a margin of at least 30 points). A school-record 6 Trojans (Heisman Trophy quarterbackMatt Leinart, tailback Reggie Bush, defensivelinemen Shaun Cody and Mike Patterson, andlinebackers Matt Grootegoed and LofaTatupu) were named All-American firstteamers. He was the 2004 National Quarter-back Club College Coach of the Year and afinalist for the 2004 Bear Bryant Coach of theYear Award, the Eddie Robinson Coach of theYear Award and the ESPY Best Coach of theYear Award and a semifinalist for the GeorgeMunger Coach of the Year Award.

—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 the

second 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 ledthe 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 National Coachof the Year, Pigskin Club of Washington D.C.Coach of the Year and All-American FootballFoundation Frank Leahy Co-Coach of theYear. He also was the Pac-10 Co-Coach ofthe Year (USC’s first honoree since Larry Smithin 1988), a finalist for the Paul “Bear” BryantCoach of the Year, 1 of 6 semifinalists for theEddie Robinson/Football Writers Association ofAmerica Coach of the Year and AmericanFootball Coaches Association Division I-ARegion 5 Coach of the Year.

—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 was 1 of 8 finalists for the 2002Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Awardand was 1 of 4 runners-up for the 2002 Ameri-can Football Monthly Schutt Sports Division I-A Coach of the Year Award.

—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 54-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 in 1997 and advancing to thesecond round of the playoffs. His overallrecord in New England was 27-21 in the regu-lar season (including 8-8 in 1999) and 1-2 inthe playoffs. After serving as the Jets’ defen-sive coordinator for 4 seasons (1990-93), hebecame the team’s head coach the follow-ing season. His 1994 Jets went 6-10. Only 3other Jets head coaches won more gamesin their rookie campaign. He spent the next2 years (1995-96) as the defensive coordina-tor with the San Francisco 49ers, who won theNFC Western Division title both seasons.Carroll began his coaching career at thecollege level, serving as a graduate assistantat his alma mater, Pacific, for 3 years (1974-76). He then spent a season as a graduateassistant working with the secondary at Ar-kansas (1977) under Lou Holtz as the Razor-backs won the 1978 Orange Bowl, and thena season each as an assistant at Iowa State(1978) under Earle Bruce and at Ohio State(1979) under Bruce. That Buckeye squad lostto USC in the 1980 Rose Bowl. He next spent 3seasons (1980-82) as the defensive coordina-tor and secondary coach at North CarolinaState, then returned to Pacific in 1983 as theassistant head coach and offensive coordi-nator. He entered the NFL in 1984 as the de-fensive backs coach of the Buffalo Bills, thenheld a similar position with the Minnesota Vi-kings for 5 seasons (1985-89). The Vikings ad-vanced to the playoffs his last 3 years there,getting to the NFC Championship game in1987. The 1989 squad won the NFC CentralDivision crown. Carroll spent the 2000 sea-son as a consultant for pro and college teams,doing charitable work for the NFL and writinga column 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. After he gradu-ated from Pacific, he spent a year trying outfor the World Football League and selling roof-ing materials in the Bay Area. He was a 3-sport standout at Redwood High in Larkspur,Calif. He then played football at Marin Jun-ior College in Kentfield, Calif., in 1970 (he alsowas on the team in 1969, but did not letter).

—He was born on Sept. 15, 1951 in SanFrancisco. He and his wife, Glena, whoplayed volleyball at Pacific, have 3 children:sons Brennan, 26, who played tight end atPittsburgh and is now an assistant at USC, andNathan, 17, and daughter Jaime, 22, whoplayed on the Women of Troy’s volleyballteam which competed in the 2000 NCAA Fi-nal Four. In 2003, Carroll helped develop “ABetter L.A.,” a non-profit group consisting of aconsortium of local organizations working toreduce gang violence by empoweringchange in individuals and communities. Hereceived the Courageous Leadership Awardfrom Women Against Gun Violence in 2005,as well as being named a Cedars-Sinai SportsSpectacular Honoree.


OFFENSIVE OVERVIEWEight starters return on offense in 2005: quar-terback Matt Leinart, tailback LenDale White,wide receivers Steve Smith and DwayneJarrett, tackle Sam Baker, guards Fred Matuaand Taitusi Lutui (he started at tackle in 2004)and center Ryan Kalil. Others back with start-ing experience are tailbacks Reggie Bush andHershel Dennis, tight end Dominique Byrd, full-backs David Kirtman and Brandon Hancock,wide receivers Chris McFoy and WilliamBuchanon, tackle Winston Justice and guardJeff Byers. USC’s top 5 rushers (and 11 of its 14ballcarriers), its top 4 receivers (and 12 of its15 pass catchers) and its top passer from lastseason return in 2005. The components arein place to exceed last year’s potent offense,which was sixth nationally in scoring offense(38.2), seventh in passing efficiency (157.4),12th in total offense (449.1) and 13th in passingoffense (271.7). For each of the previous 3seasons, USC has produced at least 5,800yards of total offense and 60-plus touch-downs. In fact, USC’s 5,838 yards of total of-fense last fall were just 2 yards shy of theschool season record (set in 2002) and its 6.3yards per play was the second best mark inTrojan history (behind 2003’s 6.5). The Trojanshave put up at least 20 points in their last 42games (including 31 times with 30 points). USCoutscored opponents by 25.2 points a gamelast year, including a school-record 8 gameswith a margin of at least 30 points. Three Tro-jans—White, Bush and Jarrett—scored at least13 TDs in 2004, a first at USC since at least 1931.Six Trojans had 20-plus catches in 2004 andall 8 of USC’s running backs who carried theball last fall averaged at least 3.9 yards percarry. And USC’s line allowed less than 2 sacksa game in 2004. Not only was the Trojan of-fense high-powered in 2004, but it was explo-sive: of USC’s 78 offensive scoring drives, 50took less than 3 minutes (including 32 under 2minutes).

LEINARTTwo-time All-American first team quarterbackMatt Leinart (59-of-87, 67.8%, 1,028 yds, 10 TD,2 int in 2005), the 2004 Heisman Trophy win-ner, returns for his senior season. He currentlyis second nationally in passing efficiency(200.4, first in Pac-10) and seventh in total of-fense (349.3, second in Pac-10). He is attempt-ing to become just the second player ever towin a pair of Heismans (along with OhioState’s Archie Griffin). He’s also a candidatefor the O’Brien and Unitas Awards, as well asa third season as an All-American. This pastJanuary, Leinart decided to return to USC in-stead of declare early for the NFL draft. The2-time Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year is28-1 as a USC starter (his 96.6% winning per-centage is second best in NCAA history, be-hind the perfect 35-0 mark of Toledo’s ChuckEaly in 1969-71). His 81 career touchdownpasses are a USC record (second on the Pac-10 ladder, 4 shy of the league record, andtied for 21st on the NCAA list) and it took him733 less pass attempts to break the mark thanprevious USC recordholder Carson Palmer,the 2002 Heisman winner. Leinart also ranksfourth on the Trojan all-time lists for comple-tions (583), passing yardage (7,903, 18th on thePac-10 ladder) and total offense (7,820, 18th

on the Pac-10 chart). His career TD/intercep-tion ratio is 81/17. He has thrown at least 1 TDin all but 1 of the 29 games he has started(including the first 24) and at least 2 TDs in allbut 3 games (he had a string of at least 2 TDsin 15 consecutive games). He also has thrown

at least 3 TDs 16 times in his career (and atleast 4 TDs 8 times, including 5 TDs on 3 occa-sions). He is averaging a TD pass every 11.1career attempts. His career passing efficiencymark of 164.3 is second on the NCAA list (be-hind the 168.9 of Boise State’s Ryan Dinwiddiein 2000-03) and 3 spots above his current quar-terbacks coach, Steve Sarkisian (who was at162.0 at BYU, 1995-96) . Last fall, he was sev-enth nationally in passing efficiency (156.5)—with just 6 interceptions while completing65.3% of his passes (269-of-412)—and 25th intotal offense (252.2). His 33 TD passes in 2004were second on the USC season list, his 269completions were third, and his 3,322 pass-ing yards and 3,278 yards of total offense werefourth. In 2004, he tossed 5 scoring passesagainst both Notre Dame (throwing for 400yards) and in the Orange Bowl versus Okla-homa. Among his other 2004 honors: WalterCamp and AP Player of the Year, ManningAward winner, ESPY Best Male College Ath-lete Award, Sullivan Award finalist.

—In the equivalent of 2 quarters of action atHawaii, he completed 75.0% of his passes (18-of-24)for 332 yards with 3 TDs (he broke the USC career TDpass record).

—For the second week in a row, he completed18-of-24 passes (75.0%), this time for 381 yards (thesecond most in his career) and 4 TDs in less than 3 fullquarters of action against Arkansas (he alsoscrambled for a 17-yard score).

—He hit 23-of-39 passes for 315 yards and 3touchdowns at Oregon, including going 11-of-14 for170 yards in the second half.

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 901 583 17 7906 .647 81

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 1089 -86 7906 7820

GAME-BY-GAME WITH MATT LEINART

2005

PA PC PI PCT YDS TD LGHawaii* 24 18 1 .750 332 3 67Arkansas* 24 18 0 .750 381 4 58Oregon* 39 23 1 .590 315 2 342005 (Sr.) 87 59 2 .678 1028 10 67

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 35Oklahoma (OB)* 35 18 0 .514 332 5 542004 (Jr.)… 412 269 6 .653 3322 33 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

Matt Hayes, The Sporting News: “We’re about to wit-ness the crowning achievement of the greatestplayer in college football history. Sit back and enjoyit while you can.”

Hawaii defensive coordinator Jerry Glanville: “MattLeinart is better than he was last year.”

Arizona head coach Mike Stoops: “He has no flaw.”

Peter Schrager, FOXSports.com: “Matt Leinart is aboutto embark upon the most amazing year of collegethat anyone has ever had in the history of theworld…Leinart can make history this season. He hasthe chance to become the second player ever towin two Heisman Trophies. He can be the first quar-terback ever to be an All-American three times.Heck, he might even lead USC to a third straight na-tional championship. Quite simply, Matt Leinart hasa chance to solidify his legacy as the greatest col-lege football player, ever.”

Todd Harmonson, Orange County Register: “WhatLeinart has accomplished on the field is remarkable.National analysts are starting to throw around thelabel of ‘most successful college quarterback ever’for consideration if he were to win a second HeismanTrophy and lead USC to a third consecutive nationaltitle. But it’s even more impressive that none of itseems to faze Leinart.”

Phil Taylor, SI.com: “Leinart is a reminder to all thoseathletes out there who are thinking that they have toget their name on a pro contract before they’ve fin-ished college—or sometimes before they’ve evenstarted it—that making piles of money isn’t the onlyroute to happiness…He seems to understand whatvery few athletes in his position do—that it’s OK if hedoesn’t get rich tomorrow. Or maybe he realizes thathe already is.”

Dan Weber, Riverside Press-Enterprise: “A secondstraight unbeaten season at USC could help Leinartfinish his career as certifiably the greatest quarter-back in college football history, with a 38-1 record,three national titles and maybe a pair of HeismanTrophies. No other quarterback has come close tothat trifecta. It’s just not something Leinart dwells on.”

Steve Bisheff, Orange County Register: “If it’s goodto be the king, it’s even better to be Matt Leinart thesedays. He has become part quarterback and partcelebrity.”

Former USC head coach John Robinson: “What hehas accomplished is remarkable. And we haven’tseen the best of him.”

OTHER QUARTERBACKSIn Matt Leinart’s absence (rehabilitating fromelbow surgery) in this past spring’s practice,sophomore John David Booty (6-of-14, 42.9%,69 yds, 2 TD in 2005) got a good portion of thework and emerged with the No. 2 job. Bootyredshirted last fall after bruising his right (throw-ing) elbow in 2004 fall drills. He was Leinart’sbackup in 2003 (he saw action in 5 games,completing 7-of-14 passes for 90 yards beforebreaking his left wrist) after becoming the firstDivision I-A football player to graduate a full


year early from high school and enroll at amajor university. Untested sophomoresMichael McDonald (1-of-1, 100.0%, 4 yds, 1 TDin 2005), the son of ex-USC All-American quar-terback Paul McDonald (a one-time walk-on,he earned a scholarship this fall), and walk-on Tom Harwood are also available. Bolster-ing the signalcalling corps this fall as a fresh-man is prep All-American Mark Sanchez, whowas the national high school player of theyear in 2004.

—Booty threw his first career TD pass while hit-ting 2-of-5 passes while directing USC in the fourthquarter at Hawaii.

—Against Arkansas, Booty was 4-of-9 for 60yards with a TD, while McDonald saw his first careeraction late in the game and threw a TD on his firstcareer pass (his only toss of the contest).

—Booty saw brief action at the end of the Or-egon game, but did not throw a pass.

BUSH/WHITEUSC features the top tailback duo in the na-tion, with juniors Reggie Bush (40 tcb, 333 yds,8.3 avg, 4 TD in 2005, plus 10 rec, 171 yds, 17.1avg and 6 KOR, 105 yds, 17.5 avg and 4 PR,27 yds, 6.8 avg) and LenDale White (38 tcb,240 yds, 6.3 avg, 4 TD in 2005, plus 2 rec, 30yds, 15.0 avg). At least 1 of them has scoreda touchdown in USC’s last 27 games (includ-ing 13 times when they both scored). This“Thunder (White) and Lightning (Bush)” pairhas combined for 64 TDs in Troy’s last 29games. Both are Doak Walker Award andAll-American candidates.

—The keep-you-on-the-edge-of-your-seat Bush is currently third nationally in all-purpose running (212.0, first in Pac-10), tiedfor seventh in scoring (12.0, tied for second inPac-10) and is 18th in rushing (111.0, third inPac-10). He is averaging 10.6 yards on his 60touches in 2005 (he has 636 all-purpose yards).He was a Heisman finalist in 2004 (he finishedfifth) and earned All-American first team hon-ors for his all-purpose play. He was in thenation’s Top 20 in 2004 in all-purpose running(179.2), punt returns (15.7) and kickoff returns(25.6). He scored 15 TDs and had 2,330 all-purpose yards in 2004 (he has 4,297 all-pur-pose yards in his career, averaging 10.3 yardson each of his 416 touches). He has producedtouchdowns 5 different ways as a Trojan (rush-ing, receiving, kickoff returns, punt returns andpassing). He has scored 29 TDs in his 29-gamecareer (13 rushing, 13 receiving, 1 on kickoffreturns, 2 on punt returns). He has 67 plays of20-plus yards in his career (including 10 in2005). His 1,741 career rushing yards are 22nd

on USC’s career chart. His 1,134 career kick-off return yards is fourth on USC’s all-time listand his 407 career punt return yards is 13th onUSC’s all-time chart. He had rushed for 100yards 5 times in his career (twice in 2005). Heand Leinart were named the 2004 Pac-10 Co-Offensive Players of the Year, but Bush wasnamed USC’s team MVP as he ran for 908yards (6.3 avg) and 6 TDs, caught 43 passesfor 509 yards (11.8 avg) and 7 TDs, returned24 punts for 376 yards (15.7 avg) and 2 TDs,returned 21 kickoffs for 537 yards (25.6 avg)and completed a 52-yard scoring pass.

—The bull-like White, Troy’s rushing leaderthe past 2 years, was USC’s 23rd 1,000-yardrunner when he did so last season (1,103) andhe became the first Trojan to lead the Pac-10in touchdowns (17) since Marcus Allen in 1981.He made the All-Pac-10 second team in 2004.He has 32 rushing TDs in 29 career games (and35 overall TDs), along with 9 games with 100rushing yards (once in 2005). He already is12th on USC’s prestigious career rushing list(with 2,097 yards). In 2005, more than half ofhis yards (147) have come after contact.

—At Hawaii, Bush had 158 all-purpose yards (86on 12 rushes with TDs of 41 and 1 yards, 58 on 4 re-ceptions and a 14-yard kickoff return), while Whitehad 69 yards on 13 carries.

—Against Arkansas, Bush scored on his first twotouches (a 76-yard run and a 29-yard catch) as hecompiled 211 all-purpose yards (125 on 8 rushes, 70on 3 receptions and 16 on 2 kickoff returns), whileWhite ran for 60 yards with 2 short TDs on 10 carriesand caught 2 passes for 30 yards.

—Bush and White each rushed for 100-plusyards at Oregon, as Bush had a game-topping 122yards on 20 carries as part of his 267 all-purpose yards(he returned 3 kickoffs for 75 yards, caught 3 passesfor 43 yards and had 4 punt returns for 27 yards; healso caught a 19-yard TD pass and had an 11-yardreverse field TD run) and White had 111 yards and 2short TDs on 15 attempts.

GAME-BY-GAME WITH REGGIE BUSH IN 2005(ATT/YDS/TD)

RUSH REC KOR PRHAW 12/86/2 4/58/0 1/14/0 0/0/0ARK 8/125/1 3/70/1 2/16/0 0/0/0ORE 20/122/1 3/43/1 3/75/0 4/27/0TOTAL 40/333/4 10/171/2 6/105/0 4/27/0

GAME-BY-GAME WITH LENDALE WHITE IN 2005

TCB YDS TDHAW 13 69 0ARK 10 60 2ORE 15 111 2TOTAL 38 240 4

BUSH’S 20+* WHITE’S YAC*HAW 2 (41 TD, 20) 46ARK 3 (76 TD, 29 TD, 40) 56ORE 5 (25, 30, 20, 38, 24) 45TOTAL 10 147*Plays of 20-Plus Yards/Yards After Contact in 2005

REGGIE BUSH’S 2004/2005 ALL-PURPOSE YARDSVS. ALL-PURPOSE HEISMAN WINNERS

NAME SCHOOL YEAR YDS YDS/GMReggie Bush USC 2005 636 212.0Reggie Bush USC 2004 2330 179.2Johnny Rodgers Nebraska 1972 2011 154.6Tim Brown Notre Dame 1987 1847 167.9Desmond Howard Michigan 1991 1859 159.9

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.”

USC Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback MattLeinart: “Every time Reggie touches the ball, any-thing can happen…He’s an awesome weapon…Alot of people think he’s an outside runner, but he’stough. He can run in between the tackles…When hefirst came to USC, he was running all over our firstdefense in fall camp, cutting back, reversing his field.We knew he was special. Anytime he has the ball,something big could happen. It’s unbelievable whathe can do.”

USC athletic director and 1965 Heisman Trophy-win-ning tailback Mike Garrett: “He’s going to be one ofthe best ever. He looks like another Gale Sayers.”

USC head coach Pete Carroll: “I told him, ‘You’rethe most valuable guy on the field for what you’recreating by your presence.’”

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

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

Hawaii defensive coordinator Jerry Glanville: “Any-body who didn’t vote for him for the Heisman didn’twatch him.”

B.J. Schecter, SI.com: “Mr. President can turn a gamearound with a single touch — and he’ll get plenty ofthem this season. He was the best player in the na-tion last year, and he’ll show why he still is by puttingup even more spectacular numbers.”

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.”

Dennis Dodd, CBS Sportsline.com: “They call him “ThePresident.” They might soon be calling him TheKing…He is that rare back with the speed and strengthto run through the line and the ability to make de-fenders miss in space when he goes out for apass…He is a symbol for what USC was, is and willbe…He is a well-spoken, ankle-breaking athlete whojust might be the best player in his sport.”

Randy Youngman, Orange County Register: “Evenif he got to carry or catch the ball on every down, Iwould never get tired of watching Reggie Bush, USC’selectrifying running back. Bush has so many open-field moves, he’s more elusive than ‘The Fugitive.’Now you see him, now you don’t…touchdown, Tro-jans!”

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

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 that any one-on-one situ-ation, he’s going to win. You have to pay attentionto where he is.”

Kirk Herbstreit, ESPN: “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.”

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.”

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 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 defensive lineman ShaunCody: “Practicing against him was great training forus. You want to improve your quickness, try chasinga rabbit around.”

Former USC tight end Alex Holmes: “When he’s in,you heard linebackers screaming every time. Theywere all shouting about ‘No. 5.’ Reggie is a guy wholiterally changes the game just by being out there.”


Former USC All-American linebacker Lofa Tatupu:“We just sat back on Saturday and watched theshow…Not to take credit away from the offensive linebecause they’ve done a great job, but Reggie setsup his blocks so well that they can miss their mancompletely and he still gets through…I’ve even toldguys on the other team, ‘Don’t feel bad. He got mewith that play twice this week in practice, too.’”

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.’”

OTHER TAILBACKSUSC also can call on versatile sophomoretailback Desmond Reed (12 tcb, 108 yds, 9.0avg, 1 TD in 2005, plus 4 KOR, 163 yds, 40.8avg and 2 tac, 1 FR for TD), who has Bush-likeskills. Reed currently is fifth nationally in kick-off returns (40.8, first in Pac-10). He is averag-ing 16.9 yards on his 16 touches in 2005 (hehas 271 all-purpose yards). He made the 2004All-Pac-10 second team as a special teamsplayer. Also looking to break into the tailbackmix is freshman Michael Coleman (8 tcb, 41yds, 5.1 avg in 2005), who graduated a se-mester early from high school and enrolledat USC this spring. Senior Andre Woodert 1tcb, 7 yds, 7.0 avg in 2005), a former walk-onwho earned a scholarship this fall, and sopho-more walk-on John Griffin (1 tcb, 0 yds, 0.0avg in 2005) are also available. Senior HershelDennis, who started all of 2003, is redshirtingthis season after tearing knee ligaments priorto the Orange Bowl. He gained 661 yards on137 carries (4.8 avg) with 4 TDs in 2003 andadded 198 yards on 49 tries (4.0 avg) with 1TD in 2004. Soph Chauncey Washington, whowas a backup in 2003 (he ran for 65 yards on19 carries while appearing in 7 games) andthen redshirted the 2004 season while aca-demically ineligible, again is academicallyineligible to compete in games in 2005, buthe can practice with the Trojans this season.

—At Hawaii, Reed ran for 26 yards on 5 tries,including a 29-yard scoring cutback run, and alsostarred on special teams as he returned a fumbledWarrior kickoff 15 yards for a score, made a tackleon another kickoff and returned a kickoff 33 yards.

—Against Arkansas, Reed rushed for 50 yardson 3 carries (including a 43-yarder) and returned 2kickoffs for 101 yards (51 and 50 yards), whileColeman had 8 carries for 41 yards, Woodert addeda 7-yard rush and Griffin carried once for no gain.

—Reed ran for 32 yards on 4 carries, returned akickoff 29 yards and had a tackle at Oregon.

FULLBACKSAlthough USC lost starting fullback Lee Webb,an inspirational performer who went all outwhether running, catching or playing on spe-cial teams, the Trojans are in good shape atthat position. Senior David Kirtman (4 rec, 67yds, 16.8 avg, 1 TD in 2005) started 4 times in2004 (he ran for 45 yards and caught 19 passesfor 161 yards and 1 TD) and also sees plentyof special teams work. And deceptively-fastjunior Brandon Hancock (2 rec, 37 yds, 18.5avg in 2005), the starting fullback in 2003, re-turns after redshirting last season while recu-perating from knee and chest surgery. He

caught 13 passes for 160 yards (12.3 avg) and2 TDs in 2003. Both Kirtman and Hancock areoutstanding blockers and pass catchers.Sophomore Jody Adewale (2 tac in 2005) alsocompetes for time at fullback, as does MikeBrittingham (1 tac in 2005), a junior who seesaction on special teams (a former walk-on,he earned a scholarship this fall), and sopho-more walk-on Sean Kelly (he’s sidelined witha shoulder injury).

—Against Arkansas, Kirtman caught 3 passesfor 46 yards (including a 21-yard TD in which heleaped into the end zone), while Hancock had a21-yard catch and Adewale made a tackle on spe-cial teams.

—Kirtman (21 yards) and Hancock (16 yards)each caught a pass at Oregon and Adewale andBrittingham each made a tackle.

SMITH AND JARRETTMuch like its tailback position, USC might havethe best pair of wide receivers in the land insteady junior Steve Smith (17 rec, 407 yds, 23.9avg, 1 TD in 2005) and eye-opening sopho-more Dwayne Jarrett (19 rec, 261 yds, 13.7avg, 7 TD in 2005). Both are Biletnikoff Awardand All-American candidates. Smith currentlyis third nationally in receiving yards (135.7,second in Pac-10). His 76 career receptionsputs him tied for 24th on USC’s career list. Hehas 5 100-yard games in his career (2 in 2005).He was Troy’s third-leading receiver in 2004despite missing 5 mid-season games with abroken leg (he caught 42 passes for 650 yards,a 15.7 average, with 6 TDs). He caught 3 TDpasses against Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl.Jarrett currently is third nationally in scoring(14.0, first in Pac-10). He has 20 TD catches in16 career games (including 5 TDs in 2005), wellwithin range of Mike Williams’ USC record of30. He was a Freshman All-American firstteamer last year as he led the Trojans in re-ceptions (55), receiving yardage (849) andtouchdown catches (13). His 13 TD grabs in2004 were 1 shy of the school freshman markowned by the player of whom he remindedTrojan fans, 2003 All-American Mike Williams.He had 4 100-yard outings in 2004.

—Both Smith (game-high 185 yards) and Jarrett(88 yards) had 7 catches at Hawaii, as Jarrett caught3 TDs (22, 28 and 2 yards) to tie a USC game recordand Smith grabbed a 67-yard scoring bomb.

—Against Arkansas, both Smith (game-high 129yards for his third consecutive 100-yard outing) andJarrett (79 yards) had 4 catches, with Jarrett gettinga pair of TD grabs (24 and 8 yards).

—Jarrett caught 8 passes for 94 yards (bothgame highs), with 2 TDs (11 and 6 yards), at Oregon,while Smith added 6 catches for 93 yards.

OTHER WIDE RECEIVERSThere is quality depth behind Smith andJarrett, too. Junior Chris McFoy (2 rec, 23 yds,11.5 avg in 2005) started USC’s first 9 gamesof 2004, first for Jarrett and then for an injuredSmith. He caught 21 passes for 272 yards (13.0avg) last year. Sophomore Whitney Lewisemerged from 2004 spring practice as astarter, but redshirted last fall while academi-cally ineligible. Then there’s a pair of seniorsin Greig Carlson (1 rec, 14 yds, 14.0 avg in2005), who also can return punts (he led theTrojans in that category in 2003 and is 18th onUSC’s career list), and one-time cornerbackWilliam Buchanon. Because of injuries in thesecondary, Buchanon is also available as acornerback again in 2005. Junior John Zilka,a one-time walk-on who earned a scholar-ship this fall, plus walk-ons Wil Smith, a senior,and sophomore Brad Walker, also providehelp. This fall, prep All-American Patrick Turner(2 rec, 25 yds, 12.5 avg, 1 TD in 2005) enrolledas a freshman.

—McFoy had a 7-yard reception at Hawaii.—Turner had 2 catches for 25 yards (including

a 21-yard TD) against Arkansas, while Carlson caughthis first career pass (a 14-yarder).

—McFoy had a 16-yard reception at Oregon.

TIGHT ENDSDespite graduating 2-year starting tight endAlex Holmes, who had 82 career receptions,USC is still well-stocked at the position. In 2005,the spot is manned by senior Dominique Byrd(6 rec, 62 yds, 10.3 avg in 2005), who not onlyis an adept blocker but a dangerous passcatching target (especially as a deep threat).He missed the first 4 games last fall becauseof a broken kneecap, but was dominantupon his return (he caught 37 passes for 384yards and 3 TDs), even making several spec-tacular one-handed clutches (think TDs ver-sus Oregon State and Oklahoma). He is aMackey Award and All-American candidate.Angling for playing time are junior NickVanderboom, sophomores Dale Thompsonand Fred Davis, and redshirt freshman JimmyMiller (1 rec, 4 yds, 4.0 avg, 1 TD in 2005). En-tering the mix this fall as a freshman was prepAll-American Charles Brown.

—Byrd caught a 3-yard pass at Hawaii.—Byrd had 2 catches for 27 yards against Ar-

kansas, while Miller’s first career catch was a 4-yard TD.—Byrd had 3 catches for 32 yards at Oregon.

OFFENSIVE LINEMENLast year, the USC offensive line entered theseason as a question mark because 4 startershad to be replaced. But the line exceededall expectations in 2004 (Troy ran for more than2,300 yards and Trojan quarterbacks weresacked less than twice a game). So, the lineshould be a team strength in 2005. Four start-ers—tackles Sam Baker (a 2004 Freshman All-American first team pick) on the left side and365-pound Taitusi Lutui on the right, 2-yearstarting right guard Fred Matua (he’s also ableto play center) and reliable center RyanKalil—return from 2004. The only loss is 350-pound guard John Drake, who started mostof the past 2 years. Also back are tackle Win-ston Justice, a junior who started in 2002 and2003 on the right side but sat out last seasonbecause of a student conduct violation (heemerged from 2005 spring drills as the starter),and sophomore left guard Jeff Byers, whonotched 4 late-season starts at guard in 2004(he also played some at center last year).Byers, who made Freshman All-American sec-ond team in 2004, likely will redshirt in 2005while recuperating from a hip injury. All ofUSC’s starting offensive linemen deserve All-American consideration in 2005. Anothertackle competing for playing time is juniorKyle Williams, while sophs Drew Radovich andAlatini Malu and redshirt freshman ChiloRachal push for action at guard and sopho-more Matt Spanos works at center after be-ing switched from tackle. Junior guard JohnLanza aand senior center Ross Burruel, one-time walk-ons who earned scholarships thisfall, plus walk-ons Dominique Wise, a juniorguard, and junior tackle Jonathan Richert fillout the o-line corps. Freshman tackle Tho-mas Herring, who originally signed with USCin 2004 as a defensive lineman, but did notqualify for admission (he enrolled this pastspring and participated in spring drills), likelywill redshirt while recuperating from a kneeinjury. Nick Howell, the son of ex-USC All-American and NFL offensive lineman PatHowell, came aboard as a freshman tacklethis fall.

—Baker, Lutui, Kalil, Matua and Justice (fromleft to right) started on the offensive line versus Ha-waii, Arkansas and Oregon.


DEFENSIVE OVERVIEWFive defensive starters return from 2004: safetyDarnell Bing, linebacker Dallas Sartz, endsLawrence Jackson and Frostee Rucker, andcornerback Justin Wyatt. Others back withstarting experience include safety Scott Wareand linebacker Collin Ashton. However, the2005 Trojan defense will be hard-pressed torepeat the success of last year’s stellar unit.After all, USC’s 2004 leader in each defensivecategory—tackles, tackles for loss, sacks, in-terceptions, deflections, fumble recoveriesand forced fumbles—is gone. Last year, USCranked in the nation’s Top 10 in every defen-sive statistical listing: first in rushing defense(79.4) and turnover margin (+1.5), third in scor-ing defense (13.0), sixth in total defense (279.3)and ninth in pass efficiency defense (101.3).It was the second consecutive year that USCled the country in rushing defense. Its 279.3total defense average and 4.3 yards per playallowed were Troy’s lowest since 1989. TheTrojans were especially stingy late in games,allowing only 26 fourth-quarter points in 2004.USC posted 50 sacks and forced 28 turnoverslast season.

DEFENSIVE LINEMENThere are some big shoes to fill on USC’s de-fensive front. Two of Troy’s greatest defen-sive linemen are gone: tackle-end ShaunCody and tackle Mike Patterson, who bothwon All-American first team laurels in 2004(USC’s first pair of defensive line All-Americanssince 1969). Cody was a 4-year starter whobecame the first Trojan defensive lineman tobe named Pac-10 Defensive Player of theYear. The 2004 Lombardi Award andHendricks Award finalist, who blocked 5 fieldgoals in his career, had 13 tackles for loss anda team-best 10 sacks among his 45 tackleslast fall. At times last year, Cody lined up atend. Patterson, a 2-time All-Pac-10 firstteamer, had a team-high 16 tackles for lossalong with 6 sacks among his 45 stops last year(he also led the Pac-10 in fumble recoverieswith 4). Both were NFL draft picks, Pattersonin the first round and Cody in the second. Butboth starting ends return in sophomoreLawrence Jackson (12 tac, 2.5 for loss, 2.5sack, 1 dfl in 2005), who had 32 tackles, in-cluding 11 for losses (with 6 sacks), in 2004,and senior Frostee Rucker (16 tac, 7.5 for loss,3.5 sack in 2005), who posted 29 tackles (7.5for losses) in 2004. Jackson was a FreshmanAll-American first teamer in 2004, while Ruckerhas 20 career starts and 5 career sacks. Thefill-in at Cody’s tackle spot is senior LaJuanRamsey (8 tac, 2.5 for loss, 0.5 sack in 2005),backed by redshirt freshman Fili Moala (1 tac,1 for loss in 2005). Patterson’s nose tackle spotis being taken over by sophomore Sedrick Ellis(9 tac, 3.5 for loss, 0.5 sack, 2 dfl in 2005), his2004 backup, with junior Travis Tofi (3 tac, 0.5for loss, 0.5 sack in 2005) his sub. Other tack-les aiming to see action are redshirt freshmenLawrence Miles (1 tac in 2005) and convertedoffensive guard Travis Draper. Candidates fortime at end are sophs Jeff Schweiger, whosaw action in 12 games last season and got18 tackles, including 4.5 for losses (he currentlyis sidelined with a foot injury), Alex Morrow (3tac, 1 dfl in 2005) and converted tight endChris Barrett (1 tac in 2005), along with juniorRashaad Goodrum (2 tac in 2005). Three walk-ons—junior tackles Mike Davis (1 tac in 2005)and Jermyah Graves and sophomore endJeff Tola—also are available. A pair of prepAll-Americans—tackle Averell Spicer and endKyle Moore (1 FR in 2005)—have a chance tocontribute as freshmen after arriving at USCthis fall.

—Jackson had 4 tackles (including 2 sacks anda deflection) at Hawaii, while Rucker and Ramseyalso each had 4 tackles (with 1 for a loss), Barrett,Morrow and Ellis each had 1 tackle (Ellis also had adeflection) and Moore recovered a fumble that ledto a USC touchdown.

—Against Arkansas, 2.5 of Rucker’s 5 tackleswere sacks, Jackson and Ellis each had 4 tackles (Ellishad 1 for a loss), Ramsey had 3 stops (1.5 for a loss,with 0.5 sack), Tofi had 2 tackles, Miles, Morrow, Davisand Moala each had 1 tackle (Morrow also had adeflection and Moala had a tackle for loss).

—Rucker had 7 tackles (including 4 for losses,with a sack) at Oregon, while Ellis and Jackson eachadded 4 stops (Ellis had 2.5 for losses and each had0.5 sack), Goodrum had 2 tackles, and Morrow,Ramsey and Tofi had 1 stop apiece (Tofi had 0.5 sack).

LINEBACKERSSimilar to the situation on the defensive line,USC lost 2 All-American first team lineback-ers—Matt Grootegoed and Lofa Tatupu—sosome younger players need to step up.Grootegoed, a 2-time All-Pac-10 first teamer,had 222 career tackles (41.5 for losses) and 6interceptions while starting for 4 years. He wasa Butkus Award finalist in 2004 when he had68 tackles, 12.5 for loss and a team-high 5 in-terceptions. Tatupu was USC’s tackle leaderthe past 2 seasons (with 202 total stops) aftertransferring from Maine. He had 104 tacklesin 2004, with 13.5 for loss, 6 sacks, 3 intercep-tions and a team-high 8 deflections. But hedeclared for the NFL following his 2004 juniorseason and was a second round selection.Senior Dallas Sartz (8 tac, 2.5 for loss, 2 sack in2005) is the only starter returning among thelinebacker unit. He mans the strong side (healso started there the last 6 games in 2003)and is a Butkus Award candidate in 2005, buthe’s currently sidelined with a dislocatedshoudler. He had 48 tackles last year. Thereplacements for Grootegoed on the weakside and Tatupu in the middle came from anumber of possibilities. Sophomore Keith Riv-ers (18 tac, 2 for loss in 2005), who oftenplayed as an end in pass rushing situations in2004 (he had 25 tackles last season), replacedGrootegoed on the weak side. Tatupu’smiddle job was won by junior Oscar Lua (19tac, 0.5 for loss, 0.5 sack in 2005), who had 13tackles last year. Among those backing Luaare sophomore Thomas Williams (8 tac, 1 forloss, 1 dfl in 2005), who can also play on theoutside (he started there at Oregon for aninjured Sartz), and junior Ryan Powdrell, whohad to sit out the first 2 games of 2005 in orderto get a redshirt year out of 2004 (when heplayed just briefly in the opener). Senior CollinAshton (8 tac, 1 FF in 2005, plus 1 KOR, 17 yds,17.0 avg), who also has handled the longsnaps, can play anywhere. He had 16 stopslast fall. Then there’s redshirt freshman walk-on strongside linebacker Clay Matthews (1tac, 1 dfl in 2005), the son of the ex-USC All-American and NFL linebacker of the samename. Freshmen reinforcements came thisfall with the arrival of prep All-AmericansLuthur Brown, Brian Cushing (1 tac in 2005),Kaluka Maiava (5 tac, 1 int in 2005) and ReyMaualuga (4 tac, 1 for loss in 2005).

—Sartz had a game-best 7 tackles (including 2sacks) at Hawaii, while Ashton had 5 stops andforced a fumble that USC recovered to set up a TD(he also returned a short kickoff 17 yards), Lua, Will-iams and Rivers each had 3 stops and Cushing had1 tackle.

—Against Arkansas, Lua had a team-best 8tackles, Rivers added 7 stops, Ashton, Maualuga andMaiava had 3 apiece (Maualuga had 2 for lossesand Maiava had an interception), and Williams andMatthews each had a tackle for loss and a deflec-tion.

—At Oregon, Rivers (with 2 for losses) and Lua(with 0.5 sack) each had 8 tackles, while Williamsstarted for an injured Sartz and had 4 tackles, Maiavaadded 2 stops and Maualuga had 1 tackle.

DEFENSIVE BACKSUSC’s secondary is somewhat unsettled in2005, with only 2 returning starters. Two-yearstarting free safety Jason Leach, who had 9career interceptions (he posted 51 tacklesand 3 picks in 2004), and 2004 startingcornerback Eric Wright (2 interceptions in2004) must be replaced. Hard-hitting juniorDarnell Bing (4 tac, 1 int for TD, 4 dfl in 2005), a2-year starter at strong safety, anchors thesecondary. He’s a candidate for the ThorpeAward and All-American honors. He was thirdon the Trojans in tackles (63, including 8 for aloss) and second in deflections (7) in 2004,when he earned All-Pac-10 second teamnotice. He has 136 career stops. Seniorcornerback Justin Wyatt (8 tac, 0.5 for loss in2005), highly-regarded for his ability to shutdown receivers, also returns after posting 40tackles and 7 deflections in 2004. The newstarter at Leach’s free safety spot is senior ScottWare (8 tac in 2005), who started 3 times therein 2004 (getting 16 tackles) when Leachmoved to strong safety for an injured Bing.Also in the mix at either safety spot are sopho-more Josh Pinkard (13 tac, 2 int, 1 FF in 2005)and junior twins Brandon Ting (3 tac in 2005)and Ryan Ting (6 tac in 2005), plus freshmanKevin Ellison (3 tac, 1 FF in 2005), who gradu-ated a semester early from high school andenrolled at USC this spring, at strong safety.Pinkard currently is tied for 11th nationally ininterceptions (0.7, second in Pac-10). Thereis also sophomore walk-on safety ChaseMcWhorter. Sophomore Terrell Thomas (5 tac,1 dfl in 2005) emerged at Wright’s corner spot,but he is sidelined the rest of 2005 with a kneeinjury suffered versus Arkansas. Senior JohnWalker (14 tac, 2 dfl in 2005), who worked atwide receiver the last half of 2004, began the2005 season as USC’s nickel back, but re-placed Thomas in the starting lineup atcornerback. Senior wide receiver WilliamBuchanon, who played cornerback some in2002 (starting 3 times) and 2003, has beenmoved back to the secondary because ofdepth issues. Also available at the cornerspots are 4 walk-ons: senior Alex Gomez, plusjunior twins Jamel Williams and Jerry Williamsand redshirt freshman Jim Abbott (1 tac in2005). Then, enrolling this fall as freshmenwere a trio of prep All-Americans—cornerbacks Cary Harris and Kevin Thomas(1 tac in 2005), plus cornerback-safety WillHarris—along with sophomore juco transfercornerback Mozique McCurtis.

—Bing returned an interception 65 yards for atouchdown on the sixth play at Hawaii (he also had2 tackles), while Walker (with a deflection), Wyattand Pinkard (with a forced fumble) each had 5 tack-les, Terrell Thomas added 3 stops and Ellison andWare each had 1 tackle.

Against Arkansas, Pinkard (who started in placeof an injured Bing) and Ryan Ting each had 6 tack-les (Pinkard also had an interception), Walker added5 sops, Wyatt had 3 (0.5 for a loss), Ellison, Ware, TerrellThomas had 2 tackles (Ellison had a forced fumbleand Thomas had a deflection), and Kevin Thomas,Brandon Ting and Abbott had 1 stop each.

—At Oregon, Ware had 5 tackles, Walkeradded 4 stops and a deflection, and Bing (with 4deflections), Pinkard (with an interception) and Bran-don Ting each had 2 tackles.


SPECIAL TEAMS OVERVIEWMost of USC’s specialists return in 2005: thepunter (Tom Malone), returners (Reggie Bush,Desmond Reed, Greig Carlson), snappers (WillCollins, Collin Ashton) and holder (Malone).But there is a new placekicker and he needsto be productive, because the position ac-counted for nearly a quarter of USC’s pointsin 2004. The Trojans were effective on spe-cial teams last fall, ranking 12th nationally inkickoff returns (23.7), 15th in net punting (38.5)and 17th in punt returns (13.5). USC had 2 scor-ing punt returns in 2004.

SPECIALISTSUSC has the nation’s best punter in senior TomMalone (38.0 avg in 2005), who was an All-American first team pick in 2003 and decidedto return to Troy in 2005 after flirting with anearly departure to the NFL. The 2-time RayGuy Award semifinalist is a leading candidateto capture that award in 2005. His careerpunting average of 44.4 is above the USCrecord and equals the Pac-10 mark. Fifty-oneof his 156 career punts have traveled at least50 yards and 85 have pinned opponentswithin the 20-yard line. Last year, he was ninthnationally with a 43.8 punting average. Back-ing him are walk-on redshirt freshmen TaylorOdegard (38.0 avg in 2005) and SeanLimahelu, the nephew of ex-USC placekickerChris Limahelu. USC has a huge hole to fill atplacekicker with the graduation of RyanKilleen, who handled all placements andkickoffs for the past 3 years. He led the Pac-10 in scoring in 2004 (8.6 average to rank 17th

nationally), the first Trojan to do so since 1990.He set the Pac-10 career records for PATs (176)and PAT attempts (180) and the USC all-timemark for points scored (329). He nailed 16-of-25 field goals last year (51 in his career) andconnected on his last 77 PATs dating to 2003(including all 64 in 2004). In his career, 159 ofhis 281 kickoffs pinned opponents within the20-yard line, including 110 touchbacks. Hisreplacement in his first year of kicking is sopho-more Mario Danelo (25-of-25 PAT, 1-of-2 FG in2005), a one-time walk-on who earned ascholarship this fall and the son of ex-Wash-ington State and NFL kicker Joe Danelo. Push-ing him are freshman fall enrollee Troy VanBlarcom (1 tac in 2005), a prep All-Americanwho handles the kickoffs, and walk-on redshirtfreshman Phil Mellinger. Van Blarcom handlesthe kickoff duties. A total of 14 of VanBlarcom’s 29 kickoffs in 2005 have kept op-ponents within the 20-yard line, including 8touchbacks. Both of USC’s snappers returnafter doing flawless jobs in 2004: sophomoreshort snapper Will Collins, who also now willhandle the long snaps in 2005, and senior longsnapper Collin Ashton, who doubles as a line-backer. Senior punter Tom Malone is theholder for his fourth season, with untested se-nior wide receiver Greig Carlson the likelybackup. Junior tailback Reggie Bush (6 KOR,105 yds, 17.5 avg in 2005, plus 4 PR, 27 yds, 6.8avg) returns as the punt and kick returner, hissecond year handling punts and third on kick-offs. He was ninth nationally in punt returns(15.7 avg) and 16th in kickoff returns (25.6 avg)last fall. In 2004, he was the first Trojan to leadthe Pac-10 in punt returns since 1979 and,combined with his league kick return title in2003, became the first Trojan to ever win Pac-10 titles in both categories. His 2 scoring puntreturns last year were the most by a Trojansince 1998 (and were just 1 shy of the USCand Pac-10 season records). He is fourth onUSC’s career kickoff return chart (1,134 yards)and 13th in punt returns (407 yards). Sopho-more tailback Desmond Reed (4 KOR, 163 yds,

40.8 avg in 2005) again joins Bush in returningkickoffs (he averaged 21.4 yards in 2004) andmight even run back some punts. Reed iscurrently fifth nationally in kickoff returns (40.8,first in Pac-10). Sure-handed senior wide re-ceiver Greig Carlson, who topped Troy in puntreturns in 2003, backs up Bush on that task (heis 18th on USC’s career list, with 379 yards) andis usually called on whenever a punt needsto be fielded deep in opponent territory.

—Danelo tied a USC game record by hittingall 9 of his PATs at Hawaii in his first career action (hemissed a 42-yard field goal), while 7 of Van Blarcom’s10 kickoffs pinned the Warriors within the 20 (includ-ing 2 touchbacks) and Odegard had a 38-yard punt(also a career first) while subbing for an injuredMalone.

—For the second week in a row, Danelo set theUSC game record by hitting all 10 of his PATs versusArkansas, while 7 of Van Blarcom’s 11 kickoffs pinnedthe Razorbacks within the 20 (including 5 touch-backs) and Malone got off a 31-yard punt.

—At Oregon, Danelo hit his first career field goal(36 yards) and made all 6 PATs, while Malone aver-aged 41.5 yards on his 2 punts (1 pinned the Duckswithin the 20) and 3 of Van Blarcom’s 8 kickoffspinned UO within the 20 (with a touchback).

ASSISTANT COACHESBesides trying to replace some talented de-parted players from 2004, USC lost several keyassistant coaches: offensive coordinatorNorm Chow (same job with the TennesseeTitans), assistant head coach/defensive linecoach/recruiting coordinator Ed Orgeron(head coach at Mississippi), offensive linecoach Tim Davis (same position with the Mi-ami Dolphins) and quarterbacks coach CarlSmith (offensive coordinator with the Jack-sonville Jaguars). So, head coach PeteCarroll adjusted his staff by giving wide re-ceivers coach Lane Kiffin the additional du-ties of offensive coordinator and recruitingcoordinator, re-hiring Oakland Raiders assis-tant Steve Sarkisian as quarterbacks coachand also making him assistant head coach(he was on the USC staff for Carroll’s first 3seasons), elevating Ken Norton Jr. to full-timestatus as linebackers coach (with returneeRocky Seto) and hiring a pair of NFL assistantsin defensive line coach Jethro Franklin fromthe Green Bay Packers and offensive linecoach Pat Ruel from the New York Giants.Former USC and NFL linebacker Sam Annojoined the staff as a graduate assistant work-ing with the special teams and defense andex-Division I-AA All-American David Watsoncame from Michigan State to be an offen-sive line graduate assistant, while former spe-cial teams graduate assistant Dennis Slutakbecame director of football operations. Theyjoin the 3 other holdovers from the staff: GregBurns (secondary), Brennan Carroll (tight ends)and Todd McNair (running backs, who wasgiven the additional duty of special teamscoordinator in 2005).

STATS OF NOTE

WINS***USC has won 36 of its last 37 games, 37 of its last39, 39 of its last 42 and 43 of its last 47.

DEFENSE***Defensively in 2005, USC is tied for 19th nation-ally in turnover margin (+1.0, tied for third in Pac-10).***USC’s first team defense has allowed only 3touchdowns and 4 field goals in the first 3 gamesof 2005.***During its current 25-game winning streak, USChas not allowed a team to score more than 28points.***USC has intercepted a pass in 36 of the last 39games, including 16 consecutive games beforebeing blanked at Notre Dame in 2003.

***USC has held 30 of its last 42 opposing teams toless than 100 rushing yards (twice in 2005, 8 timesin 2004, 10 games in 2003 and 10 times in 2002).***Only 2 opposing runners have rushed for 100yards against USC in the past 39 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 posted 4 shutouts in its past 29 games.***Under Pete Carroll, USC is 23-0 when holding op-ponents to less than 300 yards of total offense.***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 43 yards (aspan of 49 quarters).

OFFENSE***Offensively in 2005, USC ranks second nation-ally in both total offense (615.7, first in Pac-10) andscoring offense (59.3, first in Pac-10), third in pass-ing efficiency (193.5, first in Pac-10), fifth in passingoffense (367.0, second in Pac-10) and 13th in rush-ing offense (248.7, second in Pac-10).***Of USC’s 24 offensive scoring drives in 2005, 16took less than 3 minutes (including 9 under 2 min-utes, with 5 of those less than a minute), while 13consisted of 5 plays or less and 7 went 80-plusyards.

SCORING***USC has scored at least 20 points in its last 42games, a school record (and in 44 of its past 45).***USC has scored at least 30 points in 31 of its last37 games.***USC has scored at least 40 points 25 times un-der Pete Carroll (including 7 times of at least 50points).***USC has outscored opponents in 2005, 178-47(including 105-21 in the second half).***USC’s 133 points in consecutive games (Hawaiiand Arkansas in 2005) were its most since a school-record 138 points back-to-back in 1905 (WhittierReform and Alumni) and also were its most ever toin its first 2 games of a season.***USC’s 188 points in a 3-game span (Oklahomain 2004 and Hawaii and Arkansas in 2005) was aschool record.***USC’s 233 points in a 4-game span (Oklahomain 2004 and Hawaii, Arkansas and Oregon in 2005)was a school record.***USC 178 points in the first 3 games of 2005 wherethe most in its first 3 contests of a season since 1925(186 points).***USC’s 63 points in its 2005 opener at Hawaii wereits most since getting 76 in the 1929 opener versusUCLA.***USC has a knack recently for scoring 20 or moreunanswered points (5 times in 2005, 12 times in 2004and 11 times in both 2003 and 2002).***In its current 25-game winning streak, USC haswon by a combined 663 points (an average of26.5).***During the Pete Carroll era, USC has more thandoubled the score of its opponents in the secondhalf of games (978 to 421 points).

MISCELLANEOUS***On special teams in 2005, USC is 24th nationallyin kickoff returns (25.9, second in Pac-10).***USC has won its last 7 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, No. 7 California and No. 2 Okla-homa in 2004) and has done so by a 254-96 score(an average of 36-14).***USC has won its last 12 games against AP Top25 teams (the 7 mentioned in the previous item,plus No. 22 Washington, No. 14 Oregon and No.25 UCLA in 2002, No. 15 Arizona State in 2004 andNo. 24 Oregon in 2005) and has done so by a 481-191 score (an average score of 40-16).***USC has played before crowds of at least 85,000in 9 of its past 19 games.***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’s5-year tenure. USC’s +1.4 turnover marginover Carroll’s first 4 seasons was the best inthe nation and its 151 takeaways during thatspan also were the most. USC currently is tiedfor 19th nationally in turnover margin (+1.0, tiedfor third in Pac-10). In 2004, Troy led the na-tion with a +1.5 turnover margin by getting 22interceptions and 16 fumbles (while giving uponly 7 interceptions and 12 fumbles). In 2003,USC was +1.5 in turnover margin (second inthe U.S. and first in the Pac-10) by getting 22interceptions and 20 fumbles (and yieldingonly 9 interceptions and 13 fumbles). In 2002,the Trojans had 36 takeaways (19 fumbles and17 interceptions) with only 18 turnovers andranked fifth nationally in turnover margin(+1.4). In 2001, Troy had 35 takeaways (20picks, 15 fumbles) with just 19 turnovers andranked fifth in the nation in turnover marginat +1.3.

RANDOM NOTES

***USC’s 2005 captains, as elected by theirteammates at the end of fall camp, are: QBMatt Leinart, TB Reggie Bush, S Darnell Bing andLB Dallas Sartz. Leinart, who also was a cap-tain in 2004, is only the sixth two-time Trojancaptain ever, and just the third since 1902-03(along with Chad Morton in 1998-99 and TroyPolamalu in 2001-02).

***Last year, it was MattLeinartBlog.com. Thisyear, the blog has become a “vlog” or videolog...MattReggieTV.com. Join Heisman Tro-phy-winning QB Matt Leinart and All-AmericanTB Reggie Bush throughout the 2005 seasonas they provide periodic updates on the be-hind-the-scenes happenings of the 2-timedefending national champion USC footballteam. They will give an inside look at the Tro-jans on and off the field in a way never seenbefore. It’s raw, it’s edgy, it’s fun...it’s Trojanfootball, reality TV style. The subscription sitecan be accessed directly atMattReggieTV.com or by clicking on the iconon USC’s official website, USCTrojans.com.(Media should contact the USC Sports Infor-mation Office for a password.)

***Head coach Pete Carroll has his ownwebsite, PeteCarroll.com. The site features avariety of Carroll-related information, multi-media and merchandise, as well as fan clubmembership that includes exclusive benefits.All proceeds benefit “A Better L.A.,” the non-profit organization the Carroll founded to helpreduce gang violence in Los Angeles. Carrollalso is partnering with Lou Tice of the PacificInstitute on a book—“Leadership Is A Perfor-mance Art”—that will be available this fall onthe site. Proceeds from the $24.95 book alsowill go to “A Better L.A.”

***Watch for QB Matt Leinart on the nationalairwaves this fall in several NCAA televisionpublic service announcements, themed“NCAA Football: Every Game Counts.” OnePSA is centered on why he returned for hissenior season, another is about his passion forcollege football and in a third he is joined byMichigan head coach Lloyd Carr, BostonCollege’s Mathias Kiwanuka, Auburn’sMarcus McNeill and Iowa’s Abdul Hodge asthey describe what college football meansto them. The PSAs can be viewed at http://usctrojans.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/081205aaa.html.

***USC is ranked No. 2 in the recently-pub-lished Street & Smith’s “50 Greatest CollegeFootball Programs of All Time,” behind onlyNotre Dame.

***Former USC All-American tight end CharlesYoung was enshrined into the College Foot-ball Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind., this Aug.12-13, while ex-Trojan All-American tailbackAnthony Davis will be inducted into the Hallat a Dec. 6 dinner in New York (he’ll be en-shrined in August of 2006). Young was a unani-mous All-American on USC’s 1972 nationalchampionship team and caught 68 passes inhis Trojan career before playing 13 years inthe NFL. Davis, a unanimous All-American onthe Trojans’ 1972 and 1974 national champi-onship squads and the runnerup for the 1974Heisman Trophy, was the first player in Pac-8history to rush for 1,000 yards in three differentseasons. He is long remembered for scoring11 touchdowns in three games against NotreDame, including six as a sophomore in the1972 contest and four in the famous 55-24comeback victory in 1974. He set an NCAArecord with six scoring kickoff returns in hiscareer (including three in 1974). USC has 27former players, 2 ex-head coaches, 4 one-time assistant coaches and a former athleticdirector in the College Football Hall of Fame.

***The 2005 season marks the 40th anniversaryof USC’s first Heisman Trophy winner, 2-timeAll-American tailback Mike Garrett. NowTroy’s athletic director, Garrett began thegreat legacy of USC’s I-formation tailbacks.He set 14 NCAA, conference and USC recordsin his 3-year career, including an NCAA ca-reer rushing record of 3,221 yards. His 1,440rushing yards in his 1965 Heisman campaignwas the first 1,000-yard season by a Trojansince 1927.

***This season, Ned Miller is celebrating his 50th

anniversary as USC’s official football statisti-cian. Seated in the press box, Miller and hisstaff have been compiling the in-game sta-tistics at Trojan home games since 1955. Thesestats are disseminated to the media whocover USC football.

***The 2005 season also marks the 100th anni-versary of the first USC-Stanford football game,a 16-0 Cardinal win in 1905 in Palo Alto (it wasUSC’s first football game played outside ofSouthern California). Stanford is USC’s oldestcurrent rival. Overall, USC holds a 56-24-3 se-ries lead over Stanford (the teams did notmeet in 1906-1917, 1921, 1924 and 1943-45)

***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 2004 Heisman.

***Head coach Pete Carroll has made it apractice to play first-year freshmen at USC.During Carroll’s first four years at Troy, 40 first-year freshmen saw action at USC (7 in 2001,12 in 2002, 13 in 2003 and 8 in 2004). So far in2005, 10 first-year frosh have played.

***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 7 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. TE Fred Davisdid so in the spring of 2004. TB MichaelColeman and S Kevin Ellison enrolled at USCthis past spring.

***Think you had a busy summer? Here’s asampling of some of the things QB Matt Leinartdid during this past off-season. Media inter-views and/or photo shoots included: Esquire,Rolling Stone, GQ, Southwest Airlines Maga-zine, New York Times, ESPN Magazine, SportsIllustrated, Athlon, Sports Illustrated on Cam-pus, ESPN, CSTV, The Sporting News and FSN’sBest Damn Sports Show (TB Reggie Bush joinedLeinart on some of these). Appearances in-cluded: ESPYs, Sullivan Award banquet,Troops Appreciation Day with California Gov-ernor Arnold Schwarzenegger, keynotespeaker at Special Olympics “Breakfast WithChampions,” Orange County Board ofSupervisor’s “Matt Leinart Day,” threw out thefirst pitch at Dodgers and Angels games, Or-ange County Youth Sports Foundation Sports-man of the Year banquet, Victor Awards,Playboy All-American Weekend, USC AthleticHall of Fame banquet, filmed an NCAA pub-lic service announcement and Air 7 footballcamp.

***As a youngster, LB Collin Ashton was aballboy for several years for the USC men’sbasketball team. A fifth generation Trojan,he attended his first USC football game whenhe was a month old and has never missed aTrojan home game in his lifetime.

***OT Taitusi Lutui is USC’s only married player.He and his wife, Pua, were married in July of2004. Their son, Inoke Luuaki Moeltau (“Re-turn a champion”) was born the day afterUSC’s win in the 2005 Orange Bowl.

***No USC football letterman in history hasbeen heavier than current Trojan OLs TaitusiLutui (365 pounds) or Alatini Malu (340).

***While suspended from USC in 2004, OT Win-ston Justice trained daily at a Hollywood box-ing gym with trainer Freddie Roach, who onceworked with Mike Tyson. LB Kaluka Maiavaparticipated in boxing in high school.

***C Ryan Kalil might be the Trojans’ mostmusically-inclined player. He likes to sing,particularly Frank Sinatra tunes.

***Who’s the fastest among the 2005 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.

***As a youngster, CB John Walker was a tele-vision actor who appeared in such shows as“E.R.” and “7th Heaven” (in fact, he didn’t playfootball until his sophomore year of highschool because a clause in his acting con-tract prevented him from doing anything thatcould affect his appearance).

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


***QB Matt Leinart was born with strabismus(cross-eyes), as his left eye was not alignedwith his right. He underwent surgery twice(once when he was a year-and-a-half oldand then just before entering high school) andwas fitted with glasses.

***USC’s 2005 team features 2 sets of twinswho are junior defensive backs: Brandon andRyan Ting and Jamel and Jerry Williams.

***“Undisputed,” a 75-minute DVD about theUSC football team’s exciting 2004 nationalchampionship season, can be purchased for$24.95 at the USC Bookstore on campus, aswell as ordered online atwww.uscthestore.com or by calling the USCBookstore at 800-447-8620. The DVD 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 2005 Or-ange Bowl, a 55-19 Trojan victory over Okla-homa. It is priced at $19.95.

***Another DVD available is “The History ofUSC Football,” a 100-minute look at Troy’s 116-year history. It centers around the Trojans’ 11national championships. Produced byWarner Home Video, it costs $19.98 and isavailable at many outlets where DVDs aresold, including the USC Bookstore or online atwww.uscthestore.com.

***Two USC football-related books recentlywere published. “Conquest: Pete Carroll andthe Trojans’ Climb to the Top of the CollegeFootball Mountain” (Triumph Book), by DavidWharton and Gary Klein of the Los AngelesTimes, details the rebuilding of the Trojan pro-gram under Carroll. And “Stadium Stories:USC Trojans” (Globe Pequot Press), by formerUSC sports information and NFL Publishingstaffer Jim Gigliotti, provides a complete his-torical overview of Trojan football.

***To make the Coliseum more family-friendly,USC and the Coliseum Commission this sea-son have ended the sale of alcohol inside theColiseum on USC game days. This move hasreceived near-unanimous praise from thepublic and the media. Said USC PresidentSteven Sample: “All across the country, uni-versities are promoting a clean, safe and fam-ily-friendly environment in which fans canenjoy their team’s games…(Our policy was)developed because of a noticeable rise inrecent years of incidents involving the use ofalcohol and of rude behavior of fans that isalmost always exacerbated by alcohol con-sumption. This deterioration in fan behavioris a nationwide trend, not a USC phenom-enon.” Fans possessing alcohol inside theColiseum, acting in a drunken or disorderlyway, or using threatening or obscene lan-guage will be evicted and will permanentlylose USC ticket buying privileges. USC willreimburse the Coliseum for lost revenue be-cause of this stoppage of alcohol sales.

***Trojan Fan Fest, a free fun-filled celebra-tion outside the Coliseum at every USC homefootball game, debuted in 2005. Beginning3 hours before every home kickoff just east ofthe Coliseum peristyle, it features food, ac-tivities and live entertainment for young andold alike. It enhances the USC game experi-ence and provides an alternative (or addi-

tion) to tailgating in Exposition Park. Adjacentto the Trojan Fan Fest is the Miller Lite GreatTaste Zone (open to fans at least 21 years old),featuring Miller beverages and a bank of tele-visions showing live college football games.

***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” (he humorously wassingled out in remarks by President GeorgeW. Bush during USC’s national championshipvisit to the White House in March of 2004). Troyalso presidentially features a Jackson (DELawrence Jackson) and a Buchanan (WRWilliam Buchanon, spelled slightly differentthan the President). Four Trojans attendedhigh schools named after presidents (WRsSteve Smith and Greig Carlson attended TaftHS, FB Jody Adewale prepped at RooseveltHS and DT Jermyah Graves went to CantonMcKinley HS). And TE Dominique Byrd was anintern for Minnesota senator Mark Dayton.

***Six Trojans have relatives who played onnational championship USC football squads:SNP Will Collins (uncle, Joe Collins, was on the1974 team), OT Nick Howell (father, PatHowell, was an All-American on the 1978team), P Sean Limahelu (uncle, ChrisLimahelu, was on the 1974 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) andWR Brad Walker (cousin, Norm Katnik, was onthe 2003 team and cousin, Kurt Katnik, wason the 2003 and 2004 teams).

***Several Trojans have other relatives withUSC football connections. SNP Will Collins’brother, Rob Collins, was a walk-on at USC inthe 1980s. Three Trojans have uncles whowere Trojan footballers: LB Clay Matthews(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 second cousin isformer Trojan C.R. Roberts (1955-56).

***Speaking of genes: OT Sam Baker’s father,David, formerly played basketball at UC Irvineand then professionally in Europe, while hisbrother, 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). FB Mike

Brittingham 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. PK Mario Danelo’sfather, Joe, was a placekicker at Washing-ton State (1972-74) before playing in the NFLwith the Green Bay Packers (1975), New YorkGiants (1976-82) and Buffalo Bills (1983-84). TBHershel Dennis’ father, Hershel Sr., playedtailback at North Carolina A&T. S KevinEllison’s brother, Keith, is a senior linebackerat Oregon State (he formerly played at SanDiego State), while his cousin, Dominic Ellison,played basketball at Washington State andNew Mexico State. CB Alex Gomez’s brother,Cesar, played baseball at USC. DE RashaadGoodrum’s brother, Nuru, is a sophomore full-back at The Citadel. DE Lawrence Jackson’sbrother, Keith, was an offensive tackle at Ari-zona. WR Dwayne Jarrett’s cousin, DesmondBelton, is a sophomore wide receiver atIdaho. C Ryan Kalil’s father, Frank, was acenter at Arizona (1980-82) and with the USFL’sArizona Wranglers (1983) and Houston Gam-blers (1984). FB Sean Kelly’s father, Mike, wasan All-American swimmer at USC (1977-80),his sister, Megan, is a freshman on USC’s crosscountry team and his great grandfather,Arnold Horween, kicked the winning PAT inHarvard’s 7-6 victory over Oregon in the 1920Rose Bowl to help the Crimson to the last ofits 7 national football championships (also afullback, Arnold played alongside his brother,RB Ralph Horween). FB David Kirtman’s fa-ther, Louis, ran track at California, his brother,Michael, was on Pomona-Pitzer’s football andtrack teams and his uncle, Nate Kirtman,played football at Stanford in 1967. OT TaitusiLutui’s brother, Sam, was an assistant footballcoach at Southern Utah, where he alsostarted on the line in 1995 and 1996, while heis also related to current BYU players T.J. Sitakeand David Tafuna and former Cougar OfaMohetau. LB Kaluka Maiava’s grandfather isex-pro wrestler Neff Maiava and his uncle ispro wrestler/actor “The Rock” (DwayneJohnson, who played football at Miami). OGFred Matua’s uncle, Navy Tuiasosopo, playedoffensive line at Utah State and later with theLos Angeles Rams, another uncle, MikeTuiasosopo, is the defensive line coach atArizona (he played defensive tackle at Pa-cific Lutheran from 1985 to 1988) and a dis-tant cousin, Manu Tuiasasosopo, was a 3-timeAll-Conference defensive lineman at UCLA(1976-78) who then played with the SeattleSeahawks and San Francisco 49ers. DT FiliMoala’s cousin is Oregon junior defensive line-man Haloti Ngata. OG Drew Radovich’s fa-ther, Mark, was a linebacker at Arizona State(1974-76). QB Mark Sanchez’s brothers—Nick(Yale football in 1992-93-94) and Brandon(DePaul)—were college athletes. 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), while their father, Arthur, was the


team physician for the San Francisco 49ers(he now serves in that role for the NHL’s SanJose Sharks). 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). TB LenDale White is the cousin of formerNotre Dame (1998) and Pittsburgh (2000-01)tailback/wide receiver Darcey Levy (whoplayed in the NFL), ex-Wyoming (1998-2002)linebacker Herman White and former Colo-rado point guard Chauncey Billups, now inthe 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. CB Justin Wyatt’s father, Porter, playedbaseball in the Milwaukee Brewers organiza-tion, while his uncle, Reggie, was in the Kan-sas City Royals system. WR John Zilka’s grand-father, Jake Nagode, played basketball atNorthwestern (1936-38) and then profession-ally in the late-1940s, while his sister, Allison,lettered on the Arizona women’s soccer teamin 1994. DB coach Greg Burns’ brother, Dex-ter, was a defensive back at San Jose Statein the mid-1990s. Head coach Pete Carroll’swife, Glena, played volleyball at Pacific,while his son, Brennan, was a tight end atDelaware and Pitt (he currently is an assistantfootball coach at USC) and his daughter,Jaime, played on the 2000 USC women’s vol-leyball team. WR coach Lane Kiffin’s father,Monte, is the defensive coordinator of theTampa Bay Buccaneers (he is a longtime NFLand collegiate assistant coach who alsoserved as North Carolina State’s head coachin the early 1980s), while his brother, Chris, wasa defensive lineman at Colorado State. LBcoach Rocky Seto’s wife, Sharla, played soc-cer at USC. TE coach Brennan Carroll is theson of USC head coach Pete Carroll. DEF/LBcoach Ken Norton Jr. is the son of Ken NortonSr., the former world heavyweight boxingchampion who played football at NortheastMissouri State.

***How about these names: DE FrosteeRucker (that’s his real first name). OT TaitusiLutui (he goes by “Deuce”). OG Alatini Malu,who answers to “Tiny” (he’s 6-4 and 340pounds). DT Travis Tofi. DT Fili Moala. CBMozique McCurtis. LB Kaluka Maiava. LB ReyMaualuga. Then, there’s S Darnell Bing andthe Ting twins (DBs Brandon and Ryan). Whatabout video assistant Yogi Roth. And offen-sive line coach Pat Ruel’s real first name isGolden.

IN THE NFLUSC is always well-represented in the NFL. Atthe start of training camp this summer, therewere 42 ex-Trojans on NFL rosters. Last year,there were 25 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 and Rodney Peete and DBsSammy Knight, Troy Polamalu, Brian Kelly andDaylon McCutcheon. Six NFL head coacheshave USC ties (either as former players or as-sistants): Washington’s Joe Gibbs,

Jacksonville’s Jack Del Rio, Tennessee’s JeffFisher, Seattle’s Mike Holmgren, Detroit’s SteveMariucci and Oakland’s Norv Turner. Tencurrent 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), OT Nick Howell (father, PatHowell), OG Fred Matua (cousins, Navy andManu Tuiasosopo), LB Clay Matthews (grand-father, Clay Matthews Sr.; father, ClayMatthews; uncle, Bruce Matthews), QBMichael McDonald (father, Paul McDonald),WR Brad Walker (cousin, Norm Katnik), TBLenDale White (cousin, Darcey Levy) and OTKyle Williams (uncle, Eric Williams; grandfa-ther, Roy Williams). OT Sam Baker’s father,David, is the commissioner of the Arena Foot-ball League. And C Ryan Kalil’s father, Frank,played in the USFL. Additionally, head coachPete Carroll was an NFL head coach and as-sistant coach, and assistants Jethro Franklin,Lane Kiffin, Todd McNair, Pat Ruel and SteveSarkisian were NFL assistants. Five assistantcoaches played professionally: Sam Anno,Jethro Franklin, Ken Norton Jr. and ToddMcNair were in the NFL, while Steve Sarkisianwas in the CFL.

ROSTER UPDATEHere are updates from the roster in the 2005USC football media guide:

***Two players have changed numbers:Taylor Odegard is now #25 and Jody Adewaleis now #35.

***Six former walk-ons—PK Mario Danelo,FB Mike Brittingham, TB Andre Woodert, OGJohn Lanza, C Ross Burruel and WR JohnZilka—have been awarded scholarships (biosare below).

***Add former walk-on QB MichaelMcDonald (#16, 6-2, 185, So.*/Jr., NewportBeach, Newport Harbor HS), who also hasbeen awarded a scholarship this fall (his biois below).

***Also add TB Chauncey Washington(#23, 6-1, 205, So.*/Jr., Torrance, South Tor-rance HS), who was a backup in 2003 (he ranfor 65 yards on 19 carries while appearing in7 games) and then redshirted the 2004 sea-son while academically ineligible. He is aca-demically ineligible to compete in games in2005, but he can practice with the Trojans thisseason.

***Change the class standing of LB RyanPowdrell to Jr.*/Sr. (after petitioning the NCAA,he was allowed to redshirt the 2004 seasonfollowing brief action on special teams in theVirginia Tech opener; as his penalty, he hadto sit out the first 2 games of 2005) and WRJohn Zilka to Sr./Sr.

***Four players have joined the team aswalk-ons: #35 Justin Hart (S, 6-0, 165, Fr./Fr.,West Covina, South Hills HS), #48 Matthew Jor-dan (CB, 5-8, 175, Los Angeles, Campbell HallHS), #57 Nick Garratt (LB, 6-1, 225, Fr./Fr., SouthLake Tahoe, South Tahoe HS) and #94Jermyah Graves (DT, 6-0, 325, Jr./Jr. Canton,OH, Canton McKinley HS/North Iowa AreaCC).

***Two players have switched positions:William Buchanon is now a CB-WR and WillHarris is now a CB-S.

***Running backs coach Todd McNairhas the added duty of special teams coordi-nator.

***Delete: DE Walker Lee Ashley (did notqualify for admission).

BIOS OF NEW SCHOLARSHIP TROJANS

MIKE BRITTINGHAM—A one-time walk-on, heearned a scholarship in the fall of 2005 and servesas a reserve fullback and key special teams playeras a junior in 2005…As a sophomore in 2004, hewas a reserve linebacker and then fullback, as wellas playing on special teams, and he recorded 1tackle (at Oregon State) while appearing in 11games (all but Virginia Tech and California)…As aredshirt freshman reserve fullback in 2003, he ap-peared in 1 game (Oregon State) on specialteams…He redshirted as a first-year freshmansafety in 2002, his first year at USC…He preppedat Foothill High in Santa Ana (Calif.), where heearned All-CIF Division VI first team honors as asenior defensive back in 2001…He has 5 relativeswith athletic backgrounds: sister, Kristine, letteredon UCLA’s women’s soccer team in 2000 and 2001,cousins Jack and Robert Brittingham were 3-year(1933-35) football lettermen at California, greatuncle Richard Munroe lettered in football at bothStanford (1942) and California (1943), and greatgreat grandfather Louis Sumner lettered in foot-ball at Wisconsin (1889, 1891-92).

ROSS BURRUEL—A one-time walk-on, he earned ascholarship in the fall of 2005 and serves as a re-serve center as a senior in 2005…As a junior reservecenter in 2004, he did not see any action…He en-rolled at USC in the spring of 2004 after transferringfrom Chabot Junior College in Hayward (Calif.),where he played in 2002 and 2003…He preppedat Castro Valley (Calif.) High.

MARIO DANELO—A one-time walk-on, he earneda scholarship in the fall of 2005 and earned thestarting placekicking job as a sophomore in2005…He did not see any action as a redshirt fresh-man reserve placekicker in 2004…He redshirtedas a first-year freshman placekicker in 2003, his firstyear at USC…He prepped at San Pedro (Calif.)High, where he played football (he was an All-L.A.City first team linebacker as a senior in 2002) andsoccer…His father, Joe, was a placekicker atWashington State (1972-74) before playing in theNFL with the Green Bay Packers (1975), New YorkGiants (1976-82) and Buffalo Bills (1983-84).

JOHN LANZA—A one-time walk-on, he earned ascholarship in the fall of 2005 and serves as a re-serve offensive guard as a junior in 2005…As asophomore reserve offensive guard in 2004, heappeared briefly in 2 games (Arizona State andWashington)…He did not see any action as aredshirt freshman reserve center and offensiveguard in 2003…He redshirted as a first-year fresh-man offensive tackle in 2002, his first year atUSC…He prepped at Horizon High in San Diego(Calif.).

MICHAEL McDONALD—A one-time walk-on, heearned a scholarship in the fall of 2005 and servesas a reserve quarterback as a sophomore in2005…He did not see any action as a redshirt fresh-man reserve quarterback in 2004…He redshirtedas a first-year freshman quarterback in 2003, hisfirst year at USC…He prepped at Newport HarborHigh in Newport Beach (Calif.), where he starredin football and volleyball…His father, Paul, was a3-year (1977-79) letterman quarterback at USCwho helped the Trojans to the 1978 national cham-pionship and earned All-American and AcademicAll-American honors in 1979 (he then played in theNFL with the Browns and Cowboys from 1980 to1987 and now serves as the radio analyst on USCfootball broadcasts).

ANDRE WOODERT—A one-time walk-on, he earneda scholarship in the fall of 2005 and serves as areserve tailback as a senior in 2005…As a juniorreserve tailback in 2004, he appeared briefly in 2games (California and Arizona), getting 1 carry for4 yards (4.0 avg.) against Arizona…As a sopho-more reserve tailback in 2003, he appeared in 5games (Hawaii, Arizona State, Stanford, NotreDame and UCLA) and had 3 carries for 19 yards(6.3 avg.)…He had a carry for a loss of 3 yards atNotre Dame and 2 rushes for 22 yards at UCLA (hisfirst carry went for 22 yards)…He did not see anyaction as a redshirt freshman tailback and safetyin 2002…He redshirted as a first-year freshmansafety in 2001, his first year at USC…He preppedat Agoura (Calif.) High.


JOHN ZILKA—A one-time walk-on, he earned ascholarship in the fall of 2005 and serves as a re-serve wide receiver as a senior in 2005…As a juniorin 2004, he appeared briefly in 1 game (Washing-ton), but did not catch a pass…He appearedbriefly in 1 game (Stanford) as a sophomore in2003, but did not catch a pass…He appearedbriefly in 2 games (UCLA and Iowa) as a first-yearfreshman in 2002, but did not catch a pass…Heprepped at Lake Forest (Ill.) High.

ON TVUSC is one of America’s most televised teams.The Trojans have appeared on live national,regional or local telecasts 337 times, includ-ing 203 of the past 205 games (USC’s last 44games 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).

2006 SCHEDULE REVISEDIn August of 2005, the Pac-10 revised theleague’s 2006 football schedule. Here is USC’srevised 2006 schedule (with changes in bold-face from what currently appears in the 2005USC football media guide):

2006Sept. 9 at ArkansasSept. 16 NebraskaSept. 23 at ArizonaSept. 30 at Washington StateOct. 7 WashingtonOct. 14 Arizona StateOct. 28 at Oregon StateNov. 4 at StanfordNov. 11 OregonNov. 18 CaliforniaNov. 25 Notre DameDec. 2 at UCLA

ACADEMICSAmong the top scholars on the 2005 Trojansquad are: S Ryan Ting (team-high 3.90,American studies and ethnicity), FB BrandonHancock (3.89, communication), S BrandonTing (3.76, American studies and ethnicity), TENick Vanderboom (3.55, business administra-tion), WR John Zilka (3.41, business adminis-tration), LB Clay Matthews (3.22), OT JonathanRichert (3.11, history), QB Tom Harwood (3.06,business administration), TB Andre Woodert(3.04, kinesiology), OG Jeff Byers (2.98, busi-ness administration), PK Phil Mellinger (2.97,mechanical engineering), OT Thomas Herring(2.91), CB Jim Abbott (2.91), WR Wil Smith (2.88,public policy, management and planning),P Sean Limahelu (2.85, anthropology), FB MikeBrittingham (2.82, business administration) andFB Jody Adewale (2.80, psychology). BothTings made the 2004 Pac-10 All-Academicsecond team, while Vanderboom made hon-orable mention. Hancock, a member of PhiBeta Kappa (the nation’s oldest honor soci-ety), was a 2003 CoSIDA Academic All-Dis-trict VIII first team and Pac-10 All-Academicfirst team selection. In its history, USC footballhas produced 22 Academic All-American firstteamers (tops in the Pac-10 and sixth in thenation), 20 NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarshipwinners, 12 National Football FoundationScholar-Athletes, 5 NCAA Silver AnniversaryAward winners, 4 NCAA Today’s Top Six win-ners, 1 Rhodes Scholar and 1 Academic All-American Hall of Famer.

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. The premiere public event of USC’s125th Anniversary will be a 4-day (Oct. 6-9)all-university celebration called USC Festival125. This weekend, which corresponds withUSC’s Founders Day (the actual 125th anni-versary of the university), Half Century Trojans’Weekend, and Trojan Parents’ Weekend, willinclude an all-university open house. Theschools will provide facility/laboratory tours,lectures, cultural performances, andcelebratory events in their buildings and inoutdoor venues. Finally, the university will behosting a selection of central events com-memorating this important milestone, includ-ing an academic celebration in Bovard, abirthday picnic lunch in Alumni Park, and aspecial 125th anniversary concert in Bovard.USC’s Oct. 8 home football game againstArizona will be part of USC Festival 125.

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 culture fea-turing new learning techniques, curriculumand organizational structure and for demon-strating a strong commitment to liberal arts

education 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.

SCOUTING ARIZONA STATEArizona State, whose only loss in 2005 hasbeen narrowly to then-No. 5 LSU, 35-31, is com-ing off a big Pac-10 opening win at OregonState last Saturday, 42-24. Fifth-year headcoach Dirk Koetter’s potent offense ranks highnationally in most statistical categories: sec-ond in passing offense (395.8, first in Pac-10),fourth in total offense (591.8, second in Pac-10), sixth in passing efficiency (177.1, secondin Pac-10) and tied for sixth in scoring offense(47.0, third in Pac-10). Triggering the ASU of-fense is junior QB Sam Keller (88-of-147, 59.9%,1,443 yds, 16 TD, 2 int in 2005), who is fifth na-tionally in total offense (356.5, first in Pac-10)and seventh in passing efficiency (175.5, thirdin Pac-10). Freshman TB Keegan Herring (55tcb, 425 yds, 7.7 avg, 4 TD in 2005), who is 20th

nationally in rushing (106.3, fourth in Pac-10),and soph TB Rudy Burgess (44 tcb, 186 yds,4.2 avg, 2 TD in 2005, plus 14 rec, 185 yds, 13.2avg, 3 TD) key the ground attack, while se-nior WRs Derek Hagan (26 rec, 431 yds, 16.6avg, 5 TD in 2005)—ASU’s career leader in re-ceptions (207) and receiving yards (3,160)whose 24 career TD catches is 1 shy of theASU record—and Moey Mutz (11 rec, 203 yds,18.5 avg, 1 TD in 2005) join Burgess as the toppass catchers. Hagan currently is 12th nation-ally in receiving yards (107.8, fourth in Pac-10) and 25th in receptions (6.5, fourth in Pac-10). Senior C-OG Grayling Love, a 2004 All-Pac-10 first teamer, anchors the offensive line.Senior LB Dale Robinson (36 tac, 7.5 for loss, 2sack, 2 FF in 2005) leads the Sun Devil defense,along with junior S Zach Catanese (32 tac,1.5 for loss, 1 sack, 1 FR, 1 dfl in 2005). ASU iseighth nationally in turnover margin (+1.8,second in Pac-10).

INJURY/STATUS UPDATEPOSSIBLE: DT LaJuan Ramsey (ankle), WRSteve Smith (shin), WR Greig Carlson (groin),TB Michael Coleman (hip), LB Dallas Sartz(shoulder), LB Brian Cushing (shoulder), DEChris Barrett (calf), S Mozique McCurtis (ab-domen), CB-S Will Harris (ankle).OUT: CB Kevin Thomas (mono), CB Terrell Tho-mas (knee), DE Jeff Schweiger (foot), FB SeanKelly (shoulder), OG Jeff Byers (hip), TB HershelDennis (knee), OT Thomas Herring (knee), TBChauncey Washington (ineligible).

QUOTABLE

OT Winston Justice, on his boxing work-outs in 2004: “Boxing has a lot of similarelements to what I do in football, with thehand placement and all that. I sparredwith a lot of fighters, mostly smaller guys.I think I held my own. But I don’t think Icould be a boxer. I don’t have the jawfor it. I have a much better respect forboxers now.”


USC IN NCAA/PAC-10 STAT RANKINGS

NCAA PAC-10NAME CATEGORY AVG RANK* RANK**Matt Leinart Passing Eff. 200.4 2 1Dwayne Jarrett Scoring 14.0 3 1Steve Smith Rec. Yards 135.7 3 2Reggie Bush All-Purp. Run. 212.0 3 1Desmond Reed Kickoff Ret. 40.8 5 1Matt Leinart Total Off. 349.3 7 2Reggie Bush Scoring 12.0 7T 2TJosh Pinkard Interceptions 0.7 11T 2Reggie Bush Rushing 111.0 18 3Frostee Rucker Sacks 3.5 — 1Mario Danelo PAT Kicking 1.000 — 1TFrostee Rucker Tack. For Loss 6.5 — 2Dwayne Jarrett Receptions 6.3 — 5USC Scoring Off. 59.3 2 1USC Total Off. 615.7 2 1USC Passing Eff. 193.5 3 1USC Passing Off. 367.0 5 2USC Rushing Off. 245.7 13 2USC TO Margin +1.0 19T 3TUSC Kickoff Ret. 25.9 24 2USC 3rd D. Con. 59.4 — 1USC Opp. 4th D. Con. 0.0 — 1USC PAT Kicking 1.000 — 1TUSC Scoring Def. 15.7 — 2USC 4th D. Con. 66.7 — 2TUSC Sacks Against 3 — 2TUSC Total Def. 341.7 — 3USC Rushing Def. 107.3 — 3USC Red Zone Def. 77.8 — 3TUSC Opp. 1st D. 60 — 4USC Sacks By 10 — 4TUSC Penalties 68.7 — 5USC Opp. Pen. 57.0 — 5USC Passing Def. 234.3 — 5USC Pass. Eff. Def.119.2 — 5USC First Downs 87 — 5*Top 25 only**Top 5 only

RED ZONE PRODUCTION

GAME USC OPPONENTHAW 4 of 6 (TD, miss FG, 2 of 2 (FG, TD)

int, TD, TD, TD)ARK 5 of 6 (TD, TD, TD, 3 of 3 (TD, FG, TD)

TD, failed 4th, TD)ORE 7 of 8 (int, TD, FG, 2 of 4 (FG, miss FG, FG,

TD, TD, TD, TD, TD) failed 4 th)TOTAL 16 of 20 (80.0%) 7 of 9 (77.8%)

15—TD 3—TD1—FG 4—FG1—miss FG 1—miss FG2—int 1—failed 4th

1—failed 4th

TOM MALONE PUNTS

GAME PUNTS WITHIN 20 50+ YARDSARK 1 0 0ORE 2 1 0TOTAL 3 1 0

TROY VAN BLARCOM KICKOFFS

GAME KICKOFFS WITHIN 20 (TOUCHBACKS)HAW 10 7 (2)ARK 11 7 (5)ORE 8 3 (1)TOTAL 29 17 (8)


DEPTH CHARTOFFENSE

SE — 8 Dwayne Jarrett (6-5, 210, So.) 1 Patrick Turner (6-5, 220, Fr.)31 William Buchanon (6-3, 185, Sr.*) OR 4 Whitney Lewis (6-1, 225, So.*)

LT — 79 Sam Baker (6-5, 305, So.*)78 Kyle Williams (6-6, 295, Jr.*)

LG — 71 Taitusi Lutui (6-6, 365, Sr.)60 Drew Radovich (6-5, 300, So.*)

C — 67 Ryan Kalil (6-3, 285, Jr.)69 Matt Spanos (6-5, 300, So.*) OR51 Fred Matua (6-2, 305, Jr.*)

RG — 51 Fred Matua (6-2, 305, Jr.*)66 Chilo Rachal (6-5, 300, Fr.*)

RT — 74 Winston Justice (6-6, 300, Jr.*)70 Alatini Malu (6-4, 340, So.*) OR78 Kyle Williams (6-6, 295, Jr.*)

TE — 86 Dominique Byrd (6-3, 260, Sr.)89 Dale Thompson (6-4, 255, So.) OR83 Fred Davis (6-4, 225, So.)88 Jimmy Miller (6-5, 250, Fr.*)

FL — 2 Steve Smith (6-0, 195, Jr.)82 Chris McFoy (6-1, 200, Jr.*)19 Greig Carlson (5-10, 190, Sr.*)

QB — 11 Matt Leinart (6-5, 225, Sr.*)10 John David Booty (6-3, 195, So.*) 6 Mark Sanchez (6-4, 215, Fr.) OR16 Michael McDonald 96-2, 185, So.*)

FB — 37 David Kirtman (6-0, 230, Sr.*)40 Brandon Hancock (6-1, 230, Jr.*)35 Jody Adewale (6-0, 230, So.*)

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

DEFENSE

DE — 96 Lawrence Jackson (6-5, 265, So.*)97 Alex Morrow (6-6, 265, So.*) OR91 Chris Barrett (6-5, 265, So.*)

NT — 49 Sedrick Ellis (6-1, 285, So.*)95 Travis Tofi (6-4, 255, Jr.*)

DT — 98 LaJuan Ramsey (6-3, 290, Sr.)75 Fili Moala (6-4, 300, Fr.*)63 Travis Draper (6-4, 295, Fr.*) OR93 Lawrence Miles (6-2, 265, Fr.*)

DE — 90 Frostee Rucker (6-3, 260, Sr.*)44 Rashaad Goodrum (6-3, 245, Jr.*) OR84 Kyle Moore (6-7, 265, Fr.)

SLB — 41 Thomas Williams (6-3, 230, So.*)10 Brian Cushing (6-4, 235, Fr.) OR47 Clay Matthews (6-3, 225, Fr.*) OR59 Collin Ashton (6-1, 220, Sr.*)

MLB — 45 Oscar Lua (6-1, 240, Jr.*)41 Thomas Williams (6-3, 230, So.*)58 Rey Maualuga (6-3, 250, Fr.)

WLB — 55 Keith Rivers (6-3, 220, So.)59 Collin Ashton (6-1, 220, Sr.*)

CB — 24 Justin Wyatt (5-10, 185, Sr.) 7 Cary Harris (6-1, 180, Fr.)

FS — 29 Scott Ware (6-2, 215, Sr.)36 Josh Pinkard (6-1, 200, So.)39 Ryan Ting (5-10, 180, Jr.)

SS — 20 Darnell Bing (6-2, 220, Jr.)36 Josh Pinkard (6-1, 200, So.) 4 Kevin Ellison (6-1, 220, Fr.)38 Brandon Ting (5-10, 180, Jr.)

CB — 18 John Walker (6-1, 200, Sr.*)31 William Buchanon (6-3, 185, Sr.*)

SPECIALISTS

P — 14 Tom Malone (6-0, 205, Sr.)25 Taylor Odegard (5-9, 170, Fr.*) OR 5 Reggie Bush (6-0, 200, Jr.)

PK — 19 Mario Danelo (5-10, 185, So.*)—PAT, FG17 Troy Van Blarcom (6-3, 210, Fr.)—KO

SNP — 50 Will Collins (6-2, 220, So.*)59 Collin Ashton (6-1, 220, Sr.*)

HLD — 14 Tom Malone (6-0, 205, Sr.)19 Greig Carlson (5-10, 190, Sr.*)

RETURNERS

KOR — 5 Reggie Bush (6-0, 200, Jr.) AND22 Desmond Reed (5-9, 180, So.*)24 Justin Wyatt (5-10, 185, Sr.)

PR — 5 Reggie Bush (6-0, 200, Jr.)19 Greig Carlson (5-10, 190, Sr.*) OR22 Desmond Reed (5-9, 180, So.*)

2005 USC Trojans Football Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 24, 2005)

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES........... (3-0-0) (1-0-0) (2-0-0) (0-0-0) CONFERENCE.......... (1-0-0) (0-0-0) (1-0-0) (0-0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (2-0-0) (1-0-0) (1-0-0) (0-0-0)

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND TEAM STATISTICS USC OPP ------------ ------------------------ --- ----- ------ --------------------------------------------------- Sep 3, 2005 at Hawai`i W 63-17 50000 FIRST DOWNS.............. 87 60 Sep 17, 2005 ARKANSAS W 70-17 90411 Rushing................ 32 20 *Sep 24, 2005 at #24 Oregon W 45-13 59129 Passing................ 49 34 * denotes conference game Penalty................ 6 6 RUSHING YARDAGE.......... 746 322 RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G Yards gained rushing... 791 424 ----------------------------------------------------------- Yards lost rushing..... 45 102 Bush, Reggie 3 40 347 14 333 8.3 4 76 111.0 Rushing Attempts....... 108 102 White, LenDale 3 38 243 3 240 6.3 4 26 80.0 Average Per Rush....... 6.9 3.2 Reed, Desmond 3 12 112 4 108 9.0 1 43 36.0 Average Per Game....... 248.7 107.3 Coleman, M. 1 8 42 1 41 5.1 0 16 41.0 TDs Rushing............ 10 0 Leinart, Matt 3 7 40 20 20 2.9 1 20 6.7 PASSING YARDAGE.......... 1101 703 Woodert, Andre 1 1 7 0 7 7.0 0 7 7.0 Att-Comp-Int........... 102-66-2 112-66-4 Griffin, John 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Average Per Pass....... 10.8 6.3 Booty, J.D. 3 1 0 3 -3 -3.0 0 0 -1.0 Average Per Catch...... 16.7 10.7 Total.......... 3 108 791 45 746 6.9 10 76 248.7 Average Per Game....... 367.0 234.3 Opponents...... 3 102 424 102 322 3.2 0 26 107.3 TDs Passing............ 13 5 TOTAL OFFENSE............ 1847 1025 PASSING GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Total Plays............ 210 214 --------------------------------------------------------------- Average Per Play....... 8.8 4.8 Leinart, Matt 3 200.40 87-59-2 67.8 1028 10 67 342.7 Average Per Game....... 615.7 341.7 Booty, J.D. 3 131.40 14-6-0 42.9 69 2 21 23.0 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 11-285 21-504 McDonald, M. 1 463.60 1-1-0 100.0 4 1 4 4.0 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 5-27 4-12 Total.......... 3 193.51 102-66-2 64.7 1101 13 67 367.0 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS..... 4-75 2-38 Opponents...... 3 119.24 112-66-4 58.9 703 5 43 234.3 FUMBLES-LOST............. 4-1 6-2 PENALTIES-YARDS.......... 24-206 23-171 RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G PUNTS-AVG................ 4-38.0 16-39.7 ------------------------------------------------- TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME.. 28:26 31:34 Jarrett, Dwayne 3 19 261 13.7 7 38 87.0 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 19/32 19/46 Smith, Steve 3 17 407 23.9 1 67 135.7 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 4/6 0/3 Bush, Reggie 3 10 171 17.1 2 40 57.0 Byrd, Dominique 3 6 62 10.3 0 18 20.7 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Kirtman, David 3 4 67 16.8 1 21 22.3 --------------------------------------- Hancock, B. 3 2 37 18.5 0 21 12.3 Pinkard, Josh 2 0 0.0 0 0 White, LenDale 3 2 30 15.0 0 19 10.0 Maiava, Kaluka 1 10 10.0 0 10 Turner, Patrick 3 2 25 12.5 1 21 8.3 Bing, Darnell 1 65 65.0 1 65 McFoy, Chris 3 2 23 11.5 0 16 7.7 Total.......... 4 75 18.8 1 65 Carlson, Greig 2 1 14 14.0 0 14 7.0 Opponents...... 2 38 19.0 0 38 Miller, Jimmy 3 1 4 4.0 1 4 1.3 Total.......... 3 66 1101 16.7 13 67 367.0 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd Opponents...... 3 66 703 10.7 5 43 234.3 ----------------------------------------------------- Malone, Tom 3 114 38.0 46 0 0 1 0 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk Odegard, Taylor 1 38 38.0 38 0 0 1 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Total.......... 4 152 38.0 46 0 0 2 0 Danelo, Mario 1-2 50.0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 36 0 Opponents...... 16 635 39.7 52 1 4 4 0 |------- PATs -------| PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Bush, Reggie 4 27 6.8 0 24 Jarrett, Dwayne 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 Buchanon, W. 1 0 0.0 0 0 Bush, Reggie 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36 Total.......... 5 27 5.4 0 24 Danelo, Mario 0 1-2 25-25 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 28 Opponents...... 4 12 3.0 0 7 White, LenDale 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 Reed, Desmond 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Miller, Jimmy 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 --------------------------------------- Bing, Darnell 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Bush, Reggie 6 105 17.5 0 30 Turner, Patrick 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Reed, Desmond 4 163 40.8 0 51 Kirtman, David 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Ashton, Collin 1 17 17.0 0 17 Smith, Steve 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Total.......... 11 285 25.9 0 51 Leinart, Matt 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Opponents...... 21 504 24.0 0 67 Total.......... 25 1-2 25-25 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 178 Opponents...... 5 4-5 5-5 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 47 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ------------------------------------------------------ SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Bush, Reggie 3 333 171 27 105 0 636 212.0 -------------------- --- --- --- --- --- Smith, Steve 3 0 407 0 0 0 407 135.7 USC Trojans......... 35 38 63 42 - 178 Reed, Desmond 3 108 0 0 163 0 271 90.3 Opponents........... 20 6 7 14 - 47 White, LenDale 3 240 30 0 0 0 270 90.0 Jarrett, Dwayne 3 0 261 0 0 0 261 87.0 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Kirtman, David 3 0 67 0 0 0 67 22.3 ---------------------------------------------- Bing, Darnell 2 0 0 0 0 65 65 32.5 Leinart, Matt 3 94 20 1028 1048 349.3 Byrd, Dominique 3 0 62 0 0 0 62 20.7 Bush, Reggie 3 40 333 0 333 111.0 Coleman, M. 1 41 0 0 0 0 41 41.0 White, LenDale 3 38 240 0 240 80.0 Hancock, B. 3 0 37 0 0 0 37 12.3 Reed, Desmond 3 12 108 0 108 36.0 Turner, Patrick 3 0 25 0 0 0 25 8.3 Booty, J.D. 3 15 -3 69 66 22.0 McFoy, Chris 3 0 23 0 0 0 23 7.7 Coleman, M. 1 8 41 0 41 41.0 Leinart, Matt 3 20 0 0 0 0 20 6.7 Woodert, Andre 1 1 7 0 7 7.0 Ashton, Collin 3 0 0 0 17 0 17 5.7 McDonald, M. 1 1 0 4 4 4.0 Carlson, Greig 2 0 14 0 0 0 14 7.0 Total.......... 3 210 746 1101 1847 615.7 Maiava, Kaluka 3 0 0 0 0 10 10 3.3 Opponents...... 3 214 322 703 1025 341.7 Woodert, Andre 1 7 0 0 0 0 7 7.0 Miller, Jimmy 3 0 4 0 0 0 4 1.3 Total.......... 3 746 1101 27 285 75 2234 744.7 Opponents...... 3 322 703 12 504 38 1579 526.3

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45 Lua, Oscar 3 16 3 19 . 0.5-0 . . . . . . .

55 Rivers, Keith 3 15 3 18 2.0-6 . . . . . . . .

90 Rucker, Frostee 3 15 3 18 6.5-35 3.5-28 . . . . . . .

18 Walker, John 3 13 1 14 . . . 2 . . . . .

36 Pinkard, Josh 3 11 2 13 . . 2-0 . . . 1 . .

96 Jackson, L. 3 10 1 11 2.0-11 2.5-11 . 1 . . . . .

42 Sartz, Dallas 2 8 1 9 2.5-6 2.0-5 . . . . . . .

49 Ellis, Sedrick 3 6 3 9 3.0-9 0.5-0 . 2 1 . . . .

98 Ramsey, LaJuan 3 6 2 8 2.5-6 0.5-4 . . . . . . .

59 Ashton, Collin 3 8 . 8 . . . . . . 1 . .

41 Williams, T. 3 5 3 8 1.0-4 . . 1 . . . . .

24 Wyatt, Justin 3 6 2 8 0.5-0 . . . . . . . .

29 Ware, Scott 3 6 2 8 . . . . . . . . .

39 Ting, Ryan 3 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . .

28 Thomas, Terrell 2 5 1 6 . . . 1 . . . . .

43 Maiava, Kaluka 3 2 3 5 . . 1-10 . . . . . .

20 Bing, Darnell 2 4 . 4 . . 1-65 4 . . . . .

58 Maualuga, Rey 2 4 . 4 2.0-10 . . . . . . . .

0D Ellison, Kevin 3 3 . 3 . . . . 2 . 1 . .

97 Morrow, Alex 3 3 . 3 . . . 1 . . . . .

38 Ting, Brandon 3 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .

95 Tofi, Travis 3 1 2 3 . 0.5-0 . . . . . . .

35 Adewale, Jody 3 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .

44 Goodrum, R. 3 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .

22 Reed, Desmond 3 2 . 2 . . . . . 1-15 . . .

93 Miles, Lawrence 2 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

91 Barrett, Chris 1 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

4G Matthews, Clay 2 . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . .

75 Moala, Fili 3 1 . 1 1.0-1 . . . . . . . .

1J Cushing, Brian 1 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1 . .

2B Abbott, Jim 1 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .

30 Brittingham, M. 3 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .

15 Thomas, Kevin 1 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

64 Davis, Mike 1 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

17 Van Blarcom, T. 3 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

84 Moore, Kyle 1 . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . .

Total.......... 3 164 40 204 23-88 10-58 4-75 13 3 2-15 4 . .

Opponents...... 3 135 32 167 13-36 3-17 2-38 8 3 1-0 1 . .

2005 USC Trojans Football Defensive Team Statistics (as of Sep 24, 2005)

2005 GAME-BY-GAME STATSINDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

(USC game highs in bold face)

Name Hawaii Arkansas Oregon Ariz. St. Arizona No. Dame Wash. Wash. St. Stanford Cal Fresno St. UCLA

Rushing: TCB-NET-TDBush 12-86-2 8-125-1 20-122-1White 13-69-0 10-60-2 15-111-2Reed 5-26-1 3-50-0 4-32-0Coleman -- 8-41-0 --Leinart 2-(-1)-0 2-8-1 3-13-0Woodert -- 1-7-0 --Griffin -- 1-0-0 --Booty 1-(-3)-0 -- --

Passing: PA-PC-INT-YDS-TDLeinart 24-18-1 24-18-0 39-23-1

332-3 381-4 315-3Booty 5-2-0 9-4-0 --

9-1 60-1McDonald -- 1-1-0 --

4-1

Receiving: NO-YDS-TDJarrett 7-88-3 4-79-2 8-94-2S. Smith 7-185-1 4-129-0 6-93-0Bush 4-58-0 3-70-1 3-43-1Byrd 1-3-0 2-27-0 3-32-0Kirtman -- 3-46-1 1-21-0Hancock -- 1-21-0 1-16-0White -- 2-30-0 --Turner -- 2-25-1 --McFoy 1-7-0 -- 1-16-0Carlson -- 1-14-0 --Miller -- 1-4-1 --

Punting: NO-YDS-LONGMalone -- 1-31-31 2-83-46Odegard 1-38-38 -- --

Punt Returns: NO-YDS-LONGBush -- -- 4-27-24Buchanon -- -- 1-0-0

Kickoff Returns: NO-YDS-LONGBush 1-14-14 2-16-10 3-75-30Reed 1-33-33 2-101-51 1-29-29Ashton 1-17-17 -- --

Interceptions: NO-YDS-TDPinkard -- 1-0-0 1-0-0Bing 1-65-1 -- --Maiava -- 1-10-0 --

Name Hawaii Arkansas Oregon Ariz. St. Arizona No. Dame Wash. Wash. St. Stanford Cal Fresno St. UCLA

Defensive Statistics: TAC-FOR LOSS-PASS DEF-FUM RECLua 3-0-0-0 8-0-0-0 8-0.5-0-0Rivers 3-0-0-0 7-0-0-0 8-2-0-0Rucker 4-1-0-0 5-2.5-0-0 7-4-0-0J. Walker 5-0-1-0 5-0-0-0 4-0-1-0Pinkard 5-0-0-0 6-0-0-0 2-0-0-0Jackson 4-2-1-0 4-0-0-0 4-0.5-0-0Sartz 7-2-0-0 1-0.5-0-0 --Ellis 1-0-1-0 4-1-0-0 4-2.5-1-0Ramsey 4-1-0-0 3-1.5-0-0 1-0-0-0Ashton 5-0-0-0 3-0-0-0 --T. Williams 3-0-0-0 1-1-1-0 4-0-0-0Wyatt 5-0-0-0 3-0.5-0-0 --Ware 1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 5-0-0-0R.Ting -- 6-0-0-0 --T. Thomas 3-0-0-0 2-0-1-0 --Maiava -- 3-0-0-0 2-0-0-0Bing 2-0-0-0 -- 2-0-4-0Maualuga -- 3-2-0-0 1-0-0-0Ellison 1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 --Morrow 1-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 1-0-0-0B. Ting -- 1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0Tofi -- 2-0-0-0 1-0.5-0-0Adewale -- 1-0-0-0 1-0-0-0Goodrum -- -- 2-0-0-0Reed 1-0-0-1* -- 1-0-0-0Miles -- 1-0-0-0 --Barrett 1-0-0-0 -- --Matthews -- 1-0-0-0 --Moala -- 1-1-0-0 --Cushing 1-0-0-0 -- --Abbott -- 1-0-0-0 --Brittingham 1-0-0-0 -- --K. Thomas -- 1-0-1-0 --M. Davis -- 1-0-0-0 --Van Blarcom -- -- 1-0-0-0Moore 0-0-0-1 -- --*Returned for a touchdown

USC TEAM STATISTICSHawaii Arkansas Oregon Ariz. St. Arizona No. Dame Wash. Wash. St. Stanford Cal Fresno St. UCLA

First Downs 24 32 31 Rush 9 10 13 Pass 13 19 17 Penalty 2 3 1Rush Attempts 33 33 42 Yds Gain 200 301 290 Yds Lost 23 10 12 Net Yards 177 291 278Net Yds Pass 341 445 315 Pass Att 29 34 39 Pass Com 20 23 23 Had Int 1 0 1Tot Off Plays 62 67 81Tot Net Yards 518 736 593 Avg/Play 8.4 11.0 7.3Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0 2-1Penalties-Yds 9-97 4-23 11-86Punts-Yds 1-38 1-31 2-83 Avg/Punt 38.0 31.0 41.5Punt Ret-Yds 0-0 0-0 5-27KO Ret-Yds 3-64 4-117 4-104Int-Yards 1-65 2-10 1-0Fum Ret-Yds 1-15 0-0 0-0Poss Time 26:48 25:51 32:403rd Down Con 5-10 4-8 10-144th Down Con 2-2 2-3 0-1Sacks By-Yds 4-16 3-25 3-17

Game-By-Game Starters

Hawaii Arkansas Oregon Ariz. St. Arizona No. Dame Wash. Wash. St. Stanford Cal Fresno St. UCLA

OffenseSE Jarrett Jarrett JarrettLT Baker Baker BakerLG Lutui Lutui Lutui C Kalil Kalil KalilRG Matua Matua MatuaRT Justice Justice JusticeTE Thompson Byrd ByrdQB Leinart Leinart LeinartFB Kirtman Kirtman KirtmanTB Bush Bush BushFL S. Smith McFoy S. Smith

DefenseDE Jackson Jackson JacksonNT Ellis Ellis EllisDT Ramsey Ramsey RamseyDE Rucker Rucker RuckerSLB Sartz Sartz T. WilliamsMLB Lua Lua LuaWLB Rivers Rivers RiversCB Wyatt Wyatt WyattSS Bing Pinkard BingFS Ware Ware WareCB T. Thomas T.Thomas J. Walker

OPPONENT TEAM STATISTICS

Hawaii Arkansas Oregon Ariz. St. Arizona No. Dame Wash. Wash. St. Stanford Cal Fresno St. UCLA

First Downs 23 21 16 Rush 5 11 4 Pass 15 9 10 Penalty 3 1 2Rush Attempts 21 52 29 Yds Gain 79 244 101 Yds Lost 19 47 36 Net Yards 60 197 65Net Yds Pass 377 129 197 Pass Att 49 26 37 Pass Com 33 12 21 Had Int 1 2 1Tot Off Plays 70 78 66Tot Net Yards 437 326 262 Avg/Play 6.2 4.2 4.0Fumbles-Lost 4-2 1-0 1-0Penalties-Yds 9-55 7-48 7-68Punts-Yds 3-105 7-287 6-243 Avg/Punt 35.0 41.0 40.5Punt Ret-Yds 1-(-2) 1-4 2-10KO Ret-Yds 8-168 6-184 7-152Int-Yards 1-0 0-0 1-38Fum Ret-Yds 0-0 0-0 0-0Poss Time 33:12 34:09 27:203rd Down Con 6-13 8-18 5-154th Down Con 0-2 0-0 0-1Sacks By-Yds 1-4 1-9 1-4

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