2013 USC Trojans football team

The 2013 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. They played their home games at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and were members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 10–4, 6–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for second place in the South Division. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they defeated Fresno State.

2013 USC Trojans football
Las Vegas Bowl champion
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
APNo. 19
2013 record10–4 (6–3 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorClay Helton (1st as coordinator; 3rd overall season)
Offensive schemeWest Coast, pro-style offense with multiple formations
Defensive coordinatorClancy Pendergast (1st season)
Base defense5–2
CaptainDevon Kennard
Marqise Lee
Marcus Martin
Hayes Pullard
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Capacity: 93,607)
2013 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
North Division
No. 11 Stanford xy$  7 –2     11 –3  
No. 9 Oregon x  7 –2     11 –2  
No. 25 Washington  5 –4     9 –4  
Oregon State  4 –5     7 –6  
Washington State  4 –5     6 –7  
California  0 –9     1 –11  
South Division
No. 21 Arizona State x  8 –1     10 –4  
No. 16 UCLA  6 –3     10 –3  
No. 19 USC  6 –3     10 –4  
Arizona  4 –5     8 –5  
Utah  2 –7     5 –7  
Colorado  1 –8     4 –8  
Championship: Stanford 38, Arizona State 14
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Head coach Lane Kiffin, who was in his fourth year, was fired on September 29 after a 3–2 start to the season. He was replaced by interim head coach Ed Orgeron. At the end of the regular season, Washington head coach Steve Sarkisian was hired as the new head coach beginning in 2014. This prompted Orgeron to resign before the bowl game. Clay Helton led the Trojans in the Las Vegas Bowl.

Personnel

Coaching staff
Head Coach Lane Kiffin was fired on September 29, 2013 after losing the Arizona State game
NamePositionSeasons at
USC		Alma Mater
Clay HeltonInterim Head coach, Recruiting Coordinator, Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks Coach3Houston (1994)
John BaxterAssociate Head Coach, Special Teams Coordinator4Loras (1985)
Clancy PendergastDefensive Coordinator, Secondary Coach1Arizona (1990)
Mike SummersOffensive Line Coach, Running Game Coordinator1Kentucky (1980)
Ed OrgeronDefensive Line Coach, Interim Head Coach
Mike EkelerLinebackers Coach1Kansas State (1994)
James CreggAssistant Offensive Line Coach4Colorado State (1995)
Tee MartinWide Receivers Coach2Tennessee (2000)
Aaron AusmusStrength and Conditioning4Tennessee (1998)

Lane Kiffin started the season as the Trojans' head coach, but was fired on September 29 after a 3–2 start.[1] Ed Orgeron became the interim head coach, and went 6–2. He resigned on December 3 after it was announced that Steve Sarkisian was hired to be the permanent head coach.[2]

Depth chart

Recruiting class

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 298:00 p.m.at Hawaii*No. 24
CBSSNW 30–1339,058
September 77:30 p.m.Washington StateNo. 25
FS1L 7–1077,823
September 1412:00 p.m.Boston College*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
P12NW 35–762,006
September 2112:30 p.m.Utah State*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
ABC/ESPN2W 17–1463,482
September 287:30 p.m.at Arizona State
ESPN2L 41–6264,987
October 107:30 p.m.Arizona
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
FS1W 38–3164,215
October 194:30 p.m.at Notre Dame*
NBCL 10–1480,795
October 261:00 p.m.Utah
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
P12NW 19–364,715
November 16:00 p.m.at Oregon State
ESPN2W 31–1445,379
November 912:00 p.m.at California
FOXW 62–2849,199
November 165:00 p.m.No. 5 Stanford
ABCW 20–1793,607
November 236:30 p.m.at ColoradoNo. 23
P12NW 47–2936,005
November 305:00 p.m.vs. No. 22 UCLANo. 23
ABCL 14–3586,037
December 2112:30 p.m.No. 20 Fresno State
ABCW 45–2042,178
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

Hawaii
USC at Hawaii
1 234Total
• #24 Trojans 3 17010 30
Rainbow Warriors 0 508 13
Sources:[3]
See also: 2013 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

Washington State
1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 0 7 0 3 10
#25 Trojans 0 7 0 0 7
See also: 2013 Washington State Cougars football team

1st quarter scoring: None

2nd quarter scoring: USC – Cody Kessler 4-yard run (Andre Heidari kick); WSU – Damante Horton 70-yard interception return (Andrew Furney kick)

3rd quarter scoring: None

4th quarter scoring: WSU – Furney 41-yard field goal

Boston College
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 0 0 7 7
Trojans 7 7 7 14 35
See also: 2013 Boston College Eagles football team

Utah State
1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0 7 7 0 14
Trojans 7 7 0 3 17
See also: 2013 Utah State Aggies football team

Arizona State
1 2 3 4 Total
Trojans 7 7 7 20 41
Sun Devils 7 13 28 14 62
See also: 2013 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

Head Coach Lane Kiffin was fired after this game upon returning to Los Angeles with the team on September 29, 2013

Arizona
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 10 7 14 31
Trojans 14 14 3 7 38
See also: 2013 Arizona Wildcats football team

Interim head coach Ed Orgeron takes over the program for USC.

Notre Dame
1 2 3 4 Total
Trojans 7 3 0 0 10
Fighting Irish 7 7 0 0 14
See also: 2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Notre Dame–USC football rivalry, and Jeweled Shillelagh

1st quarter scoring: USC – Silas Redd 1-yard run (Andre Heidari kick); ND – Troy Niklas 7-yard pass from Tommy Rees (Kyle Brindza kick)

2nd quarter scoring: USC – Heidari 22-yard field goal; ND – TJ Jones 11-yard pass from Rees (Brindza kick)

Utah
1 2 3 4 Total
Utes 3 0 0 0 3
Trojans 7 9 3 0 19
See also: 2013 Utah Utes football team

1st quarter scoring: UTAH – Andy Phillips 42-yard field goal; USC – Nelson Agholor 30-yard pass from Cody Kessler (Andre Heidari kick)

2nd quarter scoring: USC – Heidari 35-yard field goal; USC – Heidari 38-yard field goal; USC – Heidari 28-yard field goal

3rd quarter scoring: USC – Heidari 40-yard field goal

4th quarter scoring: None

Oregon State
1 2 3 4 Total
Trojans 14 7 10 0 31
Beavers 0 14 0 0 14
See also: 2013 Oregon State Beavers football team

California
1 2 3 4 Total
Trojans 21 20 14 7 62
Golden Bears 0 14 7 7 28
See also: 2013 California Golden Bears football team

1st quarter scoring: USC – Nelson Agholor 75-yard punt return (Andre Heidari kick); USC – Silas Redd 12-yard pass from Cody Kessler (Heidari kick); USC – Javorius Allen 43-yard run (Heidari kick)

2nd quarter scoring: CAL – Kenny Lawler 4-yard pass from Jared Goff (Vincen D'Amato kick); CAL – Darius Powe 24-yard pass from Goff (D'Amato kick); USC – Allen 57-yard pass from Kessler (Heidari kick); USC – Josh Shaw 14-yard punt return (Heidari kick); USC – Agholor 93-yard punt return (kick missed)

3rd quarter scoring: USC – Allen 79-yard run (Heidari kick); USC – Ty Isaac 4-yard run (Heidari kick); CAL – Khalfani Muhammad 7-yard run (D'Amato kick)

4th quarter scoring: USC – Isaac 37-yard run (Heidari kick); CAL – Lawler 4-yard pass from Goff (D'Amato kick)

Stanford
1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Cardinal 7 3 7 0 17
Trojans 14 3 0 3 20
See also: 2013 Stanford Cardinal football team

1st quarter scoring: USC – Soma Vainuku 1-yard pass from Cody Kessler (Andre Heidari kick failed); STAN – T. Gaffney 35-yard run (C. Ukropina kick); USC – Javorius Allen 1-yard run (Marqise Lee pass from Kessler)

2nd quarter scoring: USC – Heidari 23-yard field goal; STAN – Ukropina 27-yard field goal

3rd quarter scoring: STAN – Gaffney 18-yard run (Ukropina kick)

4th quarter scoring: USC – Heidari 47-yard field goal

Colorado
1 2 3 4 Total
#23 Trojans 9 14 14 10 47
Buffaloes 0 0 7 22 29
See also: 2013 Colorado Buffaloes football team

UCLA
1 2 3 4 Total
#22 Bruins 7 7 14 7 35
#23 Trojans 0 7 7 0 14
See also: 2013 UCLA Bruins football team, UCLA–USC rivalry, and Victory Bell (UCLA–USC)

Last season, the Bruins defeated the Trojans 38–28 in the Rose Bowl.

1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Myles Jack 3-yard run (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)

2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Eddie Vanderdoes 1-yard run (Fairbairn kick); USC – Javorius Allen 11-yard run (Andre Heidari kick)

3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Brett Hundley 12-yard run (Fairbairn kick); USC – Xavier Grimble 22-yard pass from Cody Kessler (Heidari kick); UCLA – Hundley 5-yard run (Fairbairn kick)

4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Paul Perkins 8-yard run (Fairbairn kick)

Fresno State (Las Vegas Bowl)
1 2 3 4 Total
Trojans 14 21 3 7 45
#20 Bulldogs 6 0 7 7 20
See also: 2013 Fresno State Bulldogs football team and 2013 Las Vegas Bowl

Tracy Jones of the American Athletic Conference is the referee.

1st quarter scoring: USC – Marqise Lee 10-yard pass from Cody Kessler (Andre Heidari kick); FS – Isaiah Burse 8-yard pass from Derek Carr (Colin McGuire kick blocked); USC – Nelson Agholor 40-yard pass from Kessler (Heidari kick)

2nd quarter scoring: USC – Agholor 17-yard pass from Kessler (Heidari kick); USC – Javorius Allen 24-yard run (Heidari kick); USC – Lee 40-yard pass from Kessler (Heidari kick)

3rd quarter scoring: FS – Davante Adams 23-yard pass from Carr (McGuire kick); USC – Heidari 39-yard field goal

4th quarter scoring: FS – Derron Smith 41-yard interception return (McGuire kick) ; USC – Allen 1-yard run (Heidari kick)


Rankings
See also: 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP 24 25 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV 23 23 RV RV 19 
Coaches 24 22 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV 25 23 RV RV 19 
Harris Not released NR NR NR RV RV 23 23 RV RV Not released 
BCS Not released NR NR NR NR 23 23 NR 25 Not released

Statistics

Scores by quarter (Pac-12 opponents)
1 2 3 4 Total
USC 21 14 10 20 65
Pac-12 Opponents 3 14 28 14 59

Notes
  • December 21, 2013 – After winning the Las Vegas Bowl game, USC announced that Clay Helton will return next season.[4]

References
  1. Klein, Gary (September 30, 2013). "USC Fires Lane Kiffin in the Middle of the Night". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  2. Klein, Gary (December 2, 2013). "USC Hires Steve Sarkisian As Football Coach". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  3. "Hawaii Rainbow Warriors vs. USC Trojans (August 31, 2013)". Statbroadcast.com. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
  4. Klein, Gary (December 23, 2013). "Clay Helton to Stay at USC As Offensive Coordinator". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
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