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.
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

NamePositionSeasons at
USC		Alma Mater
Clay HeltonInterim Head coach, Recruiting Coordinator, Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks Coach3Houston
John BaxterAssociate Head Coach, Special Teams Coordinator4Loras
Clancy PendergastDefensive Coordinator, Secondary Coach1Arizona
Mike SummersOffensive Line Coach, Running Game Coordinator1Kentucky
Ed OrgeronDefensive Line Coach, Interim Head Coach-
Mike EkelerLinebackers Coach1Kansas State
James CreggAssistant Offensive Line Coach4Colorado State
Tee MartinWide Receivers Coach2Tennessee
Aaron AusmusStrength and Conditioning4Tennessee

Lane Kiffin started the season as the Trojans' head coach, but was fired on September 29 after a 3–2 start. 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.

Depth chart

Recruiting class

Schedule

Game summaries

Hawaii

Sources:
Overall recordLast meetingResult
8–02012USC, 49–10

Washington State

1st quarter scoring: None
2nd quarter scoring: USC – Cody Kessler 4-yard run ; WSU – Damante Horton 70-yard interception return
3rd quarter scoring: None
4th quarter scoring: WSU – Furney 41-yard field goal

Boston College

Utah State

Arizona State

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

Arizona

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

Notre Dame

1st quarter scoring: USC – Silas Redd 1-yard run ; ND – Troy Niklas 7-yard pass from Tommy Rees
2nd quarter scoring: USC – Heidari 22-yard field goal; ND – TJ Jones 11-yard pass from Rees

Utah

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

California

1st quarter scoring: USC – Nelson Agholor 75-yard punt return ; USC – Silas Redd 12-yard pass from Cody Kessler ; USC – Javorius Allen 43-yard run
2nd quarter scoring: CAL – Kenny Lawler 4-yard pass from Jared Goff ; CAL – Darius Powe 24-yard pass from Goff ; USC – Allen 57-yard pass from Kessler ; USC – Josh Shaw 14-yard punt return ; USC – Agholor 93-yard punt return
3rd quarter scoring: USC – Allen 79-yard run ; USC – Ty Isaac 4-yard run ; CAL – Khalfani Muhammad 7-yard run
4th quarter scoring: USC – Isaac 37-yard run ; CAL – Lawler 4-yard pass from Goff

Stanford

1st quarter scoring: USC – Soma Vainuku 1-yard pass from Cody Kessler ; STAN – T. Gaffney 35-yard run ; USC – Javorius Allen 1-yard run
2nd quarter scoring: USC – Heidari 23-yard field goal; STAN – Ukropina 27-yard field goal
3rd quarter scoring: STAN – Gaffney 18-yard run
4th quarter scoring: USC – Heidari 47-yard field goal

Colorado

UCLA

Last season, the Bruins defeated the Trojans 38–28 in the Rose Bowl.
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Myles Jack 3-yard run
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Eddie Vanderdoes 1-yard run ; USC – Javorius Allen 11-yard run
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Brett Hundley 12-yard run ; USC – Xavier Grimble 22-yard pass from Cody Kessler ; UCLA – Hundley 5-yard run
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Paul Perkins 8-yard run

Fresno State (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 ; FS – Isaiah Burse 8-yard pass from Derek Carr ; USC – Nelson Agholor 40-yard pass from Kessler
2nd quarter scoring: USC – Agholor 17-yard pass from Kessler ; USC – Javorius Allen 24-yard run ; USC – Lee 40-yard pass from Kessler
3rd quarter scoring: FS – Davante Adams 23-yard pass from Carr ; USC – Heidari 39-yard field goal
4th quarter scoring: FS – Derron Smith 41-yard interception return ; USC – Allen 1-yard run

Rankings

Statistics

Scores by quarter (Pac-12 opponents)