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Southern California Reaches Rose Bowl for 3rd Year in Row
John David Booty passed for 206 yards and a touchdown, the Trojans rushed for 231 yards, and U.S.C. beat U.C.L.A., 24-7, yesterday to assure itself a date in Pasadena on New Year’s Day.
The Trojans (10-2, 7-2 Pacific-10) won their final four regular-season games to earn an unprecedented sixth consecutive conference championship. The victory also gave them their third consecutive Rose Bowl berth.
U.S.C. has a 25-1 record in regular-season games played in November and December since Coach Pete Carroll was hired in 2001. The only loss was a 13-9 defeat against U.C.L.A. last year, ending the Trojans’ seven-game winning streak against their crosstown rivals.
The Trojans certainly gained a measure of revenge yesterday, their fifth straight triumph over U.C.L.A. at the Los Angeles Coliseum, where they have won 38 of their last 39 games. U.S.C. has outscored the Bruins by 181-55 in those five games.
This could have been the last game for the Trojans at the Coliseum, their home since 1923. U.S.C.’s lease has expired, and frustrated by a lack of progress in negotiations for a long-term deal the university has been negotiating with Rose Bowl officials to play there next season.
Meanwhile, U.C.L.A. Coach Karl Dorrell’s job appears in jeopardy. The Bruins (6-6, 5-4) entered the season with 20 returning starters and high expectations. But erratic play caused at least in part by injuries to several key players, including quarterbacks Ben Olson and Patrick Cowan, short-circuited their hopes.
John David Booty passed for 206 yards and a touchdown, the Trojans rushed for 231 yards, and U.S.C. beat U.C.L.A., 24-7, yesterday to assure itself a date in Pasadena on New Year’s Day.
The Trojans (10-2, 7-2 Pacific-10) won their final four regular-season games to earn an unprecedented sixth consecutive conference championship. The victory also gave them their third consecutive Rose Bowl berth.
U.S.C. has a 25-1 record in regular-season games played in November and December since Coach Pete Carroll was hired in 2001. The only loss was a 13-9 defeat against U.C.L.A. last year, ending the Trojans’ seven-game winning streak against their crosstown rivals.
The Trojans certainly gained a measure of revenge yesterday, their fifth straight triumph over U.C.L.A. at the Los Angeles Coliseum, where they have won 38 of their last 39 games. U.S.C. has outscored the Bruins by 181-55 in those five games.
This could have been the last game for the Trojans at the Coliseum, their home since 1923. U.S.C.’s lease has expired, and frustrated by a lack of progress in negotiations for a long-term deal the university has been negotiating with Rose Bowl officials to play there next season.
Meanwhile, U.C.L.A. Coach Karl Dorrell’s job appears in jeopardy. The Bruins (6-6, 5-4) entered the season with 20 returning starters and high expectations. But erratic play caused at least in part by injuries to several key players, including quarterbacks Ben Olson and Patrick Cowan, short-circuited their hopes.
