Returning to form

Since the start of the 2002 season, Pete Carroll's second as USC football coach, the Trojans have followed each of their nine regular-season losses with a victory.

The lossThe bounce-back win
Sept. 21, 2002Kansas Sate, 27-20Oregon State, 22-0
Oct. 5, 2002Wash. State, 30-27 (OT)California, 30-28
Sept. 27, 2003California, 34-31 (3 OT)Arizona State, 37-17
Oct. 28, 2006Oregon State, 33-31Stanford, 42-0
Dec. 2, 2006UCLA, 13-9Michigan, 32-18*
Oct. 6, 2007Stanford, 24-23Arizona, 20-13
Oct. 27, 2007Oregon, 24-17Oregon State, 24-3
Sept. 25, 2008Oregon State, 27-21Oregon, 44-10
Sept. 19, 2009Washington, 16-13Washington St., 27-6

*-Rose Bowl game