A recent history of USC football penalties

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USC is the most penalized team in major college football this season. The Trojans are being flagged nearly twice as often as last year’s team and are at a pace that would threaten the wrong kind of school record. A look at USC’s recent history of penalties:

Year; Games; Penalties; Yards; PenPerG; YardsPG; Rank/Teams; Record; Coach

2000; 12; 113; 977; 9.4; 81.4; 106/114; 5-7; Paul Hackett

2001; 11; 74; 627; 6.7; 57.0; 46/115; 6-6; Pete Carroll

2002; 13; 91; 760; 7.0; 58.5; 61/117; 11-2; Carroll

2003; 13; 69; 634; 5.3; 48.8; 16/117; 12-1; Carroll

2004; 13; 72; 600; 5.6; 46.2; 27/117; 13-0; Carroll

2005; 13; 93; 827; 7.2; 63.6; 70/117; 12-1; Carroll

2006; 13; 81; 652; 6.2; 50.2; 81/119; 11-2; Carroll

2007; 13; 106; 967; 8.2; 74.4; 111/119; 11-2; Carroll

2008; 13; 103; 948; 7.9; 72.9; 114/119; 12-1; Carroll

2009; 13; 90; 798; 6.9; 61.4; 88/120; 9-4; Carroll

2010; 13; 92; 792; 7.1; 60.9; 98/120; 8-5; Lane Kiffin

2011; 12; 71; 600; 5.9; 50.0; 63/120; 10-2; Kiffin

2012; 8; 82; 677; 10.3; 84.6; 120/120; 6-2: Kiffin

Source: NCAA website; USC.