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    <periodOfReport>2015-07-20</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001340282</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Rosetta Resources Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ROSE</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001430742</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Clayton John Dewey</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1111 BAGBY</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 1600</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HOUSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>77002</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>See Remarks</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2015-07-20</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
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                <transactionCode>D</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>158250</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                </transactionPricePerShare>
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                    <value>D</value>
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                    <value>0</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 10, 2015, by and among the Issuer (hereinafter, &quot;Rosetta&quot;), Noble Energy, Inc. (&quot;Noble&quot;) and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Noble, at the effective time of the merger (the &quot;Effective Time&quot;), each share of the Rosetta common stock held by the Reporting Person converted into 0.542 shares of Noble common stock having a market value of $36.97 per share at the Effective Time, subject to adjustments for fractional shares, if any.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Executive Vice President &amp; Chief Operating Officer</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Pamela Taylor, Attorney-in-Fact for John D. Clayton</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-07-21</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
