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2011 Rose Bowl Game Presented By VIZIO
(5) Wisconsin vs. (3) TCU
Saturday, January 1, 2011, 5:00 p.m. ET
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
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The Rose Bowl game dates to 1902 when the Tournament of Roses Association decided to add a battle on the gridiron to its New Year’s Day festivities. That year, Stanford blew out Michigan 49-0 and the event’s organizers decided to axe the contest, but resurrected the idea in 1916.
The Rose Bowl stadium was constructed in the early 1920s becoming the official home of the contest in the 1923 game, when USC defeated Penn State 14-3.
In the late 1940s, the Big 10 Conference entered into the oldest intercollegiate postseason bowl agreement between two major conferences, allowing its champion to play the champion of the then PCC.
The 1960s saw a number of big-name stars lead their teams to Rose Bowl victories, including UCLA’s Gary Beban, Bob Griese of Purdue and USC running back O.J. Simpson.
With its inception in 1998, and before a standalone game was added for the national championship, the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) system utilized the Rose Bowl along with other major bowls, to determine a national champion, and in 2002, Miami defeated Nebraska to win a national title. It happened again in 2006, when Vince Young led the Longhorns to a last-minute win over USC.
Now the Rose Bowl annually pits the Pac-10 Conference champion against the Big Ten Conference champion. This year it was obligated to take the highest-ranked non-automatic qualifier, hence the matchup. This could be one of the best bowl games of the year between the Badgers’ running game and the Horned Frogs’ Andy Dalton slinging passes all over the field.
RECENT RESULTS
2006: Texas 41, USC 38
The Longhorns broke USC’s 34-game winning streak as the two battled in the 2nd-highest scoring Rose Bowl game in history.
Texas quarterback Vince Young earned Offensive Player of the Game honors for the second straight year setting a Rose Bowl record with 467 yards total offense as he completed 30 of 40 passes for 267 yards and averaged 10.5 yards per carry on the ground as he rushed for an even 200 yards and three touchdowns. Trojan QB Matt Leinart passed for 365 yards, the 4th-highest total in Rose Bowl history, and one touchdown while tailback Reggie Bush had 279 all-purpose yards. [soliloquy id=”82219″]
2007: USC 32, Michigan 18
Southern Cal quarterback John David Booty threw for 391 yards and four TDs including a 62-yard touchdown to Dwayne Jarrett to put the Trojans ahead 25-11 early in the 4th quarter and they never looked back.
Jarrett caught 11 passes for 205 yards and two touchdowns including a 29-yard gain midway through the fourth quarter. A few plays later, Booty threw his fourth touchdown pass — this one to senior Steve Smith, who finished with seven catches for 108 yards.
On the losing end for Michigan were future NFL’ers Chad Henne, Steve Breaston, and Mike Hart.
2008: USC 49, Illinois 17
The Trojans 49-point margin was the third largest margin of victory in a BCS game since Jan. 1, 1999.
Freshman tailback Joe McKnight finished with 170 of USC’s Rose Bowl-record 633 yards while John David Booty threw for 255 yards and three scores to set another Rose Bowl record with seven career TDs.
Illinois’ Rashard Mendenhall broke a 79-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter to trim what had been a three-touchdown deficit to 21-10.
Booty threw a sloppy lateral to McKnight, who didn’t catch it, but was able to scoop it up and run for 65 yards. That eventually set up a 2-yard touchdown pass from Booty to Fred Davis that made it 28-10 and the rout was on.
2009: USC 38, Penn State 24
Future Jets’ QB Mark Sanchez completed 28 of 35 passes, setting the Rose Bowl record for completion percentage, and a game record-tying four touchdown passes to lead USC to its third consecutive Rose Bowl win.
Sanchez became the third player to pass for more than 400 yards in the Rose Bowl.
USC scored four touchdowns and a field goal on five consecutive first-half possessions for a 24-point halftime lead before the Nittany Lions scored 17 points in the fourth quarter to make the final score respectable.
2010: Ohio State 26, Oregon 17
In January 2010, Ohio State defeated Oregon in the Rose Bowl, and a week later the stadium hosted the national championship game, when Alabama topped Texas 37-21.
The Ohio State defense limited Oregon’s high-flying offense in the Rose Bowl, holding the Ducks 20 points and nearly 200 yards below their previous season averages. Jeremiah Masoli threw for just 81 yards and LaMichael James rushed for 70.
Masoli’s 1-yard TD run put Oregon up 17-16 early in the third quarter, but the Ducks’ powerful offense never scored again as the Buckeyes regained the lead on a 38-yard field goal by Devin Barclay and then iced the game on a 17-yard TD pass from Terrelle Pryor to Vier Posey with just under eight minutes remaining.
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