Rose Bowl game - Wikipedia Rose Bowl game Rose Bowl Game Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual `` The Granddaddy of Them All '' Stadium Rose Bowl Location Pasadena, California Previous stadiums Tournament Park ( 1902, 1916 -- 1922 ) Duke Stadium ( 1942 ) Previous locations Durham, North Carolina ( 1942 ) Operated 1902, 1916 -- present Conference tie - ins Big Ten, Pac - 12, CFP Previous conference tie - ins Pacific Coast, BCS Payout US $ 35 million / conference ( As of 2016 ) Sponsors Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association ( 1902, 1916 -- 1998 ) AT&T ( 1999 -- 2002 ) Sony / PlayStation 2 ( 2003 ) Citi ( 2004 -- 2010 ) Vizio ( 2011 -- 2014 ) Northwestern Mutual ( 2015 -- 2020 ) Former names Tournament East -- West football game ( 1902, 1916 -- 1922 ) Rose Bowl ( 1923 -- 1998 ) Rose Bowl presented by AT&T ( 1999 -- 2002 ) Rose Bowl presented by PlayStation 2 ( 2003 ) Rose Bowl presented by Citi ( 2004 -- 2010 ) Rose Bowl presented by Vizio ( 2011 -- 2014 ) 2016 season matchup USC vs. Penn State ( USC 52 -- 49 ) 2017 season matchup TBD ( January 1, 2018 ) Pasadena Location in the United States Pasadena Location in California Pasadena Location in L.A. metro area The Rose Bowl Game is an annual American college football bowl game, usually played on January 1 ( New Year 's Day ) at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California. When New Year 's Day falls on a Sunday, the game is played on Monday, January 2 ( 15 times now ). The Rose Bowl is nicknamed `` The Granddaddy of Them All '' because it is the oldest bowl game. It was first played in 1902, and has been played annually since 1916. Since 1945, it has been the highest attended college football bowl game. It is a part of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association 's `` America 's New Year Celebration, '' which also includes the historic Rose Parade. Beginning with the 2015 game, the official name for sponsorship reasons is the `` Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual ''. Vizio was the previous sponsor from 2012 ; prior sponsors included AT&T, Sony, and Citi. In 2015, the game was also officially known as the `` College Football Playoff semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual. '' The Rose Bowl Game has traditionally hosted the conference champions from the Big Ten and Pac - 12 conferences ( or their predecessors ), but due to its past and present membership in two consortia that seek to determine a national champion in Division I FBS, in 2002, the Rose Bowl began to infrequently deviate from its traditional match - up in order to facilitate championship games. In 2002 and 2006 ( 2001 and 2005 football seasons ), under the Bowl Championship Series system, the Rose Bowl was designated as its championship game, and hosted the top two teams determined by the BCS system. Beginning in 2015, the Rose Bowl has been part of the College Football Playoff system and hosts one of its semi-final games every three years. During non-Playoff years, the Rose Bowl reverts to a Pac - 12 / Big Ten matchup. Contents 1 History 1.1 Tournament Park and Rose Bowl stadium 1.2 Team selection 1916 -- 1946 1.3 World War II - 1942 venue change to Durham, North Carolina 1.4 Big Nine -- PCC agreement 1.5 Big Ten -- AAWU / Pac - 8 / 10 agreement 1.6 Bowl Championship Series 1.7 College Football Playoff 2 Sponsorship and broadcasting rights 3 Game results 4 Frequent participants 5 Game arrangements 6 Appearances and win -- loss records 7 Rose Bowl Most Valuable Player Award 8 Game records 9 Top - ranked teams 9.1 No. 1 -- ranked teams 9.2 No. 1 vs. No. 2 teams 10 Twice in a season 11 Rose Bowl Hall of Fame 12 All - Century Class 13 Player and coach 14 Coaches with two teams 15 Related 15.1 Events 15.2 Notes 15.3 Books 16 See also 17 References 18 Bibliography 19 External links History Originally titled the `` Tournament East -- West football game '', the first Rose Bowl was played on January 1, 1902, starting the tradition of New Year 's Day bowl games. The football game was added in 1902 to help fund the cost of the Rose Parade. The inaugural game featured Fielding H. Yost 's dominating 1901 Michigan team, representing the East, which crushed a previously 3 - 1 - 2 team from Stanford University, representing the West, by a score of 49 -- 0 after Stanford quit in the third quarter. Michigan finished the season 11 -- 0 and was crowned the national champion. Yost had been Stanford 's coach the previous year. The game was so lopsided that for the next thirteen years, the Tournament of Roses officials ran chariot races, ostrich races, and other various events instead of football. But, on New Year 's Day 1916, football returned to stay as the State College of Washington ( now Washington State University ) defeated Brown University in the first annual Rose Bowl with that explicit name. Tournament Park and Rose Bowl stadium Before the Rose Bowl was built for the January 1, 1923 match, games were played in Pasadena 's Tournament Park, approximately three miles ( 5 km ) southeast of the current Rose Bowl stadium near the campus of Caltech. Tournament Park was determined to be unsuitable for the larger and larger crowds gathering to watch the game and a new, permanent home for the game was commissioned. The Rose Bowl stadium, designed after the Yale Bowl in New Haven, then hosted the first `` Rose Bowl '' game in 1923. The name of the stadium was alternatively `` Tournament of Roses Stadium '' or `` Tournament of Roses Bowl '', until the name `` Rose Bowl '' was settled on before the 1923 game. The stadium seating has been reconfigured several times since its original construction in 1922. For many years, the Rose Bowl stadium had the largest football stadium capacity in the United States, eventually being surpassed by Michigan Stadium in 1998. The maximum stated seating capacity was 104,594 from 1972 to 1997. Capacity was lowered following 1998 ; the 2006 game, which was also the BCS championship game, had a crowd of 93,986 ; and a crowd of 94,118 saw the 2011 game between TCU and Wisconsin. As of 2012, the Rose Bowl is number seven on the List of American football stadiums by capacity with a current official seating capacity of 92,542 and is still the largest stadium that hosts post-season bowl games. The Rose Bowl is also the only BCS bowl game that is held in a non-NFL stadium. Team selection 1916 -- 1946 In the game 's early years, except during World War I, the Rose Bowl always pitted a team -- not necessarily the conference champion -- from the Pacific Coast Conference ( PCC ), the predecessor of the current Pac - 12 Conference, against an opponent from the Eastern U.S. During the last two years of World War I, teams from military bases met in the Rose Bowl. During its history, a number of notable matchups have been made with the top football teams and top coaches of the time. These include the 1925 game, with Knute Rockne 's Notre Dame and their Four Horsemen, against `` Pop '' Warner 's Stanford ; the 1926 edition saw the Alabama Crimson Tide 's win over Washington ; and 1940 featured Howard Jones ' USC Trojans against Bob Neyland 's Tennessee Volunteers. During this period, there were ten games in which undefeated teams were matched. World War II - 1942 venue change to Durham, North Carolina See also : 1942 Rose Bowl and 1943 Rose Bowl After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and a series of attacks on West Coast shipping beginning on December 18, there were concerns about a possible Japanese attack on the West Coast. The Rose Parade, with a million watchers, and the Rose Bowl, with 90,000 spectators, were presumed to be ideal targets for the Japanese. Lieutenant General John L. DeWitt recommended that the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl festivities be canceled. The Rose Bowl committee originally planned to cancel the game. On December 16, Duke University invited the game and Oregon State to Duke 's home stadium in Durham, North Carolina. After the 1942 Allied victory in the Battle of Midway and the end of the Japanese offensives in the Pacific Theater during 1942, it was deemed that the West Coast was no longer vulnerable to attack, and the Rose Bowl game continued on in the Rose Bowl Stadium. Few Georgia fans were able to make the trip to the 1943 Rose Bowl because of wartime travel restrictions. There were a large number of military servicemen in attendance. The Tournament of Roses parade itself still was not held in 1943 due to the war. Big Nine -- PCC agreement During World War II, many college football schools had dropped some conference opponents and instead played football against local military base teams. Many colleges could not even field teams due to the draft and manpower requirements. After the war was over, demobilization and the G.I. Bill enabled returning servicemen to attend college. The 1946 season was the first true post-war college football season with travel restrictions lifted and civilian college opponents returning to schedules. The Big Nine and PCC were of the same accord when it came to treating players as amateurs, as compared to the semi-professional status that the Southern Universities proposed. Also, the Big Nine and PCC both had the same attitudes towards desegregation and allowing African - Americans to play football. Many other universities were still segregated. None of the Southeastern Conference schools had an African American athlete until 1966. The Cotton Bowl, Orange Bowl, and Sugar Bowl would not be integrated until 1948, 1955, and 1956 respectively. The Big Nine agreed in 1946, after eight years of negotiating over payments, rules, and ticket allocations, to a five - year exclusive deal with the Rose Bowl to send the conference champion to meet the PCC conference champion. UCLA, USC, Minnesota and Illinois all voted against it. The 1947 Rose Bowl, with UCLA meeting Illinios, was the first game under this agreement. Big Ten -- AAWU / Pac - 8 / 10 agreement When the PCC dissolved prior to the 1959 season following a pay - for - play scandal in 1958, there was no official agreement in force. The Tournament of Roses selected from the former members of PCC and invited Washington, the first champion of the newly formed Athletic Association of Western Universities ( AAWU ), to play Big Ten champion Wisconsin in the 1960 Rose Bowl. The Big Ten authorized its members to accept any Rose Bowl invitation at their discretion. The AAWU signed an agreement with the Rose Bowl that remained in force from the 1961 Rose Bowl until the advent of the BCS era in 1998. In 1962, after Minnesota changed its vote against pursuing a new agreement ( resolving a 5 -- 5 voting deadlock which had prevented any new negotiations for years ), a Big Ten agreement was finalized, which went into effect with the 1963 Rose Bowl and lasted until the BCS era. While the Big Ten supplied the `` East '' representative and the PCC, AAWU, or Pac - 8 / 10 supplied the `` West '' representative from the 1947 Rose Bowl to the BCS era, statements about an `` exclusive '' Rose Bowl agreement existing during this period are not entirely accurate : the Big Ten was not part of any agreement for the 1961 and 1962 games and the status of the agreement for 1960 is questionable, at best. The fact that the 1961 Big Ten champion, Ohio State, declined the invitation to play in the 1962 Rose Bowl ( without penalty ) is the clearest evidence that this `` exclusive agreement '' did not exist in these years. The AAWU used `` Big Five '', `` Big Six '', and `` Pacific - 8 '' as unofficial nicknames ( each reflecting the number of conference members ). It officially adopted the `` Pacific - 8 '' name for the 1968 season. The name changed to `` Pacific - 10 '' with the arrival of Arizona and Arizona State in 1978, its last official name change prior to the formation of the BCS in 1998. The Big Ten Conference retained the same name throughout this period, even though it had eleven members by the start of the BCS era due to the addition of Penn State in 1990. Both conferences had a `` no repeat '' rule in force for a number of years. Under this rule, any team that had appeared in the Rose Bowl game the previous season could not go, even if they were the conference champion. The notable exceptions to this rule were Washington playing in the 1960 and 1961 games and Minnesota playing in the 1961 and 1962 games during the period when the conference agreements were in a state of flux. The Big Ten abolished this rule in 1972. The AAWU / Pac - 8 had abandoned its no - repeat rule by the time Southern California played in four consecutive Rose Bowl games from 1967 to 1970. Both conferences also had `` exclusive agreements '' with the Rose Bowl game, in the sense that member schools were not allowed to play in any other bowl game. Both conferences abolished this rule before the 1975 college football season. As a result, Michigan and USC were allowed to play in the 1976 Orange Bowl and the 1975 Liberty Bowl, respectively. Bowl Championship Series The Rose Bowl with the banners for the Rose Bowl Game ( the right scoreboard had been removed during the 2011 renovation ) Stanford defeated Wisconsin 20 -- 14 in the 2013 Rose Bowl on January 1, 2013 As of the 1998 season, with the creation of the Bowl Championship Series ( BCS ), team selection for the Rose Bowl was tied to the other three BCS bowls, although in any given year the Rose Bowl still attempted, if possible, to maintain the traditional Pac - 10 ( Pac - 12 after the addition of Utah and Colorado in 2011 ) versus Big Ten format ( though if the champ from either or both conference was ranked BCS # 1 or # 2, they were allowed into the national championship game and the runner up of their conference got the nod ). Twice in this era, the Rose Bowl had served as the BCS championship game. The 2002 game served as the BCS championship game between the BCS No. 1 -- ranked Miami, then a member of the Big East Conference, and the BCS No. 2 -- ranked Nebraska, then a member of the Big 12 Conference. The Nebraska selection as the BCS No. 2 team was controversial because Oregon was ranked No. 2 in both the AP and Coaches Polls, while Nebraska was ranked No. 4 in both polls and did not play in its conference championship game ( No. 3 Colorado, who would play Oregon in that year 's Fiesta Bowl, did and won the Big 12 's automatic bid to the BCS ). This prevented a West Coast team playing in the Rose Bowl for their first time, and it also marked the first matchup since 1946 not to feature the traditional pairing of Pac - 10 vs. Big Ten teams. The 2006 Rose Bowl game featured offensive powerhouses Texas, riding a 19 - game winning streak, and USC, which entered the game with a 34 - game winning streak and two Heisman Trophy winners. Texas won 41 -- 38. The game had a television viewership of 35.6 million, the highest for college football contest since the 1987 Fiesta Bowl between Penn State and Miami. On two other occasions during the BCS era, Rose Bowl participation had expanded beyond the Big Ten and Pac - 10. The 2003 Rose Bowl could n't select Big Ten co-champion and automatic qualifier Ohio State, who finished No. 2 in the BCS and thus received a bid to the Fiesta Bowl to play for the national championship. The Rose Bowl was poised to select Big Ten co-champion Iowa as an at - large in order to preserve the traditional Big Ten / Pac - 10 match up. However, the Orange Bowl, which selected ahead of the Rose Bowl that year, chose the Hawkeyes. As a result, the Rose Bowl featured the first appearance by Oklahoma, who faced Pac - 10 Champion Washington State. The 2005 game featured Texas of the Big 12 Conference, selected, amid some controversy, over California of the Pac - 10, marking the second time a West Coast team did not make the Rose Bowl. The controversy was the result of the BCS computer rankings which elevated Texas over California. Texas went on to defeat Michigan in the 2005 game, featuring a four - touchdown performance by Vince Young, foreshadowing his 467 - yard performance a year later in the 2006 defeat of USC that won the National Title for Texas. The 2004 game is also noteworthy. In this game, USC defeated Michigan, 28 -- 14, thus earning the top ranking in the AP Poll and a share of the national championship with BCS champion LSU. USC, despite being No. 1 in the AP poll, did not qualify for the BCS championship game because of their standing in the BCS system. The second BCS - era Rose Bowl arrangement ran from 2004 through 2014. The Big Ten and Pac - 12 ( the new name of the Pac - 10 ) retained their bids, but a provision was inserted mandating that the first time that either conference could not fill their bid ( due to a school from the Big Ten or Pac - 12 qualifying for the BCS National Championship Game ), and if a non-BCS conference school qualified, the Rose Bowl was required to take that school. As a result, Texas Christian University ( TCU ) became the first team from a non-automatic qualifying conference to play in the Rose Bowl in the BCS era. The 2010 TCU Horned Frogs finished their second consecutive regular season at 12 -- 0, were back - to - back champions of the Mountain West Conference, and ranked No. 3 in the final BCS Poll. TCU defeated No. 5 Wisconsin 21 -- 19 in the 2011 Rose Bowl. TCU 's appearance satisfied the ' first time ' clause of the current agreement. The 100th Rose Bowl Game featured a traditional pairing of Big Ten champion versus Pac - 12 champion, with Michigan State playing against Stanford on January 1, 2014. Michigan State won the game, 24 -- 20. The Bowl Championship Series format ended with the 2014 BCS National Championship Game, played at the Rose Bowl stadium on January 6. College football Playoff The BCS was replaced in 2014 by the College Football Playoff, which selects four teams for two national semifinal games, leading to a championship game. As part of the arrangement, the Rose Bowl game functions as a semifinal playoff game every three years. In years when the Rose Bowl is not hosting a semifinal, it takes the Pac - 12 and Big Ten champions, provided they are outside of the top four and not in a semifinal. The first game under the new arrangement was played on January 1, 2015 and was known as the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual. It featured the Oregon Ducks of the Pac - 12 Conference and the Florida State Seminoles, the first Atlantic Coast Conference team to participate in the Rose Bowl. Oregon defeated Florida State, 59 -- 20, ending the Seminoles ' 29 - game winning streak, which dated back to the end of the 2012 season. As a result, Oregon advanced to the 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship played on January 12. The 59 points were a new Rose Bowl Game scoring record for a team. The 2016 Rose Bowl featured Pac - 12 champions Stanford against Big Ten West Division champions Iowa. Stanford defeated Iowa 45 -- 16, scoring 35 points in the first half, the most points ever scored in the first half of a Rose Bowl. Big Ten champions Michigan State defeated Iowa 16 -- 13 in the Big Ten championship Game, but lost 38 - 0 to Alabama in a CFP semifinal on New Year 's Eve. There was some controversy over the selection of the Big Ten 's Rose Bowl representative, given that both Iowa and Ohio State finished their seasons with only one loss, both losing to Michigan State. In the end, the College Football Playoff Committee ranked Iowa ahead of Ohio State, which led to Iowa 's first Rose Bowl berth since 1991. Iowa was ranked fifth in the final College Football Playoff rankings, and Stanford sixth, meaning that the 2016 Rose Bowl featured the strongest matchup that was not part of the College Football Playoff. The next semifinal to be hosted at the Rose Bowl will be on January 1, 2018. Sponsorship and broadcasting rights See also : Rose Bowl broadcasters Large card stunt in 2004 For many years the Rose Bowl eschewed sponsorship, but in 1999, the it became `` The Rose Bowl Game presented by AT&T. '' Unlike the other bowl games, the sponsor was not added to the title of the game, but instead as a presenter. In 2002 it was branded The Rose Bowl Game presented by PlayStation 2. From 2003 to 2010, after the agreement with Sony expired, the game was presented by Citi. In June 2010, Citi decided to end sponsorship of the Rose Bowl games, including the National Championship game. In October 2010, HDTV maker Vizio signed a 4 - year contract to be the official sponsor of the Rose Bowl games through 2014. After Vizio declined to renew sponsorship in 2014, financial services giant Northwestern Mutual became the new presenting sponsor. The 1952 game was the first nationally televised bowl game and the first nationally televised college game of any sport. From 1952 to 1988, the Rose Bowl was televised by NBC at 2 p.m. PST, and in most years was the only New Year 's Day bowl airing at that time. The 1962 game was the first college football game broadcast in color. From 1989 to 2010, the game was broadcast on ABC, usually at 2 p.m. PST ; the 2005 edition was the first one broadcast in HDTV. Beginning in 2007, FOX had the broadcast rights to the other Bowl Championship Series games, but the Rose Bowl, which negotiates its own television contract independent of the BCS, had agreed to keep the game on ABC. Beginning with the 2010 season, ESPN ( majority - owned by ABC 's parent company, The Walt Disney Company ) now broadcasts all the BCS games, including the Rose Bowl game. The game is also broadcast nationally by ESPN Radio and by ESPN International for Latin America. In 2013 ESPN Deportes provided the first Spanish language telecast in the U.S. of the Rose Bowl Game. The Rose Bowl game contract with ESPN was extended on June 28, 2012, to 2026, for a reportedly $80 million per year. Northwestern Mutual took over as presenting sponsor in 2015 and will continue until 2020. Game results Winners in boldface Italics denote a tie game Date played West / Pac - 12 East / Big Ten Attendance Notes January 1, 1902 Stanford 0 Michigan 49 8,000 notes January 1, 1916 Washington State 14 Brown 0 7,000 notes January 1, 1917 Oregon 14 Pennsylvania 0 26,000 notes January 1, 1918 Mare Island -- USMC 19 Camp Lewis -- US Army 7 N / A notes January 1, 1919 Mare Island -- USMC 0 Great Lakes -- US Navy 17 N / A notes January 1, 1920 Oregon 6 Harvard 7 30,000 notes January 1, 1921 California 28 Ohio State 0 42,000 notes January 2, 1922 California 0 Washington & Jefferson 0 40,000 notes January 1, 1923 USC 14 Penn State 43,000 notes January 1, 1924 Washington 14 Navy 14 40,000 notes January 1, 1925 Stanford 10 Notre Dame 27 53,000 notes January 1, 1926 Washington 19 Alabama 20 50,000 notes January 1, 1927 Stanford 7 Alabama 7 57,417 notes January 2, 1928 Stanford 7 Pittsburgh 6 65,000 notes January 1, 1929 California 7 Georgia Tech 8 66,604 notes January 1, 1930 USC 47 Pittsburgh 14 72,000 notes January 1, 1931 Washington State 0 Alabama 24 60,000 notes January 1, 1932 USC 21 Tulane 12 75,562 notes January 2, 1933 USC 35 Pittsburgh 0 78,874 notes January 1, 1934 Stanford 0 Columbia 7 35,000 notes January 1, 1935 Stanford 13 Alabama 29 84,474 notes January 1, 1936 Stanford 7 SMU 0 84,474 notes January 1, 1937 # 5 Washington 0 # 3 Pittsburgh 21 87,196 notes January 1, 1938 # 2 California 13 # 4 Alabama 0 90,000 notes January 2, 1939 # 7 USC 7 # 3 Duke 89,452 notes January 1, 1940 # 3 USC 14 # 2 Tennessee 0 92,200 notes January 1, 1941 # 2 Stanford 21 # 7 Nebraska 13 91,500 notes January 1, 1942 # 12 Oregon State 20 # 2 Duke 16 56,000 notes January 1, 1943 # 13 UCLA 0 # 2 Georgia 9 93,000 notes January 1, 1944 USC 29 # 12 Washington 0 68,000 notes January 1, 1945 # 7 USC 25 # 12 Tennessee 0 91,000 notes January 1, 1946 # 11 USC 14 # 2 Alabama 34 93,000 notes January 1, 1947 # 4 UCLA 14 # 5 Illinois 45 90,000 notes January 1, 1948 # 8 USC 0 # 2 Michigan 49 93,000 notes January 1, 1949 # 4 California 14 # 7 Northwestern 20 93,000 notes January 2, 1950 # 3 California 14 # 6 Ohio State 17 100,963 notes January 1, 1951 # 5 California 6 # 9 Michigan 14 98,939 notes January 1, 1952 # 7 Stanford 7 # 4 Illinois 40 96,825 notes January 1, 1953 # 5 USC 7 # 11 Wisconsin 0 101,500 notes January 1, 1954 # 5 UCLA 20 # 3 Michigan State 28 101,000 notes January 1, 1955 # 17 USC 7 # 1 Ohio State 20 89,191 notes January 2, 1956 # 4 UCLA 14 # 2 Michigan State 17 100,809 notes January 1, 1957 # 10 Oregon State 19 # 3 Iowa 35 97,126 notes January 1, 1958 Oregon 7 # 2 Ohio State 10 98,202 notes January 1, 1959 # 16 California 12 # 2 Iowa 38 98,297 notes January 1, 1960 # 8 Washington 44 # 6 Wisconsin 8 100,809 notes January 2, 1961 # 6 Washington 17 # 1 Minnesota 7 97,314 notes January 1, 1962 # 16 UCLA # 6 Minnesota 21 98,214 notes January 1, 1963 # 1 USC 42 # 2 Wisconsin 37 98,698 notes January 1, 1964 Washington 7 # 3 Illinois 17 96,957 notes January 1, 1965 # 8 Oregon State 7 # 4 Michigan 34 100,423 notes January 1, 1966 # 5 UCLA 14 # 1 Michigan State 12 100,087 notes January 2, 1967 USC 13 # 7 Purdue 14 100,807 notes January 1, 1968 # 1 USC 14 # 4 Indiana 102,946 notes January 1, 1969 # 2 USC 16 # 1 Ohio State 27 102,063 notes January 1, 1970 # 5 USC 10 # 7 Michigan 103,878 notes January 1, 1971 # 12 Stanford 27 # 2 Ohio State 17 103,839 notes January 1, 1972 # 16 Stanford 13 # 4 Michigan 12 103,154 notes January 1, 1973 # 1 USC 42 # 3 Ohio State 17 106,869 notes January 1, 1974 # 7 USC 21 # 4 Ohio State 42 105,267 notes January 1, 1975 # 5 USC 18 # 3 Ohio State 17 106,721 notes January 1, 1976 # 11 UCLA 23 # 1 Ohio State 10 105,464 notes January 1, 1977 # 3 USC 14 # 2 Michigan 6 106,182 notes January 2, 1978 # 13 Washington 27 # 4 Michigan 20 105,312 notes January 1, 1979 # 3 USC 17 # 5 Michigan 10 105,629 notes January 1, 1980 # 3 USC 17 # 1 Ohio State 16 105,526 notes January 1, 1981 # 16 Washington 6 # 5 Michigan 23 104,863 notes January 1, 1982 # 12 Washington 28 # 13 Iowa 0 105,611 notes January 1, 1983 # 5 UCLA 24 # 19 Michigan 14 104,991 notes January 2, 1984 UCLA 45 # 4 Illinois 9 103,217 notes January 1, 1985 # 18 USC 20 # 6 Ohio State 17 102,594 notes January 1, 1986 # 13 UCLA 45 # 4 Iowa 28 103,292 notes January 1, 1987 # 7 Arizona State 22 # 4 Michigan 15 103,168 notes January 1, 1988 # 16 USC 17 # 8 Michigan State 20 103,847 notes January 2, 1989 # 5 USC 14 # 11 Michigan 22 101,688 notes January 1, 1990 # 12 USC 17 # 3 Michigan 10 103,450 notes January 1, 1991 # 8 Washington 46 # 17 Iowa 34 101,273 notes January 1, 1992 # 2 Washington 34 # 4 Michigan 14 103,566 notes January 1, 1993 # 9 Washington 31 # 7 Michigan 38 94,236 notes January 1, 1994 # 14 UCLA 16 # 9 Wisconsin 21 101,237 notes January 2, 1995 # 12 Oregon 20 # 2 Penn State 38 102,247 notes January 1, 1996 # 17 USC 41 # 3 Northwestern 32 100,102 notes January 1, 1997 # 2 Arizona State 17 # 4 Ohio State 20 100,635 notes January 1, 1998 # 8 Washington State 16 # 1 Michigan 21 101,219 notes January 1, 1999 # 6 UCLA 31 # 9 Wisconsin 38 93,872 notes January 1, 2000 # 22 Stanford 9 # 4 Wisconsin 17 93,731 notes January 1, 2001 # 4 Washington 34 # 14 Purdue 24 94,392 notes January 3, 2002 # 4 Nebraska 14 # 1 Miami ( FL ) 37 93,781 notes January 1, 2003 # 7 Washington State 14 # 8 Oklahoma 34 86,848 notes January 1, 2004 # 1 USC 28 # 4 Michigan 14 93,849 notes January 1, 2005 # 6 Texas 38 # 13 Michigan 37 93,468 notes January 4, 2006 # 1 USC 38 # 2 Texas 41 93,986 notes January 1, 2007 # 8 USC 32 # 3 Michigan 18 93,852 notes January 1, 2008 # 6 USC 49 # 13 Illinois 17 93,923 notes January 1, 2009 # 5 USC 38 # 6 Penn State 24 93,293 notes January 1, 2010 # 7 Oregon 17 # 8 Ohio State 26 93,963 notes January 1, 2011 # 3 TCU 21 # 4 Wisconsin 19 94,118 notes January 2, 2012 # 6 Oregon 45 # 9 Wisconsin 38 91,245 notes January 1, 2013 # 8 Stanford 20 Wisconsin 14 93,359 notes January 1, 2014 # 5 Stanford 20 # 4 Michigan State 24 95,173 notes January 1, 2015 # 3 Oregon 59 # 2 Florida State 20 91,322 notes January 1, 2016 # 5 Stanford 45 # 6 Iowa 16 94,268 notes January 2, 2017 # 9 USC 52 # 5 Penn State 49 95,128 notes ^ Jump up to : The 1942 game was played in Duke Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, due to a restriction on crowds allowed on the West Coast after Pearl Harbor ^ Jump up to : During World War I, military teams played ^ Jump up to : Denotes BCS National Championship Game Jump up ^ Denotes College Football Playoff semifinal game Frequent participants `` If there are any Big Ten teams that shoot for a national championship, they 're damn fools... You play to win the Big Ten championship, and if you win it and go to the Rose Bowl and win it, then you 've had a great season. '' -- Bo Schembechler of Michigan, July 1989 USC has played the most times in the Rose Bowl, with 34 appearances, followed by Michigan ( 20 ), Stanford ( 15 ), Ohio State and Washington ( 14 each ), and UCLA ( 12 ). Alabama, 4 -- 1 -- 1 in Rose Bowls, has made the most appearances of any team outside the Pac - 12 and Big Ten conferences. Pittsburgh appeared four times in a nine - year period, from 1927 to 1936. Among Pac - 8 / 10 / 12 and Big Ten schools, the record for longest drought since a team 's last Rose Bowl appearance is held by California ( 1959 ), followed by Minnesota ( 1962 ), Oregon State ( 1965 ), and Indiana ( 1968 ). USC has also won the most Rose Bowls ( 25 ), followed by Michigan ( 8 ) ; Washington, Ohio State, and Stanford ( 7 each ) ; and UCLA ( 5 ). Michigan has lost the most ( 12 ), followed by USC ( 9 ), Ohio State, UCLA and Stanford ( 7 each ), Washington and Wisconsin ( 6 each ). Among Pac - 8 / 10 / 12 and Big Ten schools who have played in at least one Rose Bowl, the record for the longest period since a win is held jointly by Indiana and Nebraska, who have never won, followed by Washington State ( 1916 ), Cal ( 1939 ), Oregon State ( 1942 ), Northwestern ( 1949 ), and Iowa ( 1959 ). As of 2016, head coaches Howard Jones ( 5 -- 0 ) and John Robinson ( 4 -- 0 ) lead the list of undefeated Rose Bowl records. The most frequent Rose Bowl matchup is USC -- Michigan, occurring for the eighth time in 2007, with USC holding a 6 -- 2 advantage ( including rare meetings outside the Rose Bowl, USC leads this series 6 -- 4 ). The next most frequent matchup is USC -- Ohio State, occurring for the seventh time in 1985, with USC holding a 4 -- 3 advantage. From the 1946 season ( 1947 Rose Bowl ), when the Big Ten - Rose Bowl agreement began, through the 1971 season ( 1972 Rose Bowl ), the Big Ten did not permit the same team to represent that Conference in the Rose Bowl in consecutive years. There was one exception : Minnesota played in the 1961 Rose Bowl and 1962 Rose Bowl games, as previously explained in the section on the conference agreements after the collapse of the Pacific Coast Conference. Also of note, during this era Big Ten and Pac - 8 teams could play only in the Rose Bowl ; this restriction was not lifted until the 1975 season. Archie Griffin of Ohio State and Brian Cushing of USC are the only players to ever start in four Rose Bowl games. Legendary coach Woody Hayes led Ohio State to the Rose Bowl from 1973 to 1976, while USC head coach Pete Carroll led the Trojans to the Rose Bowl from 2006 to 2009. Current members of the Pac - 12 or the Big Ten to have not appeared in the Rose Bowl are Arizona ( who joined the then - Pac - 10 in 1978 ), Colorado and Utah ( who both joined the Pac - 12 in 2011 ), and Maryland and Rutgers ( who both joined the Big Ten in 2014 ), though California appeared in the Rose Bowl only as a member of a predecessor league to the Pac - 12. Similar to Cal, Nebraska played in the 1941 and 2002 games, but was not a member of the Big Ten Conference at these times. The Idaho and Montana, who were members of the Pacific Coast Conference from 1922 until 1958 and 1950 respectively, never finished near the top in the PCC football standings. Former Big Ten member Chicago withdrew from the league prior to the bowl arrangement being set. Relatively new Pac - 12 members Colorado and Utah have yet to appear in one, having joined the Pac - 12 on July 1, 2011. The most recent additions to the Big Ten, Maryland and Rutgers, have yet to appear in one, having joined the Big Ten on July 1, 2014. USC has played the most Big Ten schools in the Rose Bowl. As of 2016, the only opponents remaining for the Trojans are Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, and the two newest Big Ten schools that have yet to appear in the Rose Bowl : Maryland and Rutgers. Michigan has played the most schools in the Pac - 12 in the Rose Bowl. The remaining opponents for the Wolverines are Oregon and the three Pac - 12 schools that have yet to appear in the Rose Bowl : Arizona, Utah, and Colorado. The Rose Bowl was exclusively a Big Ten - Pac - 10 affair for 52 years, from 1946 ( 1947 Rose Bowl ) through 1997 ( 1998 Rose Bowl ). While the Big Ten dominated the game in the late 1940s and 1950s, and the Pac - 10 dominated during the 1970s and early 1980s, over the entire 52 - year span, each conference won 26 games. The BCS era covered sixteen games, starting with the 1999 ( 85th ) Rose Bowl to the 2014 ( 100th ) Rose Bowl. Of the eleven games featuring a Big Ten - Pac - 12 matchup, the Pac - 12 leads in wins, 7 - 4. However, the 2007 ( 93rd ) Rose Bowl and 2008 ( 94th ) Rose Bowl, each Big Ten losses to the Pac - 12, actually featured the Big Ten runner - up, as conference champion Ohio State was selected to play each of those years in the BCS National Championship Game. The 2002 and 2006 Rose Bowls represented the National Championship game. In 2002, there was neither a Big Ten or Pac - 10 school, as Oregon was in the Fiesta Bowl while Illinois was in the Sugar Bowl. In 2006, top - ranked USC represented the Pac - 10 in the National Championship Game in the Rose Bowl against second - ranked Texas from the Big 12 Conference. Third - ranked Penn State, the Big Ten Champion, played in the Orange Bowl while fourth - ranked Ohio State played in the Fiesta Bowl that year. The other two non-Big Ten vs. Pac - 10 matchups in the BCS era involved Big 12 Conference teams : Oklahoma in the 2003 ( 89th ) Rose Bowl and Texas in the 2005 ( 91st ) Rose Bowl. The 2011 Rose Bowl Game marked the sole time during the BCS era that a school from a non-BCS conference played in the game ( as Oregon, the Pacific - 10 champion, was selected to play in the BCS National Championship Game ). TCU, led by Quarterback Andy Dalton, beat Wisconsin 21 -- 19. Game arrangements This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2012 ) 2006 Rose Bowl : Texas defeated Southern California 41 -- 38 on January 4, 2006 Beginning with the 1947 Rose Bowl, the Pacific Coast representative was the home team, and the Big Nine representative was the visitor. This arrangement would alternate each year. The stadium seating started with the Big Nine representatives in the end zone, but eventually was set with the Big Ten fans and team on the West ( press box ) side, and Pacific - 10 fans and team on the East side. The home team wears their darkest home jerseys, and the visiting team wears the white visiting jerseys. There have been exceptions to the uniform arrangement : UCLA wore their home jerseys, light blue, in the 1962, 1966, and 1976 Rose Bowl games, with the Big Ten opponent also wearing their home uniforms. From 1947 through 2001, the Big Ten team was the home team in odd - numbered years, and the Pac - 10 team was the home team in even - numbered years. In 2003, Washington State was the home team, as a non-Big Ten or Pac - 10 school ( Oklahoma of the Big 12 ) was the opponent ; the same applied in 2005, when Michigan played another Big 12 school, Texas. Beginning with the 2002 Rose Bowl, Nebraska was home, with team and fans on the East sideline. From 2006 through 2013, the home team has been the team with the highest BCS season ending ranking. For the 2005 Rose Bowl, the Michigan team was on the East sideline ; Texas was the visiting team and was on the West sideline. For the 2006 Rose Bowl, USC was the home team and Texas was the visiting team on the West sideline. Traditionally, the Big Ten ( or its BCS replacement ) is on the West side ( press box ) and the Pac - 12 team is on the East side. During the BCS era, the institution with the higher BCS ranking performed the national anthem, and performed first at halftime. With the exception of BCS championship years, the National Anthem was performed by the band. In BCS Championship years, a performer was invited to sing the Anthem, the last being LeAnn Rimes in 2006. The Rose Bowl does not have other performers during the halftime show besides the school marching bands. As part of the television contract, a portion of each band 's halftime performance is shown on television. Each school and each conference are allocated television spots to advertise. For the 100th game on January 1, 2014, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Judith Hill and Darlene Love sang the national anthem. This was the first time in Rose Bowl history that the anthem was performed by singers rather than by a marching band. Today, the institution with the higher ranking by the CFP selection committee performs the national anthem and performs first at halftime. Appearances and win -- loss records Big Ten and Pac - 12 teams Team Appearances Won Lost Tied Latest USC 34 25 9 2017 Michigan 20 8 12 2007 Stanford ^ 15 7 7 2016 Washington 14 7 6 2001 Ohio State 14 7 7 UCLA 12 5 7 1999 Wisconsin 9 6 2013 California 8 5 1959 Oregon 7 2015 Iowa 6 2016 Michigan State 5 2014 Illinois 5 2008 Washington State ^ 2003 Penn State * 2017 Oregon State 1965 Arizona State 1997 Minnesota 1962 Northwestern Purdue 2001 Nebraska † 0 2002 Indiana 0 1968 Big Ten Conference 69 31 38 0 2017 Pac - 12 Conference 96 50 43 2017 Other teams Team Appearances Won Lost Tied Latest Alabama ‡ 6 1946 Pittsburgh 1937 Texas 0 2006 Duke 0 1942 Tennessee ‡ 0 1945 Columbia 0 1934 Georgia ‡ 0 1943 Georgia Tech ‡ 0 1929 Harvard 0 1920 Miami ( FL ) 0 2002 Notre Dame 0 1925 Oklahoma 0 2003 TCU 0 2011 Navy 0 0 1924 Washington & Jefferson 0 0 1922 Brown 0 1916 Florida State 0 2015 Penn 0 1917 SMU 0 1936 Tulane ‡ 0 1932 ^ The Pacific Coast Conference, predecessor to the Pac - 12 Conference, had their first football season in 1916, so Washington State 's appearance in 1916 for the 1915 season and Stanford 's appearance in 1902 for the 1901 season do not count toward the conference 's total. * Penn State was not a member of the Big Ten at the time of their 1923 Rose Bowl appearance, so Penn State 's appearance in 1923 for the 1922 season does not count toward the Big Ten 's conference 's total † Nebraska was not a member of the Big Ten at the time of either of their appearances. Therefore, as of 2017, they have not represented the Big Ten in the Rose Bowl. ‡ The Southeastern Conference has one current member and two former members who made additional appearances in the Rose Bowl while those schools were not members of the SEC. Alabama made additional appearances in 1926, 1927, and 1931 before becoming a charter member of the SEC in 1932. Another SEC charter member, Georgia Tech, made an appearance in 1929, and left the SEC in 1964. Tulane, also a charter member, made an appearance in 1932, prior to the SEC 's establishment in December of that year. Tulane left the SEC in 1966. Rose Bowl most Valuable Player Award Rose Bowl records at the Hall of Champions The most valuable player in the Rose Bowl game is given a crystal trophy that is the Rose Bowl Most Valuable Player Award. The award was created in 1953 and awarded retroactively for players all the way back to the 1902 Rose Bowl. Occasionally, the award has been shared by two players. Beginning with the 2005 Rose Bowl Game, the Rose Bowl MVP Award has been given to both an offensive and defensive player. Four players have been named the MVP of more than one Rose Bowl : Bob Schloredt, Washington ( 1960, 1961 ), Charles White, USC ( 1979, 1980 ), Ron Dayne, Wisconsin ( 1999, 2000 ), and Vince Young, Texas ( 2005, 2006 ). Year played MVP Team Position 1902 Neil Snow Michigan FB 1916 William Henry Dietz Washington State FB 1917 John Beckett Oregon 1918 Hollis Huntington Mare Island FB 1919 George Halas Great Lakes 1920 Edward Casey Harvard HB 1921 Harold Muller California 1922 Russell Stein Washington & Jefferson 1923 Leo Calland USC 1924 Ira McKee Navy QB 1925 Elmer Layden Notre Dame FB Ernie Nevers Stanford FB 1926 Johnny Mack Brown Alabama HB George `` Wildcat '' Wilson Washington HB 1927 Fred Pickhard Alabama 1928 Clifford `` Biff '' Hoffman Stanford FB 1929 Benjamin Lom California HB 1930 Russell Saunders USC QB 1931 John `` Monk '' Campbell Alabama QB 1932 Erny Pinckert USC HB 1933 Homer Griffith USC QB 1934 Cliff Montgomery Columbia QB 1935 Millard `` Dixie '' Howell Alabama HB 1936 James `` Monk '' Moscrip Stanford Keith Topping Stanford 1937 Bill Daddio Pittsburgh 1938 Victor Bottari California HB 1939 Doyle Nave USC QB Al Krueger USC 1940 Ambrose Schindler USC QB 1941 Peter Kmetovic Stanford HB 1942 Donald Durdan Oregon State HB 1943 Charles Trippi Georgia HB 1944 Norman Verry USC 1945 Jim Hardy USC QB 1946 Harry Gilmer Alabama HB 1947 Claude `` Buddy '' Young Illinois HB Julius Rykovich Illinois HB 1948 Bob Chappuis Michigan HB 1949 Frank Aschenbrenner Northwestern HB 1950 Fred `` Curly '' Morrison Ohio State FB 1951 Don Dufek Michigan FB 1952 William Tate Illinois HB 1953 Rudy Bukich USC QB 1954 Billy Wells Michigan State HB 1955 Dave Leggett Ohio State QB 1956 Walter Kowalczyk Michigan State HB 1957 Kenneth Ploen Iowa QB 1958 Jack Crabtree Oregon QB 1959 Bob Jeter Iowa HB 1960 Bob Schloredt Washington QB George Fleming Washington HB 1961 Bob Schloredt Washington QB 1962 Sandy Stephens Minnesota QB 1963 Pete Beathard USC QB Ron Vander Kelen Wisconsin QB 1964 Jim Grabowski Illinois FB 1965 Mel Anthony Michigan FB 1966 Bob Stiles UCLA DB 1967 John Charles Purdue DB 1968 O.J. Simpson USC TB 1969 Rex Kern Ohio State QB 1970 Bob Chandler USC FL 1971 Jim Plunkett Stanford QB 1972 Don Bunce Stanford QB 1973 Sam Cunningham USC FB Cornelius Greene Ohio State QB Pat Haden USC QB John McKay, Jr. USC SE 1976 John Sciarra UCLA QB 1977 Vince Evans USC QB 1978 Warren Moon Washington QB 1979 Charles White USC TB Rick Leach Michigan QB 1980 Charles White USC TB 1981 Butch Woolfolk Michigan RB 1982 Jacque Robinson Washington RB Don Rogers UCLA FS Tom Ramsey UCLA QB 1984 Rick Neuheisel UCLA QB 1985 Tim Green USC QB Jack Del Rio USC LB 1986 Eric Ball UCLA TB Jeff Van Raaphorst Arizona State QB 1988 Percy Snow Michigan State LB 1989 Leroy Hoard Michigan FB 1990 Ricky Ervins USC TB 1991 Mark Brunell Washington QB 1992 Steve Emtman Washington DT Billy Joe Hobert Washington QB 1993 Tyrone Wheatley Michigan RB 1994 Brent Moss Wisconsin RB 1995 Danny O'Neil Oregon QB Ki - Jana Carter Penn State RB Keyshawn Johnson USC WR 1997 Joe Germaine Ohio State QB 1998 Brian Griese Michigan QB 1999 Ron Dayne Wisconsin RB 2000 Ron Dayne Wisconsin RB 2001 Marques Tuiasosopo Washington QB 2002 Ken Dorsey Miami QB Andre Johnson Miami WR 2003 Nate Hybl Oklahoma QB Matt Leinart USC QB 2005 Vince Young Texas QB LaMarr Woodley Michigan LB 2006 Vince Young Texas QB Michael Huff Texas 2007 Dwayne Jarrett USC WR Brian Cushing USC OLB 2008 John David Booty USC QB Rey Maualuga USC LB 2009 Mark Sanchez USC QB Kaluka Maiava USC LB Terrelle Pryor Ohio State QB Kenny Rowe Oregon DE 2011 Andy Dalton TCU QB Tank Carder TCU LB 2012 Lavasier Tuinei Oregon WR Kiko Alonso Oregon LB 2013 Stepfan Taylor Stanford RB Usua Amanam Stanford DB 2014 Connor Cook Michigan State QB Kyler Elsworth Michigan State LB 2015 Marcus Mariota Oregon QB Tony Washington Oregon LB 2016 Christian McCaffrey Stanford RB Aziz Shittu Stanford DE 2017 Sam Darnold USC QB Stevie Tu'ikolovatu USC DT Game records Team Performance vs. opponent Year Most points scored 59, Oregon vs. Florida State 2015 Most points scored ( losing team ) 49, Penn State 2017 Most points scored in regulation ( both teams ) 101, USC vs. Penn State 2017 Most points scored in a half 41 ( second half ), Oregon vs. Florida State 2015 Most points scored in a half ( both teams ) 56 ( first half ), Oregon vs. Wisconsin 2012 Fewest points allowed 0, Washington vs. Iowa ( tied with 17 others ) 1982 First downs 33, USC vs Penn State 2017 Rushing yards 503, Michigan vs. Stanford 1902 Passing yards 456, Oregon vs. Penn State 1995 Total yards 639, Oregon vs. Florida State 2015 Individual Performance, team vs. opponent Year Total offense 473, Sam Darnold, USC vs Penn State 2017 Touchdowns 5, Sam Darnold, USC vs Penn State 2017 Rushing yards 247, Charles White, USC vs. Ohio State ( 39 attempts, 1 TD ) 1980 Rushing TDs 5, Neil Snow, Michigan vs. Stanford 1902 Passing yards 456, Danny O'Neil, Oregon vs. Penn State ( 41 - 61 - 2, 2 TD ) 1995 Tackles 17, John Boyett, Oregon vs. Wisconsin ( tied with 1 other ) 2012 Sacks 3, Kenny Rowe, Oregon vs. Ohio State ( tied with 3 others ) Interceptions 3, Bill Paulman, Stanford vs. SMU ( tied with 1 other ) 1936 Long plays Performance, team vs. opponent Year Touchdown run 91, De'Anthony Thomas, Oregon vs. Wisconsin 2012 Touchdown pass 76, Rick Leach to Curt Stephenson, Michigan vs. Washington 1978 Kickoff return 103, Al Hoisch, UCLA vs. Illinois ( TD ) 1947 Punt return 86, Aramis Dandoy, USC vs. Ohio State ( TD ) 1955 Interception return 78, Elmer Layden, Notre Dame vs. Stanford ( TD ) 1925 Fumble return 58, Tony Washington, Oregon vs. Florida State ( TD ) 2015 Punt 73, Don Bracken, Michigan vs. Washington 1981 Field goal 52, Rob Houghtlin, Iowa vs. UCLA 1986 Note : When there is a tie, the most recent one will be listed. Top - ranked teams This section may be confusing or unclear to readers. In particular, which poll ( s ) are being used. ( August 2016 ) No. 1 -- ranked teams 1954 Season / 1955 Game : No. 1 Ohio State defeated No. 17 USC, 20 -- 7 1960 Season / 1961 Game : No. 6 Washington defeated No. 1 Minnesota, 17 -- 7 1962 Season / 1963 Game : No. 1 USC defeated No. 2 Wisconsin, 42 -- 37 1965 Season / 1966 Game : No. 5 UCLA defeated No. 1 Michigan State, 14 -- 12 1968 Season / 1969 Game : No. 1 Ohio State defeated No. 2 USC, 27 -- 16 1972 Season / 1973 Game : No. 1 USC defeated No. 3 Ohio State, 42 - 17 1975 Season / 1976 Game : No. 11 UCLA defeated No. 1 Ohio State, 23 - 10 1979 Season / 1980 Game : No. 3 USC defeated No. 1 Ohio State, 17 -- 16 1997 Season / 1998 Game : No. 1 Michigan defeated No. 8 Washington State, 21 -- 16 2001 Season / 2002 BCS National Championship Game : No. 1 Miami defeated No. 4 Nebraska, 37 -- 14 2003 Season / 2004 Game : No. 1 USC defeated No. 4 Michigan, 28 -- 14 2005 Season / 2006 BCS National Championship Game : No. 2 Texas defeated No. 1 USC, 41 -- 38 No. 1 vs. No. 2 teams 1962 Season / 1963 Game : No. 1 USC defeated No. 2 Wisconsin, 42 -- 37. 1968 Season / 1969 Game : No. 1 Ohio State defeated No. 2 USC, 27 -- 16. Ohio State was voted national champion. 2005 Season / 2006 BCS National Championship Game : No. 2 Texas defeated No. 1 USC, 41 -- 38. Texas was voted national champion. Twice in a season Five times in Rose Bowl Game history, the two participants had played during the regular season. In three of those instances, the same team won both the regular season game and the Rose Bowl Game. UCLA won three of those five Rose Bowl games, including both instances in which a different team lost the regular season game but won the Rose Bowl Game. 1956 Iowa 14, Oregon State 13 ; 1957 Rose Bowl Rematch : Iowa 35, Oregon State 19 1965 Michigan State 13, UCLA 3 ; 1966 Rose Bowl Rematch : UCLA 14, Michigan State 12 1975 Ohio State 41, UCLA 20 ; 1976 Rose Bowl Rematch : UCLA 23, Ohio State 10 1982 UCLA 31, Michigan 27 ; 1983 Rose Bowl Rematch : UCLA 24, Michigan 14 1987 Michigan State 27, USC 13 ; 1988 Rose Bowl Rematch : Michigan State 20, USC 17 Rose Bowl Hall of Fame Inductees ( by year ) : 1989 -- C.W. `` Bump '' Elliott, Michigan ; W.W. `` Woody '' Hayes, Ohio State ; Howard Jones, USC ; Jim Plunkett, Stanford 1990 -- Archie Griffin, Ohio State ; Bob Reynolds, Stanford ; Neil Snow, Michigan ; Wallace Wade, Brown, Alabama, & Duke ; Charles White, USC 1991 -- Rex Kern, Ohio State ; John McKay, USC ; Ernie Nevers, Stanford ; Roy Riegels, California ; Bob Schloredt, Washington ; John Sciarra, UCLA ; Russell Stein, Washington & Jefferson ; Charley Trippi, Georgia ; Ron Vander Kelen, Wisconsin ; George Wilson, Washington 1992 -- Frank Albert, Stanford ; Bob Chappuis, Michigan ; Sam Cunningham, USC ; Bill Daddio, Pittsburgh ; Bob Griese, Purdue ; Hollis Huntington, Oregon & Mare Island Marines ; Shy Huntington, Oregon ; Elmer Layden, Notre Dame ; Jim Owens, Washington 1993 -- Frank Aschenbrenner, Northwestern ; Dixie Howell, Alabama ; Don Hutson, Alabama ; Curly Morrison, Ohio State ; Brick Muller, California ; Julius Rykovich, Illinois ; Bo Schembechler, Michigan ; O.J. Simpson, USC ; Bob Stiles, UCLA ; Buddy Young, Illinois 1994 -- Vic Bottari, California ; Jim Hardy, USC ; Don James, Washington ; Bob Jeter, Iowa ; Lay Leishman, Tournament of Roses ; Pat Richter, Wisconsin ; Russell Sanders, USC 1995 -- Gary Beban, UCLA ; Dick Butkus, Illinois ; Harry Gilmer, Alabama ; Pat Haden, USC ; Al Krueger, USC ; Doyle Nave, USC ; Ted Shipkey, Stanford 1996 -- Eric Ball, UCLA ; Pete Beathard, USC ; John Ferraro, USC ; Stan Hahn, Tournament of Roses ; John Ralston, Stanford ; Bill Tate, Illinois 1997 -- Terry Donahue, UCLA ; Jim Grabowski, Illinois ; Warren Moon, Washington ; Erny Pinckert, USC ; Ken Ploen, Iowa ; Sandy Stephens, Minnesota 1998 -- Jack Crabtree, Oregon ; Don Durdan, Oregon State ; J.K. McKay, USC ; Rick Neuheisel, UCLA ; Bill Nicholas, Tournament of Roses ; Butch Woolfolk, Michigan 1999 -- Al Hoisch, UCLA ; Keith Jackson, ABC Sports ; Dave Kaiser, Michigan State 2000 -- Johnny Mack Brown, Alabama ; Marv Goux, USC 2001 -- No inductees 2002 -- Ambrose `` Amblin ' Amby '' Schindler, USC ; Mel Anthony, Michigan 2003 -- Harriman Cronk, Tournament of Roses ; Danny O'Neil, Oregon ; John Robinson, USC 2004 -- Alan Ameche, Wisconsin ; Rudy Bukich, USC ; Wayne Duke, Big Ten ; Jim Stivers, Tournament of Roses 2005 -- Richard N. Frank, Lawry 's Restaurants ( Beef Bowl ) ; Curt Gowdy, Sports Broadcaster 2006 -- Steve Emtman, Washington ; Rube Samuelsen, Sports Journalist ; Jeff Van Raaphorst, Arizona State 2007 -- Pete Johnson, Ohio State ; Tom Ramsey, UCLA ; Dennis Swanson, Television Executive 2008 -- Keyshawn Johnson, USC ; Virgil `` Virg '' Lubberden, USC ( administrator ) ; Chuck Ortmann, Michigan 2009 -- Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin ; Tom Hansen, Pacific - 10 Conference ; John Hicks, Ohio State 2010 -- Brad Budde, USC ; Hayden Fry, Iowa ; Leroy Keyes, Purdue 2011 -- Ron Dayne, Wisconsin ; Dick Enberg, NBC ; George Fleming, Washington 2012 -- John Cooper, Arizona State and Ohio State ; Brian Griese, Michigan ; and Ron Yary, USC 2013 -- Lloyd Carr, Michigan ; Orlando Pace, Ohio State ; Lynn Swann, USC 2014 -- Knute Rockne, Notre Dame ; Dick Vermeil, UCLA and Ki - Jana Carter, Penn State 2015 -- Mark Brunell, Washington ; Jim Muldoon ( Pac - 10 ) ; Fritz Pollard, Brown ; and Tyrone Wheatley, Michigan 2016 -- Bobby Bell, Minnesota ; Ricky Ervins, USC ; Tommy Prothro, UCLA and Art Spander, UCLA 2017 -- Mack Brown, Texas ; Cade McNown, UCLA ; Charles Woodson, Michigan ; and Dr. Charles West, Washington & Jefferson All - Century Class The Rose Bowl Game All - Century Class was announced by Rose Bowl Hall of Fame member Keith Jackson, on Sunday, December 8, 2013 at 4 : 00 p.m. at Tournament House. They are : 1900s -- 1910s : George Halas ( Great Lakes Navy ) 1920s : Ernie Nevers ( Stanford ) 1930s : Don Hutson ( Alabama ) and Howard Jones ( USC ) 1940s : Charley Trippi ( Georgia ) 1950s : Woody Hayes ( Ohio State ) 1960s : John McKay ( USC ) 1970s : Archie Griffin ( Ohio State ) 1980s : Bo Schembechler ( Michigan ) 1990s : Ron Dayne ( Wisconsin ) 2000s : Vince Young ( Texas ) 2010s : Montee Ball ( Wisconsin ) In addition to being named as All - Century representatives for their respective decades, John McKay and Archie Griffin were named the 100th Rose Bowl Game All - Century Coach and Player respectively. Griffin and McKay ( represented by his son John McKay, Jr. ) will participate in the 2014 Rose Parade. The finalists : 1900 -- 1919 : Paddy Driscoll ( Great Lakes Navy, 1919 ), Neil Snow ( Michigan, 1902 ) and George Halas ( Great Lakes Navy, 1919 ) 1920 -- 1929 : Ernie Nevers ( Stanford, 1925 ), Elmer Layden ( Notre Dame, 1925 ) and Johnny Mack Brown ( Alabama, 1926 ) 1930 -- 1939 : Millard `` Dixie '' Howell ( Alabama, 1935 ), Don Hutson ( Alabama, 1935 ) and Howard Jones ( USC, 1930, 1932 -- 33, 1939 -- 40 ) 1940 -- 1949 : Bob Chappuis ( Michigan, 1948 ), Harry Gilmer ( Alabama, 1946 ) and Charley Trippi ( Georgia, 1943 ) 1950 -- 1959 : Alan Ameche ( Wisconsin, 1953 ), Bob Jeter ( Iowa, 1959 ) and Woody Hayes ( Ohio State, 1954, 1957, 1968, 1970, 1972 -- 1975 ) 1960 -- 1969 : Ron Vander Kelen ( Wisconsin, 1963 ), O.J. Simpson ( USC, 1968 - 69 ) and John McKay ( USC, 1963, 1967 -- 70, 1973 -- 1975 ) 1970 -- 1979 : Jim Plunkett ( Stanford, 1971 ), Charles White ( USC, 1979 -- 1980 ) and Archie Griffin ( Ohio State, 1973 -- 1976 ) 1980 -- 1989 : Don James ( Washington, 1978, 1981 -- 82, 1991 -- 93 ), John Robinson ( USC, 1977, 1979 -- 80, 1996 ) and Bo Schembechler ( Michigan, 1970, 1972, 1977 -- 79, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989 -- 90 ) 1990 -- 1999 : Barry Alvarez ( Wisconsin, 1994, 1999, 2000 and 2013 ), Keyshawn Johnson ( USC, 1996 ) and Ron Dayne ( Wisconsin, 1999 and 2000 ) 2000 -- 2009 : Matt Leinart ( USC, 2004 and 2006 ), Vince Young ( Texas, 2005 -- 06 ) and Brian Cushing ( USC, 2006 -- 09 ), John David Booty ( USC 2006 -- 07 ) 2010 -- 2012 : Terrelle Pryor ( Ohio State, 2010 ), Tank Carder ( TCU, 2011 ) and Montee Ball ( Wisconsin, 2011 -- 13 ) Nominated by The Football Writers Association of America. Player and coach Nine former players have come back to coach a team in the game ( played and coached, as listed by the Tournament of Roses Association ) : Bret Bielema : Iowa ( 1991 ) ; Wisconsin ( 2011, 2012 ) Terry Donahue : UCLA ( 1966 ) ; UCLA ( 1983, 1984, 1986, 1994 ) Bump Elliott : Michigan ( 1948 ) ; Michigan ( 1965 ) Pete Elliott : Michigan ( 1948 ) ; California ( 1959 ) ; Illinois ( 1964 ) Jess Hill : USC ( 1930 ) ; USC ( 1953, 1955 ) Shy Huntington : Oregon ( 1917 ) ; Oregon ( 1920 ) Rick Neuheisel : UCLA ( 1983, 1984 -- MVP ) ; Washington ( 2001 ) John Robinson : Oregon ( 1958 ) ; USC ( 1977, 1979, 1980, 1996 ) Chuck Taylor : Stanford ( 1941 ) ; Stanford ( 1952 ) Coaches with two teams Hugo Bezdek : Oregon, 1917 ; Mare Island, 1918 ; Penn State, 1923 ( three teams ) John Cooper : Arizona State, 1987 ; Ohio State, 1997 ( Only coach to win the Rose Bowl Game with both a Big Ten and Pac - 10 team ) Bill `` Lone Star '' Dietz : Washington State, 1916 ; Mare Island, 1919 Pete Elliott : California, 1959 ; Illinois, 1964 Robert Folwell : Pennsylvania, 1917 ; Navy 1924 Tommy Prothro : Oregon State, 1965 ; UCLA 1966 Wallace Wade : Alabama, 1926, 1927, 1931 ; Duke 1939, 1942 Related Events Selection Sunday, December 6, 2015 Lawry 's Beef Bowl -- December 27, 28, 2015 Hall of Fame ceremony, Pasadena Convention Center, December 30, 2015 Kickoff Luncheon, Rose Bowl, December 31, 2015 Rose Bowl Game Public Tailgate, January 1, 2016 Notes January 1, 1918 -- Hugo Bezdek was the first college football coach to lead two separate schools ( Oregon, 1917 and Mare Island, 1918 ) to victories ; He also coached Penn State in a loss in the 1923 Rose Bowl January 2, 1922 -- First bowl game not played on New Year 's Day January 3, 2002 -- First time hosting the BCS National Championship where Miami defeated Nebraska, 37 - 14, and the Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl Game were held on separate days Books America 's New Year Celebration. 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Official website Rose Bowl Game History & conference tie - ins History Rose Bowl Stadium College Football Playoff Broadcasters Big Ten Conference Pac - 12 Conference Games 1902 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Notes No games were held from 1903 to 1915. The 1942 game was played at Duke Stadium in Durham, NC, due to the attack on Pearl Harbor. The game was also the national title game for the Bowl Championship Series in 2002 and 2006. The game was a College Football Playoff semifinal in its 2015 edition. 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Question: why is the rose bowl called the rose bowl
Answer: part of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association's "America's New Year Celebration," which also includes the historic Rose Parade