The 1923 Rose Bowl, played on January 1, 1923, was an American Football bowl game.
 It was the 9th Rose Bowl Game.
 The USC Trojans defeated the Penn State Nittany Lions 14-3.
 Leo Calland, a USC guard, was named the Rose Bowl Player of the Game when the award was created in 1953 and selections were made retroactively.
 It was the first bowl game appearance for both the University of Southern California and Pennsylvania State University football teams.
 It was also the first Tournament of Roses football game held in the newly constructed Rose Bowl Stadium, although games had been played in it prior to this game.
The 1963 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1963, at the end of the 1962 college football season.
 It was the 49th Rose Bowl Game.
 The USC Trojans defeated the Wisconsin Badgers, 42–37.
 This is the first #1 versus #2 match-up to occur in a bowl game, although #1 versus #2 match-ups had occurred previously as regular season games (typically referred to as "Games of the Century").
 Ron Vander Kelen, the Wisconsin quarterback and Pete Beathard, the USC quarterback, were both named the Rose Bowl Player of the Game.
 Down 42–14 in the fourth quarter, Vander Kelen put together a number of drives to score 23 unanswered points and put the Badgers in position to win the game.
 Due to the historic #1 versus #2 bowl match-up, the number of Rose Bowl records set, and the furious fourth quarter rally by Wisconsin, this game frequently appears on lists of "greatest bowl games of all time."
John Harvey McKay (July 5, 1923 – June 10, 2001) was an American football coach.
 He was the head coach at the University of Southern California (USC) from 1960 to 1975 and of the National Football League's Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1976 to 1984.
 In 16 seasons at USC, McKay compiled a record of 127–40–8 and won nine AAWU/Pac-8 conference titles.
 His teams made eight appearances in the Rose Bowl, with five wins.
 Four of his squads captured national titles (1962, 1967, 1972, 1974).
The 1975 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1975.
 It was the 61st Rose Bowl Game.
 Fifth ranked USC Trojans defeated third ranked Ohio State Buckeyes 18-17 in one of the most exciting games in the history of the Rose Bowl.
 USC quarterback Pat Haden passed to Shelton Diggs for the two-point conversion that gave the Trojans the Rose Bowl victory and the UPI's college football national title.
Ronald Vander Kelen (November 6, 1939 – August 14, 2016) was an American football quarterback.
 He played at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is best known for his MVP performance in the 1963 Rose Bowl, where he broke several Rose Bowl records, some of which still stand.
 In that game, he orchestrated a legendary fourth quarter comeback attempt against the USC Trojans in the first #1 (USC) versus #2 (Wisconsin) bowl game in college football history.
 Vander Kelen was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 1991.
The 2004 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game held on January 1, 2004 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
 It was the 90th Rose Bowl Game.
 The USC Trojans, champions of the Pacific-10 Conference, defeated the Michigan Wolverines, champions of the Big Ten Conference, 28-14.
 USC quarterback Matt Leinart was named the Rose Bowl Player of the Game.
The 1973 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1973.
 It was the 59th Rose Bowl Game.
 The USC Trojans defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes, 42–17.
 USC running back Sam Cunningham scored four touchdowns and was named the Rose Bowl Player Of The Game.
 The Trojans were voted unanimously the number one team in college football, the first time in college football history.
 The attendance of 106,869 set the Rose Bowl Stadium record, as well as the NCAA bowl game record.
The 1940 Rose Bowl, played on January 1, 1940, was an American college football bowl game.
 It was the 26th Rose Bowl Game.
 The USC Trojans defeated the Tennessee Volunteers 14–0.
 Ambrose Schindler, the USC quarterback, was named the Rose Bowl Player Of The Game when the award was created in 1953 and selections were made retroactively.
 USC ended a 23-game Tennessee winning streak and the Trojans scored the first points against the Volunteers all season.
The 2017 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 2, 2017 at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California.
 This 103rd Rose Bowl Game matched the Big Ten Conference champions Penn State Nittany Lions against the USC Trojans of the Pac-12 Conference, a rematch of the 1923 and 2009 Rose Bowls, the former the first appearance for either team in the bowl and the latter the most recent appearance for either team.
 It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games that concluded the 2016 FBS football season.
 Sponsored by the Northwestern Mutual financial services organization, the game was officially known as the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual.
 USC received the Lathrop K. Leishman trophy for winning the game.
The 1962 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1962 college football season.
 In their third year under head coach John McKay, the Trojans compiled an 11–0 record (4–0 against conference opponents), won the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU or Big 6) championship, defeated Wisconsin in the 1963 Rose Bowl, outscored their opponents by a combined total of 261 to 92, and finished the season ranked #1 in both the AP Poll and UPI Coaches Poll.

Question: The defeat of Wisconsin in the 1963 Rose Bowl was one of how many Rose Bowl appearances for the USC Trojans?
Answer: eight