1958 Rose Bowl The 1958 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1 , 1958 . In the game , the 44th Rose Bowl , the Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Oregon Webfoots by a score of 10 – 7 . Jack Crabtree , quarterback of the losing Webfoots , was named the Rose Bowl Player of the Game , one of only two players in Rose Bowl history from a losing team who won the award outright . Teams . Ohio State Buckeyes . Ohio State came into the game with an eight - game winning streak , having dropped their season opener to TCU and then winning the rest of their games . They were ranked # 1 in the Coaches ' Poll and # 2 in the AP Poll behind Auburn ( Auburn was on probation due to recruiting violations and was therefore not eligible for a bowl game ) . The Buckeyes were heavily favored to win the Rose Bowl . Oregon Webfoots . Oregon came into the Rose Bowl having just lost its Civil War rivalry game to Oregon State , which put the two teams into a tie for the Pacific Coast Conference championship . Normally , Oregon State would have gone to the Rose Bowl with the head - to - head victory ; however , Oregon State had appeared in the Rose Bowl a year earlier , and the PCC had a no - repeat rule . Oregon had not been in the Rose Bowl since 1920 . Game summary . Ohio State took the opening possession 79 yards , capped by a one - yard run by quarterback Frank Kremblas , to take a 7 – 0 lead . Oregon tied the game in the second quarter with a 5 - yard run from Jim Shanley after an 80 - yard , 10 - play drive . The score remained 7 – 7 well into the second half . With 5 : 20 left in the third quarter , the Webfoots had a chance to take the lead , but kicker Jack Morris ' 34 - yard field goal try hooked wide to the left . Finally , in the fourth quarter , Ohio State ' s Don Sutherin attempted a kick from the same spot on the field with 14 : 02 left in the game . Sutherin ' s kick was good , and Ohio State retook the lead , 10 – 7 . On their next possession , the Webfoots were driving until end Ron Stover fumbled . With time running out in the game , Oregon got the ball back and had a chance to tie or go ahead , but Crabtree ' s fourth - down pass to Stover fell incomplete with 47 seconds remaining , and the Buckeyes held on to win , 10 – 7 . The Webfoots outgained the Buckeyes 351 to 304 and made 21 first downs to the Buckeyes ' 19 . Crabtree was 10 of 17 passing for 135 yards . Stover had 10 receptions on the day , and his 144 receiving yards established a new record for PCC participants . Scoring . Third quarter . No scoring . Aftermath . The Buckeyes retained their # 1 UPI ranking in the final poll and thereby earned a share of the national championship , its third such title . Auburn retained the # 1 AP ranking despite their probation status . Buckeye coach Woody Hayes was named College Football Coach of the Year . Oregon ' s Jack Crabtree became one of a very few players of a losing team to win the Player of the Game award , and one of only two to win the award without sharing it with a member of the winning team . Benny Lom of California , who tackled his teammate Roy Riegels in the 1929 Rose Bowl after he was running the wrong way with the ball , is the only other solo Player of the Game from a losing team . Oregon , appearing in its first Rose Bowl in 38 years , would wait another 37 years to return in 1995 .