1974 Rose Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 1974 Rose Bowl 60th Rose Bowl Game 1973 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State University USC Trojans University of Southern California 9–0–1 Big Ten 9–1–1 Pac-8 Woody Hayes John McKay 4 3 7 7 7 7 13 15 3 11 7 0 January 1 Rose Bowl Pasadena, California Cornelius Greene (QB, OSU) Ohio State by 2 pointshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OXEsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dPoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6377%2C60681 Lakeland Ledger Florida Associated Press Rose January 1, 1974 1Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T9JOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GwIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7245%2C245888 Toledo Blade Ohio Taylor Jim Southern Cal's gridders goal – become Buck stoppers January 1, 1974 47 Howard Wirtz (Big Ten;split crew: Big Ten, Pac-8) 105,267 NBC List of announcers of major college bowl games Curt Gowdy, Al DeRogatis 30.7 The 1974 Rose Bowl was the 60th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Tuesday, January 1. The Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference defeated the USC Trojans of the Pacific-8 Conference, 42–21.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bxpXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dPoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4673%2C243959 Lakeland Ledger Florida Associated Press Ohio State gets Rose Bowl revenge January 2, 1974 1Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D7QsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ywkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4795%2C234546 Wilmington Morning Star North Carolina UPI 'Greatest win ever,' says Woody January 2, 1974 16https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UNJOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GwIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3755%2C773083 Toledo Blade Ohio Taylor Jim Bucks respond to 'New Woody' January 2, 1974 26https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Eq5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4417%2C233416 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press 'Burning' Buckeyes handle USC with a vengeance January 2, 1974 1Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2gkrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3pkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5116%2C857116 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania Associated Press Roach Ron Buckeyes get barrel of revenge January 2, 1974 36Rose Bowl 1955, from RoseBowlHistory.com. Sophomore quarterback Cornelius Greene of Ohio State was named Player of the Game.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wIxIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kYMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=782%2C615380 Youngstown Vindicator Ohio Associated Press Hayes calls Ohio State's 42-21 win over Trojans "greatest of career" January 2, 1974 23 This was the sole win for the Big Ten in the Rose Bowl in the 1970s. Teams Ohio State 1973 Ohio State Buckeyes football team The Ohio State Buckeyes began the 1973 season ranked third and went undefeated, with a tie. They were led by tailback Archie Griffin on offense and a defense that held its opponents to less than 100 yards per game of total offense. Going into the showdown at #4 Michigan, they had risen to #1 by outscoring their first nine opponents 361–33, including three straight shutouts of Northwestern, Illinois, and Michigan State. The Buckeyes and Wolverines then battled to a 10–10 tie, making it uncertain who would win the vote among Big Ten athletic directors to determine the league's Rose Bowl representative. Although the Big Ten had done away with its "no repeat" rule a year earlier, many projected that Michigan would win the vote since Ohio State had gone to Pasadena the prior year. But Michigan starting quarterback Dennis Franklin had broken his collarbone late in the Ohio State game; perhaps influenced by the injury, the athletic directors voted 6–4 to send Ohio State to the Rose Bowl. Michigan head coach Bo Schembechler called it a gross injustice. USC 1973 USC Trojans football team USC was the defending national champion and began the season ranked first. But a 7–7 tie vs. Oklahoma and a 23–14 loss to Notre Dame dropped the Trojans to #9. They then needed a miracle comeback to beat Stanford 27–26, getting a touchdown and field goal sandwiched around an onside kick in the last minute of the game. They went into the Rose Bowl decider as a slight underdog against #8 UCLA, but forced six turnovers and knocked off the Bruins 23–13. Scoring summary First quarter USC – Chris Limahelu, 47-yard field goal OSU - Pete Johnson, 1-yard run (Blair Conway kick) Second quarter USC - Limahelu, 42-yard field goal USC - J.K. McKay, 10-yard pass from Anthony Davis (Pat Haden pass to McKay 2-point conversion) OSU – Johnson, 1-yard run (Conway kick) Third quarter USC - Davis, 1-yard run (Limahelu kick) OSU - Johnson 4-yard run (kick blocked) OSU - Cornelius Greene, 1-yard run (Conway kick) Fourth quarter OSU - Bruce Elia, 2-yard run, (Greene run 2-point conversion) OSU - Archie Griffin, 47-yard run (Conway kick) Source: Game notes Similar to the previous year, the game was tied at halftime, then dominated by the victor in the second half. USC regained the lead briefly at 21–14 early in the third quarter, then Ohio State scored four unanswered touchdowns to win 42–21. Kicker Chris Limahelu's 47-yard field goal was the longest ever by a Trojan, breaking a 64-year-old record (Limahelu died of prostate cancer in 2010 at age 59). This was the last time Ohio State defeated USC until 2017 in the Cotton Bowl. The Trojans won the next seven meetings from 1974 to 2009, including three Rose Bowls (January 1975, 1980, 1985). This was the second of three consecutive Rose Bowls involving these two teams, and USC won the other two. Ohio State stopped a four-game winning streak by the Pac-8 (now Pac-12), but the next Big Ten victories were seven and fourteen years away. The Buckeyes' next Rose Bowl win came in January 1997, stopping previously undefeated Arizona State. References 2 External links http://www.tournamentofroses.com/photogallery/RBGtimeline/1970s.htm Rose Bowl Game Timeline tournamentofroses.com October 7, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080918050251/http://www.tournamentofroses.com/photogallery/RBGtimeline/1970s.htm September 18, 2008 dead https://books.google.com/books?id=jDRLjEvi-tIC&dq=1974+rose+bowl&pg=PA80 Kaelin Eric 80–83 Buckeye Glory Days 2004 978-1-58261-681-0 Sports Publishing LLC October 7, 2008 Rose Bowl Category:Rose Bowl Game Category:20th century in Pasadena, California Category:Ohio State Buckeyes football bowl games Category:USC Trojans football bowl games Rose Bowl Category:January 1974 sports events in the United States