1971 Rose Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 1971 Rose Bowl 57th Rose Bowl Game 1970 Stanford Indians Stanford University Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State University 8–3 Pac-8 9–0 Big Ten John Ralston Woody Hayes 12 10 2 2 10 0 3 14 7 7 3 0 January 1 Rose Bowl Pasadena, California Jim Plunkett (QB, Stanford) Ohio State by 10 points https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZeVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6411%2C4482 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Anything can happen on New Year's Day January 1, 1971 3B John Presley (Pacific-8)(split crew: Pac-8, Big Ten) 103,839 NBC List of announcers of major college bowl games Curt Gowdy, Kyle Rote 27.2 The 1971 Rose Bowl was It was the 57th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Friday, January 1. The Stanford Indians of the Pacific-8 Conference defeated the second-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference, 27–17.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_odQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uhEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7544%2C563063 Milwaukee Sentinel (Washington Post) Turran Kenneth Stanford jars Buckeyes, 27-17 January 2, 1971 1, part 2 July 2026 InternetArchiveBot https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uxNJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WYMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=851%2C301677 Youngstown Vindicator Ohio (Chicago Daily News Service) Sons Ray Stanford upsets Ohio State in Rose Bowl, 27-17 January 2, 1971 11https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xdIbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K1EEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4903%2C34860 Pittsburgh Press UPI Stanford shakes up Buckeyes January 2, 1971 6https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZuVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6080%2C196338 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Stanford upsets Buckeyes, 27-17 January 2, 1971 1Bhttps://www.si.com/vault/1971/01/11/554230/the-oneday-season Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins The one-day season January 11, 1971 10 The Player of the Game was Stanford quarterback Jim Plunkett, the Heisman Trophy winner. Teams Ohio State 1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football team Ohio State started the season ranked first in the nation and proceeded to roll off five easy wins by a combined score of 195–60. In their fifth game, the Buckeyes won 48–29 at Illinois. But for some reason, Texas leapfrogged Ohio State to #1 after beating unranked Rice 45–21.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y6ZYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=S_gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5342%2C3074083 Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington Associated Press Texas moves to front spot in grid vote October 27, 1970 19 The next week the Buckeyes defeated #20 Northwestern 24–10, but dropped to third in the rankings as Notre Dame moved up to second after a rout of Navy.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HudVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IeEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3359%2C726345 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press AP college football poll November 3, 1970 3B After a 10–7 win with a late field goal at Purdue on November 14, they fell to fifth despite still being undefeated, as Nebraska and Michigan passed them.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VJFYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RvgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7056%2C418555 Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington Associated Press Texas on top, but Arkansas test worries November 17, 1970 18 They earned the Rose Bowl berth on the strength of their 20–9 victory over #4 Michigan in their rivalry game that decided the Big Ten title and rose back to second, behind Texas.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WpFYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RvgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7011%2C2506842 Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington Associated Press Bucks claim second November 24, 1970 15 After Texas lost in the Cotton Bowl to #6 Notre Dame earlier on New Year's Day, Ohio State went into the Rose Bowl with the inside track to claim the national championship. Stanford 1970 Stanford Indians football team Stanford started the season ranked tenth, and in the season opener they upset #4 Arkansas 34–28 at Little Rock. After an easy win over San Jose State, they traveled north to Eugene for a game that featured a quarterback battle between Plunkett and Oregon sophomore Dan Fouts. Stanford won 33–10, but then were caught looking ahead to their showdown with USC and lost 24–16 at home to Purdue. They then beat four-time defending Pac-8 champion USC at Stanford, 24–14 (avenging a last second loss to the Trojans the year before). An easy 63–16 win over conference doormat Washington State boosted the Indians to #8. Next up was a showdown with #16 UCLA in Los Angeles for the conference lead. In what was expected to be another quarterback showdown between Plunkett and the Bruins' Dennis Dummit, the defenses dominated in Stanford's key 9–7 win. After an easy win over Oregon State, they rose to sixth before clinching the conference title in the Rose Bowl decider over sophomore QB Sonny Sixkiller and Washington, 29–22. Stanford then suffered a pair of letdowns, losing to #13 Air Force 31–14 and to arch rival California, 22–14. The Pac-8 standings were so tightly bunched, that a win by either Oregon, UCLA, or Washington over Stanford would have sent that team to the Rose Bowl. Scoring First quarter Stanford – Jackie Brown 4-yard run (Steve Horowitz kick), 10:20Historical Media Guide, Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association, 2009 Stanford – Horowitz 37-yard field goal, 6:50 Ohio State – John Brockington 1-yard run (Fred Schram kick), 3:45 Second quarter Ohio State – Brockington 1-yard run (Schram kick), 14:24 Third quarter Stanford – Horowitz 48-yard field goal, 12:29 Ohio State – Schram 32-yard field goal, 8:33 Fourth quarter Stanford – Brown 1-yard run (Horowitz kick), 10:03 Stanford – Randy Vataha 10-yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Horowitz kick), 8:18 Statistics {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Statistics !!   Stanford   !! Ohio State |- |align=left|First downs ||21||22 |- |align=left|Rushes–yards||37–143||67–364 |- |align=left|Passing yards||265 ||75 |- |align=left|Passes||20–30–1||7–20–1 |- |align=left|Total yards ||408||439 |- |align=left|Punts–average||3–33||2–28 |- |align=left|Fumbles–lost ||3–2 ||2–0 |- |align=left|Turnovers by ||3||1 |- |align=left|Yards penalized||3–46||6–68 |} Source: Aftermath Ohio State was crowned National Champions prior to the bowl game by National Football Foundation along with Texas. Stanford repeated as Rose Bowl champions the following year, led by fifth-year senior quarterback Don Bunce, who redshirted this season. Notes Plunkett is Stanford’s only Heisman Trophy winner, and is the only player to be named MVP of the Rose Bowl and Super Bowl (XV); he was the first overall pick of the 1971 NFL draft. 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