1985 Rose Bowl

American college football game August 2023 January 2026 1985 Rose Bowl 71st Rose Bowl Game 1984 USC Trojans University of Southern California Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State University 9-3 9–3 Ted Tollner Earle Bruce 18 14 6 5 10 7 3 0 3 3 3 8 January 1 Rose Bowl Pasadena, California Tim Green (QB, USC)Jack Del Rio (LB, USC) Ohio State by 3½ points https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_wcOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P24DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4825%2C183360 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The latest line January 1, 1985 39https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y-IhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-WEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5574%2C3987736 Pittsburgh Press Rose Bowl December 31, 1984 D3https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P1UiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=N6cFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6605%2C162251 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania Betting line January 1, 1985 15 Ohio State University Marching Band James Sprenger (Pac-10);split crew: Pac-10, Big Ten) Ohio State University Marching Band, Spirit of Troy 102,594 NBC List of announcers of major college bowl games Dick Enberg, Merlin Olsen The 1985 Rose Bowl Game was a postseason college football bowl game between the USC Trojans of the Pacific-10 Conference and Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference, held on New Year’s Day in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QFUiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=N6cFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4529%2C724899 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania wire services USC holds on to beat Ohio State, 20–17 January 2, 1985 34https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y1hWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Cu8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2298%2C635369 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press USC smells the roses again, 20–17 January 2, 1985 B1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_tpVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ieEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3223%2C291789 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon (Washington Post) Brennan Christine Trojans play familiar tune at Rose Bowl January 2, 1985 1C The game resulted in a 20–17 victory for the underdog Trojans.Rose Bowl Game Photo Timeline, 1980–1989 https://web.archive.org/web/20090609052027/http://www.tournamentofroses.com/photogallery/RBGtimeline/1980sb.htm June 9, 2009 , Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Accessed July 21, 2009. July 23, 2009.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2mEPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=64YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5313%2C3256118 The Bulletin Bend, Oregon UPI Tosches Rich USC downs champs of not-so-Big Ten January 2, 1985 D1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6G4xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7gIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6519%2C291288 Toledo Blade Ohio Gugger John Big Ten string of losses in Rose Bowl continues January 2, 1985 24 Scoring summary First quarter Ohio State – Spangler 21-yard field goal, 12:08 – OSU 3, USC 0Historical Media Guide, Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association, 2009 USC – Jordan 51-yard field goal, 6:52 – OSU 3, USC 3 USC – Cormier 3-yard pass from Green (Jordan kick) 1:54 – USC 10, OSU 3 Second quarter USC – Ware 19-yard pass from Green (Jordan kick) – USC 17, OSU 3 Ohio State – Spangler 46-yard field goal, 0:00 – USC 17, OSU 6 Third quarter Ohio State – Spangler 52-yard field goal, 6:37 – USC 17, OSU 9 USC – Jordan 51-yard field goal, 4:05 – USC 20, OSU 9 Fourth quarter Ohio State – Carter 18-yard pass from Tomczak (Tomczak run), 7:34 – USC 20, OSU 17 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QFUiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=N6cFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5537%2C747179 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania Rose Bowl January 2, 1985 36 Tim Green and Jack Del Rio earned the Rose Bowl MVP awards. thumb|Rose Bowl recordsat the Hall of Champions Highlights With fourth straight win, Pac-10 takes its first lead in the series with the Big Ten, 20–19 Pac-10 has won ten of eleven, and fourteen of the last sixteen meetings Using a swarming defense, USC caused three Mike Tomczak interceptions Tomczak threw 37 passes in the game Ohio State kicker Rich Spangler scored a Rose Bowl-record 52-yard field goal USC kicker Steve Jordan had two 51-yard field goals Big contribution from Trojans' Tim Green and Timmie Ware, Joe Cormier, Fred Crutcher, and Kennedy Pola Only Rose Bowl appearance for Sophomore QB Johnny Utah Statistics {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Statistics !! 4 USC 4 !! 3 Ohio 3State |- |align=left|First downs ||16 ||19 |- |align=left|Rushes–yards||42–133||34–113 |- |align=left|Passing yards||128 ||290 |- |align=left|Passes||13–25–0||24–37–3 |- |align=left|Total yards ||261 ||403 |- |align=left|Punts–average||7–42||4–48 |- |align=left|Fumbles–lost ||2–1 ||4–1 |- |align=left|Turnovers by ||1 ||4 |- |align=left|Penalties–yards||4–38 ||4–46 |- |align=left|Time of possession||31:11 ||28:47 |} Source: References 2 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 Rose Bowl