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57-OregonState-Iowa-rosebowl-program.jpg 260px 1957 Rose Bowl 43rd Rose Bowl Game 1956 Oregon State Beavers Oregon State College Iowa Hawkeyes University of Iowa 7–2–1 Pacific Coast 8–1 Big Ten Tommy Prothro Forest Evashevski 10 13 3 3 0 6 6 7 14 7 7 7 January 1 Rose Bowl Pasadena, California Ken Ploen (Iowa QB) Iowa by 8 to 9 pointshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MxFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cOIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6361%2C5466966 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press College football season reaches climax Tuesday December 31, 1956 7https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_8VaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3msDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6957%2C232994 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Iowa faces Ore. State speed in Rose Bowl January 1, 1957 42 John Kennedy (Pacific Coast;split crew: Pacific Coast, Big Ten) 97,126 NBC (B/W) 54.9 million viewers. List of announcers of major college bowl games Mel Allen, Lee Giroux
The 1957 Rose Bowl was the 43rd edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Tuesday, January 1. The third-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference defeated the No. 10 Oregon State Beavers of the Pacific Coast Conference by a score of 35–19,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U8kRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PukDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6527%2C184468 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Strite Dick Hawks hammer Beavers, 35-19, in Rose Bowl January 2, 1957 2Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Pm8pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J-cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1192%2C249918 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington) Boni Bill Hawkeyes humble OSC, 35 to 19; it's all over after 8 minutes January 2, 1957 14https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AMZaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3msDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6628%2C503932 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Iowa rips Ore. State in Rose Bowl, 35-19 January 2, 1957 14https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5bhOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xQAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6817%2C2910514 Toledo Blade Ohio Associated Press Now Big 10 beats PCC rival twice January 2, 1957 30 in a rematch of a regular season contest in early October at Iowa City, where the home team rallied to win, 14–13.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PoQRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aeIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6304%2C933268 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press OSC edged by Iowa, 14-13 October 7, 1956 1B
Iowa quarterback Ken Ploen was named the Player of the Game.
This was the first trip to Pasadena for both teams: it was Iowa's first bowl appearance and Oregon State's second. The Beavers won the Rose Bowl fifteen years earlier in January 1942, which was moved to Durham, North Carolina.
Game summary
Ploen completed nine of ten passes and rushed for 59 yards, including a 49-yard run for Iowa's first score. Collins Hagler scored twice for the Hawkeyes, the second on a 66-yard run. For Oregon State, Joe Francis ran for 73 yards and was ten of twelve passing for 73 yards and a touchdown. The Beavers were hurt by three fumbles, two in the first seven minutes, and both led to Iowa touchdowns.http://www.sports-venue.info/NCAAF/Bowls/T_Rose_Bowl_Timeline.html Rose Bowl Timeline May 21, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080522115924/http://www.sports-venue.info/NCAAF/Bowls/T_Rose_Bowl_Timeline.html May 22, 2008 dead The Hawkeyes led 21–6 at halftime and were up by 23 points early in the fourth quarter. OSC closed the margin to sixteen points with under ten minutes remaining, but that was the last of the scoring and Iowa won 35–19.
Scoring
First quarter
Iowa – Ken Ploen 49-yard run (Bob Prescott kick), 10:44 remaining, (Iowa 7–0)
Iowa – Collins Hagler 9-yard run (Prescott kick), 7:20, (Iowa, 14–0)
Second quarter
OSC – Tom Berry 3-yard run (kick blocked), 14:48, (Iowa, 14–6)
Iowa – Bill Happel 5-yard run (Prescott kick), 3:23, (Iowa, 21–6)
Third quarter
Iowa – Collins Hagler 66-yard run (Prescott kick), 12:29, (Iowa, 28–6)
OSC – Nub Beamer 1-yard run (kick blocked), 5:20, (Iowa, 28–12)
Fourth quarter
Iowa – Jim Gibbons 16-yard pass from Ken Ploen (Prescott kick), 14:47, (Iowa 35–12)
OSC – Sterling Hammack 35-yard pass from Joe Francis (Beamer run), 9:41, (Iowa 35–19)
Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U8kRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PukDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3158%2C182554 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Rose Bowl game scoring summary January 2, 1957 1B
See also
List of college football post-season games that were rematches of regular season games
References
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