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The 1948 Rose Bowl was a college
football bowl game
played on January 1, 1948. It was the 34th Rose Bowl Game,
and the second since the Big Nine Conference and the Pacific Coast Conference
reached an exclusive agreement to match their champions in the game
each year. In the game, the Michigan
Wolverines defeated the USC Trojans 49-0. Michigan halfback Bob Chappuis was
named the Rose Bowl Player of The Game when the award was created
in 1953 and selections were made retroactively.[2]
Michigan tied the record for the most points scored by a team in
the Rose Bowl, first set by the 1901 Michigan
Wolverines in the first Rose Bowl and later matched by USC in 2008. Michigan
also tied the game's record for largest margin of victory also set
by the 1901 Michgan team that defeated Stanford by an identical
49-0 score. The record of seven PATs converted by Michigan kicker Jim Brieske
remains unbroken, but was tied in 2008 by USC's David Buehler.
The game was aired by local station KTLA in the first telecast of a bowl game in the
Greater Los Angeles Area.[3] It was
also the first time a U.S. motion picture newsreel was taken in
color.[4] In a
special AP Poll following
the game, Michigan replaced Notre Dame
as the 1947 national champion by a vote of 226 to 119.
Teams
USC
Trojans
USC had tied with Rice 7-7. They defeated #4 Cal in October. USC's
matchup with the defending conference champion UCLA
Bruins saw USC win 6-0. The 1947 Notre Dame-USC game had
104,953 on hand, the highest attendance for a football game in the
Los Angeles Memorial
Coliseum[5],
to see 7-0-1 Rose Bowl bound USC lose to 8-0 Notre Dame 38-7. USC
dropped from #3 to #8 in the final AP Poll before the Rose
Bowl.
Michigan
Wolverines
The 1947 Michigan Wolverines, known as the "Mad Magicians," won
the Big Nine title on the strength of strong offense and defense.
They shut out four opponents, including Ohio State 21-0.
Their close game was a 14-7 win at #11 Illinois, the
reigning Big Nine and 1947 Rose Bowl champion.[6]
Game
summary
Bob Chappuis and Bump Elliott were the stars for the
Wolverines. Jack Weisenburger scored three touchdowns. Nine Rose
Bowl records were set.
Scoring
summary
First
quarter
- Michigan - Jack Weisenberger, 1-yard run (Jim Brieske
kick)
Second
quarter
- Michigan - Jack Weisenberger, 1-yard run (Jim Brieske
kick)
- Michigan - Bump
Elliott, 11-yard pass from Bob Chappuis (Jim Brieske kick)
Third
quarter
- Michigan - Yerges, 18-yard pass from Bob Chappuis (Jim Brieske kick)
Fourth
quarter
- Michigan - Jack Weisenberger, 1-yard run (Jim Brieske
kick)
- Michigan - Gene Derricotte, 45-yard pass from Hank
Fonde (Jim Brieske kick)
- Michigan - Dick Rifenberg, 29-yard pass from Howard
Yerges (Jim Brieske kick)
Aftermath
The official final AP Poll, taken before the bowls, had Notre
Dame #1 (107 first place votes) and Michigan #2 (25 first place
votes). Notre Dame did not play in a bowl game. Detroit Free
Press sports editor Lyall Smith arranged a post-bowl, open
AP Poll with only Michigan or Notre Dame as choices. After much
lobbying, Michigan won that unofficial poll 266-119.[7]
The Wolverines continued their winning streak through the 1948 football
season, going 9-0. Because of a the no-repeat rule for the Rose
Bowl, Northwestern represented
the Big Nine as the conference's second place team in the 1949 Rose Bowl.
The 1947 Wolverines's season total of 1,788 passing yards was a
school record that stood until 1979.
References
External
links
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