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The 1965 Rose Bowl game, played on January 1,
1965 was the 51st Rose Bowl game. The Michigan Wolverines
defeated the Oregon State Beavers by a score of 34-7. Michigan
fullback Mel Anthony was named the Rose Bowl Player Of The
Game.
Teams
Michigan
Wolverines
The Wolverines had finished seventh in the Big Ten the previous year,
and had placed no higher than a tie for fifth under coach Bump Elliott.
Michigan had not been to the Rose Bowl since 1951, but in
1964, they ran up an 8–1 conference record and clinched a Rose Bowl
berth, taking a #4 ranking and an undefeated 3–0 postseason record
into the game.[1]
Coach Elliott had been a receiver for the Wolverines in one of
those games, the 1948 Rose Bowl,[2]
and had been an assistant coach at Oregon State under head coach Kip Taylor.[3]
Oregon
State Beavers
The Beavers made their third Rose Bowl appearance with a bit of
controversy. Following the disbanding of the Pacific Coast Conference in
1959 due to a pay-for-play scandal, the reformed Athletic Association of Western
Universities did not initially include Oregon State and Oregon.
The two Oregon schools rejoined in time for the 1964 season, but
the conference did not have time to reschedule a full head-to-head
conference schedule. As a result, Oregon State and USC
did not play each other, and when they finished with identical 3–1
conference records, the decision of which team to send to Pasadena
was left to a vote among the conference's schools.[4]
At first, the most people assumed Oregon State would get the nod
based on their better overall record (8-2 vs. 7-3). However, when
it was announced that the vote would be delayed until after USC's
season ending game with top ranked and undefeated Notre Dame, many
people inferred that if USC upset the Irish, they would get the
nod. Indeed, USC shocked Notre Dame 20-17 so now many people
assumed USC would get the Rose Bowl invitation. When the vote was
taken just hours after the USC - Notre Dame game, the conferences'
eight members split, four votes for both Oregon State and USC. The
tiebreaker in such an instance was to eliminate the team that had
more recently gone to the Rose Bowl, and Southern California had
gone two years prior.[4][5]
This would lead to another controversy just two years later in
which an 8-2 USC team that had lost to UCLA would get voted in
ahead of the 9-1 Bruins. Many felt this 1966 vote was to "make up
for" the 1964 vote, especially since the coach of Oregon State in
1964 was Tommy
Prothro and he was then the coach of UCLA in 1966.
Game
summary
Michigan was an 11-point favorite, but after a scoreless first
quarter, it was the Beavers who struck first, with Paul Brothers
completing a five-yard pass to Doug McDougal early in the second
quarter, with Steve Clark kicking the extra point. The Beavers held
the Wolverines for a while, but on their third possession following
the Beavers' score, tailback Mel Anthony ran 84 yards, a Rose Bowl
record at the time, for a touchdown. Richard Sygar's kick was no
good. The Beavers' 7–6 advantage was short-lived, however, as on
the very next possession, Carl Ward ran for 43 yards and a
touchdown. While the conversion pass from Bob Timberlake to Ben Farabee was broken
up, the Wolverines led 12–7 at the half.[1][4]
The second half was all Michigan. Anthony blocked a punt and
rushed for two more touchdowns in the third quarter, and
quarterback Timberlake ran 24 yards for the final touchdown, making
the final score 34–7. For his efforts, Anthony was named the game's
Most Outstanding Player.[1][4]
Scoring
First
quarter
None.
Second
quarter
- Oregon State - Doug McDougal 5 pass from Paul Brothers (Steve
Clark kick)
- Michigan - Mel Anthony 84 run (Richard Sygar kick failed)
- Michigan - Carl Ward 43 run (pass failed)
Third
quarter
- Michigan — Anthony 1 run (Bob Timberlake run)
- Michigan - Anthony 8 run (Timberlake kick)
Fourth
quarter
- Michigan - Timberlake 24 run (Sygar kick)
Aftermath
With the game, Michigan ended its 14-year postseason drought, to
date their longest string of seasons without a bowl game. However,
it was the last bowl game Elliott would coach; he resigned
following the 1968 season after a 50–14
loss to archrival Ohio State.
This was the Beavers' last bowl game appearance for 34 years,
and to date, remains their last appearance in the Rose Bowl. Soon
after the game, Beaver coach Tommy Prothro left Oregon State to coach
UCLA, and took them to the following year's Rose
Bowl, in which the Bruins defeated Michigan State.[4][6]
References
External
links
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