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The 1972 Rose Bowl was a college
football bowl game
played on January 1, 1972. It was the 58th Rose Bowl Game.
The Stanford Indians defeated
the Michigan Wolverines 13-12.
The MVP was Stanford quarterback Don Bunce.
Teams
Michigan
Wolverines
The Wolverines had their first undefeated season since 1948, a
#3 ranking, and were making their second appearance in the Rose
Bowl under third-year coach Bo Schembechler following a 10–7
victory over archrival Ohio State.[1]
Stanford
Indians
The Indians had won the previous year's Rose Bowl behind the
heroics of Heisman
Trophy winner Jim
Plunkett, who had graduated. Plunkett's backup Don Bunce, running back
Jackie Brown, and the "Thunderchickens" defense, had led Indians to
an 8–3 record and a return appearance in the Rose Bowl.[2][3]
Game
summary
The game was the first Rose Bowl meeting between the two schools
since the inaugural Rose Bowl in 1902, in which Michigan crushed Stanford
49–0. In the 1972 rematch, rain the previous week[4]
had made the turf soggy, and at halftime, the only scoring was a
Michigan field goal by Dana Coin. In the first series of the second
half, Stanford held the Wolverines at their goal line, then marched
down to tie the game with a Rod Garcia field goal midway through
the third quarter.[1]
As the fourth quarter began, Michigan's Fritz Seyferth made a
one-yard dive to put Michigan up 10–3. After Stanford got the ball
back, they faced fourth and ten from their own 33, Ralston called
for a fake punt, with Jackie Brown racing 33 yards for the first
down, which he followed a minute later with a 24-yard touchdown run
to tie the game.[5]
Late in the fourth quarter, Michigan recovered a Bunce fumble
and attempted a 42-yard field goal; the kick was short, and
Stanford safety Jim Ferguson caught the ball and attempted to run
it out of the end zone, but was knocked back into the end zone by
Ed Shuttlesworth for a safety, making the score 12–10.[1][5]
Following the free kick, Stanford held on defense, getting the ball
back on their own 22-yard line with 1:48 to go. Bunce then threw
five consecutive completions to take Stanford to the Michigan 17
with 22 seconds left. The Indians ran two more running plays to get
to the Michigan 14 with 12 seconds left and Garcia's 31-yard field
goal was good to put Stanford ahead to stay, 13–12.[1][2]
Scoring
First
quarter
None.
Second
quarter
- Michigan - Dana Coin 30-yard field goal, 10:15
Third
quarter
- Stanford - Rod Garcia 42-yard field goal, 5:40
Fourth
quarter
- Michigan - Fritz Seyferth 1 yard run (Coin kick), 13:01
- Stanford - Jackie Brown 24 yard run (Garcia kick), 6:29
- Michigan - Safety: Ed Shuttlesworth tackled Jim Ferguson,
3:18
- Stanford - Garcia 31-yard field goal, 0:12
Aftermath
Bunce finished 24 of 44 for 290 yards and was named the game's
MVP. He played one year of professional football in the Canadian Football League
before leaving football to become a successful orthopedic surgeon, eventually serving as
team doctor for Stanford's football team from 1982 to 1992.[3]
The game was the last football game Stanford played as the
"Indians," becoming the "Cardinals" the following year before
eventually becoming the singular "Cardinal" by 1981.[6][7][8]
Stanford would not return to the Rose Bowl until 2000.
Michigan fell to 6th in the AP poll. Schembechler's Wolverines
returned to three consecutive Rose Bowls from 1977 to 1979, but
lost all three. In 1981, the Wolverines would finally win
their first bowl game under the legendary coach.
References
External
links
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