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The 1989 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl
game played on Monday January 2, 1989 because New Year's Day was on
a Sunday. It was the 75th Rose Bowl Game,
and also the 100th anniversary of the Tournament of Roses parade.
The Michigan
Wolverines defeated the USC
Trojans 22-14. Michigan FB Leroy Hoard was named the Rose Bowl Player
Of The Game.[1]
This was the first year that the ABC Television Network
covered the Rose Bowl. It had been broadcast on the NBC network
since the first television broadcast in the 1952 Rose
Bowl.
Teams
Michigan
Wolverines
Michigan opened the season with consecutive narrow losses to Notre Dame
and Miami (FL) who were
ranked #2 and #1 respectively at the time. But they recovered to go
unbeaten the rest of the way, their only blemish being a 17-17 tie
at Iowa. A 17-3 win over defending
Big 10 champ Michigan State proved
to be the difference as Michigan won the Big 10 by one game over
Michigan State.[2]
USC
Trojans
USC opened the season with 9 straight wins and rose to #2 in the
rankings. They faced sixth ranked rival UCLA, who was 9-1 and
had been ranked #1 for a couple of weeks earlier. Eric Ball, the 1986 Rose Bowl
MVP had a crucial fumble in the UCLA vs Washington State
game, when the #1 ranked Bruins were upset at home by the Cougars
34-30.[3] The
game was one of the notable ones in the UCLA-USC rivalry
in that it was for the PAC-10 championship, a possible Heisman
Trophy for either Troy
Aikman of UCLA or Rodney Peete of USC. It was also for the
Rose Bowl berth. Rodney Peete was found to have measles in the days
before the game. USC used a strong ground game and "bend but don't
break" defense, in front of the largest Rose Bowl Stadium regular
season crowd in history, to beat the Bruins 31-22. The win over the
Bruins set up a rare #2 USC vs. #1 Notre Dame for the next week.
The Trojans lost to the eventual national champions Fighting Irish
27-10.
Game
summary
USC, behind the passing of Heisman Trophy runner-up Rodney Peete
and running of Aaron Emmanuel, took a 14-3 lead at halftime.
Despite their lack of early success, Michigan stuck with its
pounding running attack led by a huge offensive line and running
back (and game MVP) Leroy Hoard. They began to wear down the
Trojans and USC's offense began to sputter. By the 4th quarter,
Michigan's offensive line took over and the Wolverines took a 22-14
lead into the last 2 mintues. Peete tried to lead the Trojans to a
touchdown and game tying 2-point conversion but Michigan's defense
made sure they were never seriously threatened.
Aftermath
The Irish undefeated season, with victories over Michigan,
Miami, USC, and then finally West
Virginia in the 1989 Fiesta Bowl, cemented their claim
on the National championship that year.
Further
reading
- Wood, Bob (Robert) (1989). Big Ten Country: A Journey
Through One Football Season. Morrow. ISBN 0688089224.
References
- ^ 2008 Rose Bowl Program, 2008 Rose Bowl.
Accessed January 26, 2008.
- ^
*Wood, Bob ((August 1989)). Big Ten
Country: A Journey Through One Football Season. William Morrow & Co. doi:--. ISBN
0-688-08922-4.
- ^
JAY HOVDEY. Unbeaten U.C.L.A. Is Upset. New York Times. October 30.
1988 Quote:U.C.L.A.'s best running play ended when the tailback
Eric Ball fumbled at the Bruin 37 after a gain of 17 yards. The
fumble occurred midway through the third quarter, when U.C.L.A.
led, 27-13. Five plays later, Washington State scored the second of
four successive touchdowns. The fumble was typical of the seesaw
nature of the game.
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Holiday (Dec. 30) • Peach (Dec. 31) • Gator (Jan. 1) • Cotton (Jan. 1) •
Sugar (Jan. 1) • Hall of Fame (Jan.
1) • Orange (Jan.
1) • Florida Citrus
(Jan. 1) • Rose (Jan. 1) • Fiesta (Jan. 1)
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