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The 2005 Rose Bowl Game was the 91st
edition of the college football bowl game, held on January 1, 2005 at the self-named
stadium in Pasadena, California. The Texas Longhorns,
second place finishers of the Big 12 Conference's South Division,
defeated the Michigan
Wolverines, co-champions of the Big Ten Conference, 38-37. Texas quarterback Vince Young and
Michigan linebacker LaMarr Woodley
were named the Rose Bowl Players of the Game, the first time that
the Rose Bowl separately recognized an offensive and defensive
player of the game.[2]
The contest marked first time Texas and Michigan faced each
other in football, despite the long history of each school's
football program,[3] and
also marked the first Rose Bowl in which a Big Ten team appeared
without an opponent from the Pacific-10 Conference, excluding
the 2002 game,
which served as that year's BCS National Championship
Game. ABC broadcast the game
nationally in 720p format, the
first time the Rose Bowl was telecast in HDTV in the United States.[4]
Teams
The USC Trojans and the Oklahoma Sooners were invited to play in
the BCS Championship game in the 2005 Orange Bowl. This gave the Rose
Bowl an at-large pick, as they gave up their traditional Pacific-10 Conference champion
representative. The 2005 Fiesta Bowl also got an at-large
pick, having given up Oklahoma to the Orange Bowl. Because the
non-BCS Utah Utes team had finished ranked in the top eight, either
the Fiesta Bowl or Rose Bowl had to select them. That left one
other slot open for the highest BCS ranked team. The Rose Bowl had
first choice of this team over Utah, having given up the higher
ranked team.
There was a BCS controversy in the remaining
at-large team that was selected to play in the BCS bowl games. The
California Golden
Bears expected to get the invite, having only lost one game to
the #1 and undefeated Trojans. Meanwhile, the Texas Longhorns had
lost only one game as well - to the #2 and undefeated Oklahoma
Sooners. In the 2004 NCAA Division
I-A football rankings on November 27, Cal was in the #4 BCS
position and Texas was #5. Texas remained idle the next Saturday,
but Cal had defeated the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles in a
makeup game from Hurricane Ivan on December 4. Going into
the game, the Golden Bears were made aware that while margin of
victory did not affect computer rankings, it did affect human polls
and just eight voters changing their vote could affect the final
standings.[5] In a
dramatic twist, Texas, who
had been left out of the BCS the year before because of the
Oklahoma loss in the Big 12 championship, got enough voters to
change their mind in the final vote and more computer points to
slide into the BCS #4 slot. When the December 4 rankings came out,
Texas was in the #4 BCS position and Cal was in the #5 position.
Texas edged California out of the #4 spot by a mere .0102
points.[6]
The final poll positions had been unchanged with Cal at #4 AP, #4
coaches, and #6 computers polls and Texas at #6 AP, #5 coaches, and
#4 computer polls.[6]
Michigan
Wolverines
A 28-20 loss at Notre Dame
took the Wolverines out of contention for the BCS championship.
They went through the Big Ten schedule, playing close games except
for a 42-20 blowout of the Northwestern Wildcats.
In the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry game, the Buckeyes
defeated the Wolverines 37-21. Iowa and Michigan
shared the Big Ten Conference title with
identical 7-1 records. A 30-17 Michigan win over Iowa on September
25 ultimately decided the conference's Rose Bowl participant.
Michigan was awarded the traditional Big Ten Rose Bowl selection by
virtue of the victory in head-to-head competition over Iowa.
Texas
Longhorns
Texas lost only one game, to the 2004 Oklahoma Sooner football
team. In the Big 12 South division, this meant that Oklahoma would
face Colorado in the Big 12 Championship Game.
Oklahoma was invited to the National Championship game. Because
Texas were not conference champions, their next bowl game would be
arbitrarily picked, and the outcome heavily depended on the play of
other teams. Texas would eventually gain an automatic bid to a BCS
bowl game by virtue of their #4 BCS ranking
(the top 4 BCS teams are guaranteed spots in a BCS bowl game if the
first 3 teams are conference champions). As USC was participating
in the Orange Bowl (that year's BCS Championship Game), the
Longhorns were chosen to play in "The Granddaddy of 'em All" by the
Tournament of Roses Rose Bowl Committee as
an at-large team.
Game
summary
The scoring was even at 14-14 at half time. The second half
began with quarterback Vince Young scoring on the Wolverines with a
60-yard touchdown run. Michigan held a 10-point lead in the third
quarter. Both teams traded scores and it looked as Michigan would
take this game with a late go ahead field goal in the fourth
quarter. However, enough time remained for Texas to win. Driving
47-yards in 10 plays, Texas had one final chance. Dusty Mangum's
37-yard field goal wobbled through the uprights as time
expired.
Scoring
summary
First
quarter
Second
quarter
- Michigan - Braylon Edwards, 39-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas
kick), 4-50 1:39, Texas 7 - Michigan 7
- Texas - David Thomas, 11-yard
pass from Vince Young (Dusty Mangum kick), 13-58 7:52, Texas 14 -
Michigan 7
- Michigan - Braylon Edwards, 8-yard pass from Chad Henne
(Garrett Rivas, kick), 8-34 2:16, Texas 14 - Michigan 14
Third
quarter
- Texas - Vince Young, 60-yard run (Dusty Mangum kick), 6-72
2:07, Texas 21 - Michigan 14
- Michigan - Steve Breaston, 50-yard pass from Chad
Henne (Garrett Rivas kick), 3-50 0:30, Texas 21 - Michigan 21
- Michigan - Braylon Edwards, 9-yard pass from Chad Henne
(Garrett Rivas kick), 10-77 4:21, Texas 21 - Michigan 28
- Michigan - Garrett Rivas, 44-yard field goal, 6-18 2:10, Texas
21 - Michigan 31
Fourth
quarter
- Texas - Vince Young, 10-yard run (Dusty Mangum kick), 7-50
3:08, Texas 28 - Michigan 31
- Michigan - Garrett Rivas, 32-yard field goal, 10-60 3:42, Texas
28 - Michigan 34
- Texas - Vince Young, 23-yard run (Dusty Mangum kick), 3-69
1:13, Texas 35 - Michigan 34
- Michigan - Garrett Rivas, 42-yard field goal, 5-18 1:52, Texas
35 - Michigan 37
- Texas - Dusty Mangum, 37-yard field goal, 10-47 3:04, Texas 38
- Michigan 37
Aftermath
Texas coach Mack
Brown was criticized for publicly politicking voters to put
Texas ahead of California. Cal coach Jeff Tedford called for coaches' votes to
be made public. Texas went on to beat Michigan in the Rose Bowl,
while California was defeated by an unranked (but #21 in Coaches
Poll) Texas Tech team in the Holiday Bowl. California's cause was
hurt when it was less than impressive in a 26-16 victory over Southern Miss in Hattiesburg, Mississippi the
night before bowl bids were extended. This game was rescheduled
from September due to Hurricane Ivan. Weakening their cause after
the fact was the 45-31 defeat in the Holiday Bowl to Texas
Tech University. Cal played without two of the highest
performing receivers in the NCAA,[7]
however, this loss was attributed in many press reports to the
Bears' disappointment over being denied their first Rose Bowl
appearance in 45 years.[8]
The Associated Press, as a result of two
consecutive seasons of BCS controversy, pulled its poll out of the
BCS formula. The AP poll was replaced by the Harris poll, and the
AP continues to give out its own national championship trophy.
This win set the stage for Texas to return to the Rose Bowl for
the BCS Championship in the 2006 Rose Bowl. Vince Young would be the
Offensive MVP for a second consecutive year.
References
- ^
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20041126/ai_n11487118
- ^ 2008 Rose Bowl Program, 2008 Rose Bowl.
Accessed January 26, 2008.
- ^
Associated Press, "Texas vs. Michigan is first for Rose Bowl,"
January 1, 2005, msnbc.com.
- ^
Rose Bowl will be first
game. (beginning Saturday, Jan. 1, 2005). ESPN.com Page 2.
December 22, 2004
- ^
Kelly Whiteside = California bears burden of
making point that it's BCS-worthy. USA TODAY, November 29,
2004
- ^ a
b
*"2004 BCS Standings, BCS
Rankings" (.pdf). The National Football Foundation and College
Hall of Fame, Inc.. http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/pdf/bcs_2004.pdf. Retrieved
2007-12-14.
- ^
"Wounded Cal could use a hand at receiver," Union-Tribune, December
29, 2004, http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/college_football/20041229-9999-1s29hbnotes.html;
- ^
For example, "The perfect ending for Cal," Palo Alto Daily News,
December 29, 2006, http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/article/2006-12-29-cal-holiday-bowl;
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