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2007 Rose Bowl
93rd Rose Bowl Game
Rose Bowl logo.
USC Trojans Michigan Wolverines (10–2) (11–1) 32 18 Head coach:  Pete Carroll Head coach:  Lloyd Carr AP Coaches BCS 8 7 5 AP Coaches BCS 3 3 3 1 2 3 4 Total USC 3 0 16 13 32 Michigan 0 3 0 15 18
Date	January 1, 2007
Season	2006
Stadium	Rose Bowl
Location	Pasadena, California
MVP	Offensive: Dwayne Jarrett (USC WR) Defensive: Brian Cushing (USC OLB)
Favorite	Michigan by 1½
National anthem	Michigan Marching Band
Halftime show	Michigan Marching Band and Spirit of Troy
Attendance	93,852[1]
Payout	US$17 million per team[2]
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC
Announcers	Brent Musburger, Bob Davie, Kirk Herbstreit
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The 2007 Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2007 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. It was the 93rd Rose Bowl Game and part of the 2006-2007 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) at the conclusion of the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. In the game, the University of Southern California Trojans, champions of the Pacific-10 Conference, defeated the University of Michigan Wolverines, second place finishers in the Big Ten Conference, 32-18. USC wide receiver Dwayne Jarrett and USC outside linebacker Brian Cushing were named the Rose Bowl Players of the Game.^[3]

Historically, the Rose Bowl has pitted the champions the Big Ten and Pac-10. What made the 2007 Rose Bowl a not-so-traditional matchup is that Michigan entered as the runner-up of the Big Ten. The Big Ten champions, Ohio State, were ranked #1 and instead participated in the 2007 BCS National Championship Game. Michigan won their first 11 games in 2006, but lost their last regular season game to the undefeated Buckeyes in Columbus, 42-39.

Pre-game

A moment of silence prior to the national anthem was held in memory of former Michigan center, the 38th President of the United States, and 1978 Tournament of Roses Grand Marshall Gerald Ford, who died six days earlier. George Lucas, Southern California alum, the creator of the Star Wars series of films, and 2007 Tournament of Roses Grand Marshall, flipped the coin. The coin used featured Southern California's logo one on side and Michigan's logo on the other. Neither team called a side as the team's logo that landed up won the coin toss. Southern California deferred after winning the coin toss, and Michigan elected to receive the ball on the kickoff. The game officially started at 2:00 pm PST (UTC-8).

Scoring summary

First quarter

• USC - Mario Danelo, 26-yard field goal. (4:02) 3-0 USC

Second quarter

• Michigan - Garrett Rivas, 43-yard field goal. (13:39) 3-3 Tie

Third quarter

• USC - Chris McFoy, 2-yard pass from John David Booty (Mario Danelo kick). (8:48) 10-3 USC
• USC - Dwayne Jarrett, 22-yard pass from John David Booty (Mario Danelo kick failed). (5:17) 16-3 USC
• USC - Mario Danelo, 26-yard field goal. (0:52) 19-3 USC

Fourth quarter

• Michigan - Adrian Arrington, 11-yard pass from Chad Henne (Mike Hart run). (13:25) 19-11 USC
• USC - Dwayne Jarrett, 62-yard pass from Booty (Mario Danelo kick failed). (11:18) 25-11 USC
• USC - Steve Smith, 7-yard pass from John David Booty (Mario Danelo kick). (6:52) 32-11 USC
• Michigan - Steve Breaston, 41-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick). (1:09) 32-18 USC

Game notes

Many times the participants of the Rose Bowl game have been the winners of the respective UCLA-USC rivalry and Michigan-Ohio State rivalry games, although there have been instances where the loser of the rivalry game still won the conference championship. In the 2007 Rose Bowl game, the participants both were the losers of those games, and Michigan was an at-large BCS participant with a second place Big Ten finish.

References

External links

• Summary at Rosebowlhistory.org
• ESPN game summary
• Summary at Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History