1974 Rose Bowl

1974 Rose Bowl
	60th Rose Bowl Game
Ohio State Buckeyes	USC Trojans
(9–0–1)	(9–1–1)
Big Ten	Pac-8
42	21
Head coach: ; Woody Hayes	Head coach: ; John McKay
AP	Coaches
4	3
AP	Coaches
7	7
Date	January 1, 1974
Season	1973
Stadium	Rose Bowl
Location	Pasadena, California
MVP	Cornelius Greene; (Ohio State QB)
Favorite	Ohio State by 2 points[1]
Attendance	105,267
United States TV coverage
Network	NBC
Announcers	Curt Gowdy, Al DeRogatis

The 1974 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1974. It was the 60th Rose Bowl Game. The Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference defeated the USC Trojans of the Pacific-8 Conference, 42–21.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Teams

Ohio State Buckeyes

The Ohio State Buckeyes began the 1973 season ranked third and went undefeated, with a tie. They were led by tailback Archie Griffin on offense and a defense that held its opponents to less than 100 yards per game of total offense. Going into the showdown at #4 Michigan, they had risen to #1 by outscoring their first nine opponents 361–33, including three straight shutouts of Northwestern, Illinois, and Michigan State.

The Buckeyes and Wolverines then battled to a 10–10 tie, making it uncertain who would win the vote among Big Ten athletic directors to determine the league's Rose Bowl representative. Although the Big Ten had done away with its "no repeat" rule a year earlier, many projected that Michigan would win the vote since Ohio State had gone to Pasadena the prior year. But Michigan starting quarterback Dennis Franklin had broken his collarbone late in the Ohio State game; perhaps influenced by the injury, the athletic directors voted 6–4 to send Ohio State to the Rose Bowl. Michigan head coach Bo Schembechler called it a gross injustice.

USC Trojans

USC was the defending national champion and began the season ranked first. But a 7–7 tie vs. Oklahoma and a 23–14 loss to Notre Dame dropped the Trojans to #9. They then needed a miracle comeback to beat Stanford 27–26, getting a touchdown and field goal sandwiched around an onside kick in the last minute of the game. They went into the Rose Bowl decider as a slight underdog against #8 UCLA, but forced six turnovers and knocked off the Bruins 23–13.

Scoring summary

First quarter

USC – Chris Limahelu, 47-yard field goal
OSU - Pete Johnson, 1-yard run (Blair Conway kick good)

Second quarter

USC - Limahelu, 42-yard field goal
USC - Mckay, 10-yard pass from Davis (Haden pass to Mckay 2-point conversion)
OSU – Johnson, 1-yard run (Blair Conway kick good)

Third quarter

USC - Davis, 1-yard run (Limahelu kick good)
OSU - Johnson 4-yard run (kick blocked)
OSU - Greene, 1-yard run (Blair Conway kick good)

Fourth quarter

OSU - Elia, 2-yard run, (Greene 2-point conversion)
OSU - Griffin, 47-yard run (Blair Conway kick good)

Source:^[2]

Game notes

Similar to the previous year, the game was tied at halftime, then dominated by the victor in the second half. USC reigned the lead briefly in the third quarter, then Ohio State scored four unanswered touchdowns to win 42–21.^[2]^[3]

Kicker Chris Limahelu's 47-yard field goal was the longest ever by a Trojan, breaking a 64-year-old record. Limahelu, 59, died of prostate cancer on April 7, 2010. This would be the last time Ohio State defeated USC until 2017, when they won that season's Cotton Bowl. USC won the next 7 meeting from 1974-2009, including 3 Rose Bowl victories.

This was the second of three consecutive Rose Bowls involving these two teams; USC won the other two. This Big Ten win stopped a four-game streak by the Pac-8 (later Pac-10), which won the next six for eleven in twelve years.

References

↑ "Rose". Lakeland Ledger. (Florida). Associated Press. January 1, 1974. p. 1B.
1 2 3 "Ohio State gets Rose Bowl revenge". Lakeland Ledger. (Florida). Associated Press. January 2, 1974. p. 1B.
1 2 "Buckeyes get barrel of revenge". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. January 2, 1974. p. 36.
↑ Rose Bowl 1955 Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine., from RoseBowlHistory.com.

"Rose Bowl Game Timeline". tournamentofroses.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
Eric, Kaelin. Buckeye Glory Days. Sports Publishing LLC. pp. 80–83. ISBN 978-1-58261-681-0. Retrieved 7 October 2008.

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[rse2pts-1] "Rose". Lakeland Ledger. (Florida). Associated Press. January 1, 1974. p. 1B.

[osrbrev-2] 1 2 3 "Ohio State gets Rose Bowl revenge". Lakeland Ledger. (Florida). Associated Press. January 2, 1974. p. 1B.

[reeag-3] 1 2 "Buckeyes get barrel of revenge". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. January 2, 1974. p. 36.

[rosebowlhistory-4] Rose Bowl 1955 Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine., from RoseBowlHistory.com.

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