2009 Rose Bowl
2009 Rose Bowl presented by Citi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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95th Rose Bowl Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | January 1, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Season | Nielsen ratings 11.7 (20.6 million viewers)[4] | | |||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2009
Scoring 24 unanswered points in the second quarter, the
Prior to the game, the Pac-10 conference had a 4-0 record in bowl games this season with wins by
Teams
The teams participating in the Rose Bowl Game were announced on Sunday, December 7, by the
The 2009 game marked the first time since
Each team lost just one game during the 2008 regular season. Penn State was defeated by Iowa (24-23) and Southern California lost to Oregon State (27-21). USC and Penn State had faced two common opponents in the regular season. Both teams defeated Ohio State and Penn State beat Oregon State prior to the Beavers' defeat of the Trojans.
Penn State had appeared in the Rose Bowl twice before, losing to the Trojans 14-3 in 1923 in their only previous meeting in "The Granddaddy Of Them All", and winning in 1995 over 1994 Pac-10 champion Oregon 38-20, the latter game capped an unbeaten season in which Penn State finished #2 in both major polls. The Trojans have played in the Rose Bowl more times than any other team and made its fourth consecutive appearance in 2009. The two teams have faced each other eight times, with each team winning four games. The Kickoff Classic XVIII on August 27, 2000, in Giants Stadium at East Rutherford, New Jersey, was the last time they met: the Trojans defeated the Nittany Lions, 29-5.
Scoring summary
First quarter
- USC — Williams, D. 27-yard pass from Sanchez, Mark (Buehler, David kick), PSU 0 - USC 7
- PSU — Clark, Daryll 9-yard run (Kelly, Kevin kick), PSU 7 - USC 7
Second quarter
- USC — Sanchez, Mark 6-yard run (Buehler, David kick), PSU 7 - USC 14
- USC — Buehler, David 30-yard field goal, PSU 7 - USC 17
- USC — Johnson, Ronald 19-yard pass from Sanchez, Mark (Buehler, David kick), PSU 7 - USC 24
- USC — Gable, C.J. 20-yard pass from Sanchez, Mark (Buehler, David kick), PSU 7 - USC 31
Third quarter
- No scoring
Fourth quarter
- PSU — Williams, D. 2-yard pass from Clark, Daryll (Kelly, Kevin kick), PSU 14 - USC 31
- USC — Johnson, Ronald 45-yard pass from Sanchez, Mark (Buehler, David kick), PSU 14 - USC 38
- PSU — Kelly, Kevin 25-yard field goal, PSU 17 - USC 38
- PSU — Norwood, Jordan 9-yard pass from Clark, Daryll (Kelly, Kevin kick), PSU 24 - USC 38
Game notes
- Mark Sanchez became the third quarterback to pass for more than 400 yards in a Rose Bowl Game, with 413 yards. The others were Wisconsin’s Ron Vander Kelen (401 yards, 1963) and Oregon’s Danny O'Neil (456 Yards, 1995).
- Sanchez set a Rose Bowl record for completion percentage, at 80%.[2]
- USC is the only team in history to have won three straight Rose Bowl games.[2]
- The Lathrop K. Leishman Trophy honoring the 2009 Champion was created by Tiffany.
- Penn State was the only team in 2008 to score more than 7 points against USC in the second half.
- This marked USC head coach Pete Carroll's fifth appearance and Penn State head coach Joe Paterno's second appearance in the Rose Bowl Game.[3]
- BCS Commissioners took "appropriate responsive actions" against Penn State for two media access contracts violations - failure to give pre-game interviews to ABC broadcasters and provide after-game locker room access.[6] Joe Paterno explained that he did not want the attention to be taken away from Pete Carroll, knowing that the questions would focus on his health.
- This would be the last appearance for either team in the Rose Bowl until they met in a rematch in the 2017 Rose Bowl.
References
- ^ College Football Lines
- ^ a b c "Maisel: USC finishes the job early". January 2009.
- ^ a b c Tournament of Roses Press Release, December 7, 2008 Archived December 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ratings are proof the addition of fifth BCS game officially a failure, SI.com, January 4, 2009
- ^ Rose Bowl quick facts Archived 2008-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tom Hoffarth, "Now the Rose Bowl gets around to ratting out JoePa?", Los Angeles Daily News, April 23, 2009