From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2009 Rose Bowl
2009 Rose Bowl
2009 Rose Bowl Announcers:
Announcers: Brent Musburger play-by-play
Kirk Herbstreit color
presented by Citi Lisa Salters sideline
95th Rose Bowl Game Keyshawn Johnson guest analyst
Nielsen 11.7 (20.6 million, up 12%, 3rd lowest in 11 BCS
ratings Rose Bowl games)[4]
Rose Bowl
Bowl,
The 2009 Rose Bowl the 95th edition of the annual game,
was a college football bowl game played on Thursday,
January 1, 2009 at the same-named stadium in Pasadena,
Rose Bowl logo. California.[5] Because of sponsorship by Citi, the first
game in the 2009 edition of the Bowl Championship
Penn State Nittany Lions USC Trojans
Series was officially titled the "Rose Bowl Game presented
(11–1) (11–1) by citi". The contest was televised on ABC with a radio
broadcast on ESPN Radio beginning at 4:30 PM US EST
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with kickoff at 5:10 PM. Ticket prices for all seats in the
Head coach: Head coach: Rose Bowl were listed at $145. The Rose Bowl Game was
Joe Paterno Pete Carroll a contractual sell-out, with 64,500 tickets allocated to the
participating teams and conferences. The remaining tick-
AP Coaches BCS AP Coaches BCS
ets went to the Tournament of Roses members, sponsors,
6 6 8 5 T-4 5 City of Pasadena residents, and the general public.
Scoring 24 unanswered points in the second quarter,
1 2 3 4 Total the Pacific-10 Conference Champion University of South-
Penn State 7 0 0 17 24 ern California Trojans defeated the Big Ten Conference
co-champion, the Pennsylvania State University Nittany
USC 7 24 0 7 38
Lions, 38-24, for their third consecutive Rose Bowl vic-
tory (in their fourth consecutive appearance, having lost
Date January 1, 2009 the 2006 BCS title game to the Texas Longhorns). The vic-
tory gave the Trojans their 24th Rose Bowl champion-
Season 2008
ship, the most by any team in the country. Quarterback
Stadium Rose Bowl Mark Sanchez scored five touchdowns, one rushing and
Location Pasadena, California four passing.
Prior to the game, the Pac-10 conference had a 4-0
MVP Offensive: Mark Sanchez (USC QB) record in bowl games this season with wins by Arizona,
Defensive: Kaluka Maiava (USC LB)
Cal, Oregon, and Oregon State. The Trojan win gave the
Favorite USC by 9[1] Pac-10 a perfect five out of five games, which was the on-
ly perfect conference bowl record of the season. The Big
National Spirit of Troy Marching Band (USC)
anthem Ten conference had last won a Rose Bowl game in the
1999 season; this streak ended when Ohio State beat Ore-
Referee Steve Shaw (Southeastern Conference) gon in the 2010 Rose Bowl.
Attendance 93,293[2]
Payout US$18,000,000 per team[3] Teams
United States TV coverage See also: 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The teams participating in the Rose Bowl Game were an-
Network ABC
nounced on Sunday, December 7, by the Pasadena Tour-
nament of Roses football committee. Big Ten co-cham-
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pions, Penn State, coached by Joe Paterno, were picked
to play against Southern California, the champions of the
Pac-10, coached by Pete Carroll.[3] Penn State earned its
bid via a head-to-head tiebreaker, beating Ohio State,
13–6 in Columbus, Ohio, on October 25, 2008. The Men of
Troy earned their way in by defeating UCLA 28-7 on De-
cember 6, 2008. USC was designated as the home team,
wearing dark jerseys and using the east bench on game
day.
The 2009 game marked the first time since 2004 that
the traditional teams—the champions of the Big Ten and
the Pac-10—squared off at the Rose Bowl, because at least
one league champion played in the BCS Championship in
each the previous four years. In 2004, Big Ten champi- The Rose Bowl, several days before the 95th edition of the
on Michigan met Texas, as USC played Oklahoma in the "Granddaddy of Them All".
designated BCS Championship Game game that year, the
Orange Bowl. The following year, USC met Texas in the Second quarter
game, which was designated as that year’s BCS Nation-
• USC — Sanchez, Mark 6 yard run (Buehler, David
al Championship contest; Big Ten champion Penn State
kick), PSU 7 - USC 14
played in the Orange Bowl against Florida State. In 2007
• USC — Buehler, David 30 yard field goal, PSU 7 - USC
and 2008, the runners-up of the Big Ten were sent to this
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game, since the champion, Ohio State, participated in the
• USC — Johnson, Ronald 19 yard pass from Sanchez,
newly-established separate BCS Championship Game: the
Mark (Buehler, David kick), PSU 7 - USC 24
Wolverines played in 2007 and Illinois would do so the
• USC — Gable, C.J. 20 yard pass from Sanchez, Mark
following year; both teams played (and lost to) the Tro-
(Buehler, David kick), PSU 7 - USC 31
jans.
Both teams lost one game during the 2008 regular
season. Penn State was defeated by Iowa (24-23) and
Third quarter
Southern California lost to Oregon State (27-21). USC and • No scoring
Penn State had faced two common opponents in the reg-
ular season. Both teams defeated Ohio State and Penn Fourth quarter
State beat Oregon State prior to the Beavers’ defeat of the • PSU — Williams, D. 2 yard pass from Clark, Daryll
Trojans. (Kelly, Kevin kick), PSU 14 - USC 31
Penn State had appeared in the Rose Bowl twice be- • USC — Johnson, Ronald 45 yard pass from Sanchez,
fore, losing to the Trojans 14-3 in 1923 in their only previ- Mark (Buehler, David kick), PSU 14 - USC 38
All",
ous meeting in "The Granddaddy Of Them All" and win- • PSU — Kelly, Kevin 25 yard field goal, PSU 17 - USC
ning in 1995 over 1994 Pac-10 champion Oregon 38-20, 38
the latter game capped an unbeaten season in which • PSU — Norwood, Jordan 9 yard pass from Clark,
Penn State finished #2 in both major polls. The Trojans Daryll (Kelly, Kevin kick), PSU 24 - USC 38
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,
Game notes
with each team winning four games. The Kickoff Classic • Mark Sanchez became the third quarterback to pass
XVIII on August 27, 2000, in Giants Stadium at East for more than 400 yards in a Rose Bowl Game, with
Rutherford, New Jersey, was the last time they met: the 413 yards. The others were Wisconsin’s Ron Vander
Trojans defeated the Nittany Lions, 29-5. Kelen (401 yards, 1963) and Oregon’s Danny O’Neil
(456 Yards, 1995).
Scoring summary • Sanchez set a Rose Bowl record for completion
percentage, at 80%.[2]
• USC is the only team in history to have won three
First quarter straight Rose Bowl games.[2]
• USC — Williams, D. 27 yard pass from Sanchez, Mark • The Lathrop K. Leishman Trophy honoring the 2009
(Buehler, David kick), PSU 0 - USC 7 Champion was created by Tiffany.
• PSU — Clark, Daryll 9 yard run (Kelly, Kevin kick), • Penn State was the only team in 2008 to score more
PSU 7 - USC 7 than 7 points against USC in the second half.
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• This marked USC head coach Pete Carroll’s fifth [2] ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls08/
appearance and Penn State head coach Joe Paterno’s columns/story?columnist=maisel_ivan&id=3804933
second appearance in the Rose Bowl Game.[3] [3] ^ Tournament of Roses Press Release, December 7,
• BCS Commissioners took "appropriate responsive 2008
actions" against Penn State for two media access [4] Ratings are proof the addition of fifth BCS game officially
contracts violations - failure to give pre-game a failure, SI.com, January 4, 2009
interviews to ABC broadcasters and provide after- [5] Rose Bowl quick facts
game locker room access.[6] Joe Paterno explained [6] Tom Hoffarth, "Now the Rose Bowl gets around to
that he did not want the attention to be taken away ratting out JoePa?", Los Angeles Daily News, April 23,
from Pete Carroll, knowing that the questions would 2009
focus on his health.
External links
References • Official website
[1] College Football Lines • ESPN game summary
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