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1951 Rose Bowl

American college football game

Field	Value
year_game_played	1951
game_name	Rose Bowl
subheader	37th Rose Bowl Game
football_season	1950
visitor_name_short	Michigan
visitor_nickname	Wolverines
visitor_school	University of Michigan
home_name_short	California
home_nickname	Golden Bears
home_school	University of California at Berkeley
visitor_record	5–3–1
visitor_conference	Big Ten
home_record	9–0–1
home_conference	Pacific Coast
visitor_coach	Bennie Oosterbaan
home_coach	Pappy Waldorf
visitor_rank_AP	9
visitor_rank_coaches	6
home_rank_AP	5
home_rank_coaches	4
visitor_1q	0
visitor_2q	0
visitor_3q	0
visitor_4q	14
home_1q	0
home_2q	6
home_3q	0
home_4q	0
date_game_played	January 1
stadium	Rose Bowl
city	Pasadena, California
MVP	Don Dufek (Michigan FB)
odds	California by 1 to 3 points
referee	Charles Brown (Pacific Coast;
split crew: Pacific Coast, Big Ten)
attendance	98,939

split crew: Pacific Coast, Big Ten) The 1951 Rose Bowl was the 37th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on Monday, January 1. The ninth-ranked Michigan Wolverines, champions of the Big Ten Conference, defeated the California Golden Bears, champions of the Pacific Coast Conference, 14–6.

Michigan fullback Don Dufek scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter and was named the Player of the Game. With a record of 9–0–1, the Golden Bears were ranked fourth in the nation.

It was the Big Ten's fifth consecutive win in the Rose Bowl, and California's third straight loss.

Teams

Michigan Wolverines

Main article: 1950 Michigan Wolverines football team

Michigan upset rival Ohio State 9–3 in the notorious Snow Bowl game, played in 21 in of snow in Columbus.

California Golden Bears

Main article: 1950 California Golden Bears football team

This was California's third consecutive trip to the Rose Bowl and were slightly favored. Pete Schabarum broke a 77-yard run on the second play of the game, but a backfield-in-motion penalty nullified the score to stop the Cal momentum.

Scoring

First quarter

:No scoring

Second quarter

California - Bob Cummings, 39-yard pass from Jim Marinos (Les Richter kick failed)

Third quarter

:No scoring

Fourth quarter

Michigan - Don Dufek, 1-yard run (Harry Allis kick)
Michigan - Dufek, 7-yard run (Allis kick)

Game notes

Chuck Ortmann completed 15 of 19 passes for 146 yards for Michigan and Jim Marinos was 4 for 7 completions for 69 yards for Cal.
This was Michigan's third victory in the Rose Bowl (1902, 1948, 1951) in as many attempts.
California back Pete Schabarum became a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in 1972.
California's record in the Rose Bowl fell to 2–4–1; their next (and most recent) appearance was eight years away, also a loss.

Aftermath

After this third consecutive loss by California, the Pacific Coast Conference enacted a "no-repeat" rule, similar to the Big Ten's. Future teams affected were UCLA in 1955 and Oregon State in 1958, and both resulted in wins for the Big Ten. With the PCC's dissolution in the spring of 1959, the succeeding AAWU (Big Five) abolished that rule, and Washington won the next two Rose Bowls in 1960 and 1961.

Although Minnesota appeared in consecutive Rose Bowls in 1961 and 1962, (both as "at-large" invitations, the latter after champion Ohio State declined), the Big Ten kept its rule until the early 1970s; the last team affected was Michigan State in 1967, when runner-up Purdue edged unranked USC by a point. The first Big Ten team to make a repeat appearance in the 1970s was Ohio State in 1974, the conference's only win in Pasadena that decade.

References

(January 1, 1951). "Cal is favored by three". Spokesman-Review.
Knack, Joe. (January 1, 1951). "Coast seeks first Happy New Year in five years". Toledo Blade.
(December 31, 1950). "Rose Bowl". Pittsburgh Press.
Knack, Joe. (January 2, 1951). "It's famine again on Coast as Michigan win, 14-6". Toledo Blade.
Love, Bill. (January 2, 1951). "Michigan snatches bowl victory from California in final period 14 to 6". Eugene Register-Guard.
(January 2, 1951). "Fourth quarter surge by Michigan routs hapless California". Spokesman-Review.
(January 2, 1951). "Halftime talk sparks Michigan". Pittsburgh Press.
[http://www.tournamentofroses.com/photogallery/RBGtimeline/1950s.htm Rose Bowl Game Timeline] {{webarchive. link. (March 17, 2010 , ''[[Pasadena Tournament of Roses]]'')
(November 26, 1950). "Michigan may go to Rose Bowl on Ohio State upset; Illinois loses". Spokesman-Review.
Knack, Joe. (November 26, 1950). "Michigan upsets Ohio State, 9 to 3". Toledo Blade.
Stevenson, Jack. (December 3, 1961). "Minnesota accepts bid, plays Uclans in Rose tilt". Youngstown Vindicator.

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