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2007 Rose Bowl

American college football game


American college football game

FieldValue
year_game_played2007
game_nameRose Bowl
title_sponsor_suffixpresented by Citi
subheader93rd Rose Bowl Game
football_season2006
visitor_name_shortUSC
visitor_nicknameTrojans
visitor_schoolUniversity of Southern California
home_name_shortMichigan
home_nicknameWolverines
home_schoolUniversity of Michigan
visitor_record10–2
visitor_conferencePac-10
home_record11–1
home_conferenceBig Ten
visitor_coachPete Carroll
home_coachLloyd Carr
visitor_rank_AP8
visitor_rank_coaches7
visitor_rank_BCS5
home_rank_AP3
home_rank_coaches3
home_rank_BCS3
visitor_1q3
visitor_2q0
visitor_3q16
visitor_4q13
home_1q0
home_2q3
home_3q0
home_4q15
date_game_playedJanuary 1
stadiumRose Bowl
cityPasadena, California
MVPOffensive: Dwayne Jarrett (USC WR)
Defensive: Brian Cushing (USC OLB)
oddsMichigan by 1.5
anthemMichigan Marching Band
refereeJack Childress (ACC)
halftimeMichigan Marching Band
Spirit of Troy
attendance93,852
payout17 million per team
us_networkESPN on ABC
us_announcers_linkList of announcers of major college bowl games
us_announcersBrent Musburger, Bob Davie, Kirk Herbstreit, and Lisa Salters.

Defensive: Brian Cushing (USC OLB) Spirit of Troy 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.

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, 38th President of the United States, and 1978 Tournament of Roses Grand Marshal Gerald Ford, who died six days earlier. George Lucas, Southern California alum, the creator of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones series of films, and 2007 Tournament of Roses Grand Marshal, flipped the coin. The coin used featured Southern California's logo on 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

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

References

  1. [https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?confId=&gameId=270010130 ESPN NCF] – USC Trojans at Michigan Wolverines, January 1, 2007
  2. "$17M BCS payouts sound great, but ... - USATODAY.com".
  3. link. (2008-03-06 , [[2008 Rose Bowl]]. Accessed January 26, 2008.)
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