1957 Rose Bowl


The 1957 Rose Bowl was the 43rd edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Tuesday, January 1. The third-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference defeated the No. 10 1956 [Oregon State Beavers football team|Oregon State Beavers] of the Pacific Coast Conference by a score of 35-19, in a rematch of a regular season contest in early October at Iowa City, where the home team rallied to win, 14–13.
Iowa quarterback Ken Ploen was named the Player of the Game.
This was the first trip to Pasadena for both teams: it was Iowa's first bowl appearance and Oregon State's second. The Beavers won the Rose Bowl fifteen years earlier in January 1942 [Rose Bowl|1942], which was moved to Durham, North Carolina.

Game summary

Ploen completed nine of ten passes and rushed for 59 yards, including a 49-yard run for Iowa's first score. Collins Hagler scored twice for the Hawkeyes, the second on a 66-yard run. For Oregon State, Joe Francis ran for 73 yards and was ten of twelve passing for 73 yards and a touchdown. The Beavers were hurt by three fumbles, two in the first seven minutes, and both led to Iowa touchdowns. The Hawkeyes led 21–6 at halftime and were up by 23 points early in the fourth quarter. OSC closed the margin to sixteen points with under ten minutes remaining, but that was the last of the scoring and Iowa won 35–19.

Scoring

First quarter

Second quarter

  • OSC – Tom Berry 3-yard run, 14:48,
  • Iowa – Bill Happel 5-yard run, 3:23,

Third quarter

Fourth quarter