1985 Rose Bowl
The 1985 Rose Bowl Game was a postseason college football bowl game between the USC Trojans of the Pacific-10 Conference and Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference, held on New Year’s Day in the Rose Bowl in
The game resulted in a victory for the underdog
Scoring summary
;First quarter- Ohio State – Spangler 21-yard field goal, 12:08 – OSU 3, USC 0
- USC – Jordan 51-yard field goal, 6:52 – OSU 3, USC 3
- USC – Cormier 3-yard pass from Green 1:54 – USC 10, OSU 3
- USC – Ware 19-yard pass from Green – USC 17, OSU 3
- Ohio State – Spangler 46-yard field goal, 0:00 – USC 17, OSU 6
- Ohio State – Spangler 52-yard field goal, 6:37 – USC 17, OSU 9
- USC – Jordan 51-yard field goal, 4:05 – USC 20, OSU 9
Tim Green and Jack Del Rio earned the Rose Bowl MVP awards.
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at the Hall of Champions
Highlights
- With fourth straight win, Pac-10 takes its first lead in the series with the Big Ten, 20–19
- * Pac-10 has won ten of eleven, and fourteen of the last sixteen meetings
- Using a swarming defense, USC caused three Mike Tomczak interceptions
- Tomczak threw 37 passes in the game
- Ohio State kicker Rich Spangler scored a Rose Bowl-record 52-yard field goal
- USC kicker Steve Jordan had two 51-yard field goals
- Big contribution from Trojans' Tim Green and Timmie Ware, Joe Cormier, Fred Crutcher, and Kennedy Pola
- Only Rose Bowl appearance for Sophomore QB Johnny Utah
Statistics