| 1963 Rose Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 49th Rose Bowl Game | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Rose Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pasadena, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Pete Beathard (USC QB) Ron Vander Kelen (UW QB) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Wisconsin by 2 points[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | University of Wisconsin Marching Band | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | James Cain (AAWU) (split crew: AAWU, Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Spirit of Troy, University of Wisconsin Marching Band | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 98,698 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mel Allen, Bill Symes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 32.8 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1963 Rose Bowl was the 49th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on Tuesday, January 1, at the end of the 1962 season. The top-ranked USC Trojans defeated the Wisconsin Badgers, 42–37.[3][4][5] The Associated Press and United Press International both awarded the national championship to USC in early December 1962, a month before the game was played, and the UPI's national championship trophy was presented to USC on the day before the game was played.[6] Nevertheless, the game remained historic as the first matchup between the AP or UPI No. 1 vs. No. 2 in a bowl game,[7] although such matchups had occurred previously in the regular season (typically referred to as a "Game of the Century"). Moreover, a five-man commitee of the Football Writers Association of America voted after the Rose Bowl game and unanimously selected USC as the winner of the ninth annual Grantland Rice Award.[8]
The quarterbacks, Ron Vander Kelen of Wisconsin and Pete Beathard of USC, were named co-Players of the Game.[9]
Down 42–14 in the fourth quarter, Vander Kelen put together a number of drives to score 23 unanswered points and put the Badgers in position to win the game. Due to the historic #1 versus #2 bowl match-up, the number of Rose Bowl records set, and the furious fourth quarter rally by Wisconsin, this game frequently appears on lists of "greatest bowl games of all time."[10][11]
- ^ "Badgers, Tide, Tigers, Ole Miss bowl choices". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). UPI. January 1, 1963. p. 6.
- ^ Zimmerman, Paul (January 1, 1963). "Badgers bent on bowl vengeance; Wisconsin winless in two classics". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (Los Angeles Times). p. 12.
- ^ "Trojans snare Roses in wild battle, 42-37". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). UPI. January 2, 1963. p. 8.
- ^ "Spectacular Wisconsin rally falls five points short". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 2, 1963. p. 2B.
- ^ Myers, Bob (January 2, 1963). "USC survives Badger rally 42-37". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. 14.
- ^ "Southern Cal Gets Trophy". The Tulsa Tribune. UPI. January 1, 1963. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Schmadtke, Alan. "No. 1 Vs. No. 2". Archived from the original on March 4, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
The two top-ranked teams in The Associated Press poll have played each other 11 times in postseason. Here is a look at one of those matchups.
- ^ "Trojans Get Rice Award". The Sacramento Union. January 7, 1963. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 2008 Rose Bowl Program Archived 2008-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, 2008 Rose Bowl. Accessed January 26, 2008.
- ^ "The List: Greatest bowl games". Archived from the original on July 24, 2008. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
- ^ "Tuesday Question – Ten Greatest Bowl Games". Archived from the original on December 11, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2010.