2005 Rose Bowl

NCAAFootballSingleGameHeader
Name=2005 Rose Bowl


Date=January 1, 2005
Year=2004
Visitor School=University of Michigan
Visitor Name Short=Michigan
Visitor Nickname=Wolverines
Visitor Record=9-2
Visitor

Visitor Coaches=12
Visitor BCS=13
Visitor Coach=Lloyd Carr
Visitor1=0
Visitor2=14
Visitor3=17
Visitor4=6
Visitor Total=37
Home School= University of Texas
Home Name Short=Texas
Home Nickname=Longhorns
Home Record=10-1
Home

Home Coaches=5
Home BCS=4
Home Coach=Mack Brown
Home1=7
Home2=7
Home3=7
Home4=17
Home Total=38
Type=bg
Stadium=Rose Bowl
City=Pasadena, California
Attendance=93,468
Referee=Dennis Hennigan
US Network=ABC (first High Definition broadcast)
US Announcers=Keith Jackson, Dan Fouts
Anthem=Michigan Marching Band
Halftime=Texas Longhorn Band, Michigan Marching Band
MVP=Offense:Vince Young (Texas QB)
Defense: LaMarr Woodley (Michigan LB)

The 2005 Rose Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game held on New Year’s Day in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. It was the 91st Rose Bowl game. The University of Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten Conference met the University of Texas Longhorns of the Big 12 Conference. The game resulted in a 38-37 victory for Texas. Vince Young, the Texas Quarterback, and LaMarr Woodley the Michigan Linebacker, were named the Rose Bowl Players Of The Game. [http://www.bowlprograms.com/rosebowl/?pg=182 2008 Rose Bowl Program] , 2008 Rose Bowl. Accessed January 26, 2008.]

Notable firsts

*This was the first year that the Rose Bowl game began naming both an Offensive and Defensive Player Of The Game. [http://www.bowlprograms.com/rosebowl/?pg=182 2008 Rose Bowl Program] , 2008 Rose Bowl. Accessed January 26, 2008.]
*This was the first time Texas and Michigan had faced each other in football, despite the long history of each football program. [Associated Press, "Texas vs. Michiganis first for Rose Bowl," January 1, 2005, [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6773077/ msnbc.com] .]
*This was the first year that the network telecast of the Rose Bowl was in HDTV in the United States, broadcast on ABC nationally in 720p format. [ [http://espn.go.com/tvlistings/s/2004/1122/1929256.html Rose Bowl will be first game] . (beginning Saturday, Jan. 1, 2005). ESPN.com Page 2. December 22, 2004]
*This was the first time that a Big Ten Conference team appeared in the Rose Bowl without a Pacific-10 Conference Opponent.

Teams

The 2004 USC Trojans football team was invited to play in the BCS Championship game in the 2005 Orange Bowl. This gave the Rose Bowl an at-large pick, as they gave up their traditional Pacific-10 Conference champion representative. The 2005 Fiesta Bowl also got an at-large pick, having given up Oklahoma to the Orange Bowl. Because the non-BCS Utah Utes team had finished ranked in the top eight, either the Fiesta Bowl or Rose Bowl had to select them. That left one other slot open for the highest BCS ranked team. The Rose Bowl had first choice of this team over Utah, having given up the higher ranked team.

There was a BCS controversy in the remaining at-large team that was selected to play in the BCS bowl games. The California Golden Bears expected to get the invite, having only lost one game to the #1 and undefeated Trojans. In the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football rankings on November 27, Cal was in the #4 BCS position and Texas was #5. Texas remained idle the next Saturday, but Cal had defeated the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles in a makeup game from Hurricane Ivan on December 4th. Going into the game, the Golden Bears were made aware that while margin of victory did not affect computer rankings, it did affect human polls and just eight voters changing their vote could affect the final standings. [Kelly Whiteside = [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/pac10/2004-11-29-cal-bcs-hopes_x.htm California bears burden of making point that it's BCS-worthy] . USA TODAY, November 29, 2004] In a dramatic twist, Texas, who had been left out of the BCS the year before because of the Oklahoma loss in the Big 12 championship, got enough voters to change their mind in the final vote and more computer points to slide into the BCS #4 slot. When the December 4 rankings came out, Texas was in the #4 BCS position and Cal was in the #5 position. Texas had lost only to #2 BCS Oklahoma. *cite web | title=2004 BCS Standings, BCS Rankings | publisher=The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, Inc. | url=http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/pdf/bcs_2004.pdf | accessdate = 2007-12-14 | format=.pdf | language-English] The final poll positions had been unchanged with Cal at #4 AP, #4 coaches, and #6 computers polls and Texas at #6 AP, #5 coaches, and #4 computer polls.

Michigan Wolverines

A 28-20 loss at Notre Dame took the Wolverines out of contention for the BCS championship. They went through the Big Ten schedule, playing close games except for a 42-20 blowout of the Northwestern Wildcats. In the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry game, the Buckeyes defeated the Wolverines 37-21. Iowa and Michigan shared the Big Ten Conference title with identical 7-1 records. A 30-17 win over the Iowa Hawkeyes on September 25th ultimately was the deciding game. Michigan was awarded the traditional Big 10 Rose Bowl selection by virtue of the victory in head-to-head competition over Iowa.

Texas Longhorns

Texas lost only one game, to the 2004 Oklahoma Sooner football team. In the Big 12 South division, this meant that Oklahoma would face Colorado in the Big 12 Championship Game. Oklahoma was invited to the National Championship game.

Game summary

The scoring was even at 14-14 at half time. The second half began with quarterback Vince Young scoring on the Wolverines with a 60-yard touchdown run. Michigan held a 10-point lead in the third quarter. Both teams traded scores and it looked as Michigan would take this game with a late go ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter. However, enough time remained for Texas to win. Driving 47-yards in 10 plays, Texas had one final chance. Dusty Mangum's 37-yard field goal wobbled through the uprights as time expired.

coring

First quarter

*Texas - Vince Young 20 yd run (Dusty Mangum kick), 12-85 4:12, Texas 7 - Michigan 0

econd quarter

*Michigan - Edwards, B. 39 yd pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas, kick), 4-50 1:39, Texas 7 - Michigan 7
*Texas - David Thomas 11 yd pass from Vince Young (Dusty Mangum kick), 13-58 7:52, Texas 14 - Michigan 7
*Michigan - Edwards, B. 8 yd pass from Henne, Chad (Garrett Rivas, kick), 8-34 2:16, Texas 14 - Michigan 14

Third quarter

*Texas - Vince Young 60 yd run (Dusty Mangum kick), 6-72 2:07, Texas 21 - Michigan 14
*Michigan - Breaston, Steve 50 yd pass from Henne, Chad (Garrett Rivas, kick), 3-50 0:30, Texas 21 - Michigan 21
*Michigan - Edwards, B. 9 yd pass from Henne, Chad (Garrett Rivas, kick), 10-77 4:21, Texas 21 - Michigan 28
*Michigan - Garrett Rivas, 44 yd field goal, 6-18 2:10, Texas 21 - Michigan 31

Fourth quarter

*Texas - Vince Young 10 yd run (Dusty Mangum kick), 7-50 3:08, Texas 28 - Michigan 31
*Michigan - Garrett Rivas, 32 yd field goal, 10-60 3:42, Texas 28 - Michigan 34
*Texas - Vince Young 23 yd run (Dusty Mangum kick), 3-69 1:13, Texas 35 - Michigan 34
*Michigan - Garrett Rivas, 42 yd field goal, 5-18 1:52, Texas 35 - Michigan 37
*Texas - Dusty Mangum 37 yd field goal, 10-47 3:04, Texas 38 - Michigan 37

Aftermath

Texas coach Mack Brown was criticized for publicly politicking voters to put Texas ahead of California. Cal coach Jeff Tedford called for coaches' votes to be made public. Texas went on to beat Michigan in the Rose Bowl, while California was routed by an unranked Texas Tech team in the Holiday Bowl. California's cause was hurt when it was less than impressive in a 26-16 victory over Southern Miss in Hattiesburg, Mississippi the night before bowl bids were extended. Weakening their cause after the fact was the 45-31 defeat in the Holiday Bowl to Texas Tech University. Cal played without two of the highest performing receivers in the NCAA, [ "Wounded Cal could use a hand at receiver," Union-Tribune, December 29, 2004, http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/college_football/20041229-9999-1s29hbnotes.html; ] however, this loss was attributed in many press reports to the Bears' disappointment over being denied their first Rose Bowl appearance in 45 years. [ For example, "The perfect ending for Cal," Palo Alto Daily News, December 29, 2006, http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/article/2006-12-29-cal-holiday-bowl; ]

The Auburn Tigers also had a legitmate complaint. Like Oklahoma and USC, Auburn also had an undefeated team. Although they played in a BCS bowl (the 2005 Sugar Bowl) because they were the SEC champions, they were not selected to play for the National Championship due to their poll ranking.

The Associated Press, as a result of two consecutive seasons of BCS controversy, pulled its poll out of the BCS formula. The AP poll was replaced by the Harris poll, and the AP continues to give out its own national championship trophy.

This win set the stage for Texas to return to the Rose Bowl for the BCS Championship in the 2006 Rose Bowl. Vince Young would be the Offensive MVP for a second consecutive year.

References

* [http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/doc_lib/010105.htm Box Score 2005 Rose Bowl Game] Mack Brown Football

External links

* [http://www.tournamentofroses.com/rosebowlgame/ Rose Bowl Game official site]