- 1948 Rose Bowl
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Name=1948 Rose Bowl
Date=January 1 ,1948
Year=1947
Home School=University of Michigan
Home Name Short=Michigan
Home Nickname=Wolverines
Home Record=9-0-0
Home
Home Coaches=
Home Coach=Fritz Crisler
Home1=7
Home2=14
Home3=7
Home4=21
Home Total=49
Visitor School=University of Southern California
Visitor Name Short=USC
Visitor Nickname=Trojans
Visitor Record=7-1-1
Visitor
Visitor Coaches=
Visitor Coach=Jeff Cravath
Visitor1=0
Visitor2=0
Visitor3=0
Visitor4=0
Visitor Total=0
Type=bg
Stadium=Rose Bowl
City=Pasadena, California
Attendance = 93,000 (estimated) [Official 2007 NCAA Division I football records book - PDF copy available at NCAA.org]
Odds = Michigan by 15
MVP =Bob Chappuis (Michigan)
Anthem =Spirit of Troy
Halftime =Spirit of Troy
US Network =
US Announcers = The 1948 Rose Bowl was acollege football bowl game . It was the 34thRose Bowl Game , and the second since the Big Nine conference and PCC agreed to an exclusive agreement to match their conference champions. The Michigan Wolverines defeated the USC Trojans 49-0. Michigan halfbackBob Chappuis was named the Rose Bowl Player Of The Game when the award was created in 1953 and selections were made retroactively. [http://www.bowlprograms.com/rosebowl/?pg=182 2008 Rose Bowl Program] ,2008 Rose Bowl . AccessedJanuary 26 ,2008 .] Jim Brieske's record of seven PATs remains unbroken. The 1948 game is tied with the1902 Rose Bowl for the most points scored by a team, and the largest margin of victory, in Rose Bowl history. Michigan defeatedStanford University by the same 49-0 score in the1902 Rose Bowl . In a specialAssociated Press poll following the 1948 game, Michigan replaced Notre Dame as the 1947 National Champion by a 226 to 119 margin. This game had the first television telecast of a bowl game in Los Angeles, by local stationKTLA . [ [http://ktla.trb.com/extras/ktla/roseparade2008/history-game.html Rose Bowl Game History - KTLA] ] It was also the first time a U.S. motion picture newsreel was taken in color. [cite book
last = Kane
first = Joseph Nathan
coauthors = Steven Anzovin, Janet Podell
authorlink =
title =Famous First Facts : A Record of First Happenings, Discoveries, and Inventions in American History
publisher =H. W. Wilson Company ; 5th edition
series = Lecture notes in mathematics 1358
year = 1997
doi =
quote = Warner Brothers-Pathe started showing this first color newsreel to theater audiences on 5 Jan 1948. It was made using the Cinecolor process.
isbn = 0824209303 ]Teams
USC Trojans
USC had tied with Rice 7-7. They defeated number 4 ranked Cal in October. The matchup with the defending conference champion Bruins in the
UCLA-USC rivalry game saw USC win 6-0. The 1947 Notre Dame-USC game had 104,953 on hand, the highest attendance for a football game in theLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum [http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/football/football_records_book/2002/487-501a.pdf 2002 NCAA Records book - Attendance Records] page 494 (PDF)] , to see 7-0-1 Rose Bowl bound USC lose to 8-0 Notre Dame 38-7. USC dropped from 3 to 8 in the final poll before the game.Michigan Wolverines
The 1947 Michigan Wolverines, known as the "Mad Magicians" won the Big Nine title on the strength of strong offense and defense. They shut out four opponents, including Ohio State 21-0 in the
Michigan-Ohio State rivalry game. The only marginally close game was a 14-7 win at number 11 Illinois, the reigning Big Nine and1947 Rose Bowl champion. [Louis M. Guenin - [http://www.umich.edu/~newsinfo/MT/98/Fal98/mt11f98.html The Perfect Season] . Michigan Today Volume 30, Number 3, Fall 1998.]Game Summary
Bob Chappuis and
Bump Elliott were the stars for the Wolverines.Jack Weisenburger scored three touchdowns. Nine Rose Bowl records were set. The current record of 9 Points after touchdowns set byJim Brieske still stands as of the2008 Rose Bowl coring
First Quarter
MI Jack Weisenberger, 1-yard run (Brieske kick)
econd Quarter
MI Jack Weisenberger, 1-yard run (Brieske kick)
MIBump Elliott , 11-yard pass fromBob Chappuis (Brieske kick)
Third Quarter
MI Yerges, 18-yard pass from
Bob Chappuis (Brieske kick)
Fourth Quarter
MI Jack Weisenberger, 1-yard run (Brieske kick)
MIGene Derricotte , 45-yard pass from Hank Fonde (Brieske kick)
MIDick Rifenberg , 29-yard pass from Howard Yerges (Brieske kick)
Aftermath
Notre Dame was awarded the AP National Championship. USC would lose to Michigan 49-0 in the Rose Bowl, leading Michigan to also claim a national championship. The official final AP poll, taken before the bowls, had Notre Dame #1 (107 first place votes) and Michigan #2 (25 first place votes). Michigan won the Rose Bowl 49-0 over USC while Notre Dame did not play in a bowl game.
Detroit Free Press sports editor Lyall Smith arranged a post-bowl, open AP poll with only Michigan or Notre Dame as choices. After much lobbying, Michigan won that unofficial poll 266-119. [cite book|Last=Kyrk|first=John|title=Natural Enemies|page=142-7|isbn=1589790901]The Wolverines would continue their winning streak through the 1948 football season, going 9-0. Because of the no-repeat rule, the Northwestern Wildcats would represent the Big Nine as the second place team in the
1949 Rose Bowl . The Wolverines season 1,788 passing yards was a record that would stand until 1979.External links
* [http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/bowls/1948rose.htm Summary at Bentley Historical Library]
* [http://www.tournamentofroses.com/rosebowlgame/ Rose Bowl Game official site]ee also
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Rose Bowl Game
*1947 Michigan Wolverines football team
*Notre Dame Fighting Irish football rivalries References
*USC Football media guide (PDF copy available at [http://www.usctrojans.com www.usctrojans.com] )
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