1958 Rose Bowl

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Name=1958 Rose Bowl
Date=January 1, 1958
Year=1957
Visitor School=University of Oregon
Visitor Name Short=Oregon
Visitor Nickname=Ducks
Visitor Record=7-3-0
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Visitor Coaches=T-17
Visitor Coach=Len Casanova
Visitor1=0
Visitor2=7
Visitor3=0
Visitor4=0
Visitor Total=7
Home School=Ohio State University
Home Name Short=Ohio State
Home Nickname=Buckeyes
Home Record=8-1-0
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Home Coaches=1
Home Coach=Woody Hayes
Home1=7
Home2=0
Home3=0
Home4=3
Home Total=10
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Odds = Ohio State by 19
Stadium=Rose Bowl
City=Pasadena, California
Attendance=98,202
MVP=Jack Crabtree (Oregon)
US Network=NBC (B/W)
US Announcers=Mel Allen, Chick HearnThe 1958 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1958. In the game, the 44th Rose Bowl, the Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Oregon Ducks by a score of 10-7.cite journal|url=http://www.bowlprograms.com/rosebowl/?pg=168|pages=p. 166|title=Buck-ing the Odds|journal=2008 Rose Bowl Game Official Souvenir Magazine|publisher=University Sports Publications|accessdate=2008-03-12] Jack Crabtree, quarterback of the losing Ducks, was named the Rose Bowl Player of the Game, one of only two players in Rose Bowl history from a losing team who won the award outright.cite journal|url=http://www.bowlprograms.com/rosebowl/?pg=176|pages=p. 174|title=Player of the Game|journal=2008 Rose Bowl Game Official Souvenir Magazine|publisher=University Sports Publications|accessdate=2008-03-12]

Teams

Ohio State Buckeyes

Ohio State came into the game with a 8-game winning streak, having dropped their season opener to TCU and then winning the rest of their games. They were ranked #1 in the Coaches' Poll and #2 in the AP Poll behind Auburn (Auburn was on probation due to recruiting violations and was therefore not eligible for a bowl game). The Buckeyes were heavily favored to win the Rose Bowl.cite web|url=http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=945491&SPID=10408&SPSID=87751|title=1957 National Championship|publisher=OhioStateBuckeyes.com|accessdate=2008-03-12]

Oregon Ducks

Oregon came into the Rose Bowl having just lost its Civil War rivalry game to Oregon State, which put the two teams into a tie for the Pacific Coast Conference championship. Normally, Oregon State would have gone to the Rose Bowl with the head-to-head victory; however, Oregon State had appeared in the Rose Bowl a year earlier, and the PCC had a no-repeat rule. [cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=IZZAR0gioZYC&pg=PA54&source=gbs_search_r&cad=0_1&sig=ACfU3U2OzPyEkTghHv-JBjYF0wBWGTTqnw#PPA52,M1|title=Oregon State Football|pages=p. 52|last=Carlson|first=Kip|isbn=0738531375|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|date=2006] The Ducks had not been in the Rose Bowl since 1920.cite news|url=http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=38609&sid=7&fid=2|title=Mighty Oregon honor: Fifty years ago, the Ducks fought No. 1 Ohio State to a near draw in the 1958 Rose Bowl|last=Bellamy|first=Ron|work=Register-Guard|date=December 23 2007|accessdate=2008-03-12]

Game summary

Ohio State took the opening possession 79 yards, capped by a one-yard run by quarterback Frank Kremblas, to take a 7-0 lead. The Ducks tied the game in the second quarter with a 5-yard run from Jim Shanley after an 80-yard, 10-play drive.cite web|url=http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=30042&SPID=233&SPSID=4604
title=1958 Rose Bowl|publisher=GoDucks.com|accessdate=2008-03-12]

The score remained 7-7 well into the second half. With 5:20 left in the third quarter, the Ducks had a chance to take the lead, but kicker Jack Morris' 34-yard field goal try hooked wide to the left. Finally, in the fourth quarter, Ohio State's Don Sutherlin attempted a kick from the same spot on the field with 14:02 left in the game. Sutherlin's kick was good, and Ohio State retook the lead, 10-7.

On their next possession, the Ducks were driving until end Ron Stover fumbled. With time running out in the game, the Ducks got the ball back and had a chance to tie or go ahead, but Crabtree's fourth-down pass to Stover fell incomplete with 47 seconds remaining, and the Buckeyes held on to win, 10-7.

The Ducks outgained the Buckeyes 351 to 304 and made 21 first downs to the Buckeyes' 19. Crabtree was 10 of 17 passing for 135 yards. Stover had 10 receptions on the day, and his 144 receiving yards established a new record for PCC participants.

coring

First quarter

* Ohio State - Frank Kremblas 1 run (Kremblas kick)

econd quarter

*Oregon - Jim Shanley 5 yard run (Jack Morris kick)

Third quarter

No scoring.

Fourth quarter

* Ohio State - Don Sutherlin 34 field goal

Aftermath

The Buckeyes retained their #1 UPI ranking in the final poll and thereby earned a share of the national championship, its third such title. Auburn retained the #1 AP ranking despite their probation status. Buckeye coach Woody Hayes was named College Football Coach of the Year.

The Ducks' Jack Crabtree became one of a very few players of a losing team to win the Player of the Game award, and one of only two to win the award without sharing it with a member of the winning team. Benny Lom of California, who tackled his teammate Roy Riegels in the 1929 Rose Bowl after he was running the wrong way with the ball, is the only other solo Player of the Game from a losing team.

The Ducks, who were appearing in their first Rose Bowl in 38 years, would wait another 37 years to return in 1995.

External links

* [http://www.rosebowlhistory.org/rose-bowl-1958.php Summary at Rosebowlhistory.org]
* [http://www.tournamentofroses.com/rosebowlgame/ Rose Bowl Game official site]

References

ee also

*Rose Bowl Game
*NCAA
*1957 college football season