# 1 How many Rose Bowls did Archie Griffin play in during his four years at Ohio State?
1973: USC - 42; Ohio State - 17

Answer: 4. John McKay’ had a lot of great teams at USC, but the 1973 addition was one of his best. Their 11-0 national championship season culminated in the thrashing Woody Hayes’ Ohio State 9-1 squad, 42-17, behind four touchdowns by Sam Cunningham. USC quarterback Mike Rae completed 18 of 25 for 229 yards, including six each to Charles Young and Lynn Swann. Twenty-three Trojans from the team went on to play pro football. Sounds a lot like the 2005 edition of the Trojans.
# 2 What was Wisconsin national rank coming into the Rose Bowl in 1999?
1999: Wisconsin - 38; UCLA - 31

Answer:9 The 85th Rose Bowl belonged to Wisconsin’s Ron Dayne. The Heisman-winner ran for 246 yards, one yard short of the Rose Bowl record, and four touchdowns to lead the Badgers past UCLA, 38-31. Despite Dayne’s big day, the Badgers defensive still had to come up big in the last two minutes. The Bruins had a fourth-and-three from the Badgers’ 47-yard line when Wendell Bryant sacked Cade McNown on fourth down to clinch it. The win was Wisconsin’s school-record 11th against only one loss. UCLA finished 10-2.

# 3 In how many consecutive Rose Bowls did Woody Hayes coach Ohio State?
1975: USC - 18; Ohio State - 17

Answer: four. Behind touchdowns by Champ Henson and Cornelius Greene and a Tom Klaban field goal, Ohio State led USC 17-10 in the fourth quarter of the 1975 Rose Bowl. The Trojans tied the score with 2:03 left when Pat Haden threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to coach John McKay’s son, J.K. Instead of choosing to tie the game with the extra point, McKay rolled the dice and went for two. His gamble paid off when Haden hit Shelton Diggs in the end zone for an 18-17 win. USC finished the year 10-1, and McKay ended his Rose Bowl career at 5-3.
# 4 This player anchored the Arizona State defense in the 1997 Rose Bowl and was the Pac 10’s Defensive Player of the Year.?
1997: Ohio State - 20; Arizona State - 17

Answer: Pat Tillman. In 1997, Jake Plummer lived up to his nickname, “The Snake,” when his 11-yard touchdown scamper with 1:40 remaining gave undefeated Arizona State a 17-14 lead and what looked like a sure national title. That was until Ohio State backup quarterback Joe Germaine lead one of the more improbable final drives in history. Aided by two third-down catches and two pass-interference penalties, Germaine marched the Buckeyes 65 yards and finally hit David Boston with a five-yard touchdown pass with 19 seconds left to give the Buckeyes a 20-17 victory. The Sun Devils had not recruited Germaine, who is from Mesa, AZ, just a few miles from the Arizona State campus.
# 5 Texas got a Rose Bowl invitation to replace the Pac-10 champion that had to play in the BCS championship game. Which team did the Longhorns replace?
2005: Texas - 38; Michigan - 37

Answer: USC. Texas made their first-ever Rose Bowl appearance last year, playing Michigan in a nail-biter. Longhorn quarterback Vince Young rang up 372 yards in offense (192 on the ground) and accounted for the five Longhorn touchdowns, including TD runs of 20, 60, 10 and 23 yards. Not to be outdone, Michigan’s Chad Henne became the first true freshman to start a Rose Bowl game and tossed a Rose Bowl-record four TD passes, three of them to All-America wide receiver Braylon Edwards, also a record. Wolverine wide receiver and kick-returner Steve Breaston also got his name in the record books with 315 all-purpose yards, 221 on six kickoff returns and a 50-yard touchdown reception. All the fireworks led to the final play when the Longhorns pulled out the victory on a 37-yard field goal by Dusty Mangum.
# 6 Which NFL team drafted Ki-Jana Carter No.1 overall in the 1995 NFL draft?
1995: Penn State - 38; Oregon - 20

Answer: Cincinnati Bengals. On their first offense play, Penn State’s Ki-Jana Carter broke free for an 83-yard touchdown run, an omen for the Oregon defense. Carter ended up with 156 yards rushing and three touchdowns as the Nittany Lions took down the Ducks, 38-20. Oregon’s offense wasn’t too shabby, either. Quarterback Danny O’Neil threw for 465 yards on his way to setting five Rose Bowl records, most passes completed (41), most attempts (61), most yardage (465), most plays (74) and total offense (456). The win capped a 12-0 season for Penn State, but it was denied a national championship when the AP and coaches poll opted for also unbeaten Nebraska.
# 7 How many passes did Wisconsin quarterback Ron VanderKelen attempt in the 1963 Rose Bowl?
1963: USCས Wisconsinཡ

Answer: 48. The 1963 Rose Bowl was the first bowl game to have a No. 1 vs. No. 2 match-up. USC quarterback Pete Beathard threw four touchdown passes as the Trojans jumped out to a 42-14 lead. Wisconsin rallied behind QB Ron VanderKelen and wide-out Pat Richter, the two connecting 11 times to lead the
Badgers to 23 straight fourth-quarter points. But they were not enough. Vander Kelen, the game MVP, set both Wisconsin and Rose Bowl records, with 401 yards passing. But USC held on to win the national championship. Wisconsin out gained the Trojans 486 to 367 in yardage and 32-15 in first downs, and the 79 combined team points were a Rose Bowl record that stood for 28 years.

#8 USC finished the 1979 season 10-0-1. Whom did they tie?
1980: USCཌྷ Ohio Stateཌ

Answer: Stanford. In a battle of two unbeaten teams, USC needed every second to upend Ohio State in the 1980 Rose Bowl. Heisman Trophy-winner Charles White set Rose Bowl records with 39 carries and 247 yards, including 70 of the 83 yards on the Trojan's game-winning drive. Eric Hipp’s extra point on Griffin's one-yard run was the difference. Ohio State built their lead on a 67-yard touchdown pass from Art Schlichter to Gary Williams and three Vlade Janakievski field goals. The victory pushed USC coach John Robinson's Rose Bowl record to 3-0 and cost the Buckeyes the national title.

# 9 How many yards was Rich Leach's Rose Bowl record touchdown pass to Curt Stephenson?
1978: Washingtonབྷ Michiganཐ

Answer: 76 yards. Warren Moon is known best for his arm, but it was his legs that made the most noise in the 1978 Rose Bowl. The Washington quarterback ran for two touchdowns and passed for another as Washington defeated Michigan, 27-20. The Huskies, who came into the game just 7-4, built a 27-7 lead before quarterback Rick Leach rallied the Wolverines including a Rose Bowl record 76-yard TD pass to Curt Stephenson, but the comeback came up short when Leach was intercepted by linebacker Michael Jackson on the Washington eight-yard line. It was another disappointment for Bo Schembechler, whose team finished 10-1, with Warren Moon being named MVP.

#10 Stanford wide receiver Randy Vataha also holds the record for the biggest purse won in this sport?
1971: Stanfordབྷ Ohio Stateཌྷ

Answer: one. Racquetball. S