1985 Rose Bowl

1985 Rose Bowl
71st Rose Bowl Game
USC Trojans Ohio State Buckeyes (8–3) (9–2) 20 17 Head coach:  Ted Tollner Head coach:  Earle Bruce AP Coaches 18 14 AP Coaches 6 5
1 2 3 4 Total USC 10 7 3 0 20 Ohio State 3 3 3 8 17
Date	January 1, 1985
Season	1984
Stadium	Rose Bowl Stadium
Location	Pasadena, California
MVP	Tim Green (USC QB) Jack Del Rio (USC LB)
National anthem	Ohio State University Marching Band
Halftime show	Ohio State University Marching Band, Spirit of Troy
Attendance	102,594
United States TV coverage
Network	NBC
Announcers	Dick Enberg, Merlin Olsen

The 1985 Rose Bowl Game was a postseason college football bowl game between the USC Trojans of the Pacific-10 Conference and Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference, held on New Year’s Day in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The game resulted in a 20-17 victory for the Trojans.

Scoring summary

First quarter

• Ohio State - Spangler 21-yard field goal, 12:08 - OSU 3, USC 0
• USC - Jordan 51-yard field goal, 6:52 - OSU 3, USC 3
• USC - Connier 3-yard pass from Green (Jordan kick) 1:54 - USC 10, OSU 3

Second quarter

• USC - Ware 19-yard pass from Green (Jordan kick) - USC 17, OSU 3
• Ohio State - Spangler 46-yard field goal, 0:00 - USC 17, OSU 6

Third quarter

• Ohio State - Spangler 52-yard field goal, 6:37 - USC 17, OSU 9
• USC - Jordan 51-yard field goal, 4:05 - USC 20, OSU 9

Fourth quarter

• Ohio State - Carter 18-yard pass from Tomczak (Tomczak run), 7:34 - USC 20, OSU 17

Tim Green and Jack Del Rio earned the Rose Bowl MVP awards.

Rose Bowl records at the Hall of Champions

Highlights

• Pac-10 finally takes the lead in the series, 20-19
• Pac-10 won 13 out of the last 15 meetings
• Using a swarming defense, USC caused three Mike Tomczak interceptions
• Tomczak threw 37 passes in the game
• Ohio State kicker Rich Spangler scored a record 52-yard field goal
• Steve Jordan had two 51-yard field goals for the Trojans
• Big contribution from Trojans' Tim Green and Timmie Ware, Joe Cormier, Fred Crutcher and Kennedy Pola