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PASADENA TOURNAMENT
OF ROSES ASSOCIATION
Gina Chappin
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95th ROSE BOWL GAME® PRESENTED BY CITI®
NO. 8 PENN STATE vs. NO. 5 USC
| Date: |
January 1, 2009 |
| Site: |
Rose Bowl Stadium (91,000) |
| Kick-Off: |
2:10 p.m. PST (5:10 p.m. EST); Pre-game festivities at 1:30 p.m. PST (4:30 p.m. EST) |
| Television: |
ESPN on ABC (Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit and Lisa Salters) |
| Radio: |
ESPN and XM Satellite Radio (Mike Tirico, David Norrie and Erin Andrews)
Penn State Sports Network WMAJ 1450 AM (Steve Jones and Jack Ham)
ESPN Radio 710 KSPN-AM (Pete Arbogast, Paul McDonald and John Jackson)
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| Series: |
The series is tied 4-4; teams first met in the 1923 Rose Bowl Game; USC won 14-3. |
The Match-Up
Penn State and USC meet for the ninth time in history; the last time was on August 27, 2000, in the Kickoff Classic XVIII (East Rutherford, N.J.) when the Trojans defeated the Nittany Lions, 29-5. Penn State is bowl eligible for the fourth consecutive time since 2006; USC will be making its eighth consecutive bowl appearance and NCAA record seventh consecutive BCS game.
This will be the second time these teams have faced each other in the Rose Bowl Game (last time in the 1923 game). The 1923 game was also the first played at the Rose Bowl Stadium.
This Season
Penn State finished the regular season 11-1 overall and 7-1 in the Big Ten Conference; USC also finished the regular season 11-1 overall and 8-1 in the Pac-10 Conference.
| PENN STATE (7-1 Big Ten; 11-1 Overall) |
| 8/30 |
Coastal Carolina |
W |
66-10 |
| 9/6 |
Oregon State |
W |
45-14 |
| 9/13 |
at Syracuse |
W |
55-13 |
| 9/20 |
Temple |
W |
45-3 |
| 9/27 |
Illinois |
W |
38-24 |
| 10/4 |
at Purdue |
W |
20-6 |
| 10/11 |
at Wisconsin |
W |
48-7 |
| 10/18 |
Michigan |
W |
46-17 |
| 10/25 |
at Ohio State |
W |
13-6 |
| 11/8 |
at Iowa |
L |
23-24 |
| 11/15 |
Indiana |
W |
34-7 |
| 11/22 |
Michigan State |
W |
49-18 |
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| USC (8-1 Pac-10; 11-1 Overall) |
| 8/30 |
at Virginia |
W |
52-7 |
| 9/13 |
Ohio State |
W |
35-3 |
| 9/25 |
at Oregon State |
L |
21-27 |
| 10/4 |
Oregon |
W |
44-10 |
| 10/11 |
Arizona State |
W |
28-0 |
| 10/18 |
at Washington State |
W |
69-0 |
| 10/25 |
at Arizona |
W |
17-10 |
| 11/1 |
Washington |
W |
56-0 |
| 11/8 |
California |
W |
17-3 |
| 11/15 |
at Stanford |
W |
45-23 |
| 11/29 |
Notre Dame |
W |
38-3 |
| 12/6 |
at UCLA |
W |
28-7 |
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Penn State in the Rose Bowl Game
Penn State will be making its third appearance in the Rose Bowl Game. Its last appearance was in 1995, when it defeated Oregon 38-20.
| 1923 | USC 14, Penn State 3 |
| 1995 | Penn State 38, Oregon 20 |
USC in the Rose Bowl Game
USC will be making its 33rd appearance in the Rose Bowl Game and fourth consecutive appearance. Last year the Trojans defeated Illinois 49-17. USC holds the record for all-time Rose Bowl Game appearances.
| 1923 | USC 14, Penn State 3 |
| 1930 | USC 47, Pittsburgh 14 |
| 1932 | USC 21, Tulane 12 |
| 1933 | USC 35, Pittsburgh 0 |
| 1939 | USC 7, Duke 3 |
| 1940 | USC 14, Tennessee 0 |
| 1944 | USC 29, Washington 0 |
| 1945 | USC 25, Tennessee 0 |
| 1946 | Alabama 34, USC 14 |
| 1948 | Michigan 49, USC 0 |
| 1953 | USC 7, Wisconsin 0 |
| 1955 | Ohio State 20, USC 7 |
| 1963 | USC 42, Wisconsin 37 |
| 1967 | Purdue 14, USC 13 |
| 1968 | USC 14, Indiana 3 |
| 1969 | Ohio State 27, USC 16 |
| 1970 | USC 10, Michigan 3 |
| 1973 | USC 42, Ohio State 17 |
| 1974 |
Ohio State 42, USC 21 |
| 1975 | USC 18, Ohio State 17 |
| 1977 | USC 14, Michigan 6 |
| 1979 | USC 17, Michigan 10 |
| 1980 | USC 17, Ohio State 16 |
| 1985 | USC 20, Ohio State 17 |
| 1988 | Michigan State 20, USC 17 |
| 1989 | Michigan 22, USC 14 |
| 1990 | USC 17, Michigan 10 |
| 1996 | USC 41, Northwestern 32 |
| 2004 | USC 28, Michigan 14 |
| 2006 | Texas 41, USC 38* |
| 2007 | USC 32, Michigan 18 |
| 2008 | USC 49, Illinois 17 |
| "*BCS National Championship Game |
Coach Carroll in the Rose Bowl Game
USC head coach Pete Carroll will be making his fifth appearance in the Rose Bowl Game.
Coach Paterno in the Rose Bowl Game
Penn State head coach Joe Paterno will be making his second appearance in the Rose Bowl Game.
The Rankings
Penn State enters the game ranked No. 8 in the BCS, No. 6 in the Harris Interactive and No. 6 in the USA Today Coaches Polls. The Nittany Lions are co-champions of the Big Ten Conference (sharing the title with Ohio State). USC enters the game ranked No. 5 in the BCS, No. 5 in the Harris Interactive and tied for No. 4 in the USA Today Coaches Poll (tied with Alabama). The Trojans are the champions of the Pac-10 Conference.
| | PENN STATE | USC |
| | BCS | Harris | Coaches | BCS | Harris | Coaches |
| Preseason | -- | -- | 22 | -- | -- | 2 |
| Aug. 31 | -- | -- | 19 | -- | -- | 1 |
| Sept. 7 | -- | -- | 17 | -- | -- | 1 |
| Sept. 14 | -- | -- | 15 | -- | -- | 1 |
| Sept. 21 | -- | -- | 12 | -- | -- | 1 |
| Sept. 28 | -- | 6 | 6 | -- | 7 | 9 |
| Oct. 5 | -- | 6 | 6 | -- | 8 | 9 |
| Oct. 12 | -- | 3 | 3 | -- | 5 | 6 |
| Oct. 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Oct. 26 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Nov. 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Nov. 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Nov. 16 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Nov. 23 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Nov. 30 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Dec. 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | T-4 |
Team Information
Penn State will wear its white jerseys and use the west bench on game day. USC will wear its dark jerseys and use the east bench on game day.
The Sponsorship
Citi is in its sixth year as presenting sponsor of the Rose Bowl Game.
Team Payout
The conferences participating in the Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi will receive $18 million.
Network Television
ABC will televise the Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi. Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit will call the action from the booth, while Lisa Salters will serve as the sideline reporter.
Radio
ESPN Radio will broadcast the Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi nationally with Dave Barnett and Rod Gilmore to call the action from the booth and Erin Andrews on the sidelines.
Ticket Allotment
Per the tri-party agreement with the Big Ten and Pac-10 Conferences, the Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi is a contractual sell-out. The participating teams and conferences have been allotted a total of 64,500 tickets.
For more information about the 95th Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi visit www.tournamentofroses.com.
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