1992 Rose Bowl
| 1992Rose Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 78th Rose Bowl Game | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Rose Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pasadena,California | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Favorite | Washington by 7 points[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | UW Marching Band | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jimmy Harper (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | UW Marching Band, UM Marching Band | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 103,566[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Keith Jackson Bob Griese | ||||||||||||||||||
The1992 Rose Bowlwas acollege footballbowl gameplayed on January 1, 1992, the 78thRose Bowl Game.Before 103,566 in attendance inPasadena, California,and a national television audience, the No. 2Washington Huskiesdefeated the No. 4Michigan Wolverines,34–14.[3]
Washingtondefensive tackleSteve EmtmanandquarterbackBilly Joe Hobertwere named the Players Of The Game.[4]The undefeated Washington Huskies were named thenational championsby theCoaches Pollafter being left at No. 2 in theAP poll,behind theMiami Hurricanes.[5]
Pre-game activities
[edit]On October 22, 1991, theTournament of Rosesselected 17-year-old Tannis Ann Turrentine, a senior atMayfield Senior Schooland a resident of Pasadena, as the 74th Rose Queen of the 103rd Tournament of Roses. The 1991–92 Tournament of Roses Royal Court was led by the reigning Rose Queen with six rose princesses: Laurie Fortier, San Marino; Malia Herndon, Altadena; Erin Christine Mispagel, Pasadena; Mia Rodinella, Pasadena; Kristen Colleen Russell, La Canada Flintridge; and Melissa Ann Tyson, Pasadena.
Game summary
[edit]After a scoreless first quarter, a 7–7 tie in the second, and 13–7 Husky advantage at halftime, the 1992 game became the most lopsided contest between two top-5 teams in Rose Bowl history. Trailing 34–7,[6]a late Michigan touchdown against Husky reserves closed the gap in the final score to 20 points.[7]With a minute remaining and the third-string quarterback leading the offense, Washington opted to run out the clock from the Michigan five-yard line, rather than run up the score.[8]
This was the first Rose Bowl since the beginning of theBig Ten–Pacific 10(originally thePacific Coast Conference) contract thatofficialsfrom a neutral conference (in this case, theSoutheastern Conference) were used. From1947through1991,a split crew of Big Ten and Pac-10 (Pac-8/AAWU/PCC; now Pac-12) officials were used. From1984,the first year a seven-man officiating crew was used, through 1991, the conference of the designated home team provided the referee, back judge, one wing official on the line of scrimmage (head linesman or line judge) and one deep wing official (field judge or side judge), and the other conference provided the umpire, one wing official on the line of scrimmage and one deep wing official. The Rose Bowl was the last bowl to use split officiating crews; most bowl games abandoned them in favor of neutral officials in the 1970s, although theOrange Bowlused a split crew from the SEC and Big Ten for its1978 game.
Split crews were banned by the NCAA starting in 1999.
Scoring
[edit]First quarter
[edit]None,tied 0–0
Second quarter
[edit]Wash. -Hobert,2-yard run (Hanson kick) - Wash. 7–0
Mich. - Smith, 9-yard pass fromGrbac(Carlson kick) - tied 7–7
Wash. - Hanson, 24-yard field goal - Wash. 10–7
Wash. - Hanson, 23-yard field goal - Wash. 13–7
Third quarter
[edit]Wash. -Bruener,5-yard pass from Hobert (Pierce,pass from Hobert, 2 pts.) - Wash. 21–7
Fourth quarter
[edit]Wash. - Pierce, 2-yard pass from Hobert (kick failed) - Wash. 27–7
Wash. - Bailey, 38-yard pass fromBrunell(Hanson kick) - Wash. 34–7
Mich. -Wheatley,53-yard run (Carlson kick) - Wash. 34–14
Split national championship
[edit]Miami won by only four points in the final AP Poll, while Washington won by nine points in the Coaches' Poll.[5]
A fantasy article inSports Illustratedtitled "The Dream Game" had the Huskies narrowly defeat Miami in a playoff.[9]
References
[edit]- ^"The Latest Line".Eugene Register-Guard.(Oregon). January 1, 1992. p. 4B.
- ^2003 UW football media guide, p.331
- ^"Huskies shut down Wolverines' attack".Milwaukee Sentinel.Associated Press. January 2, 1992. p. 1B.
- ^2008 Rose Bowl ProgramArchived2008-03-06 at theWayback Machine1992 Rose Bowl, accessed 2008-01-26
- ^ab"Stat sheet: football, final polls".Spokane Chronicle.Washington. January 2, 1992. p. E4.
- ^"Howard has un-Heismanlike outing".The Bulletin.Bend, Oregon. Associated Press. January 2, 1992. p. D1.
- ^Rose Bowl history.orgArchived2009-02-10 at theWayback Machine- 1992 game
- ^"Huskies crush Michigan 34-14".Lewiston Morning Tribune.Idaho. Associated Press. January 2, 1992. p. 1B.
- ^Murphy, Austin (January 13, 1992)."The Dream Game".Sports Illustrated.p. 34.