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1986Rose Bowl
72nd Rose Bowl Game
UCLA Bruins Iowa Hawkeyes
(8–2–1) (10–1)
45 28
Head coach:
Terry Donahue		 Head coach:
Hayden Fry
APCoaches
1313
APCoaches
43
1234 Total
UCLA 1014714 45
Iowa 73711 28
DateJanuary 1, 1986
Season1985
StadiumRose Bowl
MVPEric Ball(UCLA RB)
FavoriteIowa by 4½ points[1]
National anthemUCLA Solid Gold
Sound Band
RefereeTom Quinn (Big Ten;
split crew: Big Ten,Pac-10)
Halftime showUCLA Band and
Hawkeye Marching Band
Attendance103,292
United States TV coverage
NetworkNBC
AnnouncersDick Enberg,Merlin Olsen
Nielsen ratings22.7[2]
Rose Bowl
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The1986 Rose Bowlwas acollege footballbowl gameplayed on January 1, 1986. It was the 72ndeditionand was held at theRose BowlinPasadena, California.TheUCLA Bruinsupset theIowa Hawkeyes45–28. UCLA tailbackEric Ballwas named thePlayer Of The Game.[3]He ran for a Rose Bowl record four touchdowns.[4]

Pre-game activities

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On Tuesday, October 22, 1985, the Rose Queen selection ceremony took place at Tournament House in Pasadena when 17-year-old Aimee Lynn Richelieu, a senior atSan Marino High Schooland a resident ofSan Marino, California,was named the 68th Rose Queen to reign over the 97th Rose Parade and the 72nd Rose Bowl Game. On Thursday, October 24, the Coronation occurred at the Wrigley Mansion, when the 1985–86 Tournament of Roses President, Frederick D. Johnson, Jr., placed the Queen's Crown on Miss Richelieu's head and a dozen roses in her arms to start her year-long reign.

The game was presided over by the 1986 Tournament of Roses Royal Court and Rose Parade Grand MarshalErma Bombeck.Members of the court are: Princesses Shannon Guernsey, Altadena; Christine Huff, Altadena; April Lake, Arcadia; Tracey Langford, Pasadena; Julene Penner, Pasadena; and Loreen Weeks, Sierra Madre.

Teams

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See also1985 NCAA Division I-A football season

The 1986 Rose Bowl matched the winners of theBig Ten Conferenceand thePacific-10 Conference.Each conference had tie-breaker rules in place should there be conference co-champions.

Iowa

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Main article:1985 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

Iowa spent most of the season ranked in the top five, and five weeks ranked number one in the nation. On October 19, 1985, they defeated the #2Michigan Wolverines12–10 in the thirteenth regular season matchup between a #1 and #2 team.[5]Mike Haight,Chuck Long,andRonnie Harmonwere the stars for the Hawkeyes. They eventually lost one game, on November 2 toOhio State,13–22.[6]Iowa came into the 1986 Rose bowl game with a record of 10–1.

After much consideration, Chuck Long delighted Iowa Hawkeye fans by declaring that he would return for his senior season.[7]The rest of the 1984 team returning off a win in the1984 Freedom Bowlalso vowed to return.[7]Long became an instant Heisman Trophy candidate, and Iowa was a pre-season top five team.[8]On September 28, the Hawkeyes crushed the in-state rival Iowa State Cyclones 57-3. In the October 1, 1985 poll, the Hawkeyes ascended to #1 in the national rankings.

In Iowa's first game at #1, the Hawkeyes playedMichigan State.A seesaw game had the Spartans leading 31–28 in the waning minutes. Long drove Iowa the length of the field, and the Hawkeyes faced fourth and goal from the two-yard line with just 27 seconds remaining. Since there was no overtime rule until 1996, Iowa needed to go for the touchdown and the win. Long faked a handoff to running back Harmon and then ran to his right. His fake had fooled the Spartan defenders, and Long ran into the endzone, holding the ball high above his head as he crossed the goal line to give Iowa a 35–31 victory. He completed a school record 30 passes on 39 attempts for 380 yards and scored five touchdowns (four passing and the game winning score rushing) in the game.

Two weeks later, #1 Iowa faced #2MichiganinKinnick Stadium.Iowa trailed 10-9 as the Hawkeyes regained possession of the football at their own 22-yard line with just 5:27 remaining in the game. Long led Iowa on a 66-yard drive against the nation's top-ranked defense, twice converting third-and-eight situations by completing passes to tight end Mike Flagg. Long drove the Iowa team to the 12-yard line with two seconds remaining to set up kicker Rob Houghtlin's game-winning field goal as time expired. Long completed 26 of 39 passes for 297 yards in Iowa's 12–10 win.

Their only loss, at Ohio State in early November, cost Iowa the #1 ranking, but the Hawkeyes still won the Big Ten title outright for the first time in 27 years.[9]Long won many major national awards as a senior, including the 1985Maxwell Award,given to the nation's top player and theDavey O'Brien Award,given to the nation's top quarterback. He was theBig Ten Player of the Yearand aconsensus first team All-American.Finally, Long was the runner-upin the ballotingfor theHeisman TrophytoBo JacksonofAuburnin the closest margin to date, losing by just 45 points.Larry Stationwas a first team all-American.[7]

UCLA

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Main article:1985 UCLA Bruins football team

UCLA defeated defending national championBYU27–24 inProvoto start the season, and tied eventual SEC andSugar BowlchampionTennessee.The Bruins opened the Pac-10 season by losing 21–14 atWashington.They later got two key wins, the first againstArizona State,the second atArizona.For much of the season, the rushing defense was ranked second in the nation, behindOklahoma.[10][11]They won the rest of their games leading to the 1985USC vs UCLA game.

Needing a win against 4–5USC,UCLA struggled.Gaston GreenandMel Farr Jr.had fumbles in the game. UCLA was leading in the fourth quarter 13–10 when Eric Ball fumbled at the USC 1 as he was about to score what would have been the clinching touchdown.[12]Freshman quarterbackRodney Peeteled USC on a drive, converting a key fourth down along the way. In the last two minutes, USC again faced a fourth down, this time at UCLA's 2-yard line. USC scored to take a 17–13 lead, then intercepted UCLA quarterbackDavid Norrieas he tried to lead a Bruin comeback. UCLA's loss opened the door for Washington to grab the Rose Bowl berth, but they were upset by Washington State the same day, 21–20. Washington lost the advantage due to theirupset home loss to Oregon State.This put Arizona State in position to win the conference as they entered their rivalry game with Arizona with only one conference loss (40–17 to UCLA). But later that evening, Arizona defeated Arizona State 16–13 to cause a tie between UCLA, Arizona State, and Arizona.[13]UCLA won the tiebreaker and the Rose Bowl berth by virtue of its wins over Arizona and Arizona State.[14][15]

UCLA came into New Year's with a record of 8–2–1, and head coach Terry Donahue had been named Pac-10 Coach of the year.[16]Five Bruin players were first team All-Pac-10: defensive tackle Mark Walen, offensive tackle Mike Hartmeier, kicker John Lee, nose guardTerry Tumey,and inside linebacker Tommy Taylor. Walen was named Pac-10 defensive player of the year. UCLA finished ranked #1 in the nation in rushing defense, at 70.3 yards per game. Oklahoma was second with 89.9 yards per game.[17]

Game summary

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Rose Bowl records at the Hall of Champions

The weather was overcast and 71 °F (22 °C). The UCLA Bruins wore white visitor jerseys, and the Iowa Hawkeyes wore their black home jerseys. Both teams wore Rose Bowl patches on their uniforms. The Iowa Hawkeye helmets bore a sticker with the letters "ANF" for "America Needs Farmers". Coach Hayden Fry had the players wear these stickers to bring attention the plight of American farmers.[18]

  • HumoristErma Bombeckwas thegrand marshalfor the 97thTournament of Roses Paradethat morning. The parade theme was "A Celebration of Laughter."[19]
  • Tournament of Roses President Lathrop K. "Lay" Leishman presided over the coin toss. Iowa won the toss and deferred to UCLA.
  • Entering the game, Fry was tied withForest Evashevskiin all-time wins as an Iowa head coach.
  • Iowa recovered a fumble at the UCLA 5 from a bad snap of a UCLA punt on the first series of downs. In the first play from scrimmage, Iowa quarterback Chuck Long gave the ball to Ronnie Harmon, who fumbled the ball and UCLA recovered.
  • Iowa running backRonnie Harmonfumbled the ball a total of four times, and later dropped a pass while wide open in the end zone as Iowa attempted a late comeback. He had only fumbled one time in the regular season.
  • Hawkeye quarterbackChuck Longwas sacked four times. A loophole with theredshirtingrule allowed Long to play in his fifthbowl game.He is believed to be the only collegiate player to participate in five bowl games.
  • Iowa placekicker Rob Houghtlin tied a Rose Bowl record with a 52-yard field goal in the fourth quarter. This tied a record set byOhio State's Rich Spangler theprevious year.This record stood until2018,whenRodrigo Blankenshipkicked a 55-yard field goal.
  • Eric Ball, a freshman tailback for UCLA, ran for 227 yards and tied a modern Rose Bowl record by scoring four rushing touchdowns.Sam Cunninghamran for four touchdowns for national championUSCin the1973edition. Eric was in for the injuredGaston Green,who had started, but pulled a hamstring. This record has been tied byRon Daynein the1999 Rose BowlandVince Youngin the2006 Rose Bowl.In the1902 Rose Bowl,Neil Snow of Michigan had scored five rushing touchdowns. This record stood until the2017 Rose Bowl.
  • Matt Stevenswas the UCLA quarterback. After sharing the starting quarterback job with David Norrie for the first half of the season, he eventually lost the starter's job after playing poorly at Washington in a loss in the Bruins' Pac-10 opening game. Stevens did not find out he was starting until a few minutes before the game, when Norrie could not play due to an injury.

Scoring

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First quarter

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  • Iowa — David Hudson, 1-yard run (Rob Houghtlin kick).[20][21](Iowa, 7–0)
  • UCLA —Eric Ball,30-yard run. (John Leekick) (7–7)
  • UCLA — Lee, 42-yard field goal (UCLA, 10–7)

Second quarter

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  • Iowa — Houghtlin, 24-yard field goal (10–10)
  • UCLA — Ball, 40-yard run (Lee kick) (UCLA, 17–10)
  • UCLA — Ball, 6-yard run (Lee kick) (UCLA, 24–10)

Third quarter

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  • Iowa — Chuck Long 4-yard run (Houghtlin kick) (UCLA, 24–17)
  • UCLA —Mike Sherrard,6-yard pass fromMatt Stevens(Lee kick) (UCLA, 31–17)

Fourth quarter

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  • UCLA — Ball, 32-yard run (Lee kick) (UCLA, 38–17)
  • Iowa — Houghtlin, 52-yard field goal (UCLA, 38–20)
  • UCLA — Stevens, 1-yard run (Lee kick) (UCLA, 45–20)
  • Iowa — Bill Happel, 11-yard pass from Long (Harmon run) (UCLA, 45–28)

Houghtlin tied the record for longest field goal made in the Rose Bowl.

Statistics

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Team Stats UCLA Iowa
First Downs 29 25
Net Yards Rushing 299 82
Net Yards Passing 189 319
Total Yards 488 401
PC–PA–Int. 16–26–1 29–38–1
Punts–Avg. 2–38.5 2–32.5
Fumbles–Lost 3–2 4–4
Penalties–Yards 6–36 5–40

Aftermath

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Final polls

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See also:1985 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Iowa missed an outside shot at the final #1 ranking, with #2Miamilosing toTennessee35–7 in theSugar Bowland #3Oklahomadefeating #1Penn State25–10 in theOrange Bowl.[22]Oklahoma had leapfrogged Iowa on December 10 in the poll. Michigan finished at #2 after their Fiesta Bowl win, the highest final poll ranking ever achieved by Michigan coachBo Schembechler.The Hawkeyes finished at #10 in the AP poll #9 in the coaches poll. The UCLA Bruins finished at #7 in the AP poll and #6 in the coaches poll, their highest ranking of the season.

Television ratings

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This game had a 22.7 television ratings share. Through 2007, only the1987 Fiesta Bowlgame has a higher U.S. television rating at 24.9. Only the1988 Orange Bowlat a 20.8 and the2006 Rose Bowlat a 21.7 have over a 20 share since the 1986 Rose Bowl.[2]

Chuck Long

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Though Iowa lost in Chuck Long's final game in the 1986 Rose Bowl a 45–28 loss to UCLA, the loophole with the redshirting rule allowed Long to play in his fifthbowl game.He is believed to be the only collegiate player to participate in five bowl games. Long's Iowa teams compiled a 35-13-1 record. He graduated with 10,461 passing yards and 74 touchdowns on 782 completions. He held every passing record at theUniversity of Iowaexcept one (passes attempted in a game) when he graduated. Long holds the best completion percentage of any college quarterback all-time who has attempted more than 1,000 career passes. He was also the first Big Ten player and just the second player in college football history to throw for more than 10,000 yards in a career. Chuck Long was inducted into theCollege Football Hall of Famein 1999 and theIowa Sports Hall of Famein 2001.

Ronnie Harmon

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It has been implied that Harmon was actually throwing the game with the fumbles and dropped pass.[23]Coach Hayden Fry commented on the issue in his bookHigh Porch Picnic:[24]

"Harmon took a lot of heat because he lost four fumbles, all in the first half. That was uncharacteristic of him; I think he fumbled once during the regular season. The game film reveals that every fumble he lost was caused by a UCLA defender making a hard hit. They just knocked the ball loose. They [UCLA] did a great job of tackling. UCLA made bad things happen to Iowa; Iowa didn't self-destruct. Ronnie Harmon had a tremendous football career with the Hawkeyes, and I hated to see it end that way."

Harmon had 14 carries for a total of 55 yards.[21]

Terry Donahue

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This was Donahue's third and final win in the Rose Bowl Game. It was the fourth New Year's Day win in a row for Donahue and the Bruins. It would culminate in an NCAA record seven straight bowl game wins for Donahue and the Bruins following the1989 Cotton Bowl.Donahue coached in 13 bowl games, second only in the Pac-10 to Don James' 14 bowl games.[25]As of the 2023 season, the Bruins have not won again in the Rose Bowl game.

Future NFL players

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Future NFL PlayersJames Washington,Mike Sherrard,Mark Walen,Ken Norton, Jr.,Jim Wahler,Carnell Lake,Darryl Henley,Chuck Long,Ronnie Harmon,Larry Station,Devon Mitchell,Mel Farr Jr.,Mike Farr,andMike Haightplayed in this game.[21]

Future head coaches

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Bill Snyder,Barry Alvarez,Kirk Ferentz,Dan McCarney,Don Patterson,andBob Stoopswere assistant coaches for Hayden Fry on this Iowa team that would all later become head coaches.

References

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  1. ^"The latest line".Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.January 1, 1986. p. 36.
  2. ^abRose Bowl Game(R) National Championship Scores Championship Rating of 21.7. The 2006 Rose Bowl Game National Championship, presented by Citi was broadcast by ABC Sports and earned the highest-rated Rose Bowl Game ratings in 20 years. PRNewswire, January 6, 2006. The final national HH [household] rating of 21.7 for Wednesday night's game makes it the highest-rated Rose Bowl Game in 20 years -- since the 1986 Rose Bowl (UCLA-Iowa) which reported a HH rating of 22.7.
  3. ^2008 Rose Bowl ProgramArchived2008-03-06 at theWayback Machine,2008 Rose Bowl.Accessed January 26, 2008.
  4. ^"Iowa Has No Fun, but UCLA Has a Ball".Los Angeles Times.January 2, 1986.RetrievedJuly 23,2019.
  5. ^No. 1 vs. No. 2Archived2007-12-25 at theWayback Machine.CBS Sportsline
  6. ^University of Iowa Football 2007 Media Fact Book
  7. ^abcHammes, L.., Rozendaal, N.., Hammes, K.. Hawkeye Greats, by the Numbers. United Kingdom: Trafford Publishing, 2010.
  8. ^Countdown to Kickoff: Chuck Long remembers 1985KCCI TV Des Moines, August 24, 2015. 30 years ago, Iowa's football team put together a season for the ages.
  9. ^Big Ten Football Media Guide. Note that Michigan had a 6-1-1 record in second place to Iowa's 7-1 record. Michigan also had tied withIllinois.
  10. ^Dodds, Tracy –True Grit on Ground: Walen Anchors UCLA's Ranked Rushing Defense.Los Angeles Times,November 6, 1985
  11. ^Dodds, Tracy –UCLA Bruins, Alias Smith and Jackson: Sophomore Outside Linebackers Have Earned the Respect of Their CoachesLos Angeles Times,November 13, 1986
  12. ^Dodds, Tracy –Wildcats Find the Way to Lift Bruins' Spirits.Los Angeles Times,November 24, 1985
  13. ^Oates, Bob –Strange Plays Beat Sun Devils: To UCLA's Benefit, Arizona State Was Own Worst Enemy.Los Angeles Times,November 25, 1985
  14. ^Dodds, Tracy –Donahue Says UCLA Didn't Back In: Coach Points Out Bruins Finished With the Best Record.Los Angeles Times,November 25, 1985
  15. ^UCLA had a record of 6–2, both ASU and Arizona were 5-2 having played one fewer conference games. The University of Arizona football M16edia Guide in the 2013 season lists the Wildcats as finishing tied for second place. The Arizona State University Media Guide in the 2013 season listed the Sun Devils as having finished in third place. The Pac-12 Media guide lists ASU and Arizona having tied for second with UCLA in sole possession of first place.
  16. ^Donahue and Walen Win Honors in Pacific-10 Conference.Los Angeles Times,November 27, 1985
  17. ^University of Oklahoma Football Media Guide. University of Oklahoma Athletic Department. Norman, Oklahoma: University Printing Services 1986
  18. ^ANF History / Hayden FryIowa Farm Bureau 2013
  19. ^Leading Lady: Humorist Erma Bombeck to Be Marshal of Rose Parade.Los Angeles Times,September 5, 1985
  20. ^Historical Media Guide,Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association,2009
  21. ^abcUCLA Football Media Guide
  22. ^White, Gordon S. (jr.) –THE MAJOR BOWL GAMES; ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, A SCRAMBLE TO BE NO.1.New York Times, December 30, 1985. Quote: "Then there is Iowa out in the Rose Bowl. The once-beaten Hawkeyes are probably not serious contenders for No. 1, but they may get a lot of votes if they beat U.C.L.A. in the Rose Bowl and Penn State loses."
  23. ^Ron Maly:Hawkeye Past and Hawkeye FutureArchived2011-07-16 at theWayback Machine.July 25, 2002. Scout Abstract: Accusations by a mobster, Michael Franzese, a thug who was associated with sports agent Norby Walters, and was interviewed on HBO'sReal Sports,implicated Ronnie Harmon in throwing the 1986 Rose Bowl.
  24. ^Fry, Hayden (2001)
  25. ^Pac-12 conference football media guide, 2013 edition

Bibliography

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  • University of Iowa Football 2007 Media Fact Book – (PDF copy available athawkeyesports.cstv /ArchivedJuly 1, 2008, at theWayback Machine)
  • UCLA Football Media Guide (PDF Copy available atuclabruins)
  • The 1986 ROSE BOWL GAME IOWA VS. UCLA. Touchdown Publications, January 1, 1986 (Game Program)
  • Fry, Hayden; Wine, George (2001).A High Porch Picnic.Sports Publishing LLC.ISBN1-58261-373-7.
  • 1986 Rose Bowl Telecast(Television production). Pasadena, California (USA):NBC.January 1, 1986.
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