College football game
The
2005
Rose Bowl Game
was the 91st edition of the
college football
bowl game
, held on January 1, 2005 at the
self-named stadium
in
Pasadena, California
. The
Texas Longhorns
, second-place finishers in the
Big 12 Conference
's South Division, defeated the
Michigan Wolverines
, co-champions of the
Big Ten Conference
, 38-37. Texas
quarterback
Vince Young
and Michigan
linebacker
LaMarr Woodley
were named the Rose Bowl Players of the Game, the first time that the Rose Bowl separately recognized an offensive and defensive player of the game.
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The contest marked the first time Texas and Michigan faced each other in football, despite the long history of each school's football program,
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and also marked the first Rose Bowl in which a Big Ten team appeared without an opponent from the
Pacific-10 Conference
.
ABC
broadcast the game nationally in
720p
format, the first time the Rose Bowl was telecast in
HDTV
in the United States.
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The game would mark the first of 2 consecutive Rose Bowl appearances for the Longhorns, as they would also play in the
2006 iteration
, which they would win over the USC Trojans.
Teams
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The
USC Trojans
and the
Oklahoma Sooners
were invited to play in the BCS Championship game in the
2005 Orange Bowl
. This gave the Rose Bowl an at-large pick, as it gave up its traditional
Pacific-10 Conference
champion representative. The
2005 Fiesta Bowl
also got an at-large pick, having given up Oklahoma to the Orange Bowl. Because the BCS non-AQ Utah Utes team had finished ranked in the top eight, either the Fiesta Bowl or Rose Bowl had to select them. That left one other slot open for the highest BCS ranked team. The Rose Bowl had first choice of this team over Utah, having given up the higher-ranked team.
There was a
BCS controversy
in the remaining at-large team that was selected to play in the BCS bowl games. The
California Golden Bears
expected to get the invitation, having only lost one game to the top-ranked and undefeated Trojans. Meanwhile, the
Texas Longhorns
had lost only one game as well - to the #2 and undefeated Oklahoma Sooners. In the
2004 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
on November 27, Cal was in the #4 BCS position and Texas was #5. Texas remained idle the next Saturday, but Cal had defeated the
Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles
in a makeup game from
Hurricane Ivan
on December 4. Going into the game, the Golden Bears were made aware that while margin of victory did not affect computer rankings, it did affect human polls and just eight voters changing their vote could affect the final standings.
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In a dramatic twist,
Texas
, who had been left out of the BCS the year before because of the Oklahoma loss in the Big 12 championship, got enough voters to change their mind in the final vote and more computer points to slide into the BCS #4 slot. When the December 4 rankings came out, Texas was in the #4 BCS position and Cal was in the #5 position. Texas edged California out of the #4 spot by a mere .0102 points.
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The final poll positions had been unchanged with Cal at #4 AP, #4 coaches, and #6 computers polls and Texas at #6 AP, #5 coaches, and #4 computer polls.
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Michigan Wolverines
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A 28-20 loss at
Notre Dame
took the Wolverines out of contention for the BCS championship. They went through the Big Ten schedule, playing close games except for a 42-20 blowout of the
Northwestern Wildcats
. In the
Michigan-Ohio State rivalry
game, the
Buckeyes
defeated the Wolverines 37-21.
Iowa
and Michigan shared the
Big Ten Conference
title with identical 7-1 records. A 30-17 Michigan win over Iowa on September 25 ultimately decided the conference's Rose Bowl participant. Michigan was awarded the traditional Big Ten Rose Bowl selection by virtue of the victory in head-to-head competition over Iowa.
Texas Longhorns
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Texas lost only one game, to the
2004 Oklahoma Sooners football team
. In the Big 12 South division, this meant that Oklahoma would face
Colorado
in the
Big 12 Championship Game
. Oklahoma was invited to the National Championship game. Because the Longhorns were not conference champions, their next bowl game would be arbitrarily picked, and the outcome heavily depended on the play of other teams. Texas would eventually gain an automatic bid to a BCS bowl game by virtue of its #4
BCS ranking
(the top four BCS teams are guaranteed spots in a BCS bowl game if the first three teams are conference champions). As USC was participating in the Orange Bowl (that year's BCS Championship Game), the Longhorns were chosen to play in "The Granddaddy of 'em All" by the
Tournament of Roses
Rose Bowl Committee as an at-large team.
Game summary
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The scoring was even 14-14 at halftime. The second half began with quarterback Vince Young scoring on the Wolverines with a 60-yard touchdown run. Michigan held a 10-point lead in the third quarter. Both teams traded scores and it looked as though Michigan would take the game with a late go-ahead field goal in the fourth quarter. But enough time remained for Texas to win. Driving 47 yards in ten plays, Texas had one final chance. Dusty Mangum's 37-yard field goal wobbled through the uprights as time expired.
Scoring summary
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#12/13 Michigan vs. #5/6 Texas
Rose Bowl
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1
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2
| 3
| 4
| Total
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Michigan
|
0
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14
| 17
| 6
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37
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Texas
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7
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7
| 7
| 17
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38
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Scoring summary
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| 1
| 1:41
| TEX
| Vince Young
20-yard run (
Dusty Mangum
kick)
| TEX 7-0
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| 2
| 12:08
| MICH
| Braylon Edwards
39-yard pass from
Chad Henne
(
Garrett Rivas
kick)
| Tied 7-7
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| 2
| 4:16
| TEX
| David Thomas
11-yard pass from Vince Young (Dusty Magnum kick)
| TEX 14-7
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| 2
| 0:20
| MICH
| Braylon Edwards 8-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick)
| Tied 14-14
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| 3
| 12:53
| TEX
| Vince Young 60-yard run (Dusty Magnum kick)
| TEX 21-14
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| 3
| 12:23
| MICH
| Steve Breaston
50-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick)
| Tied 21-21
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| 3
| 6:29
| MICH
| Braylon Edwards 9-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick)
| MICH 28-21
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| 3
| 2:35
| MICH
| Garrett Rivas 44-yard field goal
| MICH 31-21
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| 4
| 9:51
| TEX
| Vince Young 10-yard run (Dusty Mangum kick)
| MICH 31-28
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| 4
| 6:09
| MICH
| Garrett Rivas 32-yard field goal
| MICH 34-28
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| 4
| 4:56
| TEX
| Vince Young 23-yard run (Dusty Mangum kick)
| TEX 35-34
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| 4
| 3:04
| MICH
| Garrett Rivas 42-yard field goal
| MICH 37-35
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| 4
| 0:00
| TEX
| Dusty Mangum 37-yard field goal
| TEX 38-37
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First quarter
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Second quarter
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- Michigan -
Braylon Edwards
, 39-yard pass from
Chad Henne
(
Garrett Rivas
kick); 4 plays, 50 yards in 1:39 (Texas 7 - Michigan 7)
- Texas -
David Thomas
, 11-yard pass from Vince Young (Dusty Mangum kick); 13 plays, 58 yards in 7:52 (Texas 14 - Michigan 7)
- Michigan - Braylon Edwards, 8-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas, kick); 8 plays, 34 yards in 2:16, (Texas 14 - Michigan 14)
Third quarter
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- Texas - Vince Young, 60-yard run (Dusty Mangum kick); 6 plays, 72 yards in 2:07 (Texas 21 - Michigan 14)
- Michigan -
Steve Breaston
, 50-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick); 3 plays, 50 yards in 0:30 (Texas 21 - Michigan 21)
- Michigan - Braylon Edwards, 9-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick); 10 plays, 77 yards in 4:21 (Texas 21 - Michigan 28)
- Michigan - Garrett Rivas, 44-yard field goal; 6 plays, 18 yards in 2:10 (Texas 21 - Michigan 31)
Fourth quarter
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- Texas - Vince Young, 10-yard run (Dusty Mangum kick); 7 plays, 50 yards in 3:08 (Texas 28 - Michigan 31)
- Michigan - Garrett Rivas, 32-yard field goal; 10 plays, 60 yards in 3:42 (Texas 28 - Michigan 34)
- Texas - Vince Young, 23-yard run (Dusty Mangum kick); 3 plays, 69 yards in 1:13 (Texas 35 - Michigan 34)
- Michigan - Garrett Rivas, 42-yard field goal; 5 plays, 18 yards in 1:52 (Texas 35 - Michigan 37)
- Texas - Dusty Mangum, 37-yard field goal; 10 plays, 47 yards in 3:04 (Texas 38 - Michigan 37)
Aftermath
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Texas coach
Mack Brown
was criticized for publicly politicking voters to put Texas ahead of California. Cal coach
Jeff Tedford
called for coaches' votes to be made public. California's cause was hurt when it was less than impressive in a 26-16 victory over
Southern Miss
in
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
the night before bowl bids were extended. This game was rescheduled from September due to Hurricane Ivan. Weakening Cal's cause after the fact was its 45-31 loss to
Texas Tech University
in the 2004
Holiday Bowl
. Cal played without two of the highest performing receivers in the NCAA,
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however, this loss was attributed in many press reports to the Bears' disappointment over being denied their first Rose Bowl appearance in 45 years.
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The
Associated Press
, as a result of two consecutive seasons of BCS controversy, pulled its poll out of the BCS formula. The AP poll was replaced by the Harris poll, and the AP continues to give out its own national-championship trophy.
Many in the press consider the 2005 Rose Bowl to be one of the most exciting contests the Bowl has ever produced. Ratings were spectacularly high and the game itself was an instant classic. Many players from the game (e.g. Young, Edwards, Breaston, Henne, Woodley, Johnson) would move on to prominent roles in the National Football League.
This win set the stage for Texas to return to the Rose Bowl for the BCS Championship in the
2006 Rose Bowl
. Vince Young would be the Offensive MVP for a second consecutive year.
References
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- ^
"Football 2004-05 bowl schedule"
.
Deseret News
. November 26, 2004.
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2008 Rose Bowl Program
Archived
2008-03-06 at the
Wayback Machine
,
2008 Rose Bowl
. Accessed January 26, 2008.
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Associated Press, "Texas vs. Michigan is first for Rose Bowl," January 1, 2005,
msnbc.com
.
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Rose Bowl will be first game
. (beginning Saturday, Jan. 1, 2005). ESPN.com Page 2. December 22, 2004
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Kelly Whiteside =
California bears burden of making point that it's BCS-worthy
. USA TODAY, November 29, 2004
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a
b
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"2004 BCS Standings, BCS Rankings"
(PDF)
. The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, Inc. Archived from
the original
(.pdf)
on September 10, 2008
. Retrieved
December 14,
2007
.
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"Wounded Cal could use a hand at receiver," Union-Tribune, December 29, 2004,
"SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Wounded Cal could use a hand at receiver"
. Archived from
the original
on May 6, 2008
. Retrieved
February 6,
2008
.
;
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For example, "The perfect ending for Cal," Palo Alto Daily News, December 29, 2006,
http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/article/2006-12-29-cal-holiday-bowl
;
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