Английская Википедия:1977 Rose Bowl

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox college football game The 1977 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1977. It was the 63rd Rose Bowl Game. The USC Trojans, champions of the Pacific-8 Conference, defeated the Michigan Wolverines, champions of the Big Ten Conference, Шаблон:Nowrap

USC quarterback Vince Evans was named the Rose Bowl Player of the Game, and Trojan freshman tailback Charles White, subbing for Heisman Trophy runner-up Ricky Bell, who was injured in the first quarter, rushed for 114 yards and Шаблон:Nowrap It was the third consecutive win for the Pac-8 in the Rose Bowl, and the seventh of the Шаблон:Nowrap

Teams

Michigan

Michigan won their first eight games and spent most of the season ranked first in the polls, until a Шаблон:Nowrap upset loss to Purdue on November 6. They capped off their Big Ten championship with a Шаблон:Nowrap shutout of arch rival Ohio State; they were ranked second in both major polls at the end of the regular season.

USC

Under first-year head coach John Robinson, USC was upset in the season opener at home by Missouri, Шаблон:Nowrap It was the Trojans' fifth-straight regular season loss, dating back to the prior season when John McKay had announced his end-of-season resignation (leaving for the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL). USC won the rest of their games in 1976, climaxed by a Шаблон:Nowrap win over #2 UCLA to clinch the conference Шаблон:Nowrap and a subsequent 17–13 victory over Шаблон:Nowrap

Scoring

First quarter

• No scoring

Second quarter

• Michigan - Rob Lytle, 1-yard run (Bob Wood kick blocked)
• USC - Vince Evans, 1-yard run (Walker kick)

Third quarter

• No scoring

Fourth quarter

• USC - Charles White, 7-yard run (Walker kick)

Aftermath

Undefeated Pittsburgh, led by Heisman Trophy winner Tony Dorsett, was the consensus #1 team entering the bowls and played #4 Georgia in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. USC and Michigan hoped Georgia would upset Pitt to set up the Rose Bowl as a national championship showdown, but Pitt had a dominant Шаблон:Nowrap win earlier in the day to keep its top ranking in the Шаблон:Nowrap USC finished second and Michigan dropped only Шаблон:Nowrap

External links

• Summary at Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History

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