1958 Rose Bowl
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{{Infobox college football game
| image = 58-Oregon-OhioState-rosebowl-program.jpg
| image_size = 260px
| year_game_played = 1958
| game_name = Rose Bowl
| subheader = 44th Rose Bowl Game
| football_season = 1957
| visitor_name_short = Oregon
| visitor_nickname = Ducks
| visitor_school = University of Oregon
| home_name_short = Ohio State
| home_nickname = Buckeyes
| home_school = Ohio State University
| visitor_record = 7–3
| visitor_conference = Pacific Coast
| home_record = 8–1
| home_conference = Big Ten
| visitor_coach = Len Casanova
| home_coach = Woody Hayes
| visitor_rank_AP = NR
| visitor_rank_coaches = 17
| home_rank_AP = 2
| home_rank_coaches = 1
| visitor_1q = 0
| visitor_2q = 7
| visitor_3q = 0
| visitor_4q = 0
| home_1q = 7
| home_2q = 0
| home_3q = 0
| home_4q = 3
| date_game_played = January 1
| stadium = Rose Bowl
| city = Pasadena, California
| MVP = Jack Crabtree (Oregon QB)
| odds = Ohio State by 20 points{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j_RVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=euIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3812%2C5383262 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |title=UO team 'unawed' by odds on game |date=December 31, 1957 |page=1}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qQ4rAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K5oFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4216%2C214100 |work=Reading Eagle |location=(Pennsylvania) |agency=United Press |title=Ohio State top favorite over Oregon gridders |date=January 1, 1958 |page=20}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rf1XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=APcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7219%2C3210999 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Buckeye power meets Duck aerials in Rose Bowl |date=December 31, 1957 |page=10}}
| referee = Tony Skover (Big Ten;
split crew: Big Ten, Pacific Coast)
| attendance = 98,202
| us_network = NBC (B/W)
| us_announcers_link = List of announcers of major college bowl games
| us_announcers = Mel Allen, Chick Hearn
}}
The 1958 Rose Bowl was the 44th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Wednesday, January 1. The heavily favored Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference defeated the Oregon Ducks of the Pacific Coast Conference by a score {{nowrap|of 10–7.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SvlVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qOIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6496%2C166669 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |last=Harvey |first=Paul III |title=Ducks magnificent in 10 to 7 defeat |date=January 2, 1958 |page=1B}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bN5YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gPcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3671%2C322933 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Oregon Ducks shine in loss to Buckeyes |date=January 2, 1958 |page=16}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PwhPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1gAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7317%2C2450084 |work=Toledo Blade |location=(Ohio) |last=Wolfe |first=Don |title=Ducks almost play swan song for Bucks |date=January 2, 1958 |page=29}}{{cite journal|url=http://www.bowlprograms.com/rosebowl/?pg=168|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207235554/https://bowlprograms.com/rosebowl?pg=168|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 7, 2022|page=166|title=Buck-ing the Odds|journal=2008 Rose Bowl Game Official Souvenir Magazine|publisher=University Sports Publications|access-date=2008-03-12}}}}
Oregon quarterback Jack Crabtree was named the Player of the Game, one of only two players in Rose Bowl history from a losing team to win the award outright.{{cite journal|url=http://www.bowlprograms.com/rosebowl/?pg=176|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207221841/https://bowlprograms.com/rosebowl?pg=176|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 7, 2022|page=174|title=Player of the Game|journal=2008 Rose Bowl Game Official Souvenir Magazine|publisher=University Sports Publications|access-date=2008-03-12}}
Teams
=Ohio State Buckeyes=
{{main|1957 Ohio State Buckeyes football team}}
Ohio State came into the game with an eight-game winning streak, having dropped their season opener to TCU and then winning the rest of their games. They were ranked first in the Coaches' Poll and second in the AP Poll behind Auburn (on probation due to recruiting violations and was therefore not eligible for a bowl game. The Buckeyes were heavily favored to win the Rose Bowl,{{cite web|url=http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=945491&SPID=10408&SPSID=87751 |title=1957 National Championship |publisher=OhioStateBuckeyes.com |access-date=2008-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311104335/http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml |archive-date=2010-03-11 }} by up to three touchdowns.
=Oregon Ducks=
{{main|1957 Oregon Ducks football team}}
Oregon came into the Rose Bowl having just lost its Civil War rivalry game to Oregon State, which put the two teams into a tie for the Pacific Coast Conference championship. Normally, Oregon State would have gone to the Rose Bowl with the head-to-head victory; however, Oregon State had appeared in the 1957 Rose Bowl a year earlier, and the PCC had a no-repeat rule.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IZZAR0gioZYC&pg=PA54|title=Oregon State Football|page=52|last=Carlson|first=Kip|isbn=0-7385-3137-5|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=2006| access-date= 9 June 2010 }} Oregon had not been in the Rose Bowl {{nowrap|since 1920.{{cite news|url=http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=38609&sid=7&fid=2|title=Mighty Oregon honor: Fifty years ago, the Ducks fought No. 1 Ohio State to a near draw in the 1958 Rose Bowl|last=Bellamy|first=Ron|work=Register-Guard|date=December 23, 2007|access-date=2008-03-12|archive-url=https://archive.today/20080222014909/http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=38609&sid=7&fid=2|archive-date=2008-02-22}}}}
Game summary
File:Holmes and Wilson at Rose Bowl.jpg and Governor Robert D. Holmes attend the game]]
Ohio State took the opening possession 79 yards, capped by a one-yard run by quarterback Frank Kremblas, to take a 7–0 lead. Oregon tied the game in the second quarter with a 5-yard run from Jim Shanley after an 80-yard, 10-play drive.{{cite web|url=http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=30042&SPID=233&SPSID=4604|title=1958 Rose Bowl|publisher=GoDucks.com|access-date=2008-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224180746/http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=30042&SPID=233&SPSID=4604|archive-date=2012-02-24}}
The score remained 7–7 well into the second half. With 5:20 left in the third quarter, the Ducks had a chance to take the lead, but kicker Jack Morris' 34-yard field goal try hooked wide to the left. Early in the fourth quarter, Ohio State's Don Sutherin attempted a kick from the same spot; his kick was good, and Ohio State led by three with fourteen minutes remaining.
On their next possession, the Ducks were driving until end Ron Stover fumbled inside the Ohio State thirty. With time running out in the game, Oregon got the ball back and had a chance to tie or go ahead, but Crabtree's fourth-down pass to Stover fell incomplete with 47 seconds remaining, and the Buckeyes held on to win, 10–7.
The Ducks outgained the Buckeyes 351 to 304 and made 21 first downs to the Buckeyes' 19. Crabtree was 10 of 17 passing for 135 yards. Stover had 10 receptions on the day, and his 144 receiving yards established a new record for PCC participants.
=Scoring=
==First quarter==
- Ohio State - Frank Kremblas 1 run (Kremblas kick)
==Second quarter==
- Oregon - Jim Shanley 5-yard run (Jack Morris kick)
==Third quarter==
:No scoring
==Fourth quarter==
- Ohio State - Don Sutherin 34 field goal
=Aftermath=
The final AP (media) and UPI (coaches) polls came out before the bowl games, so this game did nothing to change the polls. Ohio State's No. 1 ranking in the final poll earned it a share of the national championship, its third such title. Auburn retained the #1 AP ranking despite their probation status. Buckeye coach Woody Hayes was named College Football Coach of the Year.
Oregon's Jack Crabtree became one of a very few players of a losing team to win the Player of the Game award, and one of only two to win the award without sharing it with a member of the winning team. Benny Lom of California in 1929, who tackled teammate Roy Riegels (after a wrong-way run with the ball), is the only other solo Player of the Game from a losing team.
Oregon, appearing in its first Rose Bowl in 38 years, waited another 37 years to return in 1995. This was the last bowl meeting between the Buckeyes and Ducks until the 2010 Rose Bowl, which Ohio State won 26–17.
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