1985 Rose Bowl

The 1985 Rose Bowl Game was a postseason college football bowl game between the USC Trojans of the Pacific-10 Conference and Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference, held on New Year’s Day in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The game resulted in a 20–17 victory for the underdog Trojans.

Scoring summary

 * First quarter
 * Ohio State – Spangler 21-yard field goal, 12:08 – OSU 3, USC 0
 * USC – Jordan 51-yard field goal, 6:52 – OSU 3, USC 3
 * USC – Cormier 3-yard pass from Green (Jordan kick) 1:54 – USC 10, OSU 3


 * Second quarter
 * USC – Ware 19-yard pass from Green (Jordan kick) – USC 17, OSU 3
 * Ohio State – Spangler 46-yard field goal, 0:00 – USC 17, OSU 6


 * Third quarter
 * Ohio State – Spangler 52-yard field goal, 6:37 – USC 17, OSU 9
 * USC – Jordan 51-yard field goal, 4:05 – USC 20, OSU 9


 * Fourth quarter
 * Ohio State – Carter 18-yard pass from Tomczak (Tomczak run), 7:34 – USC 20, OSU 17
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Tim Green and Jack Del Rio earned the Rose Bowl MVP awards.

Highlights

 * With fourth straight win, Pac-10 takes its first lead in the series with the Big Ten, 20–19
 * Pac-10 has won ten of eleven, and fourteen of the last sixteen meetings
 * Using a swarming defense, USC caused three Mike Tomczak interceptions
 * Tomczak threw 37 passes in the game
 * Ohio State kicker Rich Spangler scored a Rose Bowl-record 52-yard field goal
 * USC kicker Steve Jordan had two 51-yard field goals
 * Big contribution from Trojans' Tim Green and Timmie Ware, Joe Cormier, Fred Crutcher, and Kennedy Pola

Statistics

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! Statistics !! USC     !! Ohio     State
 * align=left|First downs	||16	||19
 * align=left|Rushes–yards||42–133||34–113
 * align=left|Passing yards||128	||290
 * align=left|Passes||13–25–0||24–37–3
 * align=left|Total yards	||261	||403
 * align=left|Punts–average||7–42||4–48
 * align=left|Fumbles–lost ||2–1	||4–1
 * align=left|Turnovers by ||1	||4
 * align=left|Penalties–yards||4–38	||4–46
 * align=left|Time of possession||31:11	||28:47
 * }
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 * align=left|Fumbles–lost ||2–1	||4–1
 * align=left|Turnovers by ||1	||4
 * align=left|Penalties–yards||4–38	||4–46
 * align=left|Time of possession||31:11	||28:47
 * }
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 * align=left|Time of possession||31:11	||28:47
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