| 1994 Rose Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 80th Rose Bowl Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Rose Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pasadena, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Brent Moss (Wisconsin RB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | UCLA'sThe Solid Gold Sound Band | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | John Laurie (Big Eight) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | UCLA'sThe Solid Gold Sound Band andUniversity of Wisconsin Marching Band | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 101,237 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Keith Jackson,Bob Griese | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1994 Rose Bowl was acollege footballbowl game played on January 1, 1994. It was the 80thRose Bowl Game. TheWisconsin Badgers defeated theUCLA Bruins 21–16.Running backBrent Moss of Wisconsin was named the Rose Bowl Player of the Game.[1]
On Tuesday, October 19, 1993, Tournament of Roses Interim President Michael E. Ward selected 18-year-old Erica Beth Brynes, a senior atArcadia High School and a resident ofArcadia, as the 76th Rose Queen, to reign over the 105th Rose Parade and the 80th Rose Bowl Game.
The game was presided over by the 1994 Tournament of Roses Royal Court and Rose Parade Grand MarshalWilliam Shatner. The Royal Court was led by Queen Erica and consisted of six rose princesses: Nicole Bangar,South Pasadena; Therese Erdman, Arcadia; Shannon Hall, San Marino; Sabrina Prud'homme, Altadena; Shannon Sheldon, San Marino; and Jennifer Trayner, San Marino.
Before the game,Chris Farley gave Wisconsin's “motivational speech” playing his popular Saturday Night Live character,Matt Foley.
In the final game of the season, Wisconsin defeatedMichigan State in the lastCoca-Cola Classic to secure a conference co-championship. The Badgers' sole loss was toMinnesota by a score of 21–28 intheir annual rivalry game.
Ohio State lost toMichigan, 28–0, intheir annual rivalry game. Wisconsin and Ohio State ended the season with identical 9–1–1 records with 6–1–1 conference records, and tied when they met during the season in a game atCamp Randall (college football would not adopt "overtime" to resolve ties in regulation until the 1996 season). Wisconsin and Ohio State were co-champions of theBig Ten Conference. Wisconsin won the Rose Bowl invitation tiebreaker due to Big Ten rules which resolved first-place ties by eliminating the most recent invitee: Wisconsin had last been to theRose Bowl in 1963, while Ohio State was in the1985 Rose Bowl.[2]
UCLA opened the season with two close losses: 25–27 againstCalifornia, and 13–14 againstNebraska. The Bruins then won seven in a row, including a win over #7Arizona. They lost 3–9 againstArizona State. The 1993UCLA–USC rivalry game had thePac-10 championship and the Rose Bowl berth on the line for both the Bruins and theTrojans. UCLA won 27–21 at theColiseum. Arizona was tied for first, but did not receive the Rose Bowl invitation because of the head-to-head loss at UCLA.[3] This was coachTerry Donahue's last Rose Bowl appearance.
The weather was 73 degrees and hazy. UCLA receiverJ. J. Stokes set Rose Bowl records for receptions (14) and receiving yards (176). Brent Moss gashed the UCLA defense for 158 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns.
No Scoring
| Team Stats | Wisconsin | UCLA |
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| First Downs | 21 | 31 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 250 | 212 |
| Net Yards Passing | 96 | 288 |
| Total Yards | 346 | 500 |
| PC–PA–Int. | 10–20–1 | 28–43–1 |
| Punts–Avg. | 6–38.2 | 2–35.0 |
| Fumbles–Lost | 2–0 | 5–5 |
| Penalties–Yards | 12–89 | 9–95 |