1953 Rose Bowl
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| 1953 Rose Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 39th Rose Bowl Game | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Rose Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pasadena, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Rudy Bukich (USC QB) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | USC by 7 points[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jack Sprenger (Pacific Coast; split crew: Pacific Coast, Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 101,500 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Al Helfer | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1953 Rose Bowl was the 39th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Thursday, January 1, at the end of the 1952 college football season. The fifth-ranked USC Trojans of the Pacific Coast Conference defeated the #11 Wisconsin Badgers of the Big Ten Conference, 7–0.[3][4][5]
It was Wisconsin's first bowl game and the first Rose Bowl appearance for the Trojans in five years. It is also the first meeting of the two football programs.
Wisconsin Badgers
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Wisconsin was the co-champion of the Big Ten Conference with Purdue, whom they did not play, and entered the Rose Bowl with a 6–2–1 record (4–1–1 in conference). The Badgers' non-conference loss was to UCLA, the Big Ten loss was at Ohio State, and they tied Minnesota in their season-ending rivalry game. This was the program's first bowl game appearance.
USC Trojans
The USC Trojans entered the game as the Pacific Coast Conference champions, with a 6–0 record in conference play. Their sole loss was against Notre Dame in their season-ending rivalry game.