The 1992 Rose Bowl was a
college football
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bowl game
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played on January 1, 1992, the 78th
Rose Bowl Game
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. Before 103,566 in attendance in
Pasadena, California
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I ...
, and a national television audience, the #2
Washington Huskies
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defeated the #4
Michigan Wolverines
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34–14.
Washington
defensive tackle
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Steve Emtman
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and
quarterback
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Billy Joe Hobert
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College career
While at the University of Wash ...
were named the
Players Of The Game.
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1992 Rose Bowl, accessed 2008-01-26 The undefeated Washington Huskies were named the
national champions
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by the
coaches poll
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, after being left at #2 in the
AP writers poll, behind
Miami
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.
Pre-game activities
On October 22, 1991, the
Tournament of Roses
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selected 17-year-old Tannis Ann Turrentine, a senior at
Mayfield Senior School
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and a resident of Pasadena, as the 74th Rose Queen of the 103rd Tournament of Roses. The 1991–92 Tournament of Roses Royal Court was led by the reigning Rose Queen with six rose princesses: Laurie Fortier, San Marino; Malia Herndon, Altadena; Erin Christine Mispagel, Pasadena; Mia Rodinella, Pasadena; Kristen Colleen Russell, La Canada Flintridge; and Melissa Ann Tyson, Pasadena.
Game summary
After a scoreless first quarter, a 7–7 tie in the second, and 13–7 Husky advantage at halftime, the 1992 game became the most lopsided contest between two top-5 teams in Rose Bowl history. Trailing 34–7,
a late Michigan touchdown against Husky reserves closed the gap in the final score to 20 points.
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- 1992 game With a minute remaining and the third-string quarterback leading the offense, Washington opted to run out the clock from the Michigan five-yard line, rather than run up the score.
This was the first Rose Bowl since the beginning of the Big Ten
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– Pacific 10 (originally the Pacific Coast Conference
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) contract that officials
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from a neutral conference (in this case, the Southeastern Conference
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) were used. From 1947
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Events
January
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through 1991
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, a split crew of Big Ten and Pac-10 (Pac-8/AAWU/PCC; now Pac-12) officials were used. From 1984
Events
January
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, the first year a seven-man officiating crew was used, through 1991, the conference of the designated home team provided the referee, back judge, one wing official on the line of scrimmage (head linesman or line judge) and one deep wing official (field judge or side judge), and the other conference provided the umpire, one wing official on the line of scrimmage and one deep wing official. The Rose Bowl was the last bowl to use split officiating crews; most bowl games abandoned them in favor of neutral officials in the 1970s, although the Orange Bowl
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used a split crew from the SEC and Big Ten for its 1978 game.
Split crews were banned by the NCAA starting in 1999.
Scoring
First quarter
''None'', tied 0–0
Second quarter
Wash. - Hobert, 2-yard run (Hanson kick) - Wash. 7–0
Mich. - Smith, 9-yard pass from Grbac (Carlson kick) - tied 7–7
Wash. - Hanson, 24-yard field goal - Wash. 10–7
Wash. - Hanson, 23-yard field goal - Wash. 13–7
Third quarter
Wash. - Bruener, 5-yard pass from Hobert (Pierce
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, pass from Hobert, 2 pts.) - Wash. 21–7
Fourth quarter
Wash. - Pierce, 2-yard pass from Hobert (kick failed) - Wash. 27–7
Wash. - Bailey, 38-yard pass from Brunell (Hanson kick) - Wash. 34–7
Mich. - Wheatley Wheatley may refer to:
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, 53-yard run (Carlson kick) - Wash. 34–14
Split national championship
Miami won by only four points in the final AP Poll, while Washington won by nine points in the Coaches' Poll.[
A fantasy article in '']Sports Illustrated
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'' titled "The Dream Game" had the Huskies narrowly defeat Miami in a playoff.
References
External links
Summary at Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History
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