1955 Rose Bowl

DateJanuary 1, 1955Season1954StadiumRose BowlLocationPasadena, CaliforniaMVPDave Leggett (Ohio State QB)FavoriteOhio State by 14 points RefereeEdward Wagner (AAWU;
split crew: AAWU, Big Ten)Halftime showK. Massey & Archie WhatleyAttendance89,191United States TV coverageNetworkNBCAnnouncersMel Allen

The 1955 Rose Bowl was the 41st of the college footballbowl game, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Saturday, January 1. The top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference defeated the USC Trojans of the Pacific Coast Conference, 20–7.

Ohio State head coach Woody Hayes came into his first Rose Bowl tied for the national championship with PCC champion UCLA. However, #2 UCLA was locked out of the game because of the PCC's "no-repeat" rule, enacted after California's third consecutive appearance in January 1951.