1957 Rose Bowl

DateJanuary 1, 1957Season1956StadiumRose BowlLocationPasadena, CaliforniaMVPKen Ploen (Iowa QB)FavoriteIowa by 8 to 9 pointsRefereeJohn Kennedy (Pacific Coast;
split crew: Pacific Coast, Big Ten)Attendance97,126United States TV coverageNetworkNBC (B/W) 54.9 million viewers.AnnouncersMel Allen, Lee Giroux

The 1957 Rose Bowl was the 43rd of the college footballbowl game, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Tuesday, January 1. The third-rankedIowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference defeated the No. 10 Oregon State Beavers of the Pacific Coast Conference by a score of 35–19, in a rematch of a regular season contest in early October at Iowa City, where the home team rallied to win, 14–13.

Iowa quarterback Ken Ploen was named the Player of the Game.

This was the first trip to Pasadena for both teams: it was Iowa's first bowl appearance and Oregon State's second. The Beavers won the Rose Bowl fifteen years earlier in January 1942, which was moved to Durham, North Carolina.