1957 Rose Bowl

The 1957 Rose Bowl was the 43rd edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Tuesday, January 1. The third-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference defeated the #10 Oregon State Beavers of the Pacific Coast Conference by a score of 35–19,^[3][4][5][6] in a rematch of a regular season contest in early October at Iowa City, where the home team rallied to win, 14–13.^[7]

1957 Rose Bowl
43rd Rose Bowl Game
Oregon State Beavers Iowa Hawkeyes (7–2–1) (8–1) Pacific Coast Big Ten 19 35 Head coach:  Tommy Prothro Head coach:  Forest Evashevski AP Coaches 10 13 AP Coaches 3 3
1 2 3 4 Total Oregon State 0 6 6 7 19 Iowa 14 7 7 7 35
Date	January 1, 1957
Season	1956
Stadium	Rose Bowl
Location	Pasadena, California
MVP	Ken Ploen (Iowa QB)
Favorite	Iowa by 8 to 9 points[1][2]
Referee	John Kennedy (Pacific Coast; split crew: Pacific Coast, Big Ten)
Attendance	97,126
United States TV coverage
Network	NBC (B/W) 54.9 million viewers.
Announcers	Mel Allen, Lee Giroux
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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.

Game summary

Ploen completed nine of ten passes and rushed for 59 yards, including a 49-yard run for Iowa's first score. Collins Hagler scored twice for the Hawkeyes, the second on a 66-yard run. For Oregon State, Joe Francis ran for 73 yards and was ten of twelve passing for 73 yards and a touchdown. The Beavers were hurt by three fumbles, two in the first seven minutes, and both led to Iowa touchdowns.^[8] The Hawkeyes led 21–6 at halftime and were up by 23 points early in the fourth quarter. OSC closed the margin to sixteen points with under ten minutes remaining, but that was the last of the scoring and Iowa won 35–19.

Scoring

First quarter

• Iowa – Ken Ploen 49-yard run (Bob Prescott kick), 10:44 remaining, (Iowa 7–0)
• Iowa – Collins Hagler 9-yard run (Prescott kick), 7:20, (Iowa, 14–0)

Second quarter

• OSC – Tom Berry 3-yard run (kick blocked), 14:48, (Iowa, 14–6)
• Iowa – Bill Happel 5-yard run (Prescott kick), 3:23, (Iowa, 21–6)

Third quarter

• Iowa – Collins Hagler 66-yard run (Prescott kick), 12:29, (Iowa, 28–6)
• OSC – Nub Beamer 1-yard run (kick blocked), 5:20, (Iowa, 28–12)

Fourth quarter

• Iowa – Jim Gibbons 16-yard pass from Ken Ploen (Prescott kick), 14:47, (Iowa 35–12)
• OSC – Sterling Hammack 35-yard pass from Joe Francis (Beamer run), 9:41, (Iowa 35–19)

Source:^[9]

References

1. "College football season reaches climax Tuesday". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 31, 1956. p. 7.
2. "Iowa faces Ore. State speed in Rose Bowl". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. January 1, 1957. p. 42.
3. Strite, Dick (January 2, 1957). "Hawks hammer Beavers, 35-19, in Rose Bowl". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 2B.
4. Boni, Bill (January 2, 1957). "Hawkeyes humble OSC, 35 to 19; it's all over after 8 minutes". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington). p. 14.
5. "Iowa rips Ore. State in Rose Bowl, 35-19". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 2, 1957. p. 14.
6. "Now Big 10 beats PCC rival twice". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. January 2, 1957. p. 30.
7. "OSC edged by Iowa, 14-13". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. October 7, 1956. p. 1B.
8. "Rose Bowl Timeline". Archived from the original on May 22, 2008. Retrieved May 21, 2008.
9. "Rose Bowl game scoring summary". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). January 2, 1957. p. 1B.