| 1983 Rose Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 69th Rose Bowl Game | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Rose Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pasadena, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Tom Ramsey (UCLA QB) Don Rogers (UCLA FS) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | UCLA by 3½ points[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Michigan Marching Band | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | John Presley (Pac-10); split crew: Pac-10, Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | UCLA Band and Michigan Marching Band | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 104,991 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dick Enberg, Merlin Olsen | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1983 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game, played on January 1, 1983. It was the 69th Rose Bowl Game. The UCLA Bruins defeated the Michigan Wolverines by a score of 24–14,[2][3][4] in a bowl rematch of a regular season game, also won by UCLA. Tom Ramsey, UCLA quarterback and Don Rogers, UCLA defensive back, were named the Players Of The Game.[5] This was the first season that the UCLA Bruins played in the Rose Bowl stadium as their home stadium, where they were undefeated.
This was the second consecutive Rose Bowl win for the Pac-10, with eight wins in the last nine.
- ^ "The latest line: college football bowl games". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 1, 1983. p. 13.
- ^ "Everything comes up roses for the Bruins". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). January 2, 1983. p. 1D.
- ^ "UCLA's defense wins Rose, 24-14". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. January 2, 1983. p. D8.
- ^ Neff, Craig (January 10, 1983). "UCLA Rose to the occasion". Sports Illustrated. p. 23.
- ^ 2008 Rose Bowl Program Archived March 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, 2008 Rose Bowl. Accessed January 26, 2008.
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