1957 Rose Bowl
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| 43rd Rose Bowl Game | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Rose Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pasadena, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Ken Ploen (Iowa) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 100,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC (B/W) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mel Allen, Lee Giroux | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1957 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1957. In the game, the 43rd Rose Bowl, the Iowa Hawkeyes defeated the Oregon State Beavers by a score of 35–19 in a rematch of a regular season contest at Iowa City where the home team won 14-13. Hawkeyes quarterback Ken Ploen was named the Rose Bowl Player of the Game.
Ken Ploen, the Iowa quarterback, completed nine of 10 passes and rushed for 59 yards, including a 49-yard run for the Hawkeyes' first score. Collins Hagler scored twice for the Hawkeyes, the second on a 66-yard run. For the Beavers, Joe Francis ran for 73 yards and was 10 of 12 passing for 73 yards and a touchdown, but the Beavers were hurt by three fumbles.
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