Offensive: Mark Sanchez (QB, USC) Defensive: Kaluka Maiava (LB, USC)
Favorite
USC by 9[1]
National anthem
Spirit of Troy
Referee
Steve Shaw (SEC)
Halftime show
Blue Band Spirit of Troy
Attendance
93,293[2]
Payout
US$18 million per team[3]
United States TV coverage
Network
ESPN on ABC
Announcers
Brent Musburger (play-by-play) Kirk Herbstreit (analyst) Lisa Salters (sideline) Keyshawn Johnson (guest analyst)
Nielsen ratings
11.7 (20.6 million viewers)[4]
Rose Bowl
< 2008
2010 >
The 2009 Rose Bowl, the 95th edition of the annual game, was a college football bowl game played on Thursday, January 1, 2009 at the same-named stadium in Pasadena, California.[5] Because of sponsorship by Citi, the first game in the 2009 edition of the Bowl Championship Series was officially titled the Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi. The contest was televised on ABC with a radio broadcast on ESPN Radio beginning at 4:30 PM US EST with kickoff at 5:10 PM. Ticket prices for all seats in the Rose Bowl were listed at $145. The Rose Bowl Game was a contractual sell-out, with 64,500 tickets allocated to the participating teams and conferences. The remaining tickets went to the Tournament of Roses members, sponsors, City of Pasadena residents, and the general public.
Scoring 24 unanswered points in the second quarter, the Pacific-10 Conference Champion University of Southern California Trojans defeated the Big Ten Conference co-champion, the Pennsylvania State University Nittany Lions, 38-24, for their third consecutive Rose Bowl victory (in their fourth consecutive appearance, having lost the 2006 BCS title game to the Texas Longhorns). The victory gave the Trojans their 24th Rose Bowl championship, the most by any team in the country. Quarterback Mark Sanchez scored five touchdowns, one rushing and four passing.
Prior to the game, the Pac-10 conference had a 4-0 record in bowl games this season with wins by Arizona, Cal, Oregon, and Oregon State. The Trojan win gave the Pac-10 a perfect five out of five games, which was the only perfect conference bowl record of the season. The Big Ten conference had last won a Rose Bowl game in the 1999 season; this streak ended when Ohio State beat Oregon in the 2010 Rose Bowl.
^College Football Lines
^"Maisel: USC finishes the job early". January 2009.
^Tournament of Roses Press Release, December 7, 2008 Archived December 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^Ratings are proof the addition of fifth BCS game officially a failure, SI.com, January 4, 2009
^Rose Bowl quick facts Archived 2008-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
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