| 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 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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]
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.