1984 Rose Bowl

1984 Rose Bowl
70th Rose Bowl Game
1234 Total
UCLA 721107 45
Illinois 0306 9
DateJanuary 2, 1984
Season1983
StadiumRose Bowl
LocationPasadena, California
MVPRick Neuheisel (UCLA QB)
FavoriteIllinois by 4½ points[1]
National anthemUCLA's The Solid Gold Sound Band
RefereeJohn Nealon (Big Ten)
(split crew: Big Ten, Pac-10)
Halftime showUCLA's The Solid Gold Sound Band and Marching Illini
Attendance103,217
United States TV coverage
NetworkNBC
AnnouncersDick Enberg, Merlin Olsen
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The 1984 Rose Bowl game, played on Monday, January 2, was the 70th edition. The unranked UCLA Bruins upset the #4 Illinois Fighting Illini by a score of 45–9.

Rick Neuheisel, UCLA quarterback, was named the Player of the Game.[2] He completed 22 of 32 passes for 298 yards and four touchdowns. Neuheisel, who later became UCLA's head coach, threw two touchdown passes to his eventual predecessor, Karl Dorrell. As New Year's Day fell on a Sunday in 1984, the game was played the following day.

This was the third consecutive Rose Bowl win for the Pac-10, with nine wins in the last ten.

  1. ^ "Today's line: Football, college bowls". Pittsburgh Press. January 1, 1984. p. D11.
  2. ^ 2008 Rose Bowl Program Archived 2008-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, 2008 Rose Bowl. Accessed January 26, 2008.