| 1984 Rose Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 70th Rose Bowl Game | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Rose Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pasadena, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Rick Neuheisel (UCLA QB) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Illinois by 4½ points[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | UCLA's The Solid Gold Sound Band | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | John Nealon (Big Ten) (split crew: Big Ten, Pac-10) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | UCLA's The Solid Gold Sound Band and Marching Illini | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 103,217 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dick Enberg, Merlin Olsen | ||||||||||||||||||
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.