2000 Rose Bowl
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The 2000 Rose Bowl was a college football
bowl game
played on January 1, 2000. It was the 86th Rose Bowl game
and was played on January 1, 2000 at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California. The game featured the Wisconsin Badgers
defeating the Stanford Cardinal
by a score of 17-9. Ron Dayne
, the Wisconsin running back, was named the Rose Bowl Player Of The Game for the second consecutive year.
was named the Rose Bowl MVP for the second time (the first time being the 1999 Rose Bowl
), becoming only the third player in the long and storied history of the Rose Bowl to repeat as MVP. To this day, he is the only player from a Big Ten Conference
team to accomplish this feat: Bob Schloredt
of the Washington Huskies
(AAWU) was the first, Charles White
of USC (Pac-10) was the second, and Vince Young
of the Texas Longhorns
(Big 12) has subsequently become the fourth.
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
bowl game
Bowl game
In North America, a bowl game is commonly considered to refer to one of a number of post-season college football games. Prior to 2002, bowl game statistics were not included in players' career totals and the games were mostly considered to be exhibition games involving a payout to participating...
played on January 1, 2000. It was the 86th Rose Bowl game
Rose Bowl Game
The Rose Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game, usually played on January 1 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. When New Year's Day falls on a Sunday, the game is played on Monday, January 2...
and was played on January 1, 2000 at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California. The game featured the Wisconsin Badgers
1999 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 1999 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season.-Season:Wisconsin finished the regular season 9-2 overall and were sole champions of the Big Ten Conference for the first time since 1962...
defeating the Stanford Cardinal
1999 Stanford Cardinal football team
The 1999 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. In head coach Tyrone Willingham's fifth season at Stanford, the Cardinal won the Pacific-10 Conference championship for the first time since 1971, earning its first Rose Bowl...
by a score of 17-9. Ron Dayne
Ron Dayne
Ron Dayne is a former American football running back who is currently a free agent. He holds the NCAA record for career rushing yards, and he won the 1999 Heisman Trophy.-Early life:...
, the Wisconsin running back, was named the Rose Bowl Player Of The Game for the second consecutive year.
Second quarter
- Stanford – Mike Biselli 28-yard field goal 2 13:26 3-0
- Wisconsin – Pisetsky 31-yard field goal 2 9:19 3-3
- Stanford – K. Carter 1-yard run (run failed) 2 2:03 9-3
Aftermath
Ron DayneRon Dayne
Ron Dayne is a former American football running back who is currently a free agent. He holds the NCAA record for career rushing yards, and he won the 1999 Heisman Trophy.-Early life:...
was named the Rose Bowl MVP for the second time (the first time being the 1999 Rose Bowl
1999 Rose Bowl
The 1999 Rose Bowl was the 85th Rose Bowl game and was played on Friday January 1, 1999 at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California. It was a college football bowl game at the end of the 1998 college football season. Wisconsin defeated by a score of 38-31. Ron Dayne of Wisconsin was named...
), becoming only the third player in the long and storied history of the Rose Bowl to repeat as MVP. To this day, he is the only player from a Big Ten Conference
Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...
team to accomplish this feat: Bob Schloredt
Bob Schloredt
Robert Schloredt was a college football quarterback for the Washington Huskies. He was awarded the 1959 W.J. Voit Memorial Trophy as the outstanding football player on the Pacific Coast. He is the first, of only four players , to be twice named the Most Valuable Player of the Rose Bowl...
of the Washington Huskies
Washington Huskies football
College football has a long history at the University of Washington. The Washington Huskies have won 15 Pacific-10 Conference championships, seven Rose Bowl titles, and three national championships. Washington's all-time record of 653-398-50 ranks 20th by all-time winning percentage and 21st by...
(AAWU) was the first, Charles White
Charles White (American football)
Charles White is a former professional American football running back. He had a distinguished college career and later played in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns and the Los Angeles Rams.-College football:...
of USC (Pac-10) was the second, and Vince Young
Vince Young
Vincent Paul Young, Jr. , nicknamed "VY", is an American football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League . He spent the first five seasons of his career with the Tennessee Titans. Young was the third overall draft pick in the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college...
of the Texas Longhorns
Texas Longhorns football
The Texas Longhorns football program is the intercollegiate football team representing The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. The team currently competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Big 12 Conference which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National...
(Big 12) has subsequently become the fourth.
Cultural references
- In the FuturamaFuturamaFuturama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J...
episode, Jurassic BarkJurassic Bark"Jurassic Bark" is the seventh episode of season four of the television series Futurama, airing November 17, 2002. It was nominated for an Emmy Award, but lost to The Simpsons episode "Three Gays of the Condo".-Plot:...
, The (incorrectly inversed) 2nd quarter score is briefly shown on Fry's parents' television, while Fry's mother wears a cheese head. - In the FuturamaFuturamaFuturama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J...
episode "The Luck of the FryrishThe Luck of the Fryrish"The Luck of the Fryrish" is the fourth episode in season three of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on March 11, 2001.-Plot:...
", Fry's mother mentions the day Wisconsin won the Rose Bowl 17-9 in reference to the day Fry disappeared.