| 1986 Rose Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 72nd Rose Bowl Game | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Rose Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Eric Ball (UCLA RB) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Iowa by 4½ points[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | UCLA Solid Gold Sound Band | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Tom Quinn (Big Ten; split crew: Big Ten, Pac-10) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | UCLA Band and Hawkeye Marching Band | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 103,292 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dick Enberg, Merlin Olsen | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 22.7[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1986 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1986. It was the 72nd edition and was held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The UCLA Bruins upset the Iowa Hawkeyes 45–28. UCLA tailback Eric Ball was named the Player Of The Game.[3] He ran for a Rose Bowl record four touchdowns.[4]
- ^ "The latest line". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 1, 1986. p. 36.
- ^ Rose Bowl Game(R) National Championship Scores Championship Rating of 21.7. The 2006 Rose Bowl Game National Championship, presented by Citi was broadcast by ABC Sports and earned the highest-rated Rose Bowl Game ratings in 20 years. PRNewswire, January 6, 2006. The final national HH [household] rating of 21.7 for Wednesday night's game makes it the highest-rated Rose Bowl Game in 20 years -- since the 1986 Rose Bowl (UCLA-Iowa) which reported a HH rating of 22.7.
- ^ 2008 Rose Bowl Program Archived 2008-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, 2008 Rose Bowl. Accessed January 26, 2008.
- ^ "Iowa Has No Fun, but UCLA Has a Ball". Los Angeles Times. January 2, 1986. Retrieved July 23, 2019.