The 1955 Rose Bowl was a college football

College football

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 game played between the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...

 (USC) and the Ohio State University

Ohio State University

The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...

. Ohio State won the game, 20–7.

Woody Hayes

Woody Hayes

Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Denison University , Miami University , and Ohio State University , compiling a career college football record of 238–72–10.During his 28 seasons as the head coach of the Ohio...

 came into his first Rose Bowl tied for the National Championship with PCC

Pacific Coast Conference

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 champion UCLA

UCLA Bruins Football

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. However, #2 UCLA was locked out of the game because of the "no-repeat" rule.

Ohio State

The quarterback

Quarterback

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 for Ohio State was Dave Leggett

Dave Leggett

William David "Dave" Leggett is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. He played collegiately at Ohio State University from 1952–1954. In 1954 he led Ohio State to an undefeated 10–0 season and a berth in the Rose Bowl, where Ohio State defeated USC and Leggett was...

. Mr. Leggett threw eleven passes, completing six, one a touchdown pass to Bob Watkins

Bob Watkins

Robert Cecil Watkins is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Houston Astros in 1969. He was selected by the Astros in the 1966 amateur draft.-External links:...

. Hopalong Cassady ran for 92 yards and led the Bucks to 304 yards on the ground and an overall advantage of 360-206 yards in total offense.

University of Southern California

The only touchdown by USC was an 86-yard punt return by Aranius Dandoy.

Aftermath

• Ohio State won a shared National Championship for the 1954 season. It was the first "split" championship in college football, when the writers selected the Buckeyes and the coaches chose the Bruins.