The 1957 Rose Bowl was a college football

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 bowl game

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 played on January 1, 1957. In the game, the 43rd Rose Bowl, the Iowa Hawkeyes

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 defeated the Oregon State Beavers

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 by a score of 35–19. Hawkeyes quarterback Ken Ploen

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 was named the Rose Bowl Player of the Game.

Game summary

Ken Ploen

Ken Ploen

Kenneth "Ken" Ploen [PLAYN], OM was a star quarterback in American college football and for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League .-College football:...

, the Iowa quarterback, completed nine of 10 passes and rushed for 59 yards, including a 49-yard run for the Hawkeyes' first score. Collins Hagler scored twice for the Hawkeyes, the second on a 66-yard run. For the Beavers, Joe Francis ran for 73 yards and was 10 of 12 passing for 73 yards and a touchdown, but the Beavers were hurt by three fumbles.

First quarter

• Iowa - Ken Ploen 49 run (Prescott kick)
• Iowa - Collins Hagler 9 run (Prescott kick)

Second quarter

• Oregon State - Tom Berry 3 run (kick failed)
• Iowa - Bill Happel 5-yard run (Prescott kick)

Third quarter

• Iowa - Collins Hagler 66 run (Prescott kick)
• Oregon State - Nub Beamer 1 run (kick failed)

Fourth quarter

• Iowa - Jim Gibbons 16 pass from Ken Ploen (Prescott kick)
• Oregon State - Sterling Hammack 35 pass from Joe Francis (Beamer run)

External links

• Summary at Rosebowlhistory.org