Which team won the 2014 Rose Bowl
Michigan State defeated Stanford 24-20 in a grueling, grinding, defense-heavy Rose Bowl Wednesday night in Pasadena. The Spartans (13-1) take home their first Rose Bowl victory since 1988 and the Big Ten's first win in the league's top game since 2010. In a game dominated by both teams' rushing offense and strong defense, Michigan State defeated Stanford by a score of 24–20. It was only the Big Ten's second Rose Bowl victory since 2000. Latest News. Pasadena Tournament of Roses® Announces Pre-Sale for the 102nd Rose Bowl Game® Presented by Northwestern Mutual. PASADENA, Calif. (October 7, 2015) – The Tournament of Roses® announced today that they would hold a pre-sale for tickets to the 2016 Rose Bowl Game® presented by Northwestern Mutual. The 102nd Rose Bowl Game will be held on January 1, 2016 at the Rose Bowl Stadium. The game will feature the champion of the Pac-12 and Big Ten Conference. If the Conference champion is selected to participate in the College Football Playoff Semifinal, the Rose Bowl Game will select the next best team in the conference. This 100th Rose Bowl Game matched Big Ten Conference Champions Michigan State Spartans against Pac-12 Conference Champions Stanford Cardinal (the defending Rose Bowl champions), a rematch of the 1996 Sun Bowl. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. Beginning with the 2014 college football season, the Rose Bowl game will be a semifinal game of the College Football Playoff every three years, replacing the BCS. The first game was played on January 1, 2015 and is known as the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual. Since the 2000 season, the Big Ten has gone 1-9 in the Rose Bowl. Ohio State’s victory over Oregon on Jan. 1, 2010, is the only win for the Big Ten over that stretch. Michigan State leads the series, 3-2. This is the teams' first meeting in the Rose Bowl. KEY STORY LINES: Stanford is in a BCS game for the fourth consecutive season, winning 2, including a 20-14 victory over Wisconsin in last year's Rose Bowl. This was the 5th time Michigan State had played in the Rose Bowl game, where they are the winningest team from the Big Ten by win percentage, holding a 4–1 record; by contrast, the Big Ten as whole was 1-9 in the last 10 Rose Bowls. The Rose Bowl Game is an annual American college football bowl game, usually played on January 1 (New Year's Day) at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California. When New Year's Day falls on a Sunday, the game is played on Monday, January 2 (14 times now).
Michigan State the Spartans won the Rose Bowl.