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played on Tuesday, January 1, 2013, at the same-named stadium in

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Association is the organizer of the game. The game matched

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Champions

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against the

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Champions

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, a rematch of the same two teams in the

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, the first game in the 2013 edition of the

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was officially titled the Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio. The contest was televised on

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with a radio broadcast on

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and

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, which began at 1:30 p.m. ( PST) with kickoff at 2:10 p.m. (PST). The Rose Bowl Game, themed "

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", was a contractual sell-out, with 64,500 tickets allocated to the participating teams and conferences. The remaining tickets went to the Tournament of Roses members, sponsors, City of Pasadena residents, and the general public.

Pre-game activities

The game was presided over by the 2013

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Vanessa Manjarrez, the Royal Court (Madison Teodo, Sonia Shenoi, Kathryne Benuska, Nicole Nelam, Tracy Cresta, and Victoria McGregor),

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President Sally Bixby, and Grand Marshal

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. After the teams' arrival in

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, the teams participated in the traditional Lawry's Beef Bowl in

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and the

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Media Day at

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in nearby

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. The Rose Bowl Hall of Fame ceremony luncheon was held prior to the game at the Pasadena Convention Center. The bands and cheerleaders from both schools participated in the pre-game

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along with the floats. A

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of the 509th Bomb Wing at

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performed a fly-over at the end of the National Anthem before the game.

Teams

Teams playing in the Rose Bowl game are typically the winners of the

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and

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conferences (each of which currently determines this by means of a conference championship game), unless one team (or both teams) plays in the

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game. The teams were officially selected by the football committee of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association on Selection Sunday on December 2, 2012. Also former ABC college football announcer

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announced the

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Class of 2012 inductees John Cooper,

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and

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. Both teams held their pre-game practices at the

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. Prior to the game, the two teams had met five times with the Badgers leading the series 4–0–1.

Stanford

Stanford, representing the North Division in the

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, defeated

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, the South Division Champions 27–24 to earn a trip to Pasadena. The Cardinal last played in the

, also against the Wisconsin Badgers, losing 17–9. The Cardinal led the Pac-12 Conference in scoring defense (17.5 per game), rushing defense (87.7 yards per game), sacks (56), and kickoff coverage. Running back

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rushed 302 times for 1442 yards with 12 touchdowns, averaging 110.9 yards per game.

Wisconsin

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, the Legends Division Champions 70–31 to earn their third consecutive trip to the game. Wisconsin lost to the

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21–19 in

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and to the

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45–38 in

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. Head coach

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accepted the head coaching position at

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prior to the game. Wisconsin was coached in the Rose Bowl by Bielema's predecessor and former

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, a member of both the

and the

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. He was the coach of the

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that defeated Stanford in the 2000 Rose Bowl and, prior to this game, had never lost a Rose Bowl (3–0).

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rushed for 1,730 yards and 21 touchdowns on the season. He had nine 100-yard rushing games including two 200-yard rushing performances this season. His career 76 rushing touchdowns and 82 total touchdowns are both

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records, and his 25 career games with multiple touchdowns equals the previous FBS record of Travis Prentice (who was also the prior holder of the two records broken by Ball). Ball is the 2012

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winner.

Game summary

Scoring

Stanford 20 Wisconsin 14

First quarter

* Stanford – Kelsey Young 16-yard run (Jordan Williamson kick), 11:24 * Stanford – Stepfan Taylor 3-yard run (Williamson kick), 6:35

Second quarter

* Wisconsin – Montee Ball 11-yard run (Jack Russell kick), 9:05 * Stanford – Williamson 47-yard field goal, 6:19 * Wisconsin – Jordan Fredrick 4-yard pass from Curt Phillips (Russell kick), :19

Third quarter

* None.

Fourth quarter

* Stanford – Williamson 22-yard field goal, 4:23

Statistics

Game notes

* Phase two of the Rose Bowl renovation was completed in 2012 with one half of the press box and premium suites available for the game. * Wisconsin running back

became the first player in Rose Bowl Game history to score a touchdown in three straight years. * No touchdown scored in the second half for the first time since

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defeated

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, 10–7. (The last first half without a TD was in

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, when USC and Michigan were tied, 3–3.) * Players of the game: Offense - RB (#33), Stepfan Taylor Sr., Stanford, 20-89, 1 TD rushing (10 long), 3-17 receiving (12 long); Defense - DB (#15), Amanam Jr., Stanford, 3 TT/2 UT; 1 interception (on UW's final position at Stan 42) * Stanford head coach David Shaw became the first African-American head coach to win a Rose Bowl, as well as a BCS game.

Related events

* Selection Sunday, December 2, 2012 * Lawry's Beef Bowl – December 27, 28, 2012 * Hall of Fame ceremony, Pasadena Convention Center, December 30, 2012 * Kickoff Luncheon, Rose Bowl, December 31, 2012 * Rose Bowl Game Public Tailgate, January 1, 2013

References

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