Oregon vs. Penn St.
ROSE BOWL 1995
January 2, 14>95
Miracle Ducks of 1957-58 defied odds, pollsters
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Oregon coach Len Casanova took his team from preseason obscuri
ty to a near upset of top-ranked Ohio State In the 1958 Rose Bowl
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While Presidont Dwight U
Eisenhower was (Miking in I hr
glow of hi* mlwiion and
Brooklyn baseball fans were
still mourning the lw« of th«>tt
Dodgers to sunny California,
Oregon Duck football fans were
pondering the post season foot
ball schedule
10 51 — The Oregon Ducks
receive the official invitation to
the 1058 Rose How! the team's
first since 1020,
10:58—The Student Union
'
the Ducks' accomplishment
and some 2f»oo students gather
near McArthur Court in support
of the team and anticipation of
buying their 52 50 tickets
During the IH57 preseason,
the Rose Bowl was almost as
tant to the Duck
of Ohio
In the major national polls
the team was ranked no better
than second to last in the Pacif
ic Coast Conference (PCC),
which at that time consisted of
only eight teams
And fai mg four of the top
rated teams in the nation
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ford and UCLA — did not help
the 1057 team's chances
The Ducks, however, fought
off criticism all year long and
lost to only Pittsburgh, Wash
ington and Oregon State
Against top-rated Pittsburgh,
the Ducks held a 1-0 lead until
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On New Year's Day, the Ducks faced the Ohio Stale Buckeyes In the
1958 Rose Bowl
the ('anther* icortid .1 touch
down with mu omit hdt in
the game to lake the win
rh» Ducks recovered and
went on to druh t ( l.A () thn
next week marking the first win
ng mist thn ft min* sine® l'HH
Oregon also boat a strong Cal
ifornia loam 24 ttt. hut ondod
tho season with a 10-7 loss to
Oregon Slate, dropping the
team into a tin with the Mon vers
for tho PCC title.
Oregon, with two players on
the All ( oast learn, was t husen
over Oregon Slate for the Rose
Bowl berth, pitting thn surprise
Dm ks against the No 1 ranked
Ohio State Bui keyes
lac mg a strong Buckeye team
(tuil finished th»> season H i and
'A IS i!<>j> (hi- Mu’ l'l-l) Ini t he
third (mu- in font years the
Ducks with touli'd ns it-point
‘■underdogs
A-. •• • i •!•.-. In In- (Ini f ul tiny
(ini*-. I ns Angeles sportsw riters
ripped dm underdog Dut ks and
mucked thf New Year's Day
match up.
"The I’.u ifii ( 'ousts rvpresen
liitivf doesn't deserve to be on
thf same fin Id ns ()hio Stale, ” the
|nn 7, |‘i iH tincnild recalled one
I A sporlsw riler saying tin lore
the game
" This will tie the most M< ken
ing misinnti h in Rose Howl Ins
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