[2][3][4][5] USC running back Charles White and Michigan quarterback Rick Leach were named the Players of the Game.
The Wolverines tied for the Big Ten title with Michigan State, and earned the Rose Bowl berth because the Spartans were on probation.
Upon White's fumble, the umpire (a Pac-10 official) immediately and correctly marked the ball around the one-yard line and signaled that there had been a change of possession.
Then the line judge, a Big Ten official, came running in raising his hands signaling that White had scored a touchdown.
[2][3][4] Earlier in the day at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, #2 Alabama upset #1 Penn State, 14–7.
This was the final Rose Bowl for television broadcaster Curt Gowdy; Dick Enberg took over play-by-play duties the following year.