[2][3][4] Michigan running back Tyrone Wheatley was named the Rose Bowl Player of the Game.
[5] The game, one of the great contests in Rose Bowl history, was back and forth, with six lead changes.
Michigan scored the final two touchdowns to win by seven points, avenging the previous year's loss and foiling the Huskies' attempt at a third straight Rose Bowl title.
MVP Tyrone Wheatley scored three touchdowns and rushed for 235 yards on just 15 carries (15.7 avg.
He resigned in protest shortly before the beginning of the next season after the NCAA and Pac-10 levied sanctions against Washington for rules violations.