The Rose Bowl Game was a contractual sell-out, with 64,500 tickets allocated to the participating teams and conferences.

The remaining tickets were distributed to the Tournament of Roses members, sponsors, City of Pasadena residents, and the general public.

[8] The bands and cheerleaders from both schools participated in the pre-game Rose Parade on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena along with the floats.

USC was led by freshman quarterback Sam Darnold, 1,000-yard rusher Ronald Jones II, receivers JuJu Smith-Schuster, Darreus Rogers and Deontay Burnett, defensive end Porter Gustin, and all-purpose player Adoree Jackson.

Penn State added a Big Ten Championship with a comeback win over #6 Wisconsin to close out the season.

The Nittany Lions were led by sophomore duo quarterback Trace McSorley and 1,000+ yard rusher Saquon Barkley and junior wide receiver Chris Godwin.

The telecast peaked at 19,656,000 viewers in the final minutes of the fourth quarter, which included USC’s game-winning field goal.

Some countries who streamed the game on a national tv broadcast include Canada (1.3 million), France (200,000) and Australia (98,000).