"[He] took the ball and put it behind him and stood there for a moment and the play made off as if it was going around the left end, and the defense started to follow 'em, and we on the line took a step in that direction, which drew 'em, and Tunnicliff took off around the right end, and the line just swung around this way and set up a wall, so to speak, before they could recover, and he went right down the line. I thought that was kind of a low blow at the time and I still do. J.A Adande (Washington Post college football reporter, Northwestern alum): When I was there, nothing revolved around the football team. The 1996 Rose Bowl was the 82nd Rose Bowl Game. Free shipping for many products! . Darnell Autry (Sophomore running back): I found out shortly after the Purdue game that I was going to be a finalist, but I didn't really grasp what that meant. Jerry Brown (Defensive backs coach): Going into the season, I guarantee you nobody on the coaching staff thought we'd be Big Ten champs. Did I think I was going to win? "Oh God, that was a blast," Sawle says of the train trip home. The ball was snapped through Burson's legs to Tunnicliff, Nemeth recalls. . Chris Martin: My sophomore year against Notre Dame, there were a few big plays that I gave up. For the coach who left Northwestern for Cal, this was the first of three straight Rose Bowls, all tight losses for his Bears. And you can even go back to the guys that recruited my class. J.A. His graduate assistant had come to him Sunday night. The Wildcats made big strides in 1994, but finished just 3-7-1. It was a weird Kenosha that year, because there were tons and tons and tons of lightning storms. One was to Derrick Mason. To see all of the Flashbacks that The Score has posted so far, please visit 670 The Score's 20th Anniversary page. It was a good call. Aschenbrenner was named MVP of the game and later inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame. And that was Barnett's point. Current Team: La Roche. Brian Kardos: There's a moment in the second quarter. Rob Johnson: I'm more proud of being associated with the guys today because of who they are in their work lives, in their communities, in their families, than being proud of anything we did on the field. The celebration for the victors continued after they left the West Coast. ", Whenever it faced adversity, says Sawle, memories of experiences far more threatening unified and emboldened the team. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. The man who transformed the Northwestern University Wildcats into a championship-winning team--the top story in college football in 1995--and who was named Coach of the Year discusses his leadership philosophies, his coaching techniques, and his winning year. ", To this day, the Bears rue Northwestern's "phantom" score and the judgment of the legendary Berwanger. If they can sleep comfortably in air conditioning, and you can give them good food, you can do anything." Ray Robey: For the first time, I noticed the crowd at Northwestern. Tunnicliff's touchdown gave the 'Cats a 20-14 lead with under three minutes left. ROUNDTABLE: Ranking the best March Madness locations, Breaking down Adetomiwa Adebawores NFL Scouting Combine performance. Asher Golden Collection, 31/6/184. Jerry Brown: They had a receiver that was really good, and we shut his ass down. Northwestern had burst from the constraints of a dead-and-buried program and shocked . They introduced each of the coaches one by one. And in all my life previously, when I expended that much energy, I'd push a guy 10, 12, 15 yards downfield. And before our walkthrough on Friday, we walked it out to the field and blew it. I turned it off. And being back in Welsh-Ryan, where Gary had proclaimed the famous, "We're going to take the purple to Pasadena," it sort of came full circle. ", But Waldorf, the future College Hall of Fame coach, said in news accounts, "We practiced against the Tunnicliff play, but it happened anyway. Draft Entry: 2023 . stand for?" The 'Cats rebounded with a 48-0 thumping of Syracuse, followed by triumphs of 21-7 over Ohio State and 16-7 at Wisconsin. Matt Rice: I remember [linebacker] Geoff Shein painted his face for that game. In the end, it wasn't. But I was too euphoric to feel it. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. On October 28, USC and Washington played what would be the deciding game for the conference at Husky Stadium. Wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson was the game's most valuable player with two touchdown receptions. He had almost like a skeleton facial art. Let's take a look at the history of the Rose Bowl Game. According to Sam Valenzisi, one of the reasons that team was able to have that belief without evidence was that they had all been successful in the past. Barnett's team would take the field hours later, punctuating a season no one saw . I was really excited that my parents got to be there for it. They didn't win the Big Ten: The Wildcats finished in second place in the Big Ten (then the Big Nine) in 1948, with a record of 8-2 (5-1 conference). ", When the Wildcats opened their season with the blanking of UCLA, their roundtrip was by plane. Perricone then gained 14 yards and later also succeeded on a fourth-down run. See more videos from Northwestern News. And that was the truth. No. So ABC wasn't going to carry the early part of the game, because they were on news coverage. Rob Johnson: The Minnesota Vikings have like a Nordic horn that they blow, and [offensive lineman] Graham Gnos and I ran through the bowels of the Metrodome, and we went and foundit in a room in the basement of the Metrodome. I saw the unifying effect that an exciting football season can have on a campus. The USC Trojans defeated the Northwestern Wildcats, 4132, on the strength of two touchdown passes from USC quarterback Brad Otton to wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson. Ryan Padgett: We got together this summer. January 2, 1996 - Northwestern plays in the Rose Bowl. If you have any questions or comments, please e-mail the editors at letters@northwestern.edu. Now, they try to indoctrinate you, and really encourage you, having the freshman run the field and everything. "Burson was always funny," says guard Bob Nowicki (EB52). The Wildcats won the rest of their games with a perfect 80 record in the Big Ten Conference. Steve Schnur: When I completed the touchdown pass to Hartl, I can remember how open he was, and as soon as I let go of the ball, I thought, "Oh my God, I've underthrown him." Everybody loved us before, they were blaming us now. It was like, "Oh my gosh, they're in the top 10. Result . The USC Trojans defeated the Northwestern Wildcats 41-32 on the strength of two touchdown passes from USC QB Brad Otton to WR Keyshawn Johnson. I recently told that story inan extensive oral history of the season, which culminated in Northwestern's second ever trip to the Rose Bowl, and first since 1949. Now came the "secret play" with the ball to go to him for an 11th time. This team is really good." With only a home game left against archrival Illinois, the 'Cats had a 6-2 record and a chance for their first Rose Bowl because conference rules then prohibited teams from going to Pasadena in back-to-back years. It was an out-and-up down the sideline, and I had it covered, but he made a hell of a play on the ball. It was going to be their breakthrough year. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Part of the Northwestern University Archives Repository. And it was very easy to say, "Yeah, I want that too." As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. We have a home game!" My views on multicultural history were influenced by Ronald Takaki's A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America (Boston: Little, Brown, 1993) and the research I did for my book The Cultural Transformation of a Native American Family and Its Tribe, 1763-1995: A Basket of Apples (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1996). The Wildcats opened the 1995 season with a surprise 1715 win at #9 Notre Dame on September 3, 1995. "He was perhaps more relaxed in California for that game than I had seen him in other situations," Forman says. Gary Barnett: It was something that they were willing to buy into, that nobody else needed to know about, it was just us, and it was so important to us that we would keep it to ourselves. Rob Johnson (Senior center): By the time you've been through it a few times, you know what to expect, it became enjoyable. "My reaction was, 'I'm going to get to that goal line if I have to carry the whole stadium.'". INDIANAPOLIS Eight former Ohio State players are in Indianapolis from Feb. 26 - March 6 for the NFL Scouting Combine to get measurements, participate in workouts, and meet with NFL team coaches and front office staff in preparation for the 2023 NFL Draft. We did certain things to make sure they didn't go crazy, but one of the things about Northwestern kids, they're not smarter, they're more responsible. The time is precious.". COLUMBUS, Ohio Following, Ohio State's 73-62 win against Maryland on Wednesday night, Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann, along with the three seniors, answered questions from reporters. So I had taken them around, and I'm doing my little schtick, making lame jokes, and I remember thinking, man, here I am, here are these guys, they're having a good time, joking. So when the story ran, you can see the "N" on the field behind Keith Jackson. We got behind.". The official athletics website for the Wisconsin Badgers Badgers Northwestern's fourth quarter lead in the Rose Bowl lasted three minutes and 52 seconds. Ryan Padgett: I was pretty highly recruited out of high school, I actually verbally committed to Notre Dame and cancelled all my other visits, to Stanford, and [University of Washington], and all the rest. Gambling problem? It was like being taken back to prison. I think I asked [former Northwestern tennis player] Todd Martin about it, to get his reaction. It was sort of, "Well, we gotta do this." He had never done that. People who are overachievers are more inclined to believe, and have faith, because they've always set their mind on something and accomplished it. - The video recordings on this web site are from material in the collections of the University Archives of Northwestern University Libraries, are provided for use by its . Once all 100 of these "flashbacks" have been revealed, fans will be able to vote for which stories they believe are the most significant in the 20 year history of The Score. The 'Cats had practiced but rarely used a trick play in which the snap went through Burson directly to one of the halfbacks, with the other halfback in motion and the fullback decoying as if he'd receive a pitch from Burson. The next year, 1996, the IHSA included the event and Simmons dominated. And that's not to say there weren't exceptions to that, I just never felt that the administration embraced athletics the way they do today. It was ridiculously cold, but I wouldn't have left for anything. Roster includes most starters and key reserves. I didn't think about it at all. They went 0-11 my sophomore year, and I think people took pride in that. I'm just thankful for who they are. We weren't good enough to relax, we had to come out and give our best effort the entire game in order for us to have the season we wanted to have. One of the trainers had gone to the graduate assistant on the plane trip home from Iowa. Wildcat history was about to change forever with a call that drew on the military discipline of its participants and dramatic flair befitting Northwestern's acting program. Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images. And Saturday night, when you get released from your last meeting and you know you have Sunday off, it is sorta this childish giddiness. And I was a former quarterback so me catching and throwing was something I had done many previous times. Voigts, a former officer in the U.S. Navy, had a squad anchored by veterans, not just of the gridiron but of World War II. But New Year's Day of 1949 seemed to portend the end of the trend, as undefeated and explosive California was the opponent for a two-loss team that got in on a technicality. Here you are with a steering wheel, you also have a shift, and you have to move these three pedals at the same time. And now to see the success they're having in life, and as fathers, is really inspiring to me. A large crowd gathers for a pep rally in honor of the Rose Bowl-bound Wildcats. And it's gonna turn not because of the effort you put in that day, but the effort you put in every day preceding that. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. They were always sort of quiet and subdued. Dave Eanet: College GameDay was there, which was not what it is today, it was much smaller. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. "We went to a play one night and arrived late," says end Burton Keddie (EB51), "so they started the play over.". Rose Bowl, 1996, Folder 1, Box: 26, Folder: 1. 2012 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. You ever driven a stick shift? Schnur threw a lateral screen to D'Wayne Bates, who then threw down the middle of the field to Darren Drexler. You would still hear people at that point saying, "Well, maybe this whole Big Ten thing isn't a great idea.". There are many talented players on this year's roster, though these players will be essential to the success to Penn State's 2023 season. We always practiced trick plays, and never really ever called em. It's all of us. The . And there were so many tangential narratives that don't flow seamlessly with the main narrative. My first thought was, "Oh my god, I threw it in the ground." "He didn't want us to spend any time reading the newspapers because of all the negativity toward little old Northwestern," says tackle Bill Forman (WCAS50). was obliterated in October at South Bend, 38-10, whereas the Wildcats shocked the Irish, 17 . It made me realize that the seniors from that season who were trying to do right, it was unfortunate for them. We'll move everybody out, he will be able to score,'" Keddie recalls saying in the huddle. So that's the way it was, I had an automatic transmission car, and it was running. "California was not in agreement," Nemeth says, "and I don't blame 'em. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Michigan went 9-0 (6-0) to win the conference crown . The 82nd Rose Bowl USC and Northwestern photocopied roster, 1996-01-01, Box: 1, Folder: 5. "One of the things I think about most often from that game is Frank's TD," says fellow halfback Tunnicliff. I looked over to the sideline, and we were only about two yards downfield. Ryan Padgett (Senior offensive guard): I will never forgive [the players who threw games], because when Barnett came in, that team was used to losing. I'll tell anyone who will listen that I went to Northwestern because of a guy named Bill Koziel. He slips, but maintains his balance, and gets all the way across. But it's really difficult to comprehensively tell the story of any season, but especially that season, even in 20,000 words. Many of them are high achievers. It's an exercise in focus. The January 1, 1997 Citrus Bowl is covered on tapes 3A-3E, where Tennessee beat the Wildcats in a 28-48 final score.As Goldens assignments varied for the games featured in this collection, his is often one of many voices heard on the tapes. More Team Info. Tapes 7A-7B report the next weeks game against Duke on September 14, 1996, where the Wildcats won 38-13 over the Blue Devils. And we did. On October 2, the Wildcats had another win that brought them back into national attention, a 1913 victory over Michigan in Ann Arbor. And I turn around and look, and it's Joe Paterno. The audiocassettes are approximately 90 minutes in duration (45 minutes per side), although the actual running time of the recordings varies. Ryan Padgett: When Notre Dame said there was no offer, I had two weeks to find a scholarship. "It just happened so quickly. We had some good players, but none of them were NFL players. Johnson was named the Rose Bowl Player Of The Game. Or write about sports? And they have to tell them, "No, I wasn't.". We had the lead, and unfortunately we had just had to punt. We suck." They thought that was the coolest thing ever. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. We knew Michigan was playing so many people in the box to stop Autry, and when we threw it outside, those linebackers we're gonna flow, and Drexler would be wide open on the backside. Illinois whipped UCLA 45-14 in 1947 before Michigan's resounding '48 triumph. I think Wisconsin was one of them. It was a gradual build-up, and the Michigan game was the big moment, because then it was like, "Oh, okay, this is real. "We played a very conservative running game. Car flags everywhere. But it was still a prestigious event, it was starting to catch on. Adande: Basically every week, I would go to the game of the week. #DeDollarization #USDollar #Dollar #GeoPolitics Now get regular updates on , And Wisconsin's All-American tight end goes across the middle, and Geoff Shein just put a hit on him that just reverberated through the stadium. Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. The most strength, the most energy, the most drive. Brian Kardos: We were coming out of the parking lot, and of course the Big House is 100,000 people, so we're coming out of the parking lot, and the bus started to get mobbed. Twenty years ago, Northwestern shocked the nation by winning the Big Ten and sending a purple wave to Pasadena, California, for the Rose Bowl in a season that changed the program forever. The audiocassettes have been digitized and can be accessed at dc.library.northwestern.edu.\n\nThis collection is stored off-site and requires two business days advance notice for retrieval. Not to be overlooked, says Fatso Day, was the second line of defense. There was a question that was asked of me, I believe by Larry Watts, was, "What do you say to [backup long snapper] Larry Curry?" The rest of us were journeymen compared with those three. Northwestern defeats Michigan, 17-16, in college football; photo (M) . "University of Chicago students came and criticized us for being athletes rather than students," Perricone says. About. To this day, that still cheers me up. "We thought we had it made when Jackie Jensen left the game, hurt his leg," says Day. Jason Wendland: I've gotta admit, I'm a pretty cynical guy, and I was surprised with myself, especially looking back on it, how much I bought into the whole Musseau/Barnett storytelling. ", Perricone explains, "We had an afternoon off. The ref knew exactly what he was doing. So I pretty much walked up to Barnett's doorstep and said, "Hey, can I play for you?" Excellent play design, perfect time to call it. It worked, believe me. "When we came to Northwestern we connected almost automatically. The Buckeyes-Huskies' audience includes full streaming data, while only partial streaming data for the Ducks-Badgers matchup is currently available. University Archives has more than 2,000 reels of film of Northwestern football games from between 1929 and 1989, including the 1949 Rose Bowl, in its collection. Twenty years ago, in 1995, Northwestern football produced one of the greatest underdog stories that college football and the world of sport have ever seen. The game ended in a 2121 tie. Especially the two or three preceding years. Last edited on 27 December 2022, at 17:04, Northwestern University Wildcat Marching Band, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1996_Rose_Bowl&oldid=1129897014, USC: Barnum 21-yd pass from Otton (Abrams kick) 13:05, USC: McCutcheon 53-yd fumble return (Abrams kick) 2:56, NU: D.Autry 9-yd run (conversion failed) 8:17, USC: K.Johnson 56-yd pass from Otton (Abrams kick) 6:08, NU: D. Autry 2-yd run (conversion failed) 13:01, USC: Washington 2-yd run (Abrams kick) 3:00, This page was last edited on 27 December 2022, at 17:04. He pulls his sleeve up, and he had the same tattoo. We would say, "We can't tell you. Reliving Northwestern football's greatest season ever, through the words of those who lived it the first time 20 years ago. It was the 50th game in the series featuring the Big Ten Conference and the Pacific-10 Conference. In the opening quarter, the 'Cats struck first. And protecting us as a team. Please contact the McCormick Library at specialcollections@northwestern.edu or 847-491-3635 for more information or to schedule an appointment to view the collection. Steve Schnur (Junior quarterback): There's this guy that's a stonecutter, and he shows up every day, and his job is to break apart these big boulders, and he takes a hammer and whacks away at this boulder over and over and over all day, and eventually the boulder breaks. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Don Holmes (Sophomore linebacker): My birthday was December 11, and before I left town, I talked my parents into allowing me to get a Northwestern tattoo, with the mascot in the middle of the N. And I put a rose in its mouth, for the Rose Bowl. northwestern rose bowl 1996 roster2022 honda pioneer 1000 specs. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Vintage Northwestern University 1996 Rose Bowl Football Sweatshirt Men's Large at the best online prices at eBay! Are you willing to get in that wheelbarrow? "I promised we'd take him into the end zone.". Birthplace/Hometown: McKeesport, Pennsylvania. 670 The Score's 20th Anniversary Flashback #25: January 2, 1996 - Northwestern plays in the Rose Bowl Find the correct Postal codes of New Taipei Taiwan and View your current postal code on Map and lookup service. The Wolverines, in the midst of a second consecutive perfect season, were the only team to score more than 16 points against Northwestern. They [the Bears] thought they had a shoo-in, I think." "The stories get better. The October 21, 1995 game against Wisconsin (resulting in a 35-0 NU victory) is located on tapes 8A-8C. We were trying to get to our seats, we were snaking through this area underneath the stadium, and we were waiting in this line to get to our seats. So I thought it would be cool to publish some of the best memories, quotes and stories that didn't make the final cut. Chris Martin (Senior cornerback): He told us this story about this guy who was a tightrope-walker. The Asher Golden Collection contains 29 audiocassettes and a small amount of paper documents relating to his coverage of Northwestern football during the 1995-1996 and 1996-1997 seasons, including their first Rose Bowl appearance since 1949 and their first Big 10 title in 60 years. ", "I don't think that California was looking for any sort of razzle-dazzle from the Northwestern team," Forman says. https://findingaids.library.northwestern.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/470503 Accessed March 04, 2023. Marred by decades of futility, things began to change in the Wildcats first game of that Rose Bowl season. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). And it was Penn State, Ohio State and Notre Dame in my household. Dave Eanet: Right before the game, we got word that the prime minister of Israel had been assassinated. The train that carried the Northwestern band and many of the fans took a Northern route and got caught in a blizzard in Cheyenne, Wyo., where nearly 300 fans celebrated the Wildcat win for nearly a week. It's crazy that even now, 20 years later, I can remember those names on that wall. To view additional football highlights and game programs, visit University Archives. (Read our "'49 Rose Bowl Trivia" to see what Voigts has in common with current Wildcat coach Pat Fitzgerald [SESP97].). It's a really special place because of the people it attracts. Dave Eanet (Northwestern radio play-by-play broadcaster) on the pre-1990 role of sports at Northwestern: I never sensed there was any effort on the part of the university to really get the students energized about the program. "I was surprised at how it opened up.". "They followed us around a great deal, and I won't comment on what they caught us doing," says Forman amid guffaws. And I'm not shy about saying that. Stewart Mandel: I have friends who worked at the student radio station, and they helped out on College GameDay, and [GameDay host] Chris Fowler went out drinking with them that night. Do you have a blog? Ben Bolch (The Daily Northwestern sports editor): I don't think anybody thought they would just snap into this great team. To have coach Paterno come to talk to you, and pat your cheek like your grandfather, that stuff doesn't happen to everybody. There are professional athletes that are in the Hall of Fame, that have made millions, that don't get the same kind of love that our team gets. "I would just like to hear someone from Northwestern admit it. Asher Golden Collection, 31/6/184. We would fight, and Barnett would break it up, and we would fight, and Barnett would break it up. However, Notre Dame set the record for largest drop in the rankings AP Poll in the Top-25 era when the next AP poll was released, dropping 16 spots to #25 (this record was beaten by Michigan after losing to Appalachian State during the first week of the 2007 season). "We know Murakowski fumbled the ball before he got to the goal line, and the photo clearly shows that," Cal's Frank Brunk, a fullback and defensive back said in an interview this June with CalSportsDigest.com. +40 (724) 307.599 Lu - Vi: 9:00 - 18:00; northwestern rose bowl 1996 roster They had one last spot, and she said the coaches were going to come over with the offer. So Barnett came in between us, and Matt and I started talking again, and then he swung at me around coach Barnett. And then to go full circle, the people were great when we went, they got me back on the Jungle Cruise. And many of them are overachievers. The title of the oral history is Belief Without Evidence, and it's really one of the overarching themes of that season. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Bob Voigts, left, and Alex Sarkisian savor the Rose Bowl victory over Cal. We come over to the sideline, and our offensive line coach comes up to us with the white board. "I understood leadership by being around those guys," says Gaspar Perricone (WCAS50), a fullback who went straight from high school to Northwestern. Coming into the UCLAUSC rivalry game, the Trojans already had the Rose Bowl berth by virtue of more non-conference victories than Washington, even though a loss to the Bruins would leave both teams with a 611 record.