Rose Bowl 2009 Score - USC Trojans Beat Penn State at The 95th Rose Bowl Game by Peri Witny

This was a record winning, as it is the most won Rose Bowl result by any team in the country. The team was headed by head coach Pete Carroll with Penn State Nittany Lions being headed by their head coach Jow Paterno. This was Carroll's fifth appearance in the Rose Bowl Game, with Coach Paterno making his second appearance.

This year was the 95th Edition of 'The Grand Daddy of Them All' as being the oldest bowl game. The payout amount is $18,000,000 per team every year, and this year the annual event was attended by 93,293 spectators at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California. The game is actually played as the college football classic, and was sponsored by Citi, making this their sixth year as presenting sponsor of the Rose Bowl Game. The game gave Penn State a third appearance in the Rose Bowl Game with their last game in 1995 when it defeated Oregon by 38-20. Earlier on, they were defeated by USC in 1923 by 14-3. USC Trojans made their 33rd appearance in the Rose Bowl Game, and their fourth consecutive, beating Illionois by 49-17 last year.

Penn State and USC met for the ninth time in history, and the second time to face each other in the Rose Bowl Game. The game was over by halftime, with USC at 31 and Penn State at 7, which was a real shock, as Penn State was expected to at least put up a fight. The first round of the game was however thrilling, with both teams putting up a great fight and ending the round for 7-7. Damian Williams and Mark Sanchez did everything possible to elevate the NFL draft status in the first round, bringing excitement to the start of the game.

The second round was the turning point for the Trojans, when they won it by 24-0 and put Nittany Lions to bed. This quarter lasted much longer for thousands of Nittany Lion fans in the stadium, and millions other watching the game live on TV and radio. Mush more was expected from the Nittany Lions, but USC put a real tough game. USC quarterback Mack Sanchez completed seven consecutive passes for 132 yards at one point in the second quarter. Mark played a really good football game, providing victory to USC.

The third quarter saw little excitement with no team scoring anything. The third quarter gave the Trojans some chance to come back in the game, with a Penn State scoring 17 and USC at 7. They did give some excitement to their fans, and earned back the respect which they had lost in the second round by putting up a poor game. The game proved that USC is better, and have more talent that the Nittany Lions. In fact, they played so well that they forced Penn State into mistakes, giving them a leading victory of 38-24.

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