[doug from upland]

1963 Rose Bowl: USC 42, Wisconsin 37
Jan. 1, 1963
Pasadena, Calif. -- A 23-point fourth quarter explosion wasn't quite enough as the Badgers dropped a 42-37 Rose Bowl encounter to Souther Cal.
1963 Rose Bowl

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USC's Hal Bedsole scores on a 57-yard pass play for a 27-7 lead. Bedsole was pursued by Gary Kroner (47) and Larry Howard (81).
USC 42, Wisconsin 37

Team Statistics UW USC
First downs 32 15
Rushing yards 28-67 41-114
Passes 34-49-3 10-20-0
Passing yards 419 253
Total offense 486 367
Punts-avg 4-40 5-40
Fumbles-lost 6-0 2-1
Penalties-yards 7-77 12-93

Wisconsin 0 7 7 23 37
USC 7 14 14 7 42

Rushing -- W: Holland 4-27, Kurek 11-26, USC: Wilson 17-57. Passing -- W: Vander Kelen 33-48-3-401, USC: Beathard 8-12-0-190. Receiving -- W: Richter 11-163, Holland 8-72, Kroner 5-64, USC: Bedsole 4-101, Brown 3-108.


The Trojans had claimed a 42-14 lead on the first play of the fourth quarter before the huge Badger comeback.

USC had a 21-7 halftime lead and extended it on the first play of the first stanza, before Ron Vander Kelen led one of the biggest charges in bowl history.

Vander Kelen reached paydirt on a 17-yard scamper to reduce the margin to 28-14.

USC responded with a pair of touchdown passes by Pete Beathard and the Trojans led 42-14.

Lou Holland (13-yard run) and Gary Kroner (4-yard reception) tallied for the Badgers within three minutes.

A bad center snap on a punt resulted in a UW safety.

After the free kick, Vander Kelen hit three straight passes, including a 19-yard score to Pat Richter for the final 42-37 margin.

Vander Kelen, the game MVP, set both Wisconsin and Rose Bowl records with 401 yards passing.

Richter caught 11 of those aerials for 163 yards.

The 79 total points scored was a Rose Bowl record that stood for 28 years.

[doug from upland]

Leak should have slid and stayed inbounds.