February 6, 2012 / 9:00 AM "When we came to Northwestern we connected almost automatically. Illinois Football All-Time Rosters - 1975-1999 1890s: 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 1990s: 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 Excellent play design, perfect time to call it. As Tunnicliff remembers it, "He said, 'Look around, because I don't want you doing it tomorrow.'". ", Three players, says Perricone, made the '49 Rose Bowl champs special. "I didn't realize Tunnicliff had broken free and scored," says Keddie, "I thought maybe it'd been mishandled. ", Predictions of a mismatch didn't deter paying customers. I mean, that campus could not have been any less into sports before that season. There was a question that was asked of me, "What do you say to Larry Curry?" Not every sport is represented in the index card file, but there are cards for two sportswater basketball and water polothat are not otherwise documented in the rest of the series.Other resources for the history of athletics at Northwestern University include: Walter Paulison, The Tale of the Wildcats, A Centennial History of Northwestern University Athletics([Evanston?] A large crowd gathers for a pep rally in honor of the Rose Bowl-bound Wildcats. 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. The Wildcats, who were then ranked in the AP poll for the first time since 1971, fell out of the spotlight when they lost to Miami University in their next game. Free shipping for many products! Jubilant Northwestern fans celebrate the Wildcat win on the train bound for Chicago. favorite color favorite animal favorite . "I was surprised at how it opened up.". What a feeling. And Saturday night, when you get released from your last meeting and you know you have Sunday off, it is sorta this childish giddiness. The next play, Aschenbrenner, a halfback, completed Northwestern's only pass of the game in four attempts, an 18-yard reception by end Don Stonesifer (EB51). The great Penn State defenses I've been a part of, the Colorado defenses, they had a lot of great draft picks and NFL football players, but at Northwestern, we didn't have a lot of them. 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. And it was one of those things, when they're ready to hear, they'll buy into whatever you're saying, that's what they did. U.S.C. And people would say, "What's A.R.T. 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. Two feet, three pedals. And now to see the success they're having in life, and as fathers, is really inspiring to me. My position coach shared a little story with us, that Lou Holtz had rebuffed him in earlier attempts to possibly work for Notre Dame. Northwestern (#7) vs. California (#4). "I led his interference, but he cut back. He was not only a great football player but also a great team captain, and we were a team that was going to accomplish things.". Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA. Current Team: La Roche. And he shared with us the reason why: "Because he showed very little evidence of being able to coach d-line effectively as evidenced by the product of his players." Their 10-1 record earned them a spot in the Rose Bowl for the first time since 1949. And I remember for the first time, during the fourth quarter, not being able to hear Fitzy make calls. ", The fans were stunned. Barnett's team would take the field hours later, punctuating a season no one saw . Sam Valenzisi: I remember standing on the field on my crutches, and [Penn State] coach [Joe] Paterno comes to talk to me. J.A. He had a couple stumbles, but made it across. My DBs played a really good game. He shows up Sunday morning, and there's brunch at his house, and we're sitting down, and it's me and both of my parents, and my step parents, and he says, "Um, I'm sorry, there's no offer for you." They were always sort of quiet and subdued. We actually slept on the dirty, filthy streets of Pasadena, with trash blowing in the wind. "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). These are the best of the rest. I was on the scout team at quarterback in 1994. And knowing we were in every game, but then to know that there was this underbelly, it just makes me so mad. According to CalSportsDigest.com, several Bears continue to lobby the Pac-10 Conference (formerly the PCC) and the Rose Bowl committee to put an asterisk in the record book next to the game's final score, because of the disputed touchdown. The Wildcats opened the 1995 season with a surprise 1715 win at #9 Notre Dame on September 3, 1995. William Weinbaum (J82, GJ83) is a New York Citybased producer for ESPN-TV and contributor to ESPN.com. Though they may be in different programs now, Brandon Joseph and Eku Leota will always remember the purple and white. I recently . Northwestern defeats Michigan, 17-16, in college football; photo (M) . And I was like, "Since when do we have to wait in line to get to our seats at a Northwestern football game?" The 'Cats rebounded with a 48-0 thumping of Syracuse, followed by triumphs of 21-7 over Ohio State and 16-7 at Wisconsin. Chris Martin: They had Tim Dwight. Things fell in place, and when Frank broke loose, he just took off," says Nemeth. Members of Northwestern's 1949 Rose Bowl-winning team returned to Ryan Field for a celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Wildcats' first trip to Pasadena, Calif. Southwest Minnesota State University Athletics. Above the masthead on the Daily Northwestern's front page was "No School! And us being underclassmen, we can only do certain things, but Eddie George and Tommy Frazier, they were already seniors and done, so agents could meet with them, it's a little different. "My reaction was, 'I'm going to get to that goal line if I have to carry the whole stadium.'". +40 (724) 307.599 Lu - Vi: 9:00 - 18:00; northwestern rose bowl 1996 roster He did not call. Tunnicliff had already been called upon 10 times, averaging six yards a carry. Check out our northwestern rose bowl shirt selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. Ray Robey: For the first time, I noticed the crowd at Northwestern. If you asked me today if I miss playing football, I'd tell you no, I don't miss playing football, I miss being in those locker rooms with my best friends in the world, and laughing and joking. Tom Worthington (C50) had the other two no other team or game in Rose Bowl history has had two players with two interceptions. stand for?" On October 28, USC and Washington played what would be the deciding game for the conference at Husky Stadium. ", One of the galvanizing moments happened in the press conference after the [Miami (OH)] game. 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. It made me realize that the seniors from that season who were trying to do right, it was unfortunate for them. "We had great linebackers: Ray Wietecha [SESP51] played with the Giants for years and George Sundheim [C51], who was as good a tackler as I've ever seen and could hit harder than anybody, and of course, Sarkisian. Kevin Willard also briefly spoke with the media following the Terrapins' loss. So that's the way it was, I had an automatic transmission car, and it was running. ", The out-of-towners received celebrity treatment in other ways. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, March 4, 6:41AM. The victory kept another Rose Bowl trip alive for Northwestern (4-1 . Pee Wee, who died in 2003, and Fatso are the only pair of twins to compete in a Rose Bowl, according to the Intercollegiate Football Researchers Association. "Even the national media felt we didn't have a prayer and were pretty upset we were selected. Field judge Jay Berwanger, winner of the first Heisman Trophy in 1935 (read more about Berwanger in our "'49 Rose Bowl Trivia"), saw it the same way and ruled it a touchdown for Northwestern, which missed the extra point but took a 13-7 lead. Horrio de atendimento: Segunda - Sexta das 17h s 21h. The game was presided over by the 1996 Tournament of Roses Royal Court and Rose Parade Grand Marshal Kermit the Frog. And he did it. It wasn't really official until spring ball in 1995. But they listened to me, so we got away with it. "It just happened so quickly. Northwestern University Archives. Northwestern's own All-America at fullback, Art Murakowski (SESP51), got the call with the 'Cats on Cal's 1-yard line in the second quarter. "I was two feet from it, and he scored, no doubt about it," says Sawle. ", As Forman recalls, "I was a left tackle lining up outside the right end. On the drive's first play, Tunnicliff fumbled and Cal recovered, but Tunnicliff was ruled down before losing the ball. And she was in tears. Vintage 90s Northwestern Wildcats 1996 Rose Bowl Crewneck Sweashirt. A few of the parables Barnett and Steve Musseau would tell were included in the oral history. Charles Bartlett's flowery Chicago Tribune game story began with: "Northwestern's Wildcats, a feline football tribe, suddenly turned into horticulturists, yesterday became posy fanciers of the Rose variety as they wrought a 20 to 7 victory over Illinois in the final Western Conference game of the season. Regardless, their portrayal as the underdogs was neither a secret nor without effect. We had the lead, and unfortunately we had just had to punt. 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 later served in the U.S. Army and became a Colorado district court judge. Well I was driving an automatic transmission car at that point. It was the 50th game in the series featuring the Big Ten Conference and the Pacific-10 Conference. At that point, Northwestern was just like a running joke. And that was Barnett's point. The USC Trojans opened with six wins until losing at Notre Dame, 3810, on October 21. That's what I was always taught by coach Brown. And I remember looking to the large stand, and I remember seeing a sign that said, "Barnett 3:16" and a sign next to it that said "Rose Bowl." We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. I turned it off. Not since the US Hockey team beat the Soviet Union in 1980 has an improbable collection of athletes surprisingly accomplished so much. Somebody wrote on their window, one of the windows that faced Sheridan Road, "0-11. 670 The Score's 20th Anniversary Flashback #25: January 2, 1996 - Northwestern plays in the Rose Bowl And he fired into me, and we're pushing against each other, and I'm blocking him, and Darnell makes a cut and gets tackled. 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. If anybody asks you what it was, you can't tell em, and if you told em what it was, you'd have to kill em. And it had all the pictures of the guys on the wrestling team on the walls. Asher Golden Collection, 31/6/184. I was back and forth at quarterback and receiver. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Matt Rice (Junior defensive tackle): I sacked [Notre Dame quarterback] Ron Powlus in the second quarter, and I was laying on top of him, and he grabbed onto my arm, and was holding me down, and I couldn't get off him, and he was trying to draw a penalty on me. Here's what ensued, in the Rose Bowl's wildest fourth quarter: --Vander Kelen immediately took Wisconsin 80 yards, Lou Holland scoring on a 13-yard sweep. N Men's Club, Northwestern University Alumni Association, 1951). On my goal board, one of the things was to become a relentless team. Marred by decades of futility, things began to change in the Wildcats first game of that Rose Bowl season. 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. No School!" The Rose Bowl Stadium or "America's Stadium" is a National Historic Landmark that was built in 1922. 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. Chris Martin: Our locker room was their wrestling room. Part of the Northwestern University Archives Repository. And I remember the ref coming up and saying, "Let him go, Ron." To view additional football highlights and game programs, visit University Archives. Sam Valenzisi: This year, I sort of had a little bit of a flashback on the opening kickoff, because we kicked it deep into that right hand corner, and they tried the return coming all the way across the field, except I got there and cut off Amani Toomer in 95. "I said, 'Come through between Rudy [Cernoch (SESP51), a tackle] and me. And this time I broke it up. He decided instead to stay at Northwestern. 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. He takes the wheelbarrow and says, "Today, for my last act, you've seen me walk across, you've seen me go backwards, you've seen me push a wheelbarrow across, for my grand finale, I'm going to take this wheelbarrow, I'm going to push it across Niagara Falls, but this time I want you" and he pointed at somebody "to get in the wheelbarrow." Casey Dailey (Sophomore defensive end): [In 1994, offensive lineman] Matt O'Dwyer tried to punch me through coach Barnett. Northwestern University's official athletics site: http://nusports.ocsn.com/index-main.html (the page for each sport includes an archives link that lists letter winners and team results). But it's not the 500th hit that breaks it, it's all 500 of those leading up to that. It's all of us. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Jason Wendland (Junior offensive tackle): When you tell the story of the Rose Bowl season, you cannot neglect to mention those players that were on teams the preceding years. The giddiness climaxed in the cancellation of classes that ensuing Thanksgiving week. And I tried to step on his hands getting up. The . It's a really special place because of the people it attracts. Near the end of the season, Northwestern won vs. Purdue on November 16, 1996 with a final score of 27-24 (tapes 10A-10D). The 1995 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A college football season.The 1995 season was a highly memorable one for the Northwestern program, as the Wildcats went 10-2 overall and 8-0 in the Big Ten Conference, earning their first winning season since 1971, their first conference championship since 1936, and their first 10 . So I go over to him, and I'm like, What's the surprise mom's talking about?' And I had ended up working on the Jungle Cruise. Rob Johnson (Senior center): By the time you've been through it a few times, you know what to expect, it became enjoyable. By the time he stopped, the speedy halfback had a 73-yard touchdown, setting a record that stood for 44 years as the longest run in any Rose Bowl. "We thought we had it made when Jackie Jensen left the game, hurt his leg," says Day. 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). So that was a big moment, but we thought that was going to be the highlight of the season, or even the highlight of my Northwestern-watching life. "A lot of people didn't think we belonged in it," Nemeth recalls. Final score, NU: 20, California: 14. It brought us together. Gambling problem? Wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson was the game's most valuable player with two touchdown receptions. Adande: It's funny, I was actually working on a story on Keith Jackson for the Post, and I had interviewed him at Colorado for the Nebraska game. It was a great group of guys. But the rules were the rules. And Rob looks at him, and about three of us held out our hands and said, "we got this." College Football HQ on SI . But it was still a prestigious event, it was starting to catch on. To have coach Paterno come to talk to you, and pat your cheek like your grandfather, that stuff doesn't happen to everybody. I looked over to the sideline, and we were only about two yards downfield. I got in touch with ABC, and I left a message for him, and left my dorm phone number, and everybody was like, "Oh my gosh, what if Keith Jackson calls and leaves a voicemail." His graduate assistant had come to him Sunday night. Perricone, a short-yardage specialist whose late runs were crucial, says Burson called plays for him on the final drive by saying, "Hi diddle diddle, Perricone up the middle.". ", When the Wildcats opened their season with the blanking of UCLA, their roundtrip was by plane. Nemeth was among the key blockers. It was the 50th game in the series featuring the Big Ten Conference and the Pacific-10 Conference. Earlier in the day, Voigts had taken the team through the customary walk-through in the imposing and empty Rose Bowl. stand for?" Prior to his time at Northwestern, Limegrover served as the offensive assistant for his alma mater, the University of Chicago (1991-92), where he was promoted to offensive . You always say you wanna be Big Ten champs, but our thought process was, okay, we gotta find enough wins to get ourselves to be bowl eligible. Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. 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. The stadium was still half-empty for the home games before that, and then the Michigan game happened, and it just seemed like after that, people really started to get into it. It stood for "A Relentless Team." Everybody loved us before, they were blaming us now. Coach: Bob Voigts. We have a home game!" 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. Just reaching six wins was a big deal. Here you are with a steering wheel, you also have a shift, and you have to move these three pedals at the same time. 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 Chicago Tribune paid tribute to Northwestern's relentless ground attack that compiled 273 yards: " remember the terrific running of the Wildcat backs, those lads were not stopping until stopped, period.". I've been very fortunate. We end up winning the game, and everybody's going crazy, and they're getting ready to leave coming down the stairs, and everybody's high-fiving, and my neighbor puts Makenzie on his shoulders, and Makenzie pats my wife on the shoulder and says, "Mom, mom, this is so cool, I can't wait till we tell dad that we beat Notre Dame today.". An out-and-up with the same player, Derrick Mason. Ron Vanderlinden: I'd have to say that was the best [defense I've coached.] 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. There we go!" 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. 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. Northwestern's fourth quarter lead in the Rose Bowl lasted three minutes and 52 seconds. The ref knew exactly what he was doing. "There was total silence from this gigantic crowd," says Forman. (Before that play, Northwestern's longest rush of the season was Perricone's 50-yard jaunt in the opener at UCLA, so something about playing in California apparently gave added oomph to the Wildcats' offense. No. The first Rose Bowl Game played between college football's top two teams was played in Pasadena, California, in 1902. A Washington loss to Oregon on November 4 put USC in the lead in the Pac-10 race. I told them it'd be cheaper to go up there than to stay here. Do you have a blog? And that was the truth. And I still feel for em. Main Navigation Menu. Johnson was named the Rose Bowl Player Of The Game. In October almost half of the 45-player roster from the 1949 Rose Bowl team, Northwestern's first bowl team and only bowl winner, returned to Evanston for a 60-year reunion and a halftime tribute. The 1948 Wildcats were predicted to be pretenders after finishing 3-6 and eighth in the conference the year before under rookie head coach Bob Voigts (WCAS39), who had succeeded his mentor, Lynn "Pappy" Waldorf. 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?" So to them, that game was for Marcel Price. Baseball Baseball: Twitter Baseball: Schedule Baseball: Roster Baseball: News Basketball Basketball: Twitter Basketball: Instagram Basketball: Tickets Basketball: Schedule Basketball: Roster Basketball: News Cross Country Cross Country: Facebook Cross Country: Twitter Cross Country: Instagram Cross Country: Schedule Cross . Thanks coach. Forman says what comes to mind first about that moment and the whole day is the size and deafening noise of the crowd. This collection is stored at a remote campus location and requires two business days advance notice for retrieval. But that doesn't diminish it at all. And I had taken the Penn State football team on my vessel. . And it was great to be a representative of the team. The Ducks-Badgers' Rose Bowl audience is within 4% of last season's Ohio State-Washington Rose Bowl Game audience, which is the most-watched non-Semifinal New Year's Six matchup. 1996 Rose Bowl: Southern California - 41, Northwestern - 32 Between 1948 and 1995, NU football ranged from mediocre to terrible. Jerry Brown (Defensive backs coach): Going into the season, I guarantee you nobody on the coaching staff thought we'd be Big Ten champs. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, there was an explosion that not a soul outside of Evanston saw coming. It was like, "Oh my gosh, they're in the top 10. Ryan Padgett: Freshman skit night was fun. But the station made the decision to go ahead and carry the game. We weren't allowed to tell anybody what it stood for until somebody called us a relentless team. And that was Barnett's message to us. ", After the touchdown, Nemeth says, "We got in the huddle and one player said, 'Hey boys, this is gonna be easy.' Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. It was sort of, "Well, we gotta do this." 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! Newspapers also kept track of the players away from practices and the team hotel, the luxurious Huntington. I do. The potent Bears, whose roster had but five non-Californians, had reason to feel supremely secure as they took the field against the Wildcats, who represented 10 states none on the West Coast, with 18 players from Illinois and 10 from Indiana.
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