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{{Short description|College football bowl game and BCS National Championship}}
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{{Infobox college football game
| name = 
| year_game_played           = 2002
| game_name                  = Rose Bowl
| title_sponsor_suffix       = presented by AT&T
| subheader                  = BCS National Championship Game<br>88th Rose Bowl Game
| image                      = 2002 Rose Bowl logo.png
| football_season            = 2001
| visitor_name_short         = Nebraska 
| visitor_nickname           = Cornhuskers
| visitor_school             = University of Nebraska
| home_name_short            = Miami 
| home_nickname              = Hurricanes
| home_school                = University of Miami
| visitor_record             = 11–1
| visitor_conference         = [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
| home_record                = 11–0
| home_conference            = [[Big East Conference (1979-2013)|Big East]]
| visitor_coach              = [[Frank Solich]]
| home_coach                 = [[Larry Coker]]
| visitor_rank_AP            = 4
| visitor_rank_coaches       = 4
| visitor_rank_BCS           = 2
| home_rank_AP               = 1
| home_rank_coaches          = 1
| home_rank_BCS              = 1
| visitor_1q                 = 0
| visitor_2q                 = 0
| visitor_3q                 = 7
| visitor_4q                 = 7
| home_1q                    = 7
| home_2q                    = 27
| home_3q                    = 0
| home_4q                    = 3
| date_game_played           = January 3
| stadium                    = [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]]
| city                       = [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]], California
| MVP                        = [[Ken Dorsey]] (Miami QB) and [[Andre Johnson]] (Miami WR)
| odds                       = Miami by 8.5
| anthem                     = Yolanda Adams
| referee                    = Courtney Mauzy ([[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]])
| halftime                   = [[Band of the Hour]], [[University of Nebraska Cornhusker Marching Band]]
| attendance                 = 93,781<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/bowls2001/rose.htm | work=USA Today |title=College Football: Rose Bowl|date=December 17, 2002 | access-date=April 21, 2010}}</ref>
| us_network                 = [[College Football on ABC|ABC]]
| us_announcers_link         = List of announcers of major college bowl games
| us_announcers              = [[Keith Jackson]] (play-by-play) <br> [[Tim Brant]] (analyst) <br> [[Todd Harris]] and [[Lynn Swann]] (sideline)
| ratings                    = 13.8<ref name="ratings">{{cite news|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/college_football/20080108-1255-fbc-bcs-ratings.html |title=BCS title game ratings down from last year |publisher=signonsandiego.com |date=January 8, 2008 |access-date=January 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104152117/http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/college_football/20080108-1255-fbc-bcs-ratings.html |archive-date=January 4, 2013 }}</ref>
| navigation_2               = [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS#National championship games|College football championship game]]
| different_previous_2       = [[2001 Orange Bowl|2001]]
| different_next_2           = [[2003 Fiesta Bowl|2003]]
}}

The '''2002 Rose Bowl''', played on January 3, 2002, was a college football bowl game. It was the 88th [[Rose Bowl game]] and was the [[BCS National Championship Game]] of the [[2001 NCAA Division I-A football season|2001 college football season]].  The game featured the [[2001 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami Hurricanes]] and the [[2001 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska Cornhuskers]], marking the first time since the [[1919 Rose Bowl]], and only the third time in the game's history, that neither the [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] nor the [[Pacific-10 Conference|Pac-10]] Conferences had a representative in this game. The Hurricanes won the game, 37–14, for their fifth national title.<ref name="SI.com article -- Cane Whuppin'">{{cite news|title = Cane Whuppin'|url = https://www.si.com/vault/2002/01/07/316497/cane-whuppin-unbeaten-miami-flogged-nebraska-early-and-often-to-win-an-undisputed-national-title|publisher = SI.com|date = January 7, 2002|access-date =August 4, 2019}}</ref> Miami quarterback [[Ken Dorsey]] and wide receiver [[Andre Johnson]] were named the Rose Bowl Players of the Game.<ref name="ROSEBOWLPROGRAM">[http://www.bowlprograms.com/rosebowl/?pg=182 2008 Rose Bowl Program] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306033551/http://www.bowlprograms.com/rosebowl/?pg=182 |date=March 6, 2008 }}, [[2008 Rose Bowl]]. Accessed January 26, 2008.</ref>

==Teams==
{{main|2001 NCAA Division I-A football season}}
Because the Rose Bowl was hosting the BCS Championship game, as part of the agreement begun in the 1998 season, the Tournament of Roses committee would get the number one and number two ranked teams in the [[Bowl Championship Series]] system. However, this was actually the third Rose Bowl number one versus two pairing, with the first two in the [[1963 Rose Bowl|1963]] and [[1969 Rose Bowl|1969]] games.

===Nebraska Cornhuskers and Miami Hurricanes===
{{see also|BCS controversies}}
In yet another controversial season for the BCS, Nebraska was chosen as a national title contender despite not having played in the Big 12 championship game. The Huskers went into their last regularly scheduled game at Colorado undefeated, but were beaten by Colorado 62–36. The Huskers dropped to the 6th in the wire service polls [[2001 NCAA Division I-A football rankings|but only 4th in the BCS]]. In the ensuing two weeks, #2 Florida lost to Tennessee, the Colorado Buffaloes (ranked 7th in the BCS) went on to win the [[Big 12 Football Championship Game|Big 12 Championship Game]] over Texas (ranked 3rd), and in the [[SEC Championship Game]], Tennessee (now at #2) was stunned by LSU. This left Miami as the undefeated and undisputed No. 1 team in the country but a host of other teams vying for #2. The BCS computers did not take into account at which point a team's loss came during the season. There were also components for strength of schedule, quality win, and margin of victory. With this calculation, one-loss Nebraska came out ahead of two-loss Colorado and one-loss, second-ranked Oregon.

Previously, Nebraska had appeared in the [[1941 Rose Bowl]] in a 21–13 loss to Stanford. This was the first appearance for the Miami Hurricanes in the Rose Bowl.

===Pac-10 and Big Ten===
Oregon was the champion of the [[Pacific-10 Conference]] and was ranked No. 2 in the AP Poll. They were selected for the [[2002 Fiesta Bowl]], where they faced No. 3 ranked Colorado, who was No. 4 in the BCS poll. The Illinois Fighting Illini, ranked No. 8 in the BCS, won the [[Big Ten Conference]] championship and were picked for the [[2002 Sugar Bowl]].

==Scoring summary==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Scoring Play
! Score
|-
|colspan="4" align="center"| '''1st quarter'''
|-
|UM – [[Andre Johnson]] 50-yard pass from [[Ken Dorsey]] ([[Todd Sievers]] kick). 6:51
|UM 7–0
|-
|colspan="4" align="center"| '''2nd quarter'''
|-
|UM – [[Clinton Portis]] 39-yard run (Sievers kick). 14:33
|UM 14–0
|-
|UM – [[James Lewis (American football)|James Lewis]] 47-yard interception return (Sievers kick). 12:52
|UM 21–0
|-
|UM – [[Jeremy Shockey]] 21-yard pass from Dorsey (Kick failed). 10:40
|UM 27–0
|-
|UM – Johnson 8-yard pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick). 3:35
|UM 34–0
|-
|colspan="6" align="center"| '''3rd quarter'''
|-
|NU – [[Judd Davies]] 16-yard run. ([[Josh Brown (American football)|Josh Brown]] kick). 2:39
|UM 34–7
|-
|colspan="6" align="center"| '''4th quarter'''
|-
|NU – [[DeJuan Groce]] 71-yard punt return (Brown kick). 14:28
|UM 34–14
|-
|UM – Sievers 37-yard field goal. 10:04
|UM 37–14
|}

==Aftermath==
Oregon defeated Colorado in the [[2002 Fiesta Bowl]]. In the final AP poll, Miami was the unanimous No. 1 team, Oregon was #2. The next time that the Rose Bowl hosted the BCS championship, the [[2006 Rose Bowl]], the USC Trojans would be a participant. The 2002 contest was the last one not to feature a team from either the Big Ten or Pacific-10 until the [[2018 Rose Bowl]], which was a component of the [[College Football Playoff]] and pitted [[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]] against [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com/west/story/rose-bowl-georgia-bulldogs-oklahoma-sooners-123017|title=No. 3 Georgia faces No. 2 Oklahoma for first time in Rose Bowl|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|date=2017-12-30|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref>

The game, which was played on a Thursday night, two days after the parade, has been remembered as a low point for the Rose Bowl.<ref name="SUBJECTROSES">Dufresne, Chris - [https://web.archive.org/web/20131231003413/http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/football/la-sp-1229-rose-bowl-100-20131229,5978686,970015,full.story For the best in bowls, the subject is Roses Stanford vs. Michigan State will be the 100th Rose Bowl game. There have been some great moments in the first 99.] Los Angeles Times, December 28, 2013. Quote: "The game has provided dizzying high points and a few lows, maybe none lower than Miami against Nebraska on a Thursday night two days after the parade."</ref> University of Michigan coach [[Bo Schembechler]] remarked, "Didn't watch it," when asked what he thought of the 2002 Rose Bowl.<ref name="SUBJECTROSES" /><ref>Dufresne, Chris [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-dec-29-sp-dufresne29-story.html Bo Knows Rose Bowls, and This One's the Real Thing]. Los Angeles Times, December 29, 2003</ref>

The 2002 Rose Bowl was the first broadcast not set at the traditional 2:00pm West Coast time.<ref>Lapointe, Joe - [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/04/sports/on-college-football-the-rose-bowl-loses-some-of-its-luster-but-mystique-lingers.html ON COLLEGE FOOTBALL; The Rose Bowl Loses Some of Its Luster, but Mystique Lingers]. New York Times, January 4, 2002</ref> The visual of the afternoon sun setting on the [[San Gabriel Mountains]] on New Year's Day is recognized as an important part of the tradition of the game.<ref>Witz, Billy - [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/sports/ncaafootball/rose-bowl-move-pasadena.html In Pasadena, Moving the Rose Bowl Makes For Unusual Rancor - The New York Times (nytimes.com)]. New York Times, January 1, 2021</ref><ref>Mandel, Stewart - [https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4229144/2020/12/14/cfp-may-relocate-from-rose-bowl-due-to-california-restrictions-sources/ CFP may relocate from Rose Bowl due to California restrictions: Sources]. The Athletic, December 14, 2020. ''This is “The Granddaddy of Them All” for a reason. The Big Ten may have 14 teams and the Big 12 may have 10, but the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day has always made sense. Every CFP decision has been made around the Rose Bowl’s reluctance to part with its coveted 5 p.m. ET time slot - and that stunning sunset over the San Gabriel Mountains — so embedded in the sport is the game.'' - Matt Fortuna - staff writer</ref>

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