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{{Infobox college football game
| name = 
| year_game_played           = 2003
| game_name                  = Rose Bowl
| title_sponsor_suffix       = presented by PlayStation 2
| subheader                  = 89th Rose Bowl Game
| football_season            = 2002
| visitor_name_short         = Oklahoma 
| visitor_nickname           = Sooners
| visitor_school             = University of Oklahoma
| home_name_short            = Washington State 
| home_nickname              = Cougars
| home_school                = Washington State University
| visitor_record             = 11–2
| visitor_conference         = [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
| home_record                = 10–2
| home_conference            = [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-10]]
| visitor_coach              = [[Bob Stoops]]
| home_coach                 = [[Mike Price]]
| visitor_rank_AP            = 8
| visitor_rank_coaches       = 8
| visitor_rank_BCS           = 7
| home_rank_AP               = 7
| home_rank_coaches          = 7
| home_rank_BCS              = 6
| visitor_1q                 = 3
| visitor_2q                 = 14
| visitor_3q                 = 3
| visitor_4q                 = 14
| home_1q                    = 0
| home_2q                    = 0
| home_3q                    = 0
| home_4q                    = 14
| date_game_played           = January 1
| stadium                    = [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]]
| city                       = [[Pasadena, California]]
| MVP                        = [[Nate Hybl]] – QB, Oklahoma
| odds                       = Oklahoma by 6<ref name=ltsln>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Vk9WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5829%2C66328 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |title=The Latest Line |date=January 1, 2003 |page=4B}}</ref>
| anthem                     = [[Washington State University Cougar Marching Band]]
| referee                    = Steve Shaw ([[Southeastern Conference|SEC]])
| halftime                   = [[The Pride of Oklahoma Marching Band|Pride of Oklahoma Marching Band]]<br />Washington State University Cougar Marching Band
| attendance                 = 86,848
| payout                     = 11-13 million <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/2002/bowls/bowl_sked/ |title=CNNSI.com - 2002 College Bowls - Complete 2002-03 bowl schedule - Saturday January 04, 2003 12:53 AM |access-date=2008-12-21 |archive-date=2011-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622101141/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/2002/bowls/bowl_sked/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| us_network                 = [[ESPN College Football on ABC|ABC]]
| us_announcers_link         = List of announcers of major college bowl games
| us_announcers              = [[Brent Musburger]] (play-by-play)<br />[[Gary Danielson]] (analyst)<br />[[Jack Arute]] (sideline)
}}
The '''2003 Rose Bowl''' was a [[college football]] [[bowl game]] played on January 1, 2003. It was the 89th [[Rose Bowl game]]. It was a match-up between the [[2002 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma Sooners]] and the [[2002 Washington State Cougars football team|Washington State Cougars]]. Oklahoma led 27–0 in the fourth quarter and won, 34–14.<ref name=hndfl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u2VWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ofIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5934%2C1229621 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Trimmer |first=Dave |title=Handful of thorns |date=January 2, 2003 |page=A1}}</ref><ref name=thornso>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sMVeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AjIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3390%2C329081 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |last=Grummert |first=Dale |title=A thorny sendoff |date=January 2, 2003 |page=1B}}</ref><ref name=oclbbr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VU9WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5531%2C291820 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |last=Canfield |first=Owen |title=Sooners clobber the Cougs |date=January 2, 2003 |page=1D}}</ref> Sooner quarterback [[Nate Hybl]] was named the Player 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=2008-03-06 }}, [[2008 Rose Bowl]]. Accessed January 26, 2008.</ref>

==Pre-Game Activities==
The Pasadena Tournament of Roses chooses their co-Grand Marshals of the 114th annual Rose Parade, they are: Actor/Comedian [[Bill Cosby]], [[Art Linkletter]] and [[Fred Rogers]] from [[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]] on PBS.

On Tuesday, October 22, 2002 - Tournament of Roses President Gary L. Thomas selects 17-year-old Alexandra Wucetich, a senior at [[San Marino High School]] & a resident of [[San Marino, California]] to become the 85th Rose Queen to reign over the 114th Tournament of Roses Parade and the 89th Rose Bowl Game.

Members of the court are: Princesses Anjali Agrawal, Arcadia, [[La Salle High School (Pasadena, California)|La Salle High School]]; Heather Bell, Pasadena, [[John Muir High School]]; Katherine Berber, San Marino, [[Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy]]; Glynn Joseph, Altadena, [[Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy]]; Megan Maclennan, Pasadena, [[Polytechnic School]]; and Danielle Yamamoto, La Canada Flintridge, [[La Canada High School]].

==Teams==
{{see also|2002 NCAA Division I-A football season}}
Prior to the [[Bowl Championship Series|BCS]], this pairing never would have occurred. Oklahoma came into the game [[Big 12]] Champions, while Washington State came in co-champions of the [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-10]]. The Rose Bowl normally features the champions of the [[Big Ten]] and the Pac-10. However, because the Buckeyes had finished second in the BCS, they were set to play in the [[2003 Fiesta Bowl|Fiesta Bowl]] for the national championship against the [[2002 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami Hurricanes]].<ref>[http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/2002_archive_bcs.html 2002 BCS Standings]</ref> Earlier in the season, [[2002 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State]] had defeated Washington State 25–7.

The [[2003 Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]] had the next pick after the Fiesta Bowl pairing, and #3 (#5 BCS) [[2002 Iowa Hawkeyes football team|Iowa]] was chosen. The Rose Bowl had the next BCS selection. The next, best available team to choose was #8 (#7 BCS) Oklahoma, who won the [[Big 12 Football Championship Game|Big 12 Championship Game]], to play Pac-10 winner Washington State. When it came time for the Orange Bowl and Sugar Bowl to make a second pick, both wanted the fifth-ranked [[2002 USC Trojans football team|USC Trojans]]. However, a BCS rule stated that if two bowls want the same team, the bowl with the higher payoff has the option.<ref name="ROSYORANGE">Rosenblatt, Richard - [https://web.archive.org/web/20030121041527/http://www.centralohio.com/ohiostate/stories/20021209/football/540072.html BCS: Orange Bowl has a Rosy look] Associated Press, December 9, 2002</ref> The Orange Bowl immediately extended an at-large bid to the Trojans and paired them with at-large number 3 Iowa in a Big Ten/Pac-10 "Rose Bowl" matchup in the Orange Bowl.<ref name="ROSYORANGE" /> Rose Bowl committee executive director Mitch Dorger was not pleased with the results.<ref name="ROSYORANGE" /> This left the Sugar Bowl with #14 BCS [[2002 Florida State Seminoles football team|Florida State]], the winner of the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]]. [[2002 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]] at 10–2 and #9 in the BCS standings was invited to the [[2003 Gator Bowl|Gator Bowl]]. [[2002 Kansas State Wildcats football team|Kansas State]] at #8 also was left out.

===Oklahoma Sooners===
The Sooners won the Big 12 South and defeated [[2002 Colorado Buffaloes football team|Colorado]] in the [[Big 12 Championship Game]]. Kansas State, although ranked higher in the [[2002 NCAA Division I-A football rankings|AP poll]], lost to Colorado in the Big 12 North, and could not play in the championship game.

==Game summary==
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|title=2003 Rose Bowl 
|date=January 1, 2003
|time=4:30 p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]] (1:30 p.m. [[Pacific Time Zone|PST]])
|road='''No. 8 Oklahoma'''
|R1=3|R2=14|R3=3|R4=14
|home=No. 7 Washington State
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=14
|stadium= [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]] • [[Pasadena, California]]
|attendance= 86,848
|weather=
|referee= Steve Shaw ([[Southeastern Conference|SEC]])
|TV=[[ESPN College Football on ABC|ABC]]
|TVAnnouncers=[[Brent Musburger]] (play-by-play) and [[Gary Danielson]] (analyst)
|reference=[https://www.espn.com/college-football/playbyplay/_/gameId/230010265 ESPN game summary]
|scoring=
;First quarter
*OU - 12:13 DiCarlo 45-yard field goal OU 3 WSU 0
;Second quarter
*OU - 1:51 Savage 12-yard pass from Hybl (DiCarlo kick) OU 10 WSU 0
*OU - 1:09 Perkins 51-yard punt return (DiCarlo kick) OU 17 WSU 0
;Third quarter
*OU - 8:06 DiCarlo 30-yard field goal OU 20 WSU 0
;Fourth quarter
*OU - 8:02 Fagan 9-yard pass from Hybl (DiCarlo kick) OU 27 WSU 0
*WSU - 6:08 Riley 37-yard pass from Gesser (Dunning kick) OU 27 WSU 7
*OU - 1:29 Griffin 19-yard run (DiCarlo kick) OU 34 WSU 7
*WSU - 1:15 Moore 89-yard kickoff return (Dunning kick) OU 34 WSU 14
}}

===Statistics===
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==Aftermath==
This game drew one of the lowest attendance numbers in the modern history of the Rose Bowl. It was the first time that the stadium held less than the nominal capacity for the Rose Bowl game since before the [[1947 Rose Bowl]] and the agreement between the [[Pacific Coast Conference|Pacific Coast]] and Big Ten conferences. The [[1944 Rose Bowl|1944]] game had the third smallest crowd played in the Rose Bowl stadium at 68,000. The [[1931 Rose Bowl|1931]] edition had the second smallest crowd at 60,000. The smallest crowd at the Rose Bowl stadium was the [[1934 Rose Bowl]] at 35,000. Former University of Michigan coach [[Bo Schembechler]] remarked, "Didn't watch it," when asked what he thought of this game and also about the Nebraska-Miami Rose Bowl the previous year<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>

During the [[2010–13 NCAA conference realignment|early 2010s cycle of conference realignment]], the Pac-10 eyed six Big 12 members as possible additions to the conference, including Oklahoma.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/sports/07conference.html?ref=sports|title = Pacific-10 and Big Ten Step Toward Expansion|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 7 June 2010|last1 = Thamel|first1 = Pete |author-link=Pete Thamel}}</ref> However, the only Big 12 school that joined the Pac-10 (now the Pac-12) was Colorado, which returned to the Big 12 in [[2024 Colorado Buffaloes football team|2024]] after failing to win the Pac-12 in its 13 seasons there (2011-23).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pac-10.org/genrel/061010aaa.html |title = University of Colorado Joins Pac-10 - PAC-10 OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE  |access-date=2010-06-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612014215/http://www.pac-10.org/genrel/061010aaa.html |archive-date=2010-06-12 }}</ref>

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