Mighty Horned Frogs Win Rose Bowl

Mighty Horned Frogs Win Rose Bowl – Baltimore Sun

The TCU Horned Frogs are Rose Bowl champions after defeating the Wisconsin Badgers, 21-19. TCU quarterback Andy Dalton was named Offensive Player of the Game.
Wisconsin lost the coin toss at the beginning of the game — and took the opening kick. The Badgers drove down the field and scored on that first possession with a field goal.

TCU returned fire about midway through the first quarter. They scored a touchdown with a 23-yard pass into the endzone. It culminated a 10-play drive that included six passes.

At the end of Wisconsin’s next drive, runningback John Clay took his first touch in the Rose Bowl into the end zone, pushing the Badgers to a 10-7 lead late in the first quarter.

TCU took its next drive down the field. To cap it off, TCU ran a quarterback sneak into the endzone. It would be the last score of the first quarter.

On the next drive, Wisconsin took the ball down field. But with about 8:30 left in the second quarter, UW failed to complete a 39-yard field goal attempt.

On TCU’s next possession, Wisconsin was able to hold the Horned Frogs. TCU was forced to punt.

Wisconsin capped the first half with a short field goal.

TCU took its first possession of the second half down the field and punched in a two-yard run to score a touchdown. That pushed its lead over Wisconsin to 21-13.

Wisconsin scored a touchdown late in the fourth quarter in the 2011 Rose Bowl. But it failed to complete a two-point conversion to tie the game against TCU. Wisconsin could not convert an on-side kick either.

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