2017 Rose Bowl

The 2017 Rose Bowl will be a college football bowl game that will be played on January 2, 2017 at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California.^[3] This 103rd Rose Bowl Game will match the Big Ten Conference champions against the Pac-12 Conference champions (so long as either of those champions does not make the College Football Playoff. It will be one of the 2016–17 bowl games that will conclude the 2016 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Northwestern Mutual financial services organization, the game is officially known as the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual. The winner of the game will receive the Lathrop K. Leishman trophy.

The contest will be televised on ESPN with a radio broadcast on ESPN Radio and XM Satellite Radio, which begins at 1:30 PM (PST) with kickoff at 2:10 PM (PST). The Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association is the organizer of the game.

The Rose Bowl Game is a contractual sell-out, with 64,500 tickets allocated to the participating teams and conferences. The remaining tickets will be distributed to the Tournament of Roses members, sponsors, City of Pasadena residents, and the general public. Ticket prices will be $150 and $185.

The bowl game will be preceded by the 2017 Rose Parade, the 128th annual Rose Parade which will begin at 8 a.m. Pacific Time on Monday, January 2, 2017 with a Theme of "Echoes of Success" ^[4]

Pre-game activities

The game will be presided over by the 2017 Rose Queen, the Royal Court, Tournament of Roses President Brad Ratliff, and the Grand Marshals Janet Evans, Allyson Felix, and Greg Louganis.

After the teams' arrival in Southern California, the teams will participate in the traditional Lawry's Beef Bowl in Beverly Hills and the Disney Media Day at the Disneyland Resort in nearby Anaheim. The Rose Bowl Hall of Fame ceremony luncheon will be held prior to the game at the Pasadena Convention Center, where outstanding former players and participants will be inducted into the hall.

The bands and cheerleaders from both schools will participate in the pre-game Rose Parade on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California along with the floats.

Teams

The teams playing in the Rose Bowl game will be the highest ranking teams from the Pac-12 Conference and Big Ten Conference that were not selected to play in a College Football Playoff semifinal game. The teams will be officially selected by the football committee of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association on Selection Sunday on December 4, 2016, based on the final rankings by the CFP committee.

Related events

Selection Sunday, December 4, 2016^[5]
Disneyland Resort Press Conference
Lawry's Beef Bowl
Hall of Fame ceremony, Rose Bowl, January 1, 2017 - 12:00 PM
Rose Bowl Game Public Tailgate, January 2, 2017

References

↑ "2015 Rose Bowl: Stanford vs. Iowa Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
↑ Media Guide, Tournament of Roses Association, December 2015
↑ Rose Bowl quick facts Archived December 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine., TournamentofRoses.com
↑ "Rose Parade 2017 - 128th Rose Parade presented by HONDA".
↑ All Events, Tournament of Roses Association, January 15, 2015

External links

Official website

2016–17 NCAA football bowl game season

New Mexico (Dec. 17) Las Vegas (Dec. 17) Camellia (Dec. 17) Cure (Dec. 17) New Orleans (Dec. 17) Miami Beach (Dec. 19) Boca Raton (Dec. 20) Poinsettia (Dec. 21) Famous Idaho Potato (Dec. 22) Armed Forces (Dec. 23) Bahamas (Dec. 23) Dollar General (Dec. 23) Hawaii (Dec. 24) Quick Lane (Dec. 26) St. Petersburg (Dec. 26) Independence (Dec. 26) Heart of Dallas (Dec. 27) Military (Dec. 27) Cactus (Dec. 27) Holiday (Dec. 27) Russell Athletic (Dec. 28) Pinstripe (Dec. 28) Texas (Dec. 28) Foster Farms (Dec. 28) Alamo (Dec. 29) Birmingham (Dec. 29) Belk (Dec. 29) Orange (Dec. 30) Liberty (Dec. 30) Arizona (Dec. 30) Music City (Dec. 30) Sun (Dec. 30) TaxSlayer (Dec. 31) Citrus (Dec. 31) Outback (Jan. 2) Rose (Jan. 2) Sugar (Jan. 2) Cotton (Jan. 2)

College Football Playoff games: Peach (semifinal) (Dec. 31) Fiesta (semifinal) (Dec. 31) National Championship Game (Jan. 9)

All-Star Games: 2017 East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 21) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl (Jan. 21) Senior Bowl (Jan. 28)

Rose Bowl Game

History & conference tie-ins	History Rose Bowl Stadium College Football Playoff Broadcasters Big Ten Conference Pac-12 Conference

Games	1902 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Notes	No games were held from 1903 to 1915. The 1942 game was played at Duke Stadium in Durham, NC due to the attack on Pearl Harbor. The game was also the national title game for the Bowl Championship Series in 2002 and 2006. The game was a College Football Playoff semifinal in its 2015 edition.

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