Teams currently in the Big Ten and Pac-10 conferences have met in the Rose Bowl ... USC 0 in 1948). Smallest margin of victory: 1 point, three times, most recently in 1980 (USC 17, Ohio State ...

Carroll and his Ohio State defense played well. USC won anyway. Nearly a quarter of a century later -- in the 2004 Rose Bowl -- Carroll would lead USC instead of trying to deny the Trojans a ...