Illinois 40 Stanford 7
The Big Ten makes it six straight in the Rose Bowl as Ray Eliot returns with an 8-0-1 team to skillfully hand Chuck Taylor's 9-1 Stanford team a 40-7 trouncing. Despite an opening Illini scoring drive featuring Pete Bouchorous and Bill Tate, Stanford lives up to expectations in the first half as Don Sanders blocks Sam Rebecca's conversion try. Pasadena's own Harry Hugasian scores a Stanford touchdown after a Gary Kerkorian passing show to Hugasian, Bill McColl and Ron Cook with Kerkorian's extra point putting Stanford ahead 7-6. Then Stanford collapses during a second half Illinois surge as touchdowns are scored by Tate, twice, John Karras, Don Stevens, and John Ryan. The explosion is launched by a Stan Wallace interception return, Tate winding up with 150 yards in 20 carries.