USC 10 Michigan 3
Bo Schembechler, destined to coach a Rose Bowl team more times than anyone else in the game's history (10 appearances), makes a losing 10-3 debut in a hospital bed as USC (9-0-1) frustrates 8-2 Michigan. Bo suffers a heart attack the eve of the game and turns the team over to assistant Jim Young who sees Trojan Ron Ayala kick a 25-yard field goal and Bob Chandler score on a 33-yard pass play from Jimmy Jones. The best Michigan can accomplish is a 20-yard field goal by Tim Killian. McKay credits a six-man front on defense for the victory, big Tony Terry added to the "Wild Bunch" consisting of Jimmy Gunn, Charlie Weaver, Al Cowlings, Tody Smith and Bubba Scott.