| Year Game Played: | 1957 |
| Game Name: | Rose Bowl |
| Subheader: | 43rd Rose Bowl Game |
| Football Season: | 1956 |
| Visitor Name Short: | Oregon State |
| Visitor Nickname: | Beavers |
| Visitor School: | Oregon State College |
| Home Name Short: | Iowa |
| Home Nickname: | Hawkeyes |
| Home School: | University of Iowa |
| Visitor Record: | 7 - 2 - 1 |
| Visitor Conference: | Pacific Coast |
| Home Record: | 8 - 1 |
| Home Conference: | Big Ten |
| Visitor Coach: | Tommy Prothro |
| Home Coach: | Forest Evashevski |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 10 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 13 |
| Home Rank Ap: | 3 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 3 |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 6 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 6 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
| Home 1Q: | 14 |
| Home 2Q: | 7 |
| Home 3Q: | 7 |
| Home 4Q: | 7 |
| Date Game Played: | January 1 |
| Stadium: | Rose Bowl |
| City: | Pasadena, California |
| Mvp: | Ken Ploen (Iowa QB) |
| Odds: | Iowa by 8 to 9 points[1] [2] |
| Referee: | John Kennedy (Pacific Coast; split crew: Pacific Coast, Big Ten) |
| Attendance: | 97,126 |
| Us Network: | NBC (B/W) 54.9 million viewers. |
| Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
| Us Announcers: | Mel Allen, Lee Giroux |
The 1957 Rose Bowl was the 43rd edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Tuesday, January 1. The third-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference defeated the #10 Oregon State Beavers of the Pacific Coast Conference by a score of 35 - 19,[3] [4] [5] [6] in a rematch of a regular season contest in early October at Iowa City, where the home team rallied to win, 14–13.[7]
Iowa quarterback Ken Ploen was named the Player of the Game.
This was the first trip to Pasadena for both teams: it was Iowa's first bowl appearance and Oregon State's second. The Beavers won the Rose Bowl fifteen years earlier in January 1942, which was moved to Durham, North Carolina.
Ploen completed nine of ten passes and rushed for 59 yards, including a 49-yard run for Iowa's first score. Collins Hagler scored twice for the Hawkeyes, the second on a 66-yard run. For Oregon State, Joe Francis ran for 73 yards and was ten of twelve passing for 73 yards and a touchdown. The Beavers were hurt by three fumbles, two in the first seven minutes, and both led to Iowa touchdowns.[8] The Hawkeyes led 21–6 at halftime and were up by 23 points early in the fourth quarter. OSC closed the margin to sixteen points with under ten minutes remaining, but that was the last of the scoring and Iowa won 35–19.