| Year Game Played: | 2007 |
| Game Name: | Rose Bowl |
| Title Sponsor Suffix: | presented by Citi |
| Subheader: | 93rd Rose Bowl Game |
| Football Season: | 2006 |
| Visitor Name Short: | USC |
| Visitor Nickname: | Trojans |
| Visitor School: | University of Southern California |
| Home Name Short: | Michigan |
| Home Nickname: | Wolverines |
| Home School: | University of Michigan |
| Visitor Record: | 10–2 |
| Visitor Conference: | Pac-10 |
| Home Record: | 11–1 |
| Home Conference: | Big Ten |
| Visitor Coach: | Pete Carroll |
| Home Coach: | Lloyd Carr |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 8 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 7 |
| Visitor Rank Bcs: | 5 |
| Home Rank Ap: | 3 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 3 |
| Home Rank Bcs: | 3 |
| Visitor 1Q: | 3 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 16 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 13 |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 3 |
| Home 3Q: | 0 |
| Home 4Q: | 15 |
| Date Game Played: | January 1 |
| Stadium: | Rose Bowl |
| City: | Pasadena, California |
| Mvp: | Offensive: Dwayne Jarrett (USC WR) Defensive: Brian Cushing (USC OLB) |
| Odds: | Michigan by 1.5 |
| Anthem: | Michigan Marching Band |
| Referee: | Jack Childress (ACC) |
| Halftime: | Michigan Marching Band Spirit of Troy |
| Attendance: | 93,852[1] |
| Payout: | 17 million per team[2] |
| Us Network: | ESPN on ABC |
| Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
| Us Announcers: | Brent Musburger, Bob Davie, Kirk Herbstreit, and Lisa Salters. |
The 2007 Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2007, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. It was the 93rd Rose Bowl Game and part of the 2006–2007 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) at the conclusion of the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. In the game, the University of Southern California Trojans, champions of the Pacific-10 Conference, defeated the University of Michigan Wolverines, second-place finishers in the Big Ten Conference, 32 - 18. USC wide receiver Dwayne Jarrett and USC outside linebacker Brian Cushing were named the Rose Bowl Players of the Game.[3]
Historically, the Rose Bowl has pitted the champions the Big Ten and Pac-10. What made the 2007 Rose Bowl a not-so-traditional matchup is that Michigan entered as the runner-up of the Big Ten. The Big Ten champions, Ohio State, were ranked #1 and instead participated in the 2007 BCS National Championship Game. Michigan won their first 11 games in 2006, but lost their last regular season game to the undefeated Buckeyes in Columbus, 42 - 39.
A moment of silence prior to the national anthem was held in memory of former Michigan center, 38th President of the United States, and 1978 Tournament of Roses Grand Marshal Gerald Ford, who died six days earlier. George Lucas, Southern California alum, the creator of the Star Wars series of films, and 2007 Tournament of Roses Grand Marshal, flipped the coin. The coin used featured Southern California's logo on one on side and Michigan's logo on the other. Neither team called a side as the team's logo that landed up won the coin toss. Southern California deferred after winning the coin toss, and Michigan elected to receive the ball on the kickoff. The game officially started at 2:00 pm PST (UTC−8).
Many times the participants of the Rose Bowl game have been the winners of the respective UCLA–USC rivalry and Michigan-Ohio State rivalry games, although there have been instances where the loser of the rivalry game still won the conference championship. In the 2007 Rose Bowl game, the participants both were the losers of those games, and Michigan was an at-large BCS participant with a second place Big Ten finish.