STANFORD, Calif. - Stanford will take on Iowa in the Rose Bowl Game on Jan. 1 at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California.
It will be the first-ever meeting between Stanford (11-2, 8-1 Pac-12) and Iowa (12-1, 8-0 Big Ten), and the fourth straight season the Cardinal will meet a Big Ten Conference opponent in a bowl game.
Stanford is making its school-record seventh straight bowl appearance. The Cardinal won the Pac-12 Conference title for the third time in four years with a 41-22 victory over USC on Saturday night at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. It marked the fifth 11-win season for the Cardinal in the past six years.
This marks Stanford's 15th appearance in the Rose Bowl Game (third-most all-time), and the third trip to Pasadena in four years -- the last time the Cardinal accomplished that feat was a string of three consecutive appearances from 1934-36. The Cardinal won the 2012 edition of the contest over Wisconsin, and fell to Michigan State in 2013.
Iowa won the Big Ten West Division with a perfect record, but fell to No. 3 Michigan State, 16-13, in the Big Ten Championship Game on Saturday in Indianapolis. This is the Hawkeyes' sixth all-time appearance in the Rose Bowl and first since 1991.
The 102nd Rose Bowl Game will be televised nationally on ESPN beginning at 1:30 p.m. PT.
Ticket information can be found on Stanford's Bowl Central page.
