Rose Bowl Hall of Fame
2005 and 2006 Rose Bowl Games
2018 Inductee
Quarterback Vince Young, who led the Texas Longhorns to back-to-back Rose Bowl Game victories in 2005 and 2006, is one of only four players to win Rose Bowl Player of the Game honors twice.
Against Michigan in 2005, Young threw for 186 yards and a touchdown, while adding 192 yards and four touchdowns on the ground in Texas’ 38–37 victory. The following year, in what is widely regarded as one of the greatest bowl games ever played, Young led the Longhorns to a 41–38 come-from-behind win over the USC Trojans to win the BCS national championship. In the victory, Young managed to outdo his numbers from the previous year as he completed 30-of-40 passes for 267 yards, rushed for 200 yards on 19 carries, and scored three touchdowns. He rallied the Longhorns from a 12-point deficit with less than seven minutes left in the game.
Young set Rose Bowl Game records for total yards (467 in 2006, since broken), rushing yards by a quarterback (200 in 2006), touchdowns responsible for (five to tie the record in 2005), and points responsible for (30 in 2005, since tied).
