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The 2005 Rose Bowl Game was the 91st edition of the college football bowl game , held on January 1 , 2005 at the self-named stadium in Pasadena , California .. Rose Bowl. Rose Bowl ( stadium ). Rose Bowl Game. Rose Bowl Game. college football. college football. bowl game. bowl game. self-named stadium. Rose Bowl ( stadium ). The Texas Longhorns , second-place finishers in the Big 12 Conference 's South Division , defeated the Michigan Wolverines , co-champions of the Big Ten Conference , 38-37 .. Texas Longhorns. 2004 Texas Longhorns football team. Big 12 Conference. Big 12 Conference. Michigan Wolverines. 2004 Michigan Wolverines football team. Big Ten Conference. Big Ten Conference. Texas quarterback Vince Young and Michigan linebacker LaMarr Woodley were named the Rose Bowl Players of the Game , the first time that the Rose Bowl separately recognized an offensive and defensive player of the game .. Rose Bowl. Rose Bowl ( stadium ). Vince Young. Vince Young. LaMarr Woodley. LaMarr Woodley. quarterback. quarterback. linebacker. linebacker. The contest marked the first time Texas and Michigan faced each other in football , despite the long history of each school 's football program , and also marked the first Rose Bowl in which a Big Ten team appeared without an opponent from the Pacific-10 Conference .. Rose Bowl. Rose Bowl ( stadium ). Pacific-10 Conference. Pacific-10 Conference. ABC broadcast the game nationally in 720p format , the first time the Rose Bowl was telecast in HDTV in the United States .. Rose Bowl. Rose Bowl ( stadium ). ABC. American Broadcasting Company. 720p. 720p. HDTV. HDTV