Iowa won the game 24-14, securing the Hawkeyes' first major bowl win since the 1959 Rose Bowl.
The team did not win a bowl since the 1949 Rose Bowl until the 2013 Gator Bowl.
Nebraska, playing in its biggest bowl since the 2002 Rose Bowl, fell to 9-5.
The game was the first between the two schools since the 1902 Rose Bowl which Michigan won by a 49-0 margin.
It was the first Bowl game for the Wildcats since the 1949 Rose Bowl.
Rose Bowl - Annually broadcast since the 1952 Rose Bowl.
The Rose Bowl was set to have its first consensus No. 1 participant since the 1980 Rose Bowl.
The game marked the first bowl game played in the state of North Carolina since the 1942 Rose Bowl.
The Wildcats sought their first postseason win since the 1949 Rose Bowl.
They are the pair who did the 1968 Jets' "Heidi" game, and they hadn't worked together since the 1976 Rose Bowl.
