Playoff Quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl Game: Alabama vs. Indiana

Thursday, January 1, 2026 | 4 p.m. ET No. 9 Seed Alabama vs. No. 1 Seed Indiana Rose Bowl Stadium | Pasadena, California

No. 1 seed Indiana will face No. 9 seed Alabama on Thursday, January 1 at 4 p.m. ET. The game will be televised by ESPN.

Indiana returns to the College Football Playoff for the second straight season and second time in program history. The Crimson Tide, which is making its ninth CFP appearance in program history, advanced to the Playoff Quarterfinals after a 34-24 first-round victory at No. 8 Oklahoma.

This will mark the first-ever meeting between Indiana and Alabama.

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NO. 9 SEED ALABAMA

NO. 1 SEED INDIANA

ABOUT THE CRIMSON TIDE
Roster \| Coaches \| Schedule and Results \| Stats Record: 11-3 Overall, 7-1 SEC Game Notes \| Media Guide

2025-26 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
Date	Opponent	Score
Aug. 30	at Florida State	L 17-31
Sept. 6	ULM	W 73-0
Sept. 13	Wisconsin	W 38-14
Sept. 27	at Georgia	W 24-21
Oct. 4	Vanderbilt	W 30-14
Oct. 11	at Missouri	W 27-24
Oct. 18	Tennessee	W 37-20
Oct. 25	at South Carolina	W 29-22
Nov. 8	LSU	W 20-9
Nov. 15	Oklahoma	L 21-23
Nov. 22	Eastern Illinois	W 56-0
Nov. 29	at Auburn	W 27-20
Dec. 6	vs. Georgia	L 7-28
Dec. 19	at Oklahoma	W 34-24
Dec. 31	vs. Indiana	TBD

MEDIA COVERAGE
Official Site: RollTide.com \| Football \| CFP Central Conference Site: SECSports.com \| Football

ALABAMA IN THE POSTSEASON (43-27-3)
Date	Bowl	Opponent	Score
Jan. 1, 1926	Rose	Washington	W 20-19
Jan. 1, 1927	Rose	Stanford	T 7-7
Jan. 1, 1931	Rose	Washington State	W 24-0
Jan. 1, 1935	Rose	Stanford	W 29-13
Jan. 1, 1938	Rose	California	L 0-13
Jan. 1, 1942	Cotton	Texas A&M	W 29-21
Jan. 1, 1943	Orange	Boston College	W 37-21
Jan. 1, 1945	Sugar	Duke	L 26-29
Jan. 1, 1946	Rose	USC	W 34-14
Jan. 1, 1948	Sugar	Texas	L 7-27
Jan. 1, 1953	Orange	Syracuse	W 61-6
Jan. 1, 1954	Cotton	Rice	L 6-28
Dec. 19, 1959	Liberty	Penn State	L 0-7
Dec. 17, 1960	Bluebonnet	Texas	T 3-3
Jan. 1, 1962	Sugar	Arkansas	W 10-3
Jan. 1, 1963	Orange	Oklahoma	W 17-0
Jan. 1, 1964	Sugar	Ole Miss	W 12-7
Jan. 1, 1965	Orange	Texas	L 17-21
Jan. 1, 1966	Orange	Nebraska	W-39-28
Jan. 2, 1967	Sugar	Nebraska	W 34-7
Jan. 1, 1968	Cotton	Texas A&M	L 16-20
Dec. 28, 1968	Gator	Missouri	L 10-35
Dec. 13, 1969	Liberty	Colorado	L 33-47
Dec. 31, 1970	Bluebonnet	Oklahoma	T 24-24
Jan. 1, 1972	Orange	Nebraska	L 6-38
Jan. 1, 1973	Cotton	Texas	L 13-17
Dec. 31, 1973	Sugar	Notre Dame	L 23-24
Jan. 1, 1975	Orange	Notre Dame	L 11-13
Dec. 31, 1975	Sugar	Penn State	W 13-6
Dec. 20, 1976	Liberty	UCLA	W 36-6
Jan. 2, 1978	Sugar	Ohio State	W 35-6
Jan. 1, 1979	Sugar	Penn State	W 14-7
Jan. 1, 1980	Sugar	Arkansas	W 24-9
Jan. 1, 1981	Cotton	Baylor	W 30-2
Jan. 1, 1982	Cotton	Texas	L 12-14
Dec. 29, 1982	Liberty	IllinoisW	1 21-5
Dec. 24, 1983	Sun	SMU	W 28-7
Dec. 28, 1985	Aloha	USC	W 24-3
Dec. 25, 1986	Sun	Washington	W 28-6
Jan. 2, 1988	Hall of Fame	Michigan	L 24-28
Dec. 24, 1988	Sun	Army	W 29-28
Jan. 1, 1990	Sugar	Miami	L 25-33
Jan. 1, 1991	Fiesta	Louisville	L 7-34
Dec. 28, 1991	Blockbuster	Colorado	W 30-25
Jan. 1, 1993	Sugar	Miami	W 34-13
Dec. 31, 1993	Gator	North Carolina	W 24-10
Jan. 2, 1995	Citrus	Ohio State	W 24-17
Jan. 1, 1997	Outback	Michigan	W 17-14
Dec. 28, 1998	Music City	Virginia Tech	L 7-38
Jan. 1, 2000	Orange	Michigan	34-35 (OT)
Dec. 27, 2001	Independence	Iowa State	W 14-13
Dec. 31, 2004	Music City	Minnesota	L 16-20
Jan. 2, 2005	Cotton	Texas Tech	W 13-10*
Dec. 28, 2006	Independence	Oklahoma State	L 31-34
Dec. 30, 2007	Independence	Colorado	W 30-24
Jan. 2, 2009	Sugar	Utah	L 17-31
Jan. 7, 2010	BCS National Championship	Texas	W 37-21
Jan. 1, 2011	Capital One	Michigan State	W 49-7
Jan. 9, 2012	BCS National Championship	LSU	W 21-0
Jan. 7, 2013	BCS National Championship	Notre Dame	W 42-14
Jan. 2, 2014	Sugar	Oklahoma	L 31-45
Jan. 1, 2015	Playoff Semifinal at the Sugar	Ohio State	L 35-42
Dec. 31, 2015	Playoff Semifinal at the Cotton	Michigan State	W 38-0
Jan. 11, 2016	CFP National Championship	Clemson	W 45-40
Dec. 31, 2016	Peach	Washington	W 24-7
Jan. 9, 2017	CFP National Championship	Clemson	L 31-35
2017	Playoff Semifinal at the Sugar	Clemson	W 24-6
Jan. 8, 2018	CFP National Championship	Georgia	W 26-23 (OT)
Dec. 29, 2018	Playoff Semifinal at the Orange	Oklahoma	W 45-34
Jan. 7, 2019	CFP National Championship	Clemson	L 16-44
Jan. 1, 2019	Citrus	Michigan	W 35-16
Jan. 1, 2021	Playoff Semifinal at the Rose	Notre Dame	W 31-14
Jan. 11, 2021	CFP National Championship	Ohio State	W 52-24
Dec. 31, 2021	Playoff Semifinal at the Cotton	Cincinnati	W 27-6
Jan. 10, 2022	CFP National Championship	Georgia	L 18-33
Dec. 31, 2022	Sugar	Kansas State	W 45-20
Jan. 1, 2023	Playoff Semifinal at the Rose	Michigan	L 20-27 (OT)
Dec. 31, 2024	ReliaQuest	Michigan	L 13-19
Dec. 19, 2025	CFP First Round	at Oklahoma	W 34-24
Jan. 1, 2026	Playoff Quarterfinal at the Rose	vs. Indiana	TBD

* - Win later vacated due to NCAA ruling

ABOUT THE HOOSIERS
Roster \| Coaches \| Schedule and Results \| Stats Record: 13-0 Overall, 9-0 Big Ten Game Notes \| Media Guide

2025-26 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
Date	Opponent	Score
Aug. 30	Old Dominion	W 27-14
Sept. 6	Kennesaw State	W 56-9
Sept. 12	Indiana State	W 73-0
Sept. 20	Illinois	W 63-10
Sept. 27	at Iowa	W 20-15
Oct. 11	at Oregon	W 30-20
Oct. 18	Michigan State	W 38-13
Oct. 25	UCLA	W 56-6
Nov. 1	at Maryland	W 55-10
Nov. 8	at Penn State	W 27-24
Nov. 15	Wisconsin	W 31-7
Nov. 28	at Purdue	W 56-3
Dec. 6	vs. Ohio State	W 13-10
Jan. 1	vs. Alabama	TBD

MEDIA COVERAGE
Official Site: IUHoosiers.com \| Football \| CFP Central Conference Site: BigTen.org \| Football

INDIANA IN THE POSTSEASON (3-11)
Date	Bowl	Opponent	Score
Jan. 1, 1968	Rose	USC	L 3-14
Dec. 21, 1979	Holiday	BYU	W 38-27
Dec. 31, 1986	All-American	Florida State	L 13-27
Jan. 2, 1988	Peach	Tennessee	L 22-27
Dec. 28, 1988	Liberty	South Carolina	W 34-10
Dec. 30, 1990	Peach	Auburn	L 23-27
Dec. 31, 1991	Copper	Baylor	W 24-0
Dec. 31, 1993	Independence	Virginia Tech	L 20-45
Dec. 31, 2007	Insight	Oklahoma State	L 33-49
Dec. 26, 2015	Pinstripe	Duke	L 41-44
Dec. 28, 2016	Foster Farms	Utah	L 24-26
Jan. 2, 2020	Gator	Tennessee	L 22-23
Jan. 2, 2021	Outback	Ole Miss	L 22-26
Dec. 20, 2024	CFP First Round	at Notre Dame	L 17-27
Jan. 1, 2026	Playoff Quarterfinal at the Rose	TBD	TBD

ALL-TIME ROSE BOWL RESULTS

DATE	SCORE	ATTENDANCE	PLAYER(S) OF THE GAME
January 1, 2025^	Ohio State 41 Oregon 21	66,881	Jeremiah Smith, Ohio State Cody Simon, Ohio State
January 1, 2024~	Michigan 27 Alabama 20	96,371	J.J. McCarthy, Michigan Mason Graham, Michigan
January 2, 2023	Penn State 35 Utah 21	94,873	Sean Clifford, Penn State Ji’Ayir Brown, Penn State
January 1, 2022	Ohio State 48 Utah 45	87,842	Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ohio State Tommy Eichenberg, Ohio State
January 1, 2021~%	Alabama 31 Notre Dame 14	18,373	DeVonta Smith, Alabama Patrick Surtain II, Alabama
January 1, 2020	Oregon 28 Wisconsin 27	90,462	Justin Herbert, Oregon Brady Breeze, Oregon
January 1, 2019	Ohio State 28 Washington 23	91,853	Dwayne Haskins, Ohio State Brendon White, Ohio State
January 1, 2018~	Georgia 54 Oklahoma 48 (2OT)	92,844	Sony Michel, Georgia Roquan Smith, Georgia
January 2, 2017	Southern California 52 Penn State 49	95,128	Sam Darnold, Southern California Stevie Tu’ikolovatu, Southern California
January 1, 2016	Stanford 45 Iowa 16	94,268	Christian McCaffrey, Stanford Aziz Shittu, Stanford
January 1, 2015~	Oregon 59 Florida State 20	91,322	Marcus Mariota, Oregon Tony Washington, Oregon
January 1, 2014	Michigan State 24 Stanford 20	95,173	Connor Cook, Michigan State Kyler Elsworth, Michigan State
January 1, 2013	Stanford 20 Wisconsin 14	93,359	Stepfan Taylor, Stanford Usua Amanam, Stanford
January 2, 2012	Oregon 45 Wisconsin 38	91,245	Lavasier Tuinei, Oregon Kiko Alonso, Oregon
January 1, 2011	TCU 21 Wisconsin 19	94,118	Andy Dalton, TCU Tank Carder, TCU
January 1, 2010	Ohio State 26 Oregon 17	93,963	Terrelle Pryor, Ohio State Kenny Rowe, Oregon
January 1, 2009	Southern California 38 Penn State 24	93,923	Mark Sanchez, Southern California Kaluka Maiava, Southern California
January 1, 2008	Southern California 49 Illinois 17	93,923	John David Booty, Southern California Rey Maualuga, Southern California
January 1, 2007	Southern California 32 Michigan 18	93,852	Dwayne Jarrett, Southern California Brian Cushing, Southern California
January 4, 2006#*	Texas 41 Southern California 38	93,986	Vince Young, Texas Michael Huff, Texas
January 1, 2005	Texas 38 Michigan 37	93,468	Vince Young, Texas LaMarr Woodley, Michigan
January 1, 2004	Southern California 28 Michigan 14	93,849	Matt Leinart, Southern California
January 1, 2003	Oklahoma 34 Washington State 14	86,848	Nate Hybl, Oklahoma
January 3, 2002#	Miami 37 Nebraska 14	93,781	Ken Dorsey, Miami Andre Johnson, Miami
January 1, 2001	Washington 34 Purdue 24	94,392	Marques Tuiasosopo, Washington
January 1, 2000	Wisconsin 17 Stanford 9	93,731	Ron Dayne, Wisconsin
January 1, 1999	Wisconsin 38 UCLA 31	93,872	Ron Dayne, Wisconsin
January 1, 1998	Michigan 21 Washington State 16	101,219	Brian Griese, Michigan
January 1, 1997	Ohio State 20 Arizona State 17	100,635	Joe Germaine, Ohio State
January 1, 1996	Southern California 41 Northwestern 32	100,102	Keyshawn Johnson, Southern California
January 2, 1995	Penn State 38 Oregon 20	102,247	Ki-Jana Carter, Penn State Danny O’Neil, Oregon
January 1, 1994	Wisconsin 21 UCLA 16	101,237	Brent Moss, Wisconsin
January 1, 1993	Michigan 38 Washington 31	94,236	Tyrone Wheatley, Michigan
January 1, 1992	Washington 34 Michigan 14	103,566	Steve Emtman, Washington Billy Joe Hobert, Washington
January 1, 1991	Washington 46 Iowa 34	101,273	Mark Brunell, Washington
January 1, 1990	Southern California 17 Michigan 10	103,450	Ricky Ervin, Southern California
January 2, 1989	Michigan 22 Southern California 14	101,688	Leroy Hoard, Michigan
January 1, 1988	Michigan State 20 Southern California 17	103,047	Percy Snow, Michigan State
January 1, 1987	Arizona State 22 Michigan 15	103,168	Jeff Van Raaphorst, Arizona State
January 1, 1986	UCLA 45 Iowa 28	103,292	Eric Ball, UCLA
January 1, 1985	Southern California 20 Ohio State 17	102,594	Jack Del Rio, Southern California Tim Green, Southern California
January 2, 1984	UCLA 45 Illinois 9	103,217	Rick Neuheisel, UCLA
January 1, 1983	UCLA 24 Michigan 14	104,991	Tom Ramsey, UCLA Don Rogers, UCLA
January 1, 1982	Washington 28 Iowa 0	105,611	Jacque Robinson, Washington
January 1, 1981	Michigan 23 Washington 6	104,863	Butch Woolfolk, Michigan
January 1, 1980	Southern California 17 Ohio State 16	105,526	Charles White, Southern California
January 1, 1979	Southern California 17 Michigan 10	105,629	Rick Leach, Michigan Charles White, Southern California
January 2, 1978	Washington 27 Michigan 20	105,312	Warren Moon, Washington
January 1, 1977	Southern California 14 Michigan 6	106,182	Vince Evans, Southern California
January 1, 1976	UCLA 23 Ohio State 10	105,464	John Sciarra, UCLA
January 1, 1975	Southern California 18 Ohio State 17	105,721	Pat Haden, Southern California John K. McKay, Southern California
January 1, 1974	Ohio State 42 Southern California 21	105,267	Cornelius Green, Ohio State
January 1, 1973	Southern California 42 Ohio State 17	106,869	Sam Cunningham, Southern California
January 1, 1972	Stanford 13 Michigan 12	103,154	Don Bunce, Stanford
January 1, 1971	Stanford 27 Ohio State 17	103,839	Jim Plunkett, Stanford
January 1, 1970	Southern California 10 Michigan 3	103,878	Bob Chandler, Southern California
January 1, 1969	Ohio State 27 Southern California 16	102,063	Rex Kern, Ohio State
January 1, 1968	Southern California 14 Indiana 3	102,946	O.J. Simpson, Southern California
January 2, 1967	Purdue 14 Southern California 13	101,455	John Charles, Purdue
January 1, 1966	UCLA 14 Michigan State 12	100,087	Bob Stiles, UCLA
January 1, 1965	Michigan 34 Oregon State 7	100,420	Mel Anthony, Michigan
January 1, 1964	Illinois 17 Washington 7	96,957	Jim Grabowski, Illinois
January 1, 1963	Southern California 42 Wisconsin 37	98,698	Pete Beathard, Southern California Ron Vander Kelen, Wisconsin
January 1, 1962	Minnesota 21 UCLA 3	98,214	Sandy Stephens, Minnesota
January 2, 1961	Washington 17 Minnesota 7	97,314	Bob Schloredt, Washington
January 1, 1960	Washington 44 Wisconsin 8	97,314	George Fleming, Washington Bob Schloredt, Washington
January 1, 1959	Iowa 38 California 12	98,297	Bob Jeter, Iowa
January 1, 1958	Ohio State 10 Oregon 7	98,202	Jack Crabtree, Oregon
January 1, 1957	Iowa 35 Oregon State 19	97,126	Kenneth Ploen, Iowa
January 2, 1956	Michigan State 17 UCLA 14	100,809	Walt Kowalcyzk, Michigan State
January 1, 1955	Ohio State 20 Southern California 7	89,191	Dave Leggett, Ohio State
January 1, 1954	Michigan State 28 UCLA 20	100,500	Billy Wells, Michigan State
January 1, 1953	Southern California 7 Wisconsin 0	101,500	Rudy Bukich, Southern California
January 1, 1952	Illinois 40 Stanford 7	101,000	Bill Tate, Illinois
January 1, 1951	Michigan 14 California 6	98,939	Don Dufek, Michigan
January 2, 1950	Ohio State 17 California 14	100,983	Fred Morrison, Ohio State
January 1, 1949	Northwestern 20 California 14	93,000	Frank Aschenbrenner, Northwestern
January 1, 1948	Michigan 49 Southern California 0	93,000	Bob Chappuis, Michigan
January 1, 1947	Illinois 45 UCLA 14	93,000	Julius Rykovich, Illinois Claude “Buddy” Young, Illinois
January 1, 1946	Alabama 34 Southern California 14	93,000	Harry Gilmer, Alabama
January 1, 1945	Southern California 25 Tennessee 0	91,000	Jim Hardy, Southern California
January 1, 1944	Southern California 29 Washington 0	68,000	Norman Verry, Southern California
January 1, 1943	Georgia 9 UCLA 0	93,000	Charley Trippi, Georgia
January 1, 1942%%	Oregon State 20 Duke 16	56,000	Don Durdan, Oregon State
January 1, 1941	Stanford 21 Nebraska 13	91,000	Pete Kmetovic, Stanford
January 1, 1940	Southern California 14 Tennessee 0	92,200	Ambrose Schindler, Southern California
January 2, 1939	Southern California 7 Duke 3	93,852	Al Krueger, Southern California Doyle Nave, Southern California
January 1, 1938	California 13 Alabama 0	89,650	Vic Bottari, California
January 1, 1937	Pittsburgh 21 Washington 0	87,196	Bill Daddio, Pittsburgh
January 1, 1936	Stanford 7 SMU 0	84,784	Monk Moscript, Stanford Keith Topping, Stanford
January 1, 1935	Alabama 29 Stanford 13	84,474	Dixie Howell, Alabama
January 1, 1934	Columbia 7 Stanford 0	35,000	Cliff Montgomery, Columbia
January 2, 1933	Southern California 35 Pittsburgh 0	85,000	Homer Griffith, Southern California
January 1, 1932	Southern California 21 Tulane 12	75,562	Erny Pinckert, Southern California
January 1, 1931	Alabama 24 Washington State 0	60,000	John Campbell, Alabama
January 1, 1930	Southern California 47 Pittsburgh 14	72,000	Russ Saunders, Southern California
January 1, 1929	Georgia Tech 8 California7	71,000	Benny Lom, California
January 2, 1928	Stanford 7 Pittsburgh 6	70,000	Cliff Hoffman, Stanford
January 1, 1927	Stanford 7 Alabama 7	57,417	Fred Pickhard, Alabama
January 1, 1926	Alabama 20 Washington 19	55,000	Johnny Mack Brown, Alabama George Wilson, Washington
January 1, 1925	Notre Dame 27 Stanford 10	53,000	Elmer Layden, Notre Dame Ernie Nevers, Stanford
January 1, 1924	Washington 14 Navy 14	40,000	Ira McKee, Navy
January 1, 1923	Southern California 14 Penn State 3	52,000	Leo Calland, Southern California
January 2, 1922	California 0 Washington & Jefferson 0	40,000	Russell Stein, Washington & Jefferson
January 1, 1921	California 28 Ohio State 0	42,000	Harold Muller, California
January 1, 1920	Harvard 7 Oregon 6	30,069	Eddie Casey, Harvard
January 1, 1919	Great Lakes - US Navy 17 Mare Island – USMC 0	27,000	George Halas, US Navy
January 1, 1918	Mare Island – USMC 19 Camp Lewis – US Army 7	25,000	Hollis Huntington, USMC
January 1, 1917	Oregon 14 Pennsylvania 0	25,000	John Beckett, Oregon
January 1, 1916	Washington State 14 Brown 0	8,000	Carl Dietz, Washington State
January 1, 1902	Michigan 49 Stanford 0	8,500	Neil Snow, Michigan

^ Playoff Quarterfinal
~ Playoff Semifinal
# BCS National Championship
* Southern California’s participation later vacated
% AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas)
%% Durham, North Carolina

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NO. 9 SEED ALABAMA

NO. 1 SEED INDIANA

ALL-TIME ROSE BOWL RESULTS

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