<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Rose Bowl </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <2015 </Td> <Td> 2017> </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2016 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on January 1, 2016 at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California . This 102nd Rose Bowl Game matched the Big Ten Conference West Division champion Iowa Hawkeyes against the Pac - 12 Conference champion Stanford Cardinal . It was one of the 2015--16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season . Sponsored by the Northwestern Mutual financial services organization, the game is officially known as the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual . Stanford defeated Iowa 45--16 to win the championship and the Lathrop K. Leishman trophy . </P> <P> The contest was televised on ESPN with a radio broadcast on ESPN Radio and XM Satellite Radio, which began at 1: 30 PM (PST) with kickoff at 2: 10 PM (PST). The Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association was the organizer of the game . </P>

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