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Article: Ohio State defeats Arizona State, 20-17, in Rose Bowl.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- January 1, 1997
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PASADENA, Calif. _ Jake Plummer had one last shot at a miracle. But the quarterback Arizona State calls ``The Snake'' ran out of clock.
The last miracle in the 83d Rose Bowl finally belonged to Ohio State, which engineered one of the ugliest but guttiest 65-yard drives in the history of ``the Granddaddy of them all'' to defeat Arizona State, 20-17, before a crowd of 100,645.
The No.2 Sun Devils, playing their hearts out in hopes of winning their first national championship, appeared only seconds earlier to have won it. Plummer, on third and goal from the Ohio State 11-yard line, scrambled and slithered his way to a touchdown with 1 minute, 40 ...