1943 Rose Bowl - wikipedia 1943 Rose Bowl 1943 Rose Bowl 29th Rose Bowl Game Georgia Bulldogs UCLA Bruins ( 10 -- 1 ) ( 7 -- 3 ) 9 0 Head coach : Wally Butts Head coach : Edwin C. Horrell AP AP 13 Total Georgia 0 0 0 9 9 UCLA 0 0 0 0 0 Date January 1, 1943 Season 1942 Stadium Rose Bowl Location Pasadena, California MVP Charley Trippi, Georgia National anthem UCLA Band Halftime show UCLA Band, Pasadena City College band Attendance 93,000 Rose Bowl < 1942 1944 > The 1943 Rose Bowl game, played on January 1, 1943, was the 29th Rose Bowl game. The University of Georgia Bulldogs defeated the UCLA Bruins 9 - 0. The game returned to the Rose Bowl stadium after being played at Duke Stadium the year before. Charley Trippi of Georgia was named the Rose Bowl Player of the Game when the award was created in 1953 and selections were made retroactively. After the 1942 Allied victory in the Battle of Midway and the end of the Japanese offensives in the Pacific Theater during 1942, it was deemed that the West Coast was no longer vulnerable to attack, and the Rose Bowl game continued on in the Rose Bowl Stadium. Few Georgia fans were able to make the trip because of travel restrictions. There were a large number of military servicemen in attendance. The Tournament of Roses parade itself still was not held due to the war. Due to the number of American servicemen stationed in Australia, the game was broadcast live on Australian radio. Contents 1 Teams 1.1 UCLA Bruins 1.2 Georgia Bulldogs 2 Scoring summary 2.1 First quarter 2.2 Second quarter 2.3 Third quarter 2.4 Fourth quarter 2.5 Statistics 3 Aftermath 4 References 5 External links Teams See also : 1942 college football season UCLA Bruins UCLA won the Pacific Coast Conference title for the first time in school history. The Bruins also won their first victory in the UCLA -- USC rivalry. This Rose Bowl game was the first appearance for the Bruins in the post season since their Poi Bowl ( later the Pineapple Bowl ) victory in 1939. The previous season saw UCLA and USC tie 7 - 7 in a matchup of lower tier teams. They had played that year on the eve of America 's entry into World War II, on December 6, 1941. In 1942, the Bruins and Trojans met with the Rose Bowl on the line for both teams. On December 12, 1942, UCLA defeated USC for the first time 14 - 7. Georgia Bulldogs The Tournament of Roses committee were responsible for selecting and inviting the opposing team. Georgia was the number two team in the nation behind number 1 Ohio State. The Western Conference, forerunner of the Big Ten Conference, did not permit their teams to play in bowl games until the 1946 agreement between the Big Ten and Pacific Coast Conference. The Bulldogs featured 1942 Heisman Trophy winner Frank Sinkwich, Maxwell Award winner Charley Trippi, and Jim Todd ( Laurens, SC ) backing up Trippi. The Bulldogs had been named national champions by the Berryman, DeVold, Houlgate, Litkenhous, Poling, and Williamson polls. Georgia had played their first bowl game the previous year, the 1942 Orange Bowl. Scoring summary The Temperature was 72 and sunny in Pasadena. UCLA wore gold helmets, white jerseys, and gold pants. Georgia had silver helmets, red jerseys, and gray pants. Both teams went scoreless until the fourth quarter. The Bulldogs had 25 first downs to the Bruins ' 5. In the fourth quarter, the Bruins were backed up against the south goal line. Bob Waterfield attempted the punt 10 yards back from the line of scrimmage as was the custom at the time. The punt was blocked out of the end zone. First quarter No score Second quarter No score Third quarter No score Fourth quarter Georgia -- Willard `` Red '' Boyd blocks Bob Waterfield 's punt out of bounds for an automatic safety. Georgia -- Frank Sinkwich, one - yard run. Leo Costa converts. Statistics Team Stats Georgia UCLA First Downs 22 Net Yards Rushing 212 88 Net Yards Passing 167 69 Total Yards 379 157 PC -- PA -- Int. 12 -- 30 -- 2 4 -- 15 -- 4 Punts Avg. 34 34.6 Aftermath The UCLA Bruins had 5 first downs to Georgia 's 25 and were regarded as no match for the Bulldogs. The Bruins were considered lucky to have held Georgia to 9 points. Georgia coach Wally Butts was reportedly sweating over the Bruins ' defense during the game. A spectator in the stadium died of a heart attack during the game. The Georgia team remained in town a day to celebrate after the game. The team got a studio tour and met with Hollywood stars. The UCLA team also received star attention. UCLA fans Mickey Rooney and Ava Gardner rented the Cocoanut Grove Ballroom at the Ambassador Hotel for a party for the Bruins football team. Charley Trippi of Georgia was named the Rose Bowl Player of the Game when the award was created in 1953 and selections were made retroactively. Lynn `` Buck '' Compton, who played for UCLA, and started at guard in the game, later earned a Silver Star for his meritorious action at Brécourt Manor. The action was later dramatized in episode two of the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. According to Lynn `` Buck '' Compton ( See `` Call of Duty '' by Lt. Lynn Buck Compton, Life, before, during, and after the `` Band of Brothers ), shortly after the game, the entire Senior Class of those players, who were also in ROTC, were taken into the military, prior to graduation and sent to Officer Candidate School. Buck went on to Ft. Benning Georgia. Because of the agreement made in 1946 by what are now the Big Ten and the Pac - 12 Conferences ( and their respective predecessors ), this was Georgia 's lone appearance in the Rose Bowl game until the agreements that starting in the 1998 season, the Rose Bowl would be part of any national championship format. That agreement meant Georgia would not appear until the 2018 game, when they were the third seed in the College Football Playoff in the year the game was a semifinal game. For the 2008 Rose Bowl, a hopeful matchup was examined that Georgia might play USC, but the Sugar Bowl would not give up the Bulldogs. During World War II, UCLA left end Milt `` Snuffy '' Smith was critically injured when his crew was struck by a missile. When he was about to be declared a hopeless case and to be abandoned, a medic saw his `` Rose Bowl, 1943 '' engraved wrist watch he was wearing and shouted, `` This is one guy we 've got to save. '' Smith recovered after 18 months of hospitalization. Georgia would not return to the Rose Bowl game until January 1, 2018 -- an absence of 75 years. References Jump up ^ Official 2007 NCAA Division I football records book -- PDF copy available at NCAA.org ^ Jump up to : 2008 Rose Bowl Program Archived 2008 - 03 - 06 at the Wayback Machine., 2008 Rose Bowl. Accessed January 26, 2008. ^ Jump up to : University of Georgia Living History -- Leo Costa Interview. University of Georgia, June 11, 2008 Jump up ^ Rose Bowl Contest Thrills Crowd of 90,000 Rooters Rabid. During Game Servicemen Plentiful in Massive Throng at Colorful Display. Los Angeles Times, Pg A13. January 2, 1943. Jump up ^ GENE SHERMAN -- Rose Parade Goes to War. Spirit of Bond Drive Insures Return of Great Floral Pageant. Los Angeles Times, January 2, 1943. Quote : Once again yesterday war 's ugly shadow stretched long across Colorado St. and there was no Tournament of Roses on New Year 's Day in Pasadena. Jump up ^ `` U.S.A. FOOTBALL BROADCAST. '' The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 January 1943. p. 7. Retrieved 21 March 2014 -- via National Library of Australia. Jump up ^ Poi Bowl Jump up ^ Zimmerman, Paul -- Trojans Slight Favorites Over Bruin Eleven Today. Troy Eleven Doped to Win Bruins and S.C. to Clash Today Before 65,000 Fans in Coliseum Battle. Los Angeles Times, December 6, 1941. A couple of victory - starved teams named U.C.L.A. and Southern California rally their squads of unsung football heroes at Memorial Coliseum today for a last stand. Jump up ^ Zimmerman, Paul -- Bruins Get Rose Bowl Bid With 14 - 7 Win Over Troy. Troy Bows to Bruins Westwood Boys Defeat Cross-town Foes for First Time in History. Los Angeles Times, December 13, 1941 Those indomitable Bruins of U.C.L.A. finally broke the shackles of the Southern California Trojans yesterday and at the same time hammered down the fettered gates to the Rose Bowl. Jump up ^ National Climatic Data Center, Record of Climatogical Observations. Pasadena, California, for Jan 1, 1943 Jump up ^ UCLA 's Bob Waterfield has his punt blocked by Georgia 's Willard Boyd on the first play of the fourth quarter of the 1943 Rose Bowl game ( photo ). Los Angeles Times, January 2, 1943 Photo by Charley Strite, Notes : `` The ball rolled out of the end zone for a safety. The Los Angeles Times reported that the game was a moral victory because the Bruins held the heavily favored Bulldogs to only nine points. '' In film of the game, photographer Strite can be seen moving to stand right next to the goalpost to take the photograph. Jump up ^ Troy, Jack -- Atlanta Scribe Lauds Bruins ' Game Fight. Los Angeles Times, pg A13, January 2, 1943. Notes `` A Bruin is no match for a Bulldog. This was proved beyond the shadow of a doubt or the shadows that lengthened in the del arroyo sector yesterday afternoon as Georgia walloped U.C.L.A., 9 to 0. and in so doing roiled up 23 first downs to only 5. '' Jack Troy was a journalist with the Atlanta Constitution Jump up ^ Braven, Dyer -- Georgia Team Called Great in Action Packed Tilt, Game Thrills 90,000 Fans, U.C.L.A. Considered Lucky to Hold Score Down to 9 Points. Los Angeles Times, January 2, 1943. Notes : `` The chap who wrote `` Georgia on My Mind '' must have been thinking about the great Dixie football team which defeated U.C.L.A., 9 to 0, yesterday in the famed Rose Bowl. '' Jump up ^ Wolf, Al -- Babe Horrell Lauds Victorious Bulldogs Trippi Praised as Best Back Bruins ' Coach Says Georgia Best Team His Boys Met All Season. Los Angeles Times, Pg A12 January 2, 1943 Jump up ^ Lowry, Paul -- Wally Butts in Sweat Over Bruins ' Defense. Los Angeles Times, January 2, 1943. Notes : `` The Bruin rock - ribbed defensive play got Coach Wally Butts of Georgia in such a sweat that he was the first guy to reach the showers as the Bulldogs charged hilariously into their dressing quarters after the Rose Bowl game yesterday. '' Jump up ^ Zimmerman, Paul -- Sports Postscripts. Los Angeles Times, January 2, 1943. Notes : `` If you think directing a visiting Rose Bowl team is all beer and skittles, you should have worn the shoes of Coach Wallace Butts, the Georgia grid master '' Jump up ^ Spectator Dies in Grandstand, Excitement Brings Fatal Heart Attack to 52 - Year - Old Fan. Los Angeles Times, January 2, 1943. Jump up ^ Dyer, Braven -- Victorious Georgia Team Heads Home Tonight. Dixie Grids Take It Easy Coach Butts Gives Boys Run of the Town Prior to departure. Los Angeles Times, Pg A7, January 3, 1943. Notes : `` While football fans of Southern California still were busy yesterday replaying the 1943 Rose Bowl thriller, Georgia 's pigskin squad had the `` run of the place '' through courtesy of Coach Wally Butts. '' Jump up ^ Foster, Chris -- UCLA Lost Big Fan When Mickey Rooney Died. Los Angeles Times, April 10, 2014. Quote : `` Mickey Rooney knew one of the guys and was really attached to the team '', said Ed Tyler, who played on the 1942 team. `` He and Ava Gardner rented the Cocoanut Grove ballroom at the Ambassador Hotel and threw us a big party after the ( Rose Bowl ). I got to light Ava Gardner 's cigarette. '' Jump up ^ Lynn Compton aka Buck ( 90 ) died from complications of a heart attack. April 4, 2012. Jump up ^ McLellan, Dennis -- Lynn D. ' Buck ' Compton dies at 90 ; judge also known for World War II service Los Angeles Times, February 29, 2012 Jump up ^ Ralph D. Russo -- Georgia, USC would make good championship matchup. Associated Press College Football, Appeared in Honolulu Advertiser, January 2, 2008. External links University of Georgia Library Film Archives Film of the football game, Reel 1 Film of the football game, Reel 2 Rose Bowl Game History & conference tie - ins History Rose Bowl Stadium College Football Playoff Broadcasters Big Ten Conference Pac - 12 Conference Games 1902 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 2017 2018 Notes No games were held from 1903 to 1915. The 1942 game was played at Duke Stadium in Durham, NC, due to the attack on Pearl Harbor. The game was also the national title game for the Bowl Championship Series in 2002 and 2006. The game was a College Football Playoff semifinal in its 2015 and 2018 editions. Georgia Bulldogs bowl games 1942 Orange Bowl 1943 Rose Bowl 1946 Oil Bowl 1947 Sugar Bowl 1948 Gator Bowl 1949 Orange Bowl 1950 Presidential Cup 1960 Orange Bowl 1964 Sun Bowl 1966 Cotton Bowl Classic 1967 Liberty Bowl 1969 Sugar Bowl 1969 Sun Bowl 1971 Gator Bowl 1973 Peach Bowl 1974 Tangerine Bowl 1976 Cotton Bowl Classic 1977 Sugar Bowl 1978 Astro - Bluebonnet Bowl 1981 Sugar Bowl 1982 Sugar Bowl 1983 Sugar Bowl 1984 Cotton Bowl Classic 1984 Florida Citrus Bowl 1985 Sun Bowl 1986 Hall of Fame Bowl 1987 Liberty Bowl 1989 Gator Bowl 1989 Peach Bowl 1991 Independence Bowl 1993 Florida Citrus Bowl 1995 Peach Bowl 1998 Outback Bowl 1998 Peach Bowl 2000 Outback Bowl 2000 Oahu Bowl 2001 Music City Bowl 2003 Sugar Bowl 2004 Capital One Bowl 2005 Outback Bowl 2006 Sugar Bowl 2006 Chick - fil - A Bowl 2008 Sugar Bowl 2009 Capital One Bowl 2009 Independence Bowl 2010 Liberty Bowl 2012 Outback Bowl 2013 Capital One Bowl 2014 Gator Bowl 2014 Belk Bowl 2016 TaxSlayer Bowl 2016 Liberty Bowl 2018 Rose Bowl / 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship # # denotes national championship game / denotes College Football Playoff semifinal game UCLA Bruins bowl games 1943 Rose Bowl 1947 Rose Bowl 1954 Rose Bowl 1956 Rose Bowl 1962 Rose Bowl 1966 Rose Bowl 1976 Rose Bowl 1976 Liberty Bowl 1978 Fiesta Bowl 1981 Astro - Bluebonnet Bowl 1983 Rose Bowl 1984 Rose Bowl 1985 Fiesta Bowl 1986 Rose Bowl 1986 Freedom Bowl 1987 Aloha Bowl 1989 Cotton Bowl Classic 1991 John Hancock Bowl 1994 Rose Bowl 1995 Aloha Bowl 1998 Cotton Bowl Classic 1999 Rose Bowl 2000 Sun Bowl 2002 Las Vegas Bowl 2003 Silicon Valley Football Classic 2004 Las Vegas Bowl 2005 Sun Bowl 2006 Emerald Bowl 2007 Las Vegas Bowl 2009 EagleBank Bowl 2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl 2012 Holiday Bowl 2013 Sun Bowl 2015 Alamo Bowl 2015 Foster Farms Bowl 2017 Cactus Bowl Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1943_Rose_Bowl&oldid=830454706 '' Categories : 1942 -- 43 NCAA football bowl games Rose Bowl Georgia Bulldogs football bowl games UCLA Bruins football bowl games 1943 in California January 1943 sports events Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 14 March 2018, at 22 : 50. 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Question: when was the last time the georgia bulldogs were in the rose bowl
Answer: January 1, 2018