Rose Bowl Game

The Rose Bowl Game is an American college football bowl game at the Rose Bowl (stadium) in Pasadena, California.  It is known as the "granddaddy of them all" because it has been played every year since 1916.  It is almost always played on January 1 after Pasadena's Rose Parade.  For many years, the two teams who played were the winner of the Pac-10 (a football conference of colleges on the West Coast) and the winner of the Big 10 (a football conference of colleges in the Midwest).  In 1998, the game became part of the Bowl Championship Series.  USC has won the game 24 times. 

Results
Date Played Winning Team Losing Team Notes January 1, 1902  Michigan  49  Stanford  0  notes January 1, 1916  Washington State  14  Brown 0  notes January 1, 1917  Oregon  14  Pennsylvania  0  notes January 1, 1918  Mare Island - USMC  19  Camp Lewis - US Army  7  notes January 1, 1919  Great Lakes - US Navy  17  Mare Island  0  notes January 1, 1920  Harvard  7  Oregon  6  notes January 1, 1921  California  28  Ohio State  0  notes January 2, 1922    0    0  notes January 1, 1923    14  Penn State  3  notes January 1, 1924    14    14  notes January 1, 1925    27    10  notes January 1, 1926  Alabama  20    19  notes January 1, 1927  Alabama  7  Stanford  7  notes January 2, 1928    7    6  notes January 1, 1929    8    7  notes January 1, 1930    47    14  notes January 1, 1931  Alabama  24    0  notes January 1, 1932    21    12  notes January 2, 1933    35    0  notes January 1, 1934    7    0  notes January 1, 1935  Alabama  29    13  notes January 1, 1936    7    0  notes January 1, 1937  Pittsburgh  21    0  notes January 1, 1938  California  13  Alabama  0  notes January 2, 1939    7    3  notes January 1, 1940    14  Tennessee  0  notes January 1, 1941  Stanford  21  Nebraska  13  notes January 1, 1942**  Oregon State  20    16  notes January 1, 1943  Georgia  9    0  notes January 1, 1944    29    0  notes January 1, 1945    25    0  notes January 1, 1946  Alabama  34    14  notes January 1, 1947    45    14  notes January 1, 1948  Michigan  49    0  notes January 1, 1949  Northwestern  20    14  notes January 2, 1950  Ohio State  17    14  notes January 1, 1951  Michigan  14    6  notes January 1, 1952    40    7  notes January 1, 1953    7  Wisconsin  0  notes January 1, 1954    28    20  notes January 1, 1955  Ohio State  20    7  notes January 2, 1956    17    14  notes January 1, 1957  Iowa  35  Oregon State  19  notes January 1, 1958  Ohio State  10    7  notes January 1, 1959  Iowa  38    12  notes January 1, 1960    44    8  notes January 2, 1961    17  Minnesota  7  notes January 1, 1962  Minnesota  21    3  notes January 1, 1963    42    37  notes January 1, 1964    17    7  notes January 1, 1965  Michigan  34  Oregon State  7  notes January 1, 1966    14  Michigan State  12  notes January 2, 1967  Purdue  14    13  notes January 1, 1968  Southern California  14  Indiana  3  notes January 1, 1969  Ohio State  27  Southern California  16  notes January 1, 1970    10  Michigan  3  notes January 1, 1971  Stanford  27  Ohio State  17  notes January 1, 1972    13  Michigan  12  notes January 1, 1973    42  Ohio State  17  notes January 1, 1974  Ohio State  42    21  notes January 1, 1975    18  Ohio State  17  notes January 1, 1976  UCLA  23  Ohio State  10  notes January 1, 1977    14  Michigan  6  notes January 2, 1978  Washington  27  Michigan  20  notes January 1, 1979  Southern California  17  Michigan  10  notes January 1, 1980  Southern California  17  Ohio State  16  notes January 1, 1981  Michigan  23    6  notes January 1, 1982    28  Iowa  0  notes January 1, 1983  UCLA  24  Michigan  14  notes January 2, 1984  UCLA  45    9  notes January 1, 1985  Southern California  20  Ohio State  17  notes January 1, 1986  UCLA  45  Iowa  28  notes January 1, 1987    22  Michigan  15  notes January 1, 1988  Michigan State  20  Southern California  17  notes January 2, 1989  Michigan  22  Southern California  14  notes January 1, 1990  Southern California  17  Michigan  10  notes January 1, 1991  Washington  46  Iowa  34  notes January 1, 1992  Washington  34  Michigan  14  notes January 1, 1993  Michigan  38    31  notes January 1, 1994    21    16  notes January 2, 1995  Penn State  38  Oregon  20  notes January 1, 1996  Southern California  41  Northwestern  32  notes January 1, 1997  Ohio State  20  Arizona State  17  notes January 1, 1998  Michigan 21  Washington State  16  notes January 1, 1999  Wisconsin   38    31  notes January 1, 2000  Wisconsin  17    9  notes January 1, 2001  Washington  34  Purdue  24  notes January 3, 2002*  Miami (FL)  37  Nebraska  14  notes January 1, 2003  Oklahoma  34  Washington State  14  notes January 1, 2004  Southern California  28  Michigan  14  notes January 1, 2005  Texas  38  Michigan  37  notes January 4, 2006*  Texas  41  Southern California  38  notes January 1, 2007  Southern California  32  Michigan  18  notes January 1, 2008  Southern California  49  Illinois  17  notes January 1, 2009  Southern California  38  Penn State  24    January 1, 2010  Ohio State  26 Oregon   17 January 1, 2011  TCU  21  Wisconsin  19  January 2, 2012  Oregon  45  Wisconsin  38  January 1, 2013  Stanford  20  Wisconsin  14 

* denotes BCS National Championship Game
** Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the 1942 game was moved to Duke University's Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, as officials were wary of allowing such a large crowd to congregate anywhere on the West Coast due to World War II security concerns.

Related pages
Fiesta Bowl
Sugar Bowl
Orange Bowl
BCS National Championship Game

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Category:1902 establishments in California
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