Question: when did alabama play in the rose bowl
Answer: Wallace Wade Rose Bowl 0 ! T 7 -- 7 000000001927 - 01 - 01 - 0000 January 1 , 1927 1926 Stanford Rose Bowl Pasadena 57,417 Wade , Wallace Wallace Wade Rose Bowl 24 ! W 24 -- 0 000000001931 - 01 - 01 - 0000 January 1 , 1931 1930 Washington State Cougars Rose Bowl Pasadena 60,000 Wade , Wallace Wallace Wade Rose Bowl 16 ! W 29 -- 13 000000001935 - 01 - 01 - 0000 January 1 , 1935 1934 Stanford Indians Rose Bowl Pasadena 84,474 Frank Thomas Frank Thomas Rose Bowl - 13 ! L 13 -- 0 000000001938 - 01 - 01 - 0000 January 1 , 1938 1937 California Golden Bears Rose Bowl Pasadena 90,000 Frank Thomas Frank Thomas 6 Cotton Bowl Classic 8 ! W 29 -- 21 000000001942 - 01 - 01 - 0000 January 1 , 1942 1941 Texas A&M Aggies Cotton Bowl Dallas 38,000 Frank Thomas Frank Thomas 7 Orange Bowl 16 ! W 37 -- 21 000000001943 - 01 - 01 - 0000 January 1 , 1943 1942 Boston College Eagles Orange Bowl Miami 25,166 Frank Thomas Frank Thomas 8 Sugar Bowl - 3 ! L 29 -- 26 000000001945 - 01 - 01 - 0000 January 1 , 1945 1944 Duke Blue Devils Tulane Stadium New