Rose Bowl Game

American college football 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 collleges in the Midwest). In 1998, the game became part of the Bowl Championship Series. USC has won the game 24 times.

The Rose Bowl stadium before the Rose Bowl game

Results

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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 [[{{{school}}}|California]] 0 [[{{{school}}}|Washington & Jefferson]] 0 notes
January 1, 1923 [[{{{school}}}|Southern California]] 14 Penn State 3 notes
January 1, 1924 Washington 14 Navy 14 notes
January 1, 1925 Notre Dame 27 Stanford 10 notes
January 1, 1926 Alabama 20 Washington 19 notes
January 1, 1927 Alabama 7 Stanford 7 notes
January 2, 1928 [[{{{school}}}|Stanford]] 7 [[{{{school}}}|Pittsburgh]] 6 notes
January 1, 1929 Georgia Tech 8 [[{{{school}}}|California]] 7 notes
January 1, 1930 [[{{{school}}}|Southern California]] 47 [[{{{school}}}|Pittsburgh]] 14 notes
January 1, 1931 Alabama 24 Washington State 0 notes
January 1, 1932 [[{{{school}}}|Southern California]] 21 [[{{{school}}}|Tulane]] 12 notes
January 2, 1933 [[{{{school}}}|Southern California]] 35 [[{{{school}}}|Pittsburgh]] 0 notes
January 1, 1934 Columbia 7 [[{{{school}}}|Stanford]] 0 notes
January 1, 1935 Alabama 29 [[{{{school}}}|Stanford]] 13 notes
January 1, 1936 [[{{{school}}}|Stanford]] 7 [[{{{school}}}|SMU]] 0 notes
January 1, 1937 Pittsburgh 21 Washington 0 notes
January 1, 1938 California 13 Alabama 0 notes
January 2, 1939 [[{{{school}}}|Southern California]] 7 Duke 3 notes
January 1, 1940 [[{{{school}}}|Southern California]] 14 Tennessee 0 notes
January 1, 1941 Stanford 21 Nebraska 13 notes
January 1, 1942** Oregon State 20 Duke 16 notes
January 1, 1943 Georgia 9 [[{{{school}}}|UCLA]] 0 notes
January 1, 1944 [[{{{school}}}|Southern California]] 29 Washington 0 notes
January 1, 1945 [[{{{school}}}|Southern California]] 25 Tennessee 0 notes
January 1, 1946 Alabama 34 [[{{{school}}}|Southern California]] 14 notes
January 1, 1947 Illinois 45 [[{{{school}}}|UCLA]] 14 notes
January 1, 1948 Michigan 49 [[{{{school}}}|Southern California]] 0 notes
January 1, 1949 Northwestern 20 [[{{{school}}}|California]] 14 notes
January 2, 1950 Ohio State 17 [[{{{school}}}|California]] 14 notes
January 1, 1951 Michigan 14 [[{{{school}}}|California]] 6 notes
January 1, 1952 Illinois 40 [[{{{school}}}|Stanford]] 7 notes
January 1, 1953 [[{{{school}}}|Southern California]] 7 Wisconsin 0 notes
January 1, 1954 Michigan State 28 [[{{{school}}}|UCLA]] 20 notes
January 1, 1955 Ohio State 20 [[{{{school}}}|Southern California]] 7 notes
January 2, 1956 Michigan State 17 [[{{{school}}}|UCLA]] 14 notes
January 1, 1957 Iowa 35 Oregon State 19 notes
January 1, 1958 Ohio State 10 [[{{{school}}}|Oregon]] 7 notes
January 1, 1959 Iowa 38 [[{{{school}}}|California]] 12 notes
January 1, 1960 Washington 44 Wisconsin 8 notes
January 2, 1961 Washington 17 Minnesota 7 notes
January 1, 1962 Minnesota 21 [[{{{school}}}|UCLA]] 3 notes
January 1, 1963 [[{{{school}}}|Southern California]] 42 Wisconsin 37 notes
January 1, 1964 Illinois 17 Washington 7 notes
January 1, 1965 Michigan 34 Oregon State 7 notes
January 1, 1966 [[{{{school}}}|UCLA]] 14 Michigan State 12 notes
January 2, 1967 Purdue 14 [[{{{school}}}|Southern California]] 13 notes
January 1, 1968 Southern California 14 Indiana 3 notes
January 1, 1969 Ohio State 27 Southern California 16 notes
January 1, 1970 [[{{{school}}}|Southern California]] 10 Michigan 3 notes
January 1, 1971 Stanford 27 Ohio State 17 notes
January 1, 1972 Stanford 13 Michigan 12 notes
January 1, 1973 [[{{{school}}}|Southern California]] 42 Ohio State 17 notes
January 1, 1974 Ohio State 42 [[{{{school}}}|Southern California]] 21 notes
January 1, 1975 [[{{{school}}}|Southern California]] 18 Ohio State 17 notes
January 1, 1976 UCLA 23 Ohio State 10 notes
January 1, 1977 [[{{{school}}}|Southern California]] 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 Washington 6 notes
January 1, 1982 Washington 28 Iowa 0 notes
January 1, 1983 UCLA 24 Michigan 14 notes
January 2, 1984 UCLA 45 Illinois 9 notes
January 1, 1985 Southern California 20 Ohio State 17 notes
January 1, 1986 UCLA 45 Iowa 28 notes
January 1, 1987 [[{{{school}}}|Arizona State]] 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 Washington 31 notes
January 1, 1994 Wisconsin 21 [[{{{school}}}|UCLA]] 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 [[{{{school}}}|UCLA]] 31 notes
January 1, 2000 Wisconsin 17 Stanford 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.

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