1923 Rose Bowl
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| 1923 Rose Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1923 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Rose Bowl Stadium (First Rose Bowl game in the stadium) |
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| Location | Pasadena, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Leo Calland (USC G) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Spirit of Troy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Spirit of Troy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 43,000
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The 1923 Rose Bowl, played on January 1, 1923, was an American Football bowl game. It was the 9th Rose Bowl Game. The USC Trojans defeated the Penn State Nittany Lions 14-3.[1] Leo Calland, a USC guard, was named the Rose Bowl Player Of The Game when the award was created in 1953 and selections were made retroactively.[2] It was the very first Tournament of Roses football game held in the newly constructed Rose Bowl Stadium. The 1923 Rose Bowl was actually the second USC football game played in the stadium. The stadium was dedicated officially on January 1, although Cal had defeated USC in the very first game in the stadium on October 28, 1922. It was the very first bowl game appearance for both the University of Southern California and Pennsylvania State University football teams.
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[edit] Stadium
The game now known as the Rose Bowl Game was played at Tournament Park until 1922. Organizers of the Tournament of Roses realized that the temporary stands were inadequate for a crowd of 40,000+, and sought to build a better, permanent stadium.
The Rose Bowl was designed by architect Myron Hunt in 1921. His design was influenced by the Yale Bowl (New Haven, Connecticut, built 1914). The Arroyo Seco dry riverbed was selected as the location for the stadium. The Rose Bowl was under construction from 1921 to 1922.
[edit] Teams
- See also: 1922 college football season
[edit] Penn State Nittany Lions
In the 1921 season, Penn State was 8-0-2 with notable wins over Navy, Georgia Tech, and Washington. The 1922 season was not extremely successful. The Lions opened with wins over St. Bonaventure, William and Mary, Gettysburg, Lebanon Valley, and Middlebury. But the season went poorly after that. The Lions tied Syracuse 0-0 at the Polo Grounds in New York city, then lost to Navy 0-14 in Washington D.C. They beat Carnegie Tech, then lost to in state rivals Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh.
[edit] USC Trojans
The Trojans opened 5-0 to start the season. This was the first season of competition in the Pacific Coast Conference for the USC Trojans. The first PCC conference game was against California. The very first game in the Rose Bowl stadium was the regular season contest on October 28, 1922 when Cal defeated USC 12-0. This was the only loss for USC, and California finished the season undefeated. USC went on to beat Occidental, Stanford, Idaho, and Washington State. Cal declined the invitation to the 1923 Rose Bowl game and USC went in their place. The Trojans actually finished fourth in the PCC behind Cal, Oregon, and Washington.
[edit] Game Summary
The 29-member Penn State traveling party left State College, Pennsylvania by train on December 19. They stopped in Chicago and the Grand Canyon. They arrived in Pasadena, California on December 24. The Nittany Lions worked out in the Rose Bowl stadium, alternating with the Trojans. Lions coach Bezdek was noted for changing their play style frequently.[3]
The morning of the game on January 1, the team watched the Tournament of Roses Parade. The Lions left in several taxi cabs at 11 a.m. for the drive to the Rose Bowl, but as the 2:15 p.m. kickoff approached, the team was delayed by post-parade traffic. Only after the cab drivers drove over the lawns of local residents, did the Penn State team finally reach the Rose Bowl stadium. When the team arrived, they found kickoff already had been delayed by 10 minutes. Penn State coach Hugo Bezdek and USC coach Gus Henderson almost came to blows as Bezdek successfully lobbied game officials for additional warmup time. The game finally started an hour late and ended in moonlight, with sportswriters lighting matches in order to finish their stories.
Penn State scored first on a 20-yard drop-kick field goal by Mike Palm. Roy "Bullet" Baker rushed for 123 yards and one touchdown for the Trojans. The Lions were held to five first downs and 104 yards.
[edit] Scoring
[edit] First Quarter
- Penn State - Field Goal, Palm
[edit] Second Quarter
- USC - Touchdown Campbell, PAT Hawkins
[edit] Third Quarter
- USC - Touchdown Baker, PAT Hawkins
[edit] Fourth Quarter
no score
[edit] Aftermath
As of the 2007 football season and 2008 Rose Bowl, USC has appeared 32 times in the Rose Bowl game, more than any other school.
The nearby Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum also was under construction during this time and would be completed in May 1923. It would become the home stadium for USC. The Rose Bowl was completed earlier. Originally built as a horseshoe, the Rose Bowl stadium was expanded several times over the years.
Penn State's share of the proceeds, $21,349.64, was directed toward the $2 million Emergency Building Fund and in particular the construction of Varsity Hall (now Irvin Hall) on campus.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Tournament of Roses - Rose Bowl Game Photo Timeline. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
- ^ 2008 Rose Bowl Program, 2008 Rose Bowl. Accessed January 26, 2008.
- ^ COACH BEZDEK CHANGES TEAM'S STYLE OF PLAY FOR THIRD TIME TROJANS TO TACKLE A REORGANIZED ELEVEN; Nittany Lions to Take Field With Almost a Completely New Bunch of Regulars. Los Angeles Times, December 27, 1922. Hugo "Spinx" Bezdek, commander-in-chief of the Penn State football squad, which is to meet the University of Southern California in the annual East-West Tournament of Roses New Year's Day game, changes the style of his eleven's play almost as much as a woman changes her mind.
- Penn State football history (PDF copy available at gopsusports.cstv.com)
- USC Trojans football media guide (PDF copy available at www.usctrojans.com)
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Succeeded by 1924 Rose Bowl |
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