1919 Rose Bowl

1919 Tournament East-West football game
5th Rose Bowl Game
1234 Total
Great Lakes 3770 17
Mare Island 0000 0
Date January 1, 1919
Season 1918
Stadium Tournament Park
Location Pasadena, California
MVP George Halas (E) – US Navy
Attendance 25,000

The 1919 Rose Bowl, known at the time as the Tournament East-West Football Game, was a bowl game played on January 1, 1919 at Tournament Park in Pasadena, California. It was the 5th Rose Bowl Game. With the war just over, the game was played with players from the Mare Island Marines of California and the Great Lakes Navy from Great Lakes, Illinois.[1]

Teams

With college football teams depleted due to World War I, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses decided to stage the game with military personnel. With approval from President Woodrow Wilson, they invited the team from the Marine detachment at the Mare Island Naval Base for the second consecutive year, while it was the first appearance by a Navy team from the Naval Station Great Lakes.

Scoring

First quarter

Second quarter

Third Quarter

Game notes

Game MVP and future NFL Hall of Fame coach and Chicago Bears owner George “Papa Bear” Halas holds the Rose Bowl record for the longest non-scoring pass interception return of 77 yards.

References

  1. Rose Bowl Game Timeline, Pasadena Tournament of Roses
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