1926 Rose Bowl

12th Rose Bowl Game

Alabama Crimson Tide	Washington Huskies
(9–0)	(10–0–1)
20	19
Head coach: Wallace Wade	Head coach: Enoch Bagshaw

	1	2	3	4	Total
Alabama	0	0	20	0	20
Washington	6	6	0	7	19

Date

January 1, 1926

Season

1925

Stadium

Rose Bowl

Location

Pasadena, California

MVP

Johnny Mack Brown (Alabama)

Attendance

55,000

The 1926 Rose Bowl Game was held on January 1, 1926, in Pasadena, California. The game is commonly referred to as "the game that changed the south."^[1] The game featured the Alabama Crimson Tide, making their first bowl appearance, and the Washington Huskies.

The Crimson Tide was led by Johnny Mack Brown. The Huskies by George "Wildcat" Wilson. ^[2]

Alabama were victorious 20–19, as they scored all twenty points in the third quarter. With the victory, the Crimson Tide were awarded with their first National Championship.

The game made its radio broadcast debut, with Charles Paddock, a sports writer and former Olympian track star, at the microphone.^[3] Coach Wade was later inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 1990.^[4]

Johnny Mack Brown went on to a long career as a movie actor, mostly in westerns. ^[5]

Team selection

The Rose Bowl committee extended an invitation to Clark Shaughnessy's Tulane team,^[6] but the school administration declined the offer because it felt the players were too small to compete with those of Washington.^[7]

Scoring

First Quarter

Wash – Paton, 1-yard run (Guttormsen kick failed)

Second Quarter

Wash – Cole, 20-yard pass from Wilson (Guttormsen kick failed)

Third Quarter

Ala – Hubert, 1-yard run (Buckler kick good)
Ala – Brown, 59-yard pass from Gillis (Buckler kick good)
Ala – Brown, 30-yard pass from Hubert (Buckler kick failed)

Fourth Quarter

Wash – Guttormsen, 27-yard pass from Wilson (Cook kick good)

References

↑ "The Football Game That Changed the South". The University of Alabama. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
↑ http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2009/12/21/1197952/the-1926-rose-bowl-alabama-vs retrieved 12/1/16
↑ 2010 Historical Media Guide, Published by Pasadena Tournament of Roses, December 2009
↑ 2009 Kickoff Luncheon and Rose Bowl Hall of Fame Induction program, Pasadena Tournament of Roses, December 2008
↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0113902/reference retrieved 12/1/16
↑ Tulane Grid Team To Play Washington New Year's Game; Clark Shaughnessy Goes to Western Conference Of Coaches to Arrange Details—Game to Be Staged at Pasadena, The Evening Independent, p. 30, December 4, 1925.
↑ James W. Johnson, The Wow Boys: A Coach, a Team, and a Turning Point in College Football, p. 16, University of Nebraska Press, 2006, ISBN 0-8032-7632-X.

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Notes	No games were held from 1903 to 1915. The 1942 game was played at Duke Stadium in Durham, NC due to the attack on Pearl Harbor. The game was also the national title game for the Bowl Championship Series in 2002 and 2006. The game was a College Football Playoff semifinal in its 2015 edition.

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External links

Video about game
The Will To Win, Alabama East-West Champions by Champ Pickens, 1926 from the University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama

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