1952 Rose Bowl

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 1952 Rose Bowl 38th Rose Bowl Game 1951 Stanford Indians Stanford University Illinois Fighting Illini University of Illinois 9–1 Pacific Coast 8–0–1 Big Ten Chuck Taylor Ray Eliot 7 7 4 3 7 0 0 0 6 0 7 27 January 1 Rose Bowl Pasadena, California Bill Tate (Illinois RB) Illinois by 7 pointshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1tMiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5eUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7112%2C281693 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Sunshine and dry field are promised for the Rose Bowl game today January 1, 1952 10https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IBZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qeIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6551%2C3483651 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Teams ready for major bowl games December 31, 1951 7 Rollie Barnum (Big Ten;split crew: Big Ten, Pacific Coast) 96,825 NBC The 1952 Rose Bowl was the 38th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Held on Tuesday, January 1, at the end of the 1951 college football season, it was the first nationally televised college football game.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mEZPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iU4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6587%2C6541290 Deseret News Salt Lake City, Utah United Press 400,000 await eleven bowl tilts December 31, 1951 A4 The fourth-ranked Illinois Fighting Illini of the Big Ten Conference defeated the #7 Stanford Indians of the Pacific Coast Conference, 40–7.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1tMiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5eUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7013%2C379733 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Illinois drowns Indians in 4th quarter cloudburst, 40-7 January 2, 1952 12https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IhZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qeIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6584%2C3700723 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Big bowl battles feature Illinois over Stanford 40-7 January 2, 1952 12https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BRw1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=j04DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5347%2C213020 Deseret News Salt Lake City, Utah United Press Wood Hal Big Ten continues rout of Coast foes January 2, 1952 A7 Since the two conferences agreed to match up in Pasadena, starting with the 1947 Rose Bowl, the Big Ten had won all six games. Game summary Stanford led 7 to 6 on a Harry Hugasian touchdown until late in the third quarter. Illinois then scored 34 unanswered points, 27 in the fourth quarter.http://www.mmbolding.com/bowls/Rose_1952.htm The Rose Bowl 1952 December 10, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081219023426/http://www.mmbolding.com/bowls/Rose_1952.htm December 19, 2008 dead Illinois running back Bill Tate rushed for 150 yards and two touchdowns,http://www.rosebowlhistory.org/rose-bowl-1952.php Rose Bowl 1952 December 10, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20070718123602/http://www.rosebowlhistory.org/rose-bowl-1952.php July 18, 2007 usurped and was named Player of the Game. All-American Johnny Karras rushed for 58 yards and a touchdown for Illinois, which had 434 yards of total offense. It was the second Rose Bowl win for Illinois head coach Ray Eliot, the first was in 1947. Stanford head coach Chuck Taylor became the first to play and coach in the Rose Bowl, having played as one of Stanford's undefeated Wow Boys eleven years earlier, in 1941.http://www.tournamentofroses.com/the-rose-bowl-game/history/coaching-legends#playercoach Coaching Legends - Appeared as Both a Player and a Head Coach Tournament of Roses https://web.archive.org/web/20101218195211/http://www.tournamentofroses.com/the-rose-bowl-game/history/coaching-legends#playercoach December 18, 2010 References Rose Bowl Category:Rose Bowl Game Category:20th century in Pasadena, California Category:Illinois Fighting Illini football bowl games Category:Stanford Cardinal football bowl games Rose Bowl Category:January 1952 sports events in the United States