1917 Rose Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 1917 Tournament East-West football game 3rd Rose Bowl Game 1916 Penn Quakers Pennsylvania University Oregon Webfoots Oregon University 7–2–1 Independent 6–0–1 PCC Bob Folwell Hugo Bezdek 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 January 1 Tournament Park Pasadena, California John Beckett (Oregon) 27,000 1916 1918 The 1917 Rose Bowl, known at the time as the Tournament East-West Football Game, was a college football bowl game on Monday, January 1, 1917.http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/o/oregon/bowl_history.php Oregon State Bowl History 2018-10-10 2018-10-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20181010105606/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/o/oregon/bowl_history.php dead It was the third Rose Bowl Game, and matched the Oregon Webfoots and the Penn Quakers.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dKdVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tOADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6683%2C82949 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Pennsy eleven vs. Oregon today January 1, 1917 12 It was played at Tournament Park in Pasadena, California, a suburb northeast of Los Angeles. Scoreless at halftime, Oregon scored a touchdown in each of the final two quarters and won 14–0.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pk8UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GvADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6170%2C1447462 Eugene Daily Guard Oregon Associated Press Oregon eleven wins, score 14 to 0 January 1, 1917 1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XfZMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WEcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6637%2C117837 Deseret News Salt Lake city, Utah Oregon beats Pennsy in exciting football battle at Pasadena January 2, 1917 8 Oregon team captain John Beckett was named the Player of the Game when the award was created in 1953, with selections made retroactively. This shutout win was Oregon's sole Rose Bowl victory for 95 years, until January 2012; they made appearances in 1920, 1958, 1995, and 2010, and won again in 2015 and 2020. This was Penn's only appearance; other Ivy League teams at the Rose Bowl were Harvard in 1920 and Columbia in 1934, both winners. Oregon and Washington were both unbeaten in the new Pacific Coast Conference that year, and tied in their head-to-head meeting. Oregon was invited to participate in the Tournament of Roses game prior to their final game,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DzJNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pkcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3723,1720235 Oregon plays Penn on New Year's Day November 20, 1916 Deseret News Salt Lake City, Utah 12https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TN8UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6609%2C937915 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Oregon to meet Pennsy eleven November 21, 1916 16https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=309XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FvADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6599%2C6466337 Eugene Daily Guard Oregon Oregon selected to meet eastern team November 21, 1916 3 despite the fact that Washington had one more conference win than Oregon, having beaten California twice. On the basis of the extra victory, Washington is credited with having won the conference that year.http://catalog.e-digitaleditions.com/issue/40397 2011 Pac-12 Football Media Guide 86 October 31, 2011 Pac-12 Conference Game summary Oregon was led by the two Huntington brothers, Shy and Hollis.http://www.rosebowlhistory.org/rose-bowl-1917.php Rose Bowl 1917 2009-07-31 RoseBowlHistory.org usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20091022003343/http://www.rosebowlhistory.org/rose-bowl-1917.php 2009-10-22 Following a scoreless first half, the Webfoots scored on a 15-yard pass in the 3rd quarter from Shy Huntington to Lloyd Tegert. Oregon scored again in the 4th quarter on a 1-yard run from Shy to lead the Webfoots to a 14–0 upset win. Shy Huntington also had three interceptions in the game. Oregon captain John Beckett was named MVP of the game.http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4604&SPID=233&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=30047 1917 Rose Bowl GoDucks.com 2009-07-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20090428215457/http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4604&SPID=233&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=30047 2009-04-28 dead Scoring Pennsylvania 0 0 0 0 Oregon 0 0 7 7 Qtr. Team Scoring play Score3ORETegert 15-yard pass from S. Huntington, S. Huntington kickORE 7–04ORES. Huntington 1 yard rush, S. Huntington kickORE 14–0Source:MacCambridge Michael ESPN College Football Encyclopedia 2005 ESPN Books New York, N.Y. 1-4013-3703-1 1440 Statistics Team stats Oregon Pennsylvania First downs 8 13 Net Yards Rushing 198 111 Net Yards Passing 32 131 Total Yards 230 242 PC–PA–Int. 2–9–2 12–27–5 Punts-Avg. 16–35.7 10–41.8 Game notes Attendance was swelled to 25,000 when the Pasadena Tournament of Roses put up temporary grandstand seating. References 2 Further reading Danzig, Allison (1956), The History of American Football: Its Great Teams, Players, and Coaches. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. Hibner, John Charles (1993). The Rose Bowl, 1902–1929: A Game-by-Game History of Football's Foremost Event, from its Advent through its Golden Era. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers. 0-89950-775-1 pp. 22–30. Lyons, Robert S. (2010). On Any Given Sunday, A Life of Bert Bell. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. 978-1-59213-731-2 MacCambridge, Michael (2009), ESPN College Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Game. New York: ESPN Books, Inc. 1-4013-3703-1 Schmidt, Raymond (2007), Shaping college football : the transformation of an American sport, 1919-1930. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. 978-0-8156-0886-8 Smith, Myron J. Jr. (1994), The College Football Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. 0-313-29026-1* Weyand, Alexander M. (1957), The Saga of American Football. 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