1944 Rose Bowl

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 1944 Rose Bowl 30th edition 1943 Washington Huskies University of Washington USC Trojans University of Southern California 4–0 PCC 7–2 PCC Ralph Welch Jeff Cravath 12 0 0 0 0 0 7 13 9 January 1 Rose Bowl Pasadena, California Player of the Game Norman Verry (G) – USC Washington: 5 to 2 oddshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4BMxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rGkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3997%2C4653071 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Washington, Trojans meet January 1, 1944 10 T.M. Fitzpatrick (PCC)https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=celfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BQMGAAAAIBAJ&pg=1879%2C3526035 Sunday Morning Star Wilmington, Delaware United Press Shoemaker Lisle Southern California upsets Washington January 2, 1944 23 68,000 2003 UW media guide, p. 323 The 1944 Rose Bowl was the thirtieth edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Saturday, January 1. This was the first Rose Bowl game featuring teams from the same conference (Pacific Coast), with the only other occurrence taking place during the 2025 game. This was due to the travel restrictions imposed by the war effort.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D9hXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z_UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5237%2C6033757 Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington Associated Press Bowl attendance likely be reduced December 31, 1943 9 It determined the champion of the PCC for the 1943 season, and the USC Trojans shut out the Washington Huskies 29–0 in a one-sided game.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cOleAAAAIBAJ&sjid=71MNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4152%2C501884 Youngstown Vindicator Ohio Associated Press Frawley Frank Southern California laces Washington, 29-0, in Rose Bowl January 2, 1944 D1 http://www.rosebowlhistory.org/rose-bowl-1944.php Rose Bowl 1944 December 12, 2008 Rose Bowl History https://web.archive.org/web/20081201082125/http://www.rosebowlhistory.org/rose-bowl-1944.php December 1, 2008 usurpedhttp://sportspressnw.com/2122752/2011/wayback-machine-pest-welchs-crazy-war-years Sportspress Northwest Eskenazi David Wayback Machine: Pest Welch's Crazy War Years November 1, 2011 June 13, 2020 USC backup quarterback Jim Hardy threw three touchdown passes to lead the Trojans to their seventh Rose Bowl victory and eighth PCC championship. http://www.mmbolding.com/bowls/Rose_1944.htm The Rose Bowl 1944 December 12, 2008 mmbolding.com https://web.archive.org/web/20081219023421/http://www.mmbolding.com/bowls/Rose_1944.htm December 19, 2008 dead For the first time, the Rose Bowl was broadcast on the radio abroad to all American servicemen, with General Eisenhower in Western Europe allowing all troops who were not on the front lines to tune in and listen.http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8521 Huskies (University of Washington) Football, 1889–2008 December 12, 2008 historylink.org April 11, 2008 Teams 1943 college football season Washington Huskies 1943 Washington Huskies football team Favored Washington won all four of its games in an abbreviated season without any PCC matchups, as the other five programs in the Northern Division were on hiatus in 1943 (and 1944).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hLJeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wS8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1485%2C5122152 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Idaho, Washington State, and O.S.C. withdraw from Northern Division football loop September 24, 1943 8https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tdhXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cPUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4967%2C4875930 Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington Ashlock Herb Hollingbery to stay "at present salary," but Schmidt's status not revealed September 24, 1943 9 They played Whitman College, Spokane Air Command (twice), and the March Field Flyers. The Rose Bowl was the Huskies' sole conference game of the season; the three teams of the Southern Division (USC, UCLA and California) played each other twice; Stanford was on hiatus until the 1946 season. Washington's most recent game was two months earlier on October 30,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D7ReAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6i8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=2324%2C1969979 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Hutcheson Jim Huskies thump Spokane 41-7 in last bowl bid October 31, 1943 11https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MidkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d3sNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1122%2C2944687 Calgary Herald Alberta, Canada Associated Press Claasen Harold Grid season ends tomorrow in variety of bowl games December 31, 1943 14 and they had lost a dozen players to active military duty since, including two of their best backs, Jay Stoves (a transfer from idle Washington State) and Pete Susick. Head coach Ralph Welch filled roster holes with Navy V-12 trainees and draft rejects who recently arrived at campus, leaving only 28 players available for the game. Oddsmakers made the Huskies two-touchdown favorites to beat USC, but the fielded team differed greatly from that of the regular season. USC Trojans 1943 USC Trojans football team Scoring First quarter No scoring Second quarter USC – George Callanan, 11-yard pass from Jim Hardy (Dick Jamison kick good); USC leads 7–0 Third quarter USC – Callanan, 10-yard pass from Hardy (Jamison kick good); USC leads 14–0 USC – Gordon Gray, 21-yard pass from Hardy (Jamison kick blocked); USC leads 20–0 Fourth quarter USC – Gray, 36-yard pass from Ainslie Bell (Jamison kick good); USC leads 27–0 USC – Gerry Austin’s punt blocked and rolled into the end zone for a safety; USC leads 29–0 References Rose Bowl Category:Rose Bowl Game Category:20th century in Pasadena, California Category:USC Trojans football bowl games Category:Washington Huskies football bowl games Rose Bowl Rose Bowl