1922 Rose Bowl

1922 Tournament East-West football game
8th Rose Bowl Game
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Washington & Jefferson 0000 0
California 0000 0
DateJanuary 2, 1922
Season1921
StadiumTournament Park
LocationPasadena, California
MVPRussell Stein (Washington & Jefferson, T)
FavoriteCal 14–21 point favorite
Attendance50,000
Tournament East-West football game
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The 1922 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 2, 1922, between the Washington & Jefferson Presidents (W&J) and the California Golden Bears. It holds several distinctions including being the only scoreless Rose Bowl Game, the first tie in a Rose Bowl, the first African-American quarterback to play in the Rose Bowl (Charles Fremont West from Washington & Jefferson), the first freshman to play in a Rose Bowl (Herb Kopf of Washington and Jefferson), and Hal Erickson (W&J) became the only man ever to play in two Rose Bowls (1919 and 1922), with two teams (Great Lakes Navy and W&J), without losing. It was also the last to be played at Tournament Park and to be officially known as the Tournament East-West Football Game, and with only 450 students at the time, Washington & Jefferson College was the smallest school to ever play in a Rose Bowl.[1][2]

  1. ^ Campbell, Jim (August 2006). "The 1922 Rose Bowl: David v. Goliath" (PDF). College Football Historical Society Newsletter. LA84 Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2009. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  2. ^ "GRANDSON OF 1924 GRADUATE DONATES SCRAPBOOK OF ROSE BOWL MEMORIES". Washington & Jefferson College. April 10, 2014.