1933 Rose Bowl

1933 Rose Bowl
19th Rose Bowl Game
National Championship Game[1]
1234 Total
USC 70721 35
Pittsburgh 0000 0
DateJanuary 2, 1933
Season1932
StadiumRose Bowl Stadium
LocationPasadena, California
MVPHomer Griffith (QB) – USC
RefereeDexter Very
Attendance85,000
Rose Bowl
 < 1932  1934
College Football Championship Game
 < 1932 1956

The 1933 Rose Bowl was the 19th Rose Bowl game, an American post-season college football game that was played on a day after New Year's Day 1933 in Pasadena, California. It featured two undefeated teams, the Pittsburgh Panthers against the USC Trojans.[2]

  1. ^ Written at Los Angeles. "Troy, Pitt Play for Cup — Winner Will Get National Title Trophy — Donor of Cup Awarded Michigan 'Peeved,' Offers New One". The Long Beach Sun. Long Beach. United Press. December 15, 1932. Retrieved July 3, 2024. A trophy symbolic of the mythical national football championship will be awarded to the winner of the Southern California–Pittsburgh game at Pasadena by Jack Rissman, wealthy Chicago sportsman who donated the Dickinson rating cup.
  2. ^ 2009 Kickoff Luncheon and Rose Bowl Hall of Fame Induction program