1920 Rose Bowl

1920 Tournament East-West football game
6th Rose Bowl Game
Harvard Crimson Oregon Webfoots
(8–0–1) (5–1)
Independent PCC
7 6
Head coach: 
Bob Fisher		 Head coach: 
Charles A. Huntington
1234 Total
Harvard 0700 7
Oregon 0600 6
DateJanuary 1, 1920
Season1919
StadiumTournament Park
LocationPasadena, California
MVPEddie Casey (Harvard)
Attendance32,000–35,000
Tournament East-West football game
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The 1920 Rose Bowl, known at the time as the Tournament East-West Football Game, was a college football bowl game in Pasadena, California, played on January 1, 1920. In the sixth Rose Bowl, the once-tied Harvard Crimson met the once-defeated Oregon Webfoots at Tournament Park;[1][2][3] Harvard won 7–6, with all of the scoring in the second quarter.[4][5][6]

Crimson halfback Edward Casey was named the Rose Bowl Player of the Game when the award was created in 1953 and selections were made retroactively.[7] It was the first Rose Bowl game following World War I in which college football returned to the Tournament of Roses. The two previous Tournament games had featured teams from the United States armed forces.

This game established a pattern of inviting a team from the Eastern half of the United States to face one from the West Coast. Except for the 1944 game during World War II, this continued until the advent of the Bowl Championship Series game in January 2002.

  1. ^ "30,000 expected to see Harvard-Oregon battle at Pasadena". Chicago Sunday Tribune. December 28, 1919. p. 3, sec. 2.
  2. ^ "Harvard's Heavie St backfield to be pitted against Oregon in gridiron classic tomorrow". Eugene Daily Guard. (Oregon). December 31, 1920. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Harvard-Oregon game promises hot action". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). December 31, 1919. p. 11.
  4. ^ "Harvard defeats Oregon 7 to 6". Eugene Daily Guard. (Oregon). January 1, 1920. p. 1.
  5. ^ "Harvard's Crimson triumphs over Oregon by 7 to 6". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 2, 1920. p. 15.
  6. ^ "Harvard trims Oregon 7-6 in Pasadena battle". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). January 2, 1920. p. 1.
  7. ^ 2008 Rose Bowl Program Archived 2008-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, 2008 Rose Bowl. Accessed January 26, 2008.