1934 Rose Bowl

1934 Rose Bowl
20th Rose Bowl Game
Columbia Lions Stanford Indians
(7–1) (8–1–1)
Independent PCC
7 0
Head coach: 
Lou Little		 Head coach: 
Claude E. Thornhill
1234 Total
Columbia 0700 7
Stanford 0000 0
DateJanuary 1, 1934
Season1933
StadiumRose Bowl
LocationPasadena, California
MVPCliff Montgomery (Columbia QB)
RefereeTom Louttit
Attendance35,000
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The 1934 Rose Bowl, played on January 1, 1934, was an American football bowl game. It was the 20th Rose Bowl Game. The Columbia Lions defeated the Stanford Indians (now Cardinal) 7-0.[1] Cliff Montgomery, the Columbia quarterback, was named the Rose Bowl Player Of The Game when the award was created in 1953 and selections were made retroactively.[2] At 35,000, it has the lowest attendance in the Rose Bowl game since the Rose Bowl Stadium was built in 1922. This was one of the few rainy New Year's Day celebrations in Pasadena, California.[3] Rain three days before had turned the Rose Bowl stadium into a small lake.[3]

  1. ^ "Tournament of Roses - Rose Bowl Game Photo Timeline". Archived from the original on May 20, 2008. Retrieved April 23, 2008.
  2. ^ 2008 Rose Bowl Program Archived March 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, 2008 Rose Bowl. Accessed January 26, 2008.
  3. ^ a b Palladino, Lisa - OBITUARIES: Cliff Montgomery ’34, Rose Bowl Quarterback Archived September 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Columbia College Today, July 2005