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The 1941 Rose Bowl, played on January 1, 1942,
was an American football bowl game. It was the 27th
Rose Bowl Game
with the #7 ranked Cornhuskers
taking on the #2 ranked Stanford Indians.
At the end of the 2009 college football season, this game stands as
the only meeting between these two football programs. The final
score was a 21-13 Stanford victory.[1] This
was the Cornhuskers first bowl
game.
Teams
University of
Nebraska-Lincoln Cornhuskers
Nebraska Cornhusker football team was 8-1 going into the Rose
Bowl and was ranked seventh in the nation with their one loss of
the season to top-ranked Minnesota. After the announcement of the
Rose Bowl acceptance, the celebration that followed lasted for 24
hours in Lincoln, according to newspaper reports. University
classes were canceled, and students stormed the state capitol,
demanding that the governor lead the singing of the school song,
"There
Is No Place Like Nebraska." The team had two All-Americans: Warren Alfson and
Forrest Behm and was lead by coach Lawrence Mcceney
"Biff" Jones.
Stanford University
Indians
The 1940 Stanford football season started with a new football
coach, Clark Shaughnessy, who would bring a revolutionary football
style called the T
formation. This new style of playing was filled with tricks,
fakes and pitchouts that helped the Indians to a perfect 9-0
regular season and a nickname of the "Wow Boys". The new features
of the style involved quarterback Frankie Albert taking the snap from
right behind the center.
Game
summary
Scoring
First
Quarter
NEBR - Vike Francis 2 run (Francis kick).
STAN - Hugh
Gallarneau 9 run (Frankie Albert kick).
Second
Quarter
NEBR - Allen Zikmund 33 pass from Herm Rohrig (kick
blocked).
STAN - Gallarneau 41 pass from Albert (Albert kick).
Third
Quarter
STAN - Pete
Kmetovic 39 punt return (Albert kick).
Fourth
Quarter
No Score
Highlight
of the game
The highlight of the game is often considered to be one of the
best plays in Rose Bowl history. The Indians drove from their own
23-yard line to the Cornhusker one-yard line before a valiant
goal-line stand by Nebraska denied Stanford the end zone. Stanford
had four cracks at the end zone from the one-yard line, but the
Cornhuskers held each time.
After taking over on their own one, Nebraska opted to punt on
first down. Then came the play of the game. Kmetovic took the punt
at the Cornhusker 40-yard line and dashed and darted his way to the
end zone, giving Stanford an insurmountable 21-13 lead.[2]
Statistics
Note: Both schools report slightly different stats, these stats
are from Nebraska's records[3]
|
Stanford |
Nebraska |
| First Downs |
15 |
9 |
| Rushing Yards |
202 |
58 |
| Passing Att-com-int |
13-6-2 |
14-4-0 |
| Passing Yards |
68 |
85 |
| Total Offense |
375 |
128 |
Aftermath
This game is generally considered the clincher that convinced
football pundits that the T formation style was the offense of the
future.
The game retains a special place in Cornhusker history and
future Hall of Fame Coach Bob Devaney used to joke that he'd been in
the state several years before he found out the Cornhuskers had
lost the 1941 Rose Bowl game.
External
links
References
| Nebraska Cornhuskers bowl
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