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The 1943 Rose Bowl game, played on January 1,
1943 was the 29th Rose Bowl game. The University of Georgia
Bulldogs defeated the UCLA Bruins 9-0. The game returned to the
Rose Bowl stadium after being played at Duke
Stadium the year before. Charley Trippi of Georgia was named the
Rose Bowl Player Of The Game when the award was created in 1953 and
selections were made retroactively.[2]
After the 1942 Allied victory in the Battle of Midway and the end of the
Japanese offensives in the Pacific Theater during 1942, it was deemed
that the West Coast was no longer vulnerable to attack, and the
Rose Bowl game continued on in the Rose Bowl Stadium. The Tournament
of Roses parade itself still was not held due to the war.[3]
Teams
UCLA
Bruins
UCLA won the Pacific Coast Conference title
for the first time in school history. The Bruins also won their
first victory in the UCLA-USC rivalry.
This Rose Bowl game was the first appearance for the Bruins in any
post season matchup. The previous season saw UCLA and USC tie 7-7
in a matchup of lower tier teams. They played on the eve of World War II on
December 6, 1941.[4] In
1942, the Bruins and Trojans met with the Rose Bowl on the line for
both teams. On December 12, 1942 UCLA defeated USC for the first
time 14-7.[5]
Georgia
Bulldogs
The Tournament of Roses committee were responsible for selecting
and inviting the opposing team. Georgia was the number two team in
the nation behind number 1 Ohio State. The Western
Conference, forerunner of the Big Ten Conference, did not
permit their teams to play in bowl games until the 1946 agreement
between the Big Ten and Pacific Coast Conference. The
Bulldogs featured 1942 Heisman Trophy winner Frank Sinkwich
and Maxwell
Award winner Charley Trippi. The Bulldogs had been
named national champions by the Berryman, DeVold, Houlgate,
Litkenhous, Poling, and Williamson polls. Georgia had played their
first bowl game the previous year, the 1942 Orange bowl.
Scoring
summary
Both teams went scoreless until the fourth quarter.
First
quarter
Second
quarter
Third
quarter
Fourth
quarter
Aftermath
Charley Trippi of Georgia was named the Rose Bowl Player Of The
Game when the award was created in 1953 and selections were made
retroactively.[2]
Lynn "Buck"
Compton, who played for UCLA, later earned a Silver Star for his
meritorious action at Brécourt Manor. The action was
later dramatized in episode two of the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.
This was Georgia's one and only appearance in the Rose Bowl game.
With the advent of the Bowl Championship Series, the
possibility exists that Georgia could be invited to play in the
Rose Bowl game. For the 2008 Rose Bowl, a hopeful matchup was
examined that Georgia might play USC, but the Sugar Bowl would not
give up the Bulldogs.[6]
Myth
A myth about the game is circulating the web as a piece of
incorrect trivia. "In 1943, Percy Clark of UCLA made the
mistake of being tackled behind the goal line while attempting to
return a punt against Georgia [in the Rose Bowl]," wrote Arizona
Republic columnist David Casstevens in 1996. "UCLA lost the game,
2-0. One newspaper carried the headline: Clark 2, UCLA 0. Clark was
ostracized by classmates and quit college a week later. He moved to
the woods in Oregon, where he spent many years as a
recluse."[7] The
winning score was 9-0, not 2-0. The safety was scored by Red Boyd
by blocking a punt. The UCLA media guide does not list any Percy
Clark as a letterman, nor any "Percy" nor "Clark" who lettered in
the 1940s.[8]
Game
facts
According to Lynn "Buck" Compton (See "Call of Duty" by Lt. Lynn
Buck Compton, Life, before, during, and after the "Band of
Brothers), shortly after the game, the entire Senior Class of those
players, who were also in ROTC, were taken into the military, prior
to graduation and sent to Officer Candidate School. <- TERRIBLE
ENGLISH. FIX THIS WHEN YOU REMOVE THIS MESSAGE, OTHERWISE YOU'RE A
WIKIPEDIA LOSER. Buck went on to Ft. Benning Georgia.
References
- ^
Official 2007 NCAA Division I football records book - PDF copy
available at NCAA.org
- ^ a
b
2008 Rose Bowl Program, 2008 Rose Bowl.
Accessed January 26, 2008.
- ^
GENE SHERMAN - Rose Parade Goes
to War. Spirit of Bond Drive Insures Return of Great Floral
Pageant. Los Angeles Times, January 2, 1943. Quote:Once again
yesterday war's ugly shadow stretched long across Colorado St. and
there was no Tournament of Roses on New Year's Day in
Pasadena.
- ^
Zimmerman, Paul - Trojans Slight Favorites Over Bruin Eleven Today.
Troy Eleven Doped to Win Bruins and S.C. to Clash Today Before
65,000 Fans in Coliseum Battle. Los Angeles Times, December 6,
1941. A couple of victory-starved teams named U.C.L.A. and Southern
California rally their squads of unsung football heroes at Memorial
Coliseum today for a last stand.
- ^
Zimmerman, Paul - Bruins Get Rose Bowl Bid With 14-7 Win Over Troy.
Troy Bows to Bruins Westwood Boys Defeat Cross-town Foes for First
Time in History. Los Angeles Times, December 13, 1941 Those
indomitable Bruins of U.C.L.A. finally broke the shackles of the
Southern California Trojans yesterday and at the same time hammered
down the fettered gates to the Rose Bowl.
- ^
Ralph D. Russo - Georgia, USC would make good
championship matchup. Associated Press College Football,
Appeared in Honolulu Advertiser, January 2, 2008.
- ^
SOCIAL STUDIES A DAILY
MISCELLANY OF INFORMATION BY MICHAEL KESTERTON The Globe And
Mail, September 23, 2004
- ^
UCLA Bruins football Media guide (PDF copy available at www.uclabruins.com), 2007 edition lists
lettermen on pages 134-137
Bibliography
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