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College football game
The
1922 San Diego East-West Christmas Classic
was a
college football
postseason
bowl game
between the
West Virginia Mountaineers
and
Gonzaga Bulldogs
.
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Background
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This was the first bowl appearance for both teams and West Virginia was attempting to secure their first ten-win season. From
Spokane
, the Bulldogs were on a four-game winning streak, all played in the state of
Washington
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Game summary
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West Virginia took a lead on Nick Nardacci's twelve-yard touchdown run, the only score in the first quarter.
Russ Meredith
returned an interception eighty yards to extend the lead to 14?0 at halftime. Jack Simons caught a touchdown pass from Nardacci in the third to make it 21?0. The Bulldogs narrowed the gap on two touchdowns from Matt Bross (one reception and one run), but that ended the scoring at 21?13, as the Mountaineers held on to win their first bowl game and gained a ten-win season.
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Aftermath
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It is widely criticized that West Virginia was not invited to the
Rose Bowl
, but the team did receive a share of the
national championship
; their next bowl appearance was
fifteen years later
, at the
Sun Bowl
in
El Paso, Texas
. This was Gonzaga's only bowl game,
[4]
as its
football program
was discontinued after the
1941
season.
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