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The
1944 Rose Bowl
was the thirtieth
edition
of the
college football
bowl game
, played at the
Rose Bowl
in
Pasadena, California
, on Saturday, January 1. This was the only Rose Bowl game with teams from the same conference (
Pacific Coast
), necessitated by the travel restrictions imposed by the
war effort
.
[4]
It determined the champion of the PCC for the
1943
season, and the
USC Trojans
shut out the
Washington Huskies
29?0 in a one-sided game.
[2]
[5]
[6]
[7]
USC backup quarterback
Jim Hardy
threw three touchdown passes to lead the Trojans to their seventh Rose Bowl
victory
and eighth PCC
championship
.
[2]
[5]
[8]
For the first time, the Rose Bowl was broadcast on the
radio
abroad to all American servicemen, with General
Eisenhower
in
Western Europe
allowing all troops who were not on the front lines to tune in and listen.
[7]
[9]
Teams
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Washington Huskies
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Favored Washington won all four of its games in an abbreviated season without any PCC matchups, as the other five programs in the Northern Division were on hiatus in 1943 (and
1944
).
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[11]
They played
Whitman College
,
Spokane Air Command
(twice), and the
March Field Flyers
.
[1]
The Rose Bowl was the Huskies' sole conference game of the season; the three teams of the Southern Division (USC,
UCLA
and
California
) played each other twice;
Stanford
was on hiatus until the
1946
season.
Washington's most recent game was two months earlier on October 30,
[12]
[13]
and they had lost a dozen players to active military duty since, including two of their best backs, Jay Stoves (a transfer from idle
Washington State
) and Pete Susick.
[7]
Head coach
Ralph Welch
filled roster holes with
Navy V-12
trainees and
draft
rejects who recently arrived at campus, leaving only 28 players available for the game.
[7]
Oddsmakers made the Huskies two-touchdown favorites to beat USC, but the fielded team differed greatly from that of the regular season.
[7]
USC Trojans
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Scoring
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First quarter
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- No scoring
Second quarter
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- USC ? George Callanan, 11-yard pass from
Jim Hardy
(Dick Jamison kick good); USC leads 7?0
Third quarter
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- USC ? Callanan, 10-yard pass from Hardy (Jamison kick good); USC leads 14?0
- USC ? Gordon Gray, 21-yard pass from Hardy (Jamison kick blocked); USC leads 20?0
Fourth quarter
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- USC ? Gray, 36-yard pass from Ainslee Bell (Jamison kick good); USC leads 27?0
- USC ? Gerry Austin’s punt blocked and rolled into the end zone for a safety; USC leads 29?0
References
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a
b
"Washington, Trojans meet"
.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
. Associated Press. January 1, 1944. p. 10.
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a
b
c
Shoemaker, Lisle (January 2, 1944).
"Southern California upsets Washington"
.
Sunday Morning Star
. (Wilmington, Delaware). United Press. p. 23.
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2003 UW media guide, p. 323
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"Bowl attendance likely be reduced"
.
Spokane Daily Chronicle
. (Washington). Associated Press. December 31, 1943. p. 9.
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a
b
Frawley, Frank (January 2, 1944).
"Southern California laces Washington, 29-0, in Rose Bowl"
.
Youngstown Vindicator
. (Ohio). Associated Press. p. D1.
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"Rose Bowl 1944"
. Rose Bowl History. Archived from
the original
on December 1, 2008
. Retrieved
December 12,
2008
.
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a
b
c
d
e
Eskenazi, David (November 1, 2011).
"Wayback Machine: Pest Welch's Crazy War Years"
. Sportspress Northwest
. Retrieved
June 13,
2020
.
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"The Rose Bowl 1944"
. mmbolding.com. Archived from
the original
on December 19, 2008
. Retrieved
December 12,
2008
.
- ^
"Huskies (University of Washington) Football, 1889?2008"
. historylink.org. April 11, 2008
. Retrieved
December 12,
2008
.
- ^
"Idaho, Washington State, and O.S.C. withdraw from Northern Division football loop"
.
Lewiston Morning Tribune
. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 24, 1943. p. 8.
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Ashlock, Herb (September 24, 1943).
"Hollingbery to stay "at present salary," but Schmidt's status not revealed"
.
Spokane Daily Chronicle
. (Washington). p. 9.
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Hutcheson, Jim (October 31, 1943).
"Huskies thump Spokane 41-7 in last bowl bid"
.
Lewiston Morning Tribune
. (Idaho). Associated Press. p. 11.
- ^
Claasen, Harold (December 31, 1943).
"Grid season ends tomorrow in variety of bowl games"
.
Calgary Herald
. (Alberta, Canada). Associated Press. p. 14.
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