Southern California49
Illinois17
January 1, 2008
Rose Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
January 1, 2008
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Participants and result
Format and selection
BCS
One postseason game.
The consulted sources do not document how teams were selected for this season.
These are documented selection procedures. They do not explain why a particular participant was chosen unless the source expressly records that decision.
History
The Tournament of Roses staged its first postseason football game on January 1, 1902, after the 1901 football season. Football returned in 1916 and became an annual part of the celebration.
The Rose Bowl stadium opened for the January 1923 game. The 1942 edition moved to Durham, North Carolina, during wartime; the January 2021 semifinal moved to Arlington, Texas, during the pandemic.
The game became closely associated with the Big Ten and the Pacific Coast conference lineage. It later hosted BCS title games and CFP rounds, whose selection systems superseded the usual conference matchup.
Related competitions: College Football Playoff · BCS National Championship
Sources and coverage
The consulted sources do not document the selection procedure for this season.
Previous editions
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