Rose Bowl

Participants and result

Format and selection

Independent bowl selection

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 It later hosted BCS title games and CFP rounds, whose selection systems superseded the usual conference matchup.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

• NCAA bowl and all-star records ↗

The consulted sources do not document the selection procedure for this season.

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