History of the Rose Bowl Game
Catherine Kenyeres

History of the Rose Bowl game - Back in 1901, the organizers of
the Tournament of Roses© were agonizing how to attract people to
the activities on New Year’s Day. James Wagner, then president of
the Tournament brought forth the idea of a post-season football
game to attract the much desired attendance.


Fielding Yost, the coach of the undefeated Michigan football team
challenged the University of California. California declined but
Stanford stepped up to meet Michigan’s challenge. Michigan’s team
devastated Stanford in a 49-0 score in front of 8,000 people.


The football game made a profit. However, due to the one sided
triumph, organizers thought that the spectators would not show up
for yet another football game and replaced the post-season
football game with chariot racing. However, the chariot racing
was wrought with problems. The unprofessional chariot racers
would run into each other. Soon after, the organizers sought out
professional racers, but then, the spectators assumed that the
races were fixed. Subsequently, the organizers decided to return
to the post-season football game.


In 1916, the second Tournament of Roses© football games took
place where Washington State defeated Brown 14-0. The Rose Bowl
game has been nicknamed the “Grandaddy of Them All®” and has been
a sellout since 1947.

Catherine Kenyeres is a freelance writer and successful publisher
for http://www.best-4u-tickets.com . Catherine has written
numerous articles for the sports enthusiast. To purchase sports
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