The 1926 Rose Bowl Game was held on January 1, 1926, in Pasadena, California. The game is commonly referred to as "The Game That Changed The South." The game featured the

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, making their first bowl appearance, and the

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. The Crimson Tide was led by Johnny Mack Brown, and the Huskies by George "Wildcat" Wilson. Alabama were victorious 20–19, as they scored all 20 points in the third quarter. With the victory, the Crimson Tide were awarded with their first National Championship. The game made its radio broadcast debut, with

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, a sports writer and former Olympian track star, at the microphone. Coach Wade was later inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 1990.

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went on to a long career as a movie actor, mostly in westerns. __TOC__

Team selection

The Rose Bowl committee extended an invitation to Clark Shaughnessy's Tulane team,Tulane Grid Team To Play Washington New Year's Game; Clark Shaughnessy Goes to Western Conference Of Coaches to Arrange Details—Game to Be Staged at Pasadena
''The Evening Independent'', p. 30, December 4, 1925. but the school administration declined the offer because it did not want to sacrifice academics to play a football game. ].James W. Johnson
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p. 16, University of Nebraska Press, 2006, .

Scoring

First quarter

*Wash – Paton, 1-yard run (Guttormsen kick failed)

Second quarter

*Wash – Cole, 20-yard pass from Wilson (Guttormsen kick failed)

Third quarter

*Ala – Hubert, 1-yard run (Buckler kick good) *Ala – Brown, 59-yard pass from Gillis (Buckler kick good) *Ala – Brown, 30-yard pass from Hubert (Buckler kick failed)

Fourth quarter

*Wash – Guttormsen, 27-yard pass from Wilson (Cook kick good)

References

External links

The Will To Win, Alabama East-West Champions by Champ Pickens, 1926
from the University Libraries Division of Special Collections,

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1925–26 NCAA football bowl games

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