The 1921 Rose Bowl, known at the time as the Tournament East-West Football Game, was a college football

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played on January 1, 1921 at

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in Pasadena, California. It was the seventh Rose Bowl Game. The defeated the

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by a score of 28–0 in the second

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versus Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) meeting in a Rose Bowl, the first being the

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, which featured

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and Stanford. California's victory stood as the only Rose Bowl win for a PCC team over a Big Ten team until the

1953 Rose Bowl The 1953 Rose Bowl was the 39th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Thursday, January 1, at the end of the 1952 college football season. The fifth-ranked USC Trojans of the Pacific Coast C ...

.2009-10 Rose Bowl Media Guide, ''Pasadena Tournament of Roses'', December 2009 California finished the season undefeated after handing Ohio State its first loss of the season. The Bears, who outscored their opponents 510–14 for the season, remained undefeated from 1920 until 1924. End

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was named Player of the Game. He completed a 53-yard touchdown pass to Brodie Stephens after receiving a toss from Pesky Sprott. Sprott scored two touchdowns after carrying the ball 20 times for 90 yards. It was the last time Ohio State was shut out until the 1993 season. Ohio State All-American

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rushed for 82 yards.

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