ucla bruins played in the rose bowl regular season.
ucla bruins played in the rose bowl regular season.
who plays in the rose bowl regular season?
ucla bruins
the 1947 rose bowl was a college football bowl game. it was the 33rd rose bowl game. the illinois fighting illini defeated the ucla bruins, 45–14. illinois halfbacks buddy young and jules rykovich shared the rose bowl player of the game award. they were named the rose bowl players of the game when the award was created in 1953 and selections were made retroactively. it was the first rose bowl game that featured teams from the pacific coast conference and the big nine conference by the terms of an exclusive five-year agreement. it is known as the first "modern" rose bowl, and the modern rose bowl records date back to this game. this exclusive agreement remained in place until the 1999 rose bowl when the rose bowl became part of the bowl championship series, with the exception of the games from 1960 onward following the collapse of the pcc and prior to the renegotiation with the newly formed athletic association of western universities (aawu), highlighted by the 1962 rose bowl where big ten champion ohio state declined the invitation.
1947 rose bowl
five times in rose bowl game history, the two participants had played during the regular season. in three of those instances, the same team won both the regular season game and the rose bowl game. ucla won three of those five rose bowl games, including both instances in which a different team lost the regular season game but won the rose bowl game.









































bullet::::- 1956 iowa 14, oregon state 13; 1957 rose bowl rematch: iowa 35, oregon state 19









































bullet::::- 1965 michigan state 13, ucla 3; 1966 rose bowl rematch: ucla 14, michigan state 12
rose bowl game