1919 Rose Bowl
| 1919 Tournament East-West football game | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 5th Rose Bowl Game | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1919 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1918 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Tournament Park | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pasadena, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | George Halas (E) – US Navy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 25,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1919 Rose Bowl, known at the time as the Tournament East-West Football Game, was a bowl game played on January 1, 1919, at Tournament Park in Pasadena, California. It was the 5th Rose Bowl Game. With the war just over, the game was played with players from the Mare Island Marines of California and the Great Lakes Navy from Great Lakes, Illinois.
With college football teams depleted due to World War I, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses decided to stage the game with military personnel. With approval from President Woodrow Wilson, they invited the team from the Marine detachment at the Mare Island Naval Base for the second consecutive year, while it was the first appearance by a Navy team from the Naval Station Great Lakes.
Game MVP and future NFL Hall of Fame coach and Chicago Bears owner George “Papa Bear” Halas holds the Rose Bowl record for the longest non-scoring pass interception return of 77 yards.
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