1941 Rose Bowl
| 1941 Rose Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 27th Rose Bowl Game | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1941 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Rose Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pasadena, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Peter Kmetovic | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 92,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1941 Rose Bowl, played on January 1, 1941, was an American football bowl game. It was the 27th Rose Bowl Game with the #7 ranked Cornhuskers taking on the #2 ranked Stanford Indians. At the end of the 2013 college football season, this game stands as the only meeting between these two football programs. The final score was a 21–13 Stanford victory. This was the Cornhuskers first bowl game.
The Nebraska Cornhusker football team was 8–1 going into the Rose Bowl and was ranked seventh in the nation with their one loss of the season to top-ranked Minnesota. After the announcement of the Rose Bowl acceptance, the celebration that followed lasted for 24 hours in Lincoln, according to newspaper reports. University classes were canceled, and students stormed the state capitol, demanding that the governor lead the singing of the school song, "There Is No Place Like Nebraska." The team had two All-Americans: Warren Alfson and Forrest Behm and was led by coach Biff Jones.
The 1940 Stanford football season started with a new football coach, Clark Shaughnessy, who would bring a revolutionary football style called the T formation. This new style of playing was filled with tricks, fakes and pitchouts that helped the Indians to a perfect 9–0 regular season and a nickname of the "Wow Boys". The new features of the style involved quarterback Frankie Albert taking the snap from right behind the center.
NEBR - Vike Francis 2 run (Francis kick).
STAN - Hugh Gallarneau 9 run (Frankie Albert kick).
NEBR - Allen Zikmund 33 pass from Herm Rohrig (kick blocked).
STAN - Gallarneau 41 pass from Albert (Albert kick).
STAN - Pete Kmetovic 39 punt return (Albert kick).
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The highlight of the game is often considered to be one of the best plays in Rose Bowl history. The Indians drove from their own 23-yard line to the Cornhusker one-yard line before a valiant goal-line stand by Nebraska denied Stanford the end zone. Stanford had four cracks at the end zone from the one-yard line, but the Cornhuskers held each time.
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