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1918 Rose Bowl

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The 1918 Rose Bowl, known at the time as the Tournament East-West Football Game, was a bowl game played on January 1, 1918, at Tournament Park in Pasadena, California. It was the 4th Rose Bowl Game. With America at war, the game was played with players from the Mare Island Marines of California and the Camp Lewis Army from American Lake, Washington.

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Game summary

Since the Rose Bowl game became so popular and most of the college football players were fighting overseas during World War I, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses decided to stage the game with military units, with the approval from President Woodrow Wilson. The Camp Lewis football team represented the US Army.

First quarter

No scoring

Second quarter

  • MI – Keith Ambrose, 31-yard drop-kick field goal
  • CL – E.L. Romney, 6-yard run (Sharpe kick good)
  • MI – Jap Brown, 5-yard run (Ambrose drop kick failed)

    • Third quarter

    No scoring

    Fourth quarter

  • MI – Hollis Huntington, 1-yard run (Ambrose drop kick good)
  • MI – Keith Ambrose, 33-yard field goal

    • References

    1918 Rose Bowl Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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