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The 2006 Rose Bowl game logo, as the game will serve as the National Championship for the Bowl Championship Series.

The Rose Bowl is an annual American college football game, usually played on January 1 (New Years Day) at the stadium of the same name in Pasadena, California. In 2006, New Years Day falls on a Sunday, so whenever this happens, the game is then played on the following Monday, except in cases when this game is played as the BCS National Championship Game.

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Background

Sometimes nicknamed "The Granddaddy of Them All," the Rose Bowl is the oldest bowl game and part of the annual Tournament of Roses event. For years the game bucked tradition by going without a sponsor, but in 1998, the game began being known as The Rose Bowl Game presented by AT&T and in 2002 as The Rose Bowl Game presented by PlayStation 2. Since 2005, when the agreement with Sony expired, the game has been presented by Citi.

The game was first played in 1902, pitting Michigan against Stanford, but after Michigan's 49-0 win over Stanford, Tournament of Roses officials did not stage another game until 1916. The Tournament also includes a parade with floats covered with flower petals. Before the Rose Bowl stadium was built, in 1923, games were played in Pasadena's Tournament Park, approximately 3 miles southeast of the current stadium. For many years the game was televised by NBC in a 1 PM PST (4 PM EST) time slot, the only New Year's bowl opposite no other bowl game; since 1988 it has aired on ABC.

In its early years (except during World War I), the game always featured a team (not necessarily the conference champion) from the Pacific Coast Conference (ancestor to today's Pac 10), as well as a team invited from further east. Beginning with the 1947 game, the game's participants were established as the champions of what is now the Big Ten and Pacific 10 Conferences. Since 1998, however, with the creation of the Bowl Championship Series system, team selection for the Rose Bowl is now tied into the other three BCS Bowls, although in any given year the Rose Bowl still attempts, if possible, to maintain the traditional Pac-10-Big Ten format. The 2002 game of Nebraska (Big 12 Conference) and Miami (Big East Conference) was the first since 1946 to not feature the traditional pairing. As one of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowl games (the others being the Sugar, Fiesta, and Orange Bowls), the Rose Bowl hosts the national championship game once every four years under the BCS system.

Years listed below indicate the January game date; for example, the 2003 game was played following the 2002 autumn football season. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the 1942 game was moved to Duke University's Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina due to World War II security threats, as officials were wary of allowing such a large crowd to congregate anywhere on the west coast and risking another Japanese attack.

The impact of the BCS on the Rose Bowl matchups has resulted in the initial participation by several teams, even in years when the BCS national championship game is not contested there. The 2003 Rose Bowl game featured the first appearance by Oklahoma. The 2005 bowl featured the University of Michigan against the University of Texas, who bumped California, a Pac-10 school, from the final at-large bid. Despite the controversy, this was a milestone for Texas as it marked the first meeting between the two teams, and also the first appearance - and victory - by Texas in the Rose Bowl.

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Rose Bowl trivia

During the 1961 game several students from nearby Caltech pulled a prank on the cheerleaders from Washington, widely known as "The Great Rose Bowl Hoax" due to its televised audience of nearly 10 million. The prank involved hijacking a flip-card show during the halftime break. The Caltech students managed to substitute the instructions for creating the flip-card images. The resulting changes included: the Caltech Beaver in place of the Washington Husky, the team name "HUSKIES" was inverted to "SEIKSUH", these were then followed with the name "CALTECH" in large letters as seen here.

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Game results

Italics denote a tie game.
* denotes BCS national championship games
** game played in Durham, NC

Date Played	Winning Team		Losing Team
January 1, 1902	Michigan	49	Stanford	0
January 1, 1916	Washington State	14	Brown	0
January 1, 1917	Oregon	14	Pennsylvania	0
January 1, 1918	Mare Island - USMC	19	Camp Lewis - US Army	7
January 1, 1919	Great Lakes - US Navy	17	Mare Island	0
January 1, 1920	Harvard	7	Oregon	6
January 1, 1921	California	28	Ohio State	0
January 2, 1922	California	0	Washington & Jefferson	0
January 1, 1923	Southern California	14	Penn State	3
January 1, 1924	Washington	14	Navy	14
January 1, 1925	Notre Dame	27	Stanford	10
January 1, 1926	Alabama	20	Washington	19
January 1, 1927	Stanford	7	Alabama	7
January 2, 1928	Stanford	7	Pittsburgh	6
January 1, 1929	Georgia Tech	8	California	7
January 1, 1930	Southern California	47	Pittsburgh	14
January 1, 1931	Alabama	24	Washington State	0
January 1, 1932	Southern California	21	Tulane	12
January 2, 1933	Southern California	35	Pittsburgh	0
January 1, 1934	Columbia	7	Stanford	0
January 1, 1935	Alabama	29	Stanford	13
January 1, 1936	Stanford	7	Southern Methodist	0
January 1, 1937	Pittsburgh	21	Washington	0
January 1, 1938	California	13	Alabama	0
January 2, 1939	Southern California	7	Duke	3
January 1, 1940	Southern California	14	Tennessee	0
January 1, 1941	Stanford	21	Nebraska	13
January 1, 1942**	Oregon State	20	Duke	16
January 1, 1943	Georgia	9	UCLA	0
January 1, 1944	Southern California	29	Washington	0
January 1, 1945	Southern California	25	Tennessee	0
January 1, 1946	Alabama	34	Southern California	14
January 1, 1947	Illinois	45	UCLA	14
January 1, 1948	Michigan	49	Southern California	0
January 1, 1949	Northwestern	20	California	14
January 2, 1950	Ohio State	17	California	14
January 1, 1951	Michigan	14	California	6
January 1, 1952	Illinois	40	Stanford	7
January 1, 1953	Southern California	7	Wisconsin	0
January 1, 1954	Michigan State	28	UCLA	20
January 1, 1955	Ohio State	20	Southern California	7
January 2, 1956	Michigan State	17	UCLA	14
January 1, 1957	Iowa	35	Oregon State	19
January 1, 1958	Ohio State	10	Oregon	7
January 1, 1959	Iowa	38	California	12
January 1, 1960	Washington	44	Wisconsin	8
January 2, 1961	Washington	17	Minnesota	7
January 2, 1962	Minnesota	21	UCLA	3
January 1, 1963	Southern California	42	Wisconsin	37
January 1, 1964	Illinois	17	Washington	7
January 1, 1965	Michigan	34	Oregon State	7
January 1, 1966	UCLA	14	Michigan State	12
January 2, 1967	Purdue	14	Southern California	13
January 1, 1968	Southern California	14	Indiana	3
January 1, 1969	Ohio State	27	Southern California	16
January 1, 1970	Southern California	10	Michigan	3
January 1, 1971	Stanford	27	Ohio State	17
January 1, 1972	Stanford	13	Michigan	12
January 1, 1973	Southern California	42	Ohio State	17
January 1, 1974	Ohio State	42	Southern California	21
January 1, 1975	Southern California	18	Ohio State	17
January 1, 1976	UCLA	23	Ohio State	10
January 1, 1977	Southern California	14	Michigan	6
January 2, 1978	Washington	27	Michigan	20
January 1, 1979	Southern California	17	Michigan	10
January 1, 1980	Southern California	17	Ohio State	16
January 1, 1981	Michigan	23	Washington	6
January 1, 1982	Washington	28	Iowa	0
January 1, 1983	UCLA	24	Michigan	14
January 2, 1984	UCLA	45	Illinois	9
January 1, 1985	Southern California	20	Ohio State	17
January 1, 1986	UCLA	45	Iowa	28
January 1, 1987	Arizona State	22	Michigan	15
January 1, 1988	Michigan State	20	Southern California	17
January 2, 1989	Michigan	22	Southern California	14
January 1, 1990	Southern California	17	Michigan	10
January 1, 1991	Washington	46	Iowa	34
January 1, 1992	Washington	34	Michigan	14
January 1, 1993	Michigan	38	Washington	31
January 1, 1994	Wisconsin	21	UCLA	16
January 2, 1995	Penn State	38	Oregon	20
January 1, 1996	Southern California	41	Northwestern	32
January 1, 1997	Ohio State	20	Arizona State	17
January 1, 1998	Michigan	21	Washington State	16
January 1, 1999	Wisconsin	38	UCLA	31
January 1, 2000	Wisconsin	17	Stanford	9
January 1, 2001	Washington	34	Purdue	24
January 3, 2002*	Miami	37	Nebraska	14
January 1, 2003	Oklahoma	34	Washington State	14
January 1, 2004	Southern California	28	Michigan	14
January 1, 2005	Texas	38	Michigan	37
January 4, 2006*	?	?	?	?