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Rose Bowl

The Rose Bowl is both the name of an annual American college football game usually played on January 1, and also the name of the stadium in Pasadena, California where the game is played.

Table of contents
1 The Stadium
2 The Game
3 External link

The Stadium

The stadium, built in 1923, is not only used for the Rose Bowl game itself, but has also been the home football field for UCLA since 1982. In addition, it is one of two stadiums to have hosted the FIFA World Cup finals for both men and women; it hosted the men's final in 1994 and the women's final in 1999. The other stadium with this honor is the Råsunda Stadium near Stockholm, which hosted the men's final in 1958 and the women's final in 1995. The 1999 women's final was the most-attended women's sports event in history, with an official attendance of 90,185.

The Game

The Rose Bowl game, sometimes called "The Granddaddy of Them All", is part of the annual
Tournament of Roses event. It was first played in 1902, although the next game was not played until 1916. The Tournament also includes a parade with floats covered with flower petals. Before the stadium was built in 1923, previous games were played in Pasadena's Tournament Park, approximately 3 miles southeast of the current stadium. Beginning with the 1947 game, the opponents have traditionally been the champions of the Big Ten and Pacific 10 Conferences. However, with the creation of the Bowl Championship Series system, team selection for the Rose Bowl is now based on BCS standings (though the system attempts if possible to maintain the Pac-10 - Big 10 format). The 2002 game 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 here 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 Durham, North Carolina due to World War II travel restrictions.

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Category:Stadiums\nCategory:American football competitions\nCategory:College football

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