1936 Rose Bowl

1936 Rose Bowl
	22nd Rose Bowl Game
Stanford Indians	SMU Mustangs
(7–1)	(12–0)
PCC	SWC
7	0
Head coach: ; Claude E. Thornhill	Head coach: ; Matty Bell
Date	January 1, 1936
Season	1935
Stadium	Rose Bowl Stadium
Location	Pasadena, California
MVP	Keith Topping (E) – Stanford; Monk Moscrip (E) – Stanford
Attendance	84,784

The 1936 Rose Bowl was the 22nd Rose Bowl game, an American post-season college football game that was played on New Year's Day 1936 in Pasadena, California. It featured the undefeated SMU Mustangs against the Stanford Indians, which had one loss. [1]

Background

Stanford had been to six previous Rose Bowls in a span of 34 years (and they would go to four more in the next 36 years), but they had only managed to win once while losing four times and tying once.

SMU had a perfect record of 12–0 and was ranked at the top with a defense that shut out their opponents 8 out of 12 games. This was their second ever bowl game but their first marquee bowl game.

Game summary

Not wanting to lose for the third consecutive time in the Rose Bowl, Stanford strove to score first, which they did with Bill Paulman's touchdown run in the first quarter. The rest of the game was a defensive struggle (which is why two ends were named MVP), highlighted by Stanford's six interceptions and SMU's crucial fumble at Stanford's five yard line. In the end, there was 355 combined yards, but also 25 combined punts and only 15 first downs.

Scoring

First Quarter

Stan – Bill Paulman, 1-yard run (Moscrip kick good)

Game notes

The game was the first sellout for the Rose Bowl Game with all 84,784 seats filled with a large portion of fans from Texas to watch their Mustangs play. According to the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, there was a request for additional 200,000 tickets.

References

2009 Kickoff Luncheon and Rose Bowl Hall of Fame Induction program

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[1] 2009 Kickoff Luncheon and Rose Bowl Hall of Fame Induction program

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Notes	No games were held from 1903 to 1915. The 1942 game was played at Duke Stadium in Durham, NC, due to the attack on Pearl Harbor. The 2021 game was played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in California. The game was also the national title game for the Bowl Championship Series in 2002 and 2006. The game was a College Football Playoff semifinal in its 2015, 2018, and 2021 editions.