Venue:
Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California

Date:
Thursday, January 1, 2009

Teams:
Penn State Nittany Lions

vs.

USC Trojans

Previous Result:
January 1, 2008: USC 49, Illinois 17

Bowl History:
The Rose Bowl is the oldest and historically the most prestigious college football bowl game. The game is nicknamed "The Granddaddy of Them All" and is part of the Tournament of Roses in Pasadena, California. The University of Michigan won the first Rose Bowl Game (originally titled the "Tournament East-West Football Game") in 1902 over Stanford University 49-0. Football took a 15 year hiatus from the Tournament until 1916, the game has been played annually since then.

The first 8 Rose Bowls were held at a private park maintained by the California Institute of Technology named Tournament Park. The game quickly outgrew this venue and was moved to the City of Pasadena's newly completed Rose Bowl Stadium in 1923. Other than a temporary relocation in 1942, the Rose Bowl Stadium has hosted the game every year since then. The 1942 game was moved to Wallace Wade Stadium on the campus of Duke University due to fears of a Japanese attack against the West Coast early in World War II.