Who won the 1926 rose bowl football game

The game made its radio broadcast debut, with Charles Paddock, a sports writer, and former Olympian track star, at the microphone. Washington jumped ahead with a lead before half time. However, in the second half, the University of Alabama came back and scored three touchdowns in less than seven minutes to take the lead Washington scored one more time, but Alabama won with a score of Johnny Mack Brown make a game-saving tackle in the last seconds of the play.

As you can imagine, the team was met with proud southerners in many southern towns they passed on their return home. They were often greeted with brass bands and speeches. Even students at rival, Tulane University, cheered the team when it stopped in New Orleans. Once they reached Tuscaloosa, it took the train an hour to progress from the depot to downtown due to all the fans climbing on the roof to catch a glimpse of the players. A parade was held that ended in the Quadrangle with speeches and many accolades to follow.

The win raised the status of southern football forever, and teams throughout the South played in 13 of the next 20 Rose Bowls until the Rose Bowl entered into an agreement with the Big 10 Conference to provide the opponent for a team from the Pacific 10 Conference on the West Coast. This agreement is still in effect today and has been honored, with occasional exceptions.

Allison T. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in In , he played Billy the Kid. He later made many Western films, with a career spanning over forty years. In Sykes was called into active duty by the U. Air Force. He died on July 1, Alabama had played in a total of six Rose Bowl games since , , , , , Offers to Princeton and then Colgate were also extended and rejected. Finally, the Tournament of Roses committee turned to the recognized southern champion and offered an invitation to Alabama.

Wade and his players accepted. The general consensus was that Alabama was going to get whupped. No less than coaching legend Glen "Pop" Warner said Washington was just too big for the smaller Crimson Tide squad to handle.

Entertainer Will Rogers summed up the general sentiment when he called the Alabama the "Tusca-losers. Wade, on the other hand, promised his team three weeks of "tough hard practice" and kept his word. Remember, this was a mere 60 years after end of the Civil War, and regional biases were even stronger then than they are today. The Los Angeles Times referred to Alabama players as "swamp students," while noted Hollywood actor and humorist Will Rogers joked that the school's home city should be referred to as "Tusca-loser.

But nevertheless, after winning a couple of conference championships back in the South, we were invited out to play against the University of Washington, which at that time was one of the greatest football teams in America. Indeed, the Huskies -- alternately referred to at the time as the "Purple Tornado" -- were a true football powerhouse.

Washington recorded nine consecutive undefeated seasons from and won PCC titles in , and The Alabama football team prepares to board the train for California prior to the Rose Bowl against Washington. Alabama won the game The Huskies entered the Rose Bowl at , with a tie at Nebraska in October the only blemish. Washington was the nation's highest-scoring team, with victories by margins such as , , , and to their credit.

The Huskies were inordinately large for their era, averaging more than 6-feet tall and pounds per man in a time where the average college football player was considerably shorter and lighter. Leading the way for Washington was George "Wildcat" Wilson, an All-America halfback who scored 37 touchdowns in his college career. Heading West. Its Rose Bowl invitation secured, Alabama embarked on a four-day train trip to California in mid-December After a few days of cavorting with Hollywood movie stars and Alabama alumni who lived in or near Los Angeles, Wade laid down the law with his players and put a stop to non-football activities.

The Alabama coach held closed practices sessions, putting his team through grueling physical workouts in the days leading up to the game. Alabama players and head coach Wallace Wade discuss strategy prior to the Rose Bowl game against Washington. As former Birmingham News sports writer and noted Alabama football historian Clyde Bolton explained in "Roses of Crimson," Pickens arranged for the various civic clubs in Alabama to send telegrams to the Crimson Tide players, imploring them to win the Rose Bowl for the glory of the Southern states.

Wade relayed a similar message to his team in the pre-game, telling the Crimson Tide that "Southern football is not recognized or respected. Boys, here's your chance to change that forever. With a crowd of close to 50, in attendance, Washington jumped out to an early lead. Wilson had an interception and a touchdown pass as the Huskies built a advantage at halftime. It was Hubert -- one of Alabama's team captains -- who first tried to inspire the Crimson Tide at halftime.

Then Wade tried a little reverse psychology. He said 'and they told me that boys from the South would fight. That's all he said. A furious rally. Alabama dominated the third quarter, and thereby secured the victory. After the Crimson Tide received the second-half kickoff, Hubert scored on a 1-yard touchdown run and Bill Buckler added the extra point to make it That's end Emile Barnes at right looking to make a block.

Following a defensive stop, Gillis hit Brown on a yard touchdown to make it Washington then fumbled the kickoff, and Hubert found Brown wide open for a yard score -- Alabama's third touchdown in seven minutes -- for a lead after three quarters. I took it in stride and went over carrying somebody.

The place was really in an uproar. Washington rallied with an yard drive in the fourth quarter, capped by Wilson's yard touchdown pass to George Guttormsen, which made the score Alabama killed any further threats by the Huskies with a pair of turnovers, plus what was described as a brilliant open-field tackle by Brown on Wilson. Wilson was a star in defeat for Washington, totaling yards rushing and passing and making several big plays on defense.