Ohio State, 17; California, 14
1950 Rose Bowl, That Was Then, But Was It Sweet, The last couple of bowl games haven't been kind to Buckeye fans, but in the first years of the Big Ten-PCC Rose Bowl matchups, the midwesterners toyed with their surfer cousins from the West. In what was developing into a habit, the California Golden Bears swept through their own conference and were ranked third in the country, but when the Buckeyes were finished with them in Pasadena that day, their coach made them walk the entire 400-odd miles back to Berkeley, helmets in hand. Well, at least that's what he should have done. Those boys done dogged it, and how.
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1949 Northwestern, 20; California, 14
1949 Rose Bowl, Wildcats Stun Unbeaten Golden Bears, This was supposed to be California's best team in years, and the Golden Bears were ranked fourth and filled with a diet of honey and press clippings. They may not have noticed that Northwestern's only losses were to #1 Michigan and #2 Notre Dame, but by the time the day was through they were purple and blue all over, as the Wildcats kept up the recent Rose Bowl tradition of Big Nine domination.
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1938 California, 13; Alabama, 0
1938 Rose Bowl---unofficial program, Battle of Unbeatens Sees Tide Come Up Short, This was the only blemish in an otherwise perfect season for the men from Tuscaloosa, as the Golden Bears used their "home field advantage" to keep their own unblemished mark. This was the Tide's first New Year's setback ever, and they would rebound to win their next two bowl games in convincing fashion.
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