1941 Rose Bowl
| 1941 Rose Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 27th Rose Bowl Game | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1941 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Rose Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pasadena, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Pete Kmetovic (Stanford HB) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Stanford by 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 92,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1941 Rose Bowl was the twenty-seventh edition of the college football bowl game, played on January 1, 1941 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Unbeaten and second-ranked Stanford of the Pacific Coast Conference defeated No. 7 Nebraska of the MVIAA to claim a share of the national championship.
It was Nebraska's first bowl game and Stanford's eighth, all in the Rose Bowl, and is the only time the programs have met. The 1941 game was the last edition of the Rose Bowl to feature a team from the MVIAA, Big Eight, or Big 12 until 2002.