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summary" style="font-size:125%;"><span class="dtstart">1940</span> Rose Bowl</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-style:italic;">26th Rose Bowl Game</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><table class="nowraplinks" style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/1939_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="1939 USC Trojans football team">USC Trojans</a></td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/1939_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1939 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee Volunteers</a></td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">(7–0–2)</td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">(10–0)</td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center;"><i><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_Conference" title="Pacific Coast Conference">PCC</a></i></td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center;"><i><a 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href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP</a></i></td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><i>2</i></td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><table align="center" style="font-size: 90%"> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">1</th><th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">2</th><th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">3</th><th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">4</th> <th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">Total</th> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:right; white-space: nowrap"><b>USC</b></td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">7</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">7</td> <td style="text-align:center; 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href="/wiki/Rose_Bowl_(game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rose Bowl (game)"> Rose Bowl </a></th> </tr><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; padding-right:1em"><b>  < <a href="/wiki/1939_Rose_Bowl" title="1939 Rose Bowl"> 1939</a></b> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; padding-left:1em"><b><a href="/wiki/1941_Rose_Bowl" title="1941 Rose Bowl"> 1941</a> >  </b></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1940 Rose Bowl</b> was the 26th <a href="/wiki/Rose_Bowl_Game" title="Rose Bowl Game">edition</a> of the <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> <a href="/wiki/Bowl_game" title="Bowl game">bowl game</a>, played at the <a href="/wiki/Rose_Bowl_(stadium)" title="Rose Bowl (stadium)">Rose Bowl</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena, California</a>, on Monday, January 1. </p><p>In a matchup of undefeated teams, the <a href="/wiki/1939_NCAA_football_rankings" class="mw-redirect" title="1939 NCAA football rankings">third-ranked</a> <a href="/wiki/1939_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="1939 USC Trojans football team">USC Trojans</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_Conference" title="Pacific Coast Conference">Pacific Coast Conference</a> (PCC) shut out the #2 <a href="/wiki/1939_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1939 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee Volunteers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a> (SEC), 14–0.<sup id="cite_ref-sepasd_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sepasd-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aswrx_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aswrx-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-upovrpwr_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-upovrpwr-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> USC quarterback <a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Schindler" title="Ambrose Schindler">Ambrose Schindler</a> was named the <a href="/wiki/Rose_Bowl_Game#Rose_Bowl_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Rose Bowl Game"> Player of the Game</a> when the award was created in 1953 and selections were made retroactively.<sup id="cite_ref-ROSEBOWLPROGRAM_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROSEBOWLPROGRAM-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teams">Teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940_Rose_Bowl&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1939_college_football_season" title="1939 college football season">1939 college football season</a></div> <p>The Rose Bowl committee had both USC and Tennessee on their list and it was likely that USC and Tennessee would play each other.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Volunteers were offered a berth in the <a href="/wiki/1940_Sugar_Bowl" title="1940 Sugar Bowl">Sugar Bowl</a> on November 25;<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they were also in the mix for the <a href="/wiki/1940_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1940 Cotton Bowl Classic">Cotton Bowl</a>, which would have pitted them against the #1 <a href="/wiki/1939_Texas_A%26M_Aggies_football_team" title="1939 Texas A&M Aggies football team">Texas A&M Aggies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But the Rose Bowl committee did not extend official invitations until December 10, 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-TROYTN1939_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TROYTN1939-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tennessee">Tennessee</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940_Rose_Bowl&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Tennessee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1939_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1939 Tennessee Volunteers football team">1939 Tennessee Volunteers football team</a></div> <p>In the regular season, Tennessee shut out all ten opponents. Led by two <a href="/wiki/1939_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1939 College Football All-America Team">All-American</a> guards, <a href="/wiki/Ed_Molinski" title="Ed Molinski">Ed Molinski</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Suffridge" title="Bob Suffridge">Bob Suffridge</a>, the Volunteers were forced to play without their star tailback <a href="/wiki/George_Cafego" title="George Cafego">George Cafego</a>, who fell victim to a knee injury against <a href="/wiki/1939_The_Citadel_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1939 The Citadel Bulldogs football team">The Citadel</a> on November 11.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a 7–0 win over <a href="/wiki/1939_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="1939 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn</a> on December 9, Tennessee officially was extended an invitation to the Rose Bowl.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="USC">USC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940_Rose_Bowl&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: USC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1939_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="1939 USC Trojans football team">1939 USC Trojans football team</a></div> <p>The Trojans opened the season against <a href="/wiki/1939_Oregon_Webfoots_football_team" title="1939 Oregon Webfoots football team">Oregon</a>, tying the Ducks 7–7, then scored three straight shutouts, becoming ranked #8 following the second, a 26–0 win over <a href="/wiki/1939_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1939 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a>. A November 4 game featured #7 USC defeating #11 <a href="/wiki/1939_Oregon_State_Beavers_football_team" title="1939 Oregon State Beavers football team">Oregon State</a> 19–7. At <a href="/wiki/1939_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1939 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a> on November 25, #4 USC defeated the #7 Irish 20–12. A win over <a href="/wiki/1939_Washington_Huskies_football_team" title="1939 Washington Huskies football team">Washington</a> by scoring in the last 1:15 set up the very first epic <a href="/wiki/Victory_Bell_(UCLA%E2%80%93USC)" title="Victory Bell (UCLA–USC)">UCLA–USC rivalry</a> matchup. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Washington_(American_football)" title="Kenny Washington (American football)">Kenny Washington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Woody_Strode" title="Woody Strode">Woody Strode</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a>, and Ray Bartlett starred on the <a href="/wiki/1939_UCLA_Bruins_football_team" title="1939 UCLA Bruins football team">Bruins</a>, in which African Americans made up three of the four backfield players.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was a rarity to have so many African Americans when only a few dozen at all played on college football teams.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ninth-ranked Bruins also were also undefeated, with three ties. This was the first UCLA–USC rivalry football game with national implications, as it was the first with the Rose Bowl on the line for both. </p><p>The attendance of 103,303 was the second largest college football crowd ever in the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Memorial_Coliseum" title="Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum">Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum</a>. UCLA attempted a pass on fourth down, instead of kicking a field goal. Bobby Robertson of USC knocked down Ned Matthews’ four-yard pass in the end zone with less than five minutes to play to preserve the scoreless tie. The Pacific Coast Conference voted to have USC, with a 7–0–2 record play in the Rose Bowl instead of UCLA with a 6–0–4 record.<sup id="cite_ref-scrbb_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scrbb-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TROYTN1939_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TROYTN1939-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Art_Cohn" title="Art Cohn">Art Cohn</a>, sports editor of the <i><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Tribune" title="Oakland Tribune">Oakland Tribune</a></i> implied that race may have been a factor in the decision, since teams from the south refused to play against African Americans.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the regular season, the Trojans were named national champions.<sup id="cite_ref-USCNATL_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCNATL-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Game_summary">Game summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940_Rose_Bowl&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Game summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Trojan backs Granny Lansdell and <a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Schindler" title="Ambrose Schindler">Ambrose Schindler</a> rushed for 51 and 81 yards respectively, for a team total of 229 yards rushing. Schindler scored one touchdown and passed to <a href="/wiki/Al_Krueger" title="Al Krueger">Al Krueger</a> — the hero from the <a href="/wiki/1939_Rose_Bowl" title="1939 Rose Bowl">previous year</a> — for the other. Head coach Howard Jones earned his second straight Rose Bowl victory, and his fifth in as many appearances. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scoring">Scoring</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940_Rose_Bowl&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Scoring"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="First_quarter">First quarter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940_Rose_Bowl&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: First quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>No scoring</i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Second_quarter">Second quarter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940_Rose_Bowl&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Second quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>USC – <a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Schindler" title="Ambrose Schindler">Ambrose Schindler</a> 1-yard run (Jones kick)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Third_quarter">Third quarter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940_Rose_Bowl&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Third quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>No scoring</i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fourth_quarter">Fourth quarter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940_Rose_Bowl&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Fourth quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>USC – <a href="/wiki/Al_Krueger" title="Al Krueger">Al Krueger</a> 2-yard pass from Schindler (Gaspar kick)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940_Rose_Bowl&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>USC head coach Jones died less than two years later, in the summer of 1941. Joe Shell, the captain of the Trojans who became an oil company owner and a state assemblyman, died on April 8, 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>USC bases its 1939 <a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">national championship</a> claim on winning the <a href="/wiki/Dickinson_System" title="Dickinson System">Dickinson System</a>, a formula devised by a University of Illinois professor which awarded the only championship trophy between 1926 and 1940. In 1939, Dickinson was the only poll or system to rank the Trojans number one.<sup id="cite_ref-USCNATL_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCNATL-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> USC's stance, however, is in keeping with that of most other schools which won the Dickinson title; only Notre Dame, which won the Dickinson crown in 1938, does not claim a major national title for that year. Since at least 1969, USC had not listed 1939 as a national championship year; but in 2004, USC once again began recognizing the 1939 team as national champions after it determined that it qualified.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ambrose "Amblin' Amby" Schindler went on to be the MVP in the 1940 <a href="/wiki/Chicago_College_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago College All-Star Game">College All-Star Game</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> in late August. He was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Hall_of_Champions" title="San Diego Hall of Champions">San Diego Hall of Champions</a> Breitbard Hall of Fame in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was inducted into the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 2002. </p><p>Tennessee player <a href="/wiki/William_F._Barnes" class="mw-redirect" title="William F. Barnes">Bill Barnes</a> was later the head coach of the <a href="/wiki/1961_UCLA_Bruins_football_team" title="1961 UCLA Bruins football team">UCLA Bruins</a> and led them to the <a href="/wiki/1962_Rose_Bowl" title="1962 Rose Bowl">1962 Rose Bowl</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940_Rose_Bowl&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-pprtevn-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pprtevn_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMcLemore1939" class="citation news cs1">McLemore, Henry (December 31, 1939). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z00bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TkwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4862%2C1980105">"Trojans, Vols rated even in Rose Bowl"</a>. <i>Pittsburgh Press</i>. 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Los Angeles Times, December 12, 1939</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sepasd-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sepasd_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fW9WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H-QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6894%2C326557">"Southern California sweeps Tennessee aside in Rose Bowl triumph"</a>. <i>Spokesman-Review</i>. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 2, 1940. p. 9.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Spokesman-Review&rft.atitle=Southern+California+sweeps+Tennessee+aside+in+Rose+Bowl+triumph&rft.pages=9&rft.date=1940-01-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fid%3DfW9WAAAAIBAJ%26sjid%3DH-QDAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D6894%252C326557&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1940+Rose+Bowl" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-aswrx-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-aswrx_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJordan1940" class="citation news cs1">Jordan, Ralph B. (January 2, 1940). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FG8hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-YcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6180%2C254671">"Amby Schindler wrecks Tennessee dreams"</a>. <i>Reading Eagle</i>. (Pennsylvania). INS. p. 14.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Reading+Eagle&rft.atitle=Amby+Schindler+wrecks+Tennessee+dreams&rft.pages=14&rft.date=1940-01-02&rft.aulast=Jordan&rft.aufirst=Ralph+B.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fid%3DFG8hAAAAIBAJ%26sjid%3D-YcFAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D6180%252C254671&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1940+Rose+Bowl" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-upovrpwr-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-upovrpwr_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcLemore1940" class="citation news cs1">McLemore, Henry (January 2, 1940). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=K0gzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ne4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=6323%2C1922566">"USC outplays, overpowers Tennessee 11 at Pasadena"</a>. <i>Lodi News-Sentinel</i>. United Press. p. 5.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Lodi+News-Sentinel&rft.atitle=USC+outplays%2C+overpowers+Tennessee+11+at+Pasadena&rft.pages=5&rft.date=1940-01-02&rft.aulast=McLemore&rft.aufirst=Henry&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fid%3DK0gzAAAAIBAJ%26sjid%3Dne4HAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D6323%252C1922566&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1940+Rose+Bowl" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311120749/http://www.tournamentofroses.com/photogallery/RBGtimeline/1940s.htm">"Tournament of Roses – Rose Bowl Game Photo Timeline"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tournamentofroses.com/photogallery/RBGtimeline/1940s.htm">the original</a> on March 11, 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 23,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Tournament+of+Roses+%E2%80%93+Rose+Bowl+Game+Photo+Timeline&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tournamentofroses.com%2Fphotogallery%2FRBGtimeline%2F1940s.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1940+Rose+Bowl" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ROSEBOWLPROGRAM-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ROSEBOWLPROGRAM_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bowlprograms.com/rosebowl/?pg=182">2008 Rose Bowl Program</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080306033551/http://www.bowlprograms.com/rosebowl/?pg=182">Archived</a> March 6, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_Rose_Bowl" title="2008 Rose Bowl">2008 Rose Bowl</a>. Accessed January 26, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"TROJAN-VOL GAME LOOMS; COACH NEYLAND SCOUTS S.C." <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, November 27, 1939</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Kentucky Bars Tennessee's Path. Today Rain Likely for Big Game Wildcats Eager to Ruin Vols' Rose Bowl Hopes Because of 1938 Rout". <i>Los Angeles Times,</i> November 30, 1939</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Vols Sidetrack Sugar Bowl Bid to See What Coast Does" <i>Los Angeles Times</i> November 26, 1939. Quote:<i>Tennessee has been invited to play in the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans on New Year's Day, but would prefer accepting an invitation to the Rose Bowl, Pasadena.</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Homer Jacobs – The pride of Aggieland. Texas A&M University Press, 2002 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7607-3257-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-7607-3257-4">0-7607-3257-4</a>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7607-3257-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7607-3257-1">978-0-7607-3257-1</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TROYTN1939-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TROYTN1939_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TROYTN1939_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"Troy, Tennessee in Rose Bowl". <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, December 10, 1939. <i>It will be Southern California and Tennessee in the Rose Bowl January 1, 1940.</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.utsports.com/football/page.aspx?id=37402">"1940 Rose Bowl"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 23,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1940+Rose+Bowl&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.utsports.com%2Ffootball%2Fpage.aspx%3Fid%3D37402&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1940+Rose+Bowl" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged September 2016">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Tennessee Beats Auburn, 7-0, to Qualify for Bowl Bid. Vols Black Out Last Dixie Foe Butler's Scoring Run Puts Neyland's Team in Line for Pasadena" <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, December 10, 1939</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">B.J. VIOLETT – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.today.ucla.edu/1997/970425TeammatesRecall.html">"TEAMMATES RECALL JACKIE ROBINSON’S LEGACY"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080528071600/http://www.today.ucla.edu/1997/970425TeammatesRecall.html">Archived</a> May 28, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. <i>UCLA Today</i> magazine, 1997</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britannica.com/blackhistory/article-9389095">"Kenny Washington"</a> <i>Encyclopædia Britannica</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-scrbb-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-scrbb_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6ctYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lugDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6214%2C3587782">"Southern California wins Rose Bowl bid; tied by UCLA 0-0"</a>. <i>Eugene Register-Guard</i>. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 10, 1939. p. 14.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Eugene+Register-Guard&rft.atitle=Southern+California+wins+Rose+Bowl+bid%3B+tied+by+UCLA+0-0&rft.pages=14&rft.date=1939-12-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fid%3D6ctYAAAAIBAJ%26sjid%3DlugDAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D6214%252C3587782&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1940+Rose+Bowl" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-spw-cohn22mar22,1,5253172.story?page=1">Columnist was early, angry voice against sports color line</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged June 2021">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup> Los Angeles Times, March 23, 2008. Quote: <i><a href="/wiki/Art_Cohn" title="Art Cohn">Art Cohn</a> died 50 years ago today. From Long Beach to the Bay Area, the newsman afflicted the sports world with hard questions about racial equality long before the civil rights movement. ... Since the winner of the 1939 UCLA-USC game would face undefeated, untied Tennessee in the Rose Bowl, Cohn pointed out that Tennessee did not play integrated teams. If UCLA beat USC, would the Volunteers consent to play against Kenny Washington, Woody Strode and Jackie Robinson? Cohn was convinced that the Bruins would not bench their three stars</i>. <i>Tennessee happens to be one of the colleges that does not recognize the Emancipation Proclamation. Not only does it bar Negroes from playing on its own team, but it also refuses to compete against any college having Negro players.</i> <i>Below the Mason and Dixon, men feel strongly. In their blind devotion to a prejudice that makes a mockery of tolerance and justice, they gladly sacrifice everything, even $100,000 gravy-bowl games.</i> When the UCLA-USC game ended in a scoreless tie, conference officials voted to send the Trojans to Pasadena and Tennessee had its bowl game.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-USCNATL-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-USCNATL_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-USCNATL_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Dickinson System Rates Troy Eleven First in Nation Bruins Stand Tenth in List For Third Time, South Carolina Gets Rockne Trophy; Tennessee Only Fifth. Los Angeles Times, December 12, 1939. Quote:<i>Southern California, described as the best team in the best section, ranked first among the nation's football teams in the annual rating announced today by Frank G. Dickinson, associate professor of economics at the University of Illinois</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Weber, Dan <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.beloblog.com/Pe_Blogs/collegesports/2008/04/captain-of-uscs-1939-national.html">Captain of USC's 1939 National Champs Dies</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110707223700/http://www.beloblog.com/Pe_Blogs/collegesports/2008/04/captain-of-uscs-1939-national.html">Archived</a> July 7, 2011, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. Riverside Press-Enterprise, April 8, 2008</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19770-2004Jul27.html">This Just In: USC Also Is a 1939 Champion </a>. Washington Post, July 28, 2004</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/sports/20040827-122159-1263r.htm">USC 1939 National Champions</a>. Washington Times, August 27, 2004</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070324022021/http://usctrojans.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/072604aaa.html">USC Now Will Recognize Its 1939 Football Team As A National Champion. Trojan have 10 national champs in the sport.</a> USC Trojans Athletic Department, July 24, 2004.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040905031945/http://www.sdhoc.com/main/awards/athletes/football/ambyschindler">"San Diego Hall of Champions - Amby Schindler"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sdhoc.com/main/awards/athletes/football/ambyschindler">the original</a> on September 5, 2004<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 25,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=San+Diego+Hall+of+Champions+-+Amby+Schindler&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sdhoc.com%2Fmain%2Fawards%2Fathletes%2Ffootball%2Fambyschindler&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1940+Rose+Bowl" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060929214505/http://usctrojans.cstv.com/genrel/usc-specrel03.html">1997 inductees for the USC Athletic Hall of Fame Announced</a>. 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title="1935 Rose Bowl">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Rose_Bowl" title="1936 Rose Bowl">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Rose_Bowl" title="1937 Rose Bowl">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Rose_Bowl" title="1938 Rose Bowl">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Rose_Bowl" title="1939 Rose Bowl">1939</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Rose_Bowl" title="1941 Rose Bowl">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Rose_Bowl" title="1942 Rose Bowl">1942</a><sup>DUR</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Rose_Bowl" title="1943 Rose Bowl">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Rose_Bowl" title="1944 Rose Bowl">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Rose_Bowl" title="1945 Rose Bowl">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Rose_Bowl" title="1946 Rose Bowl">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Rose_Bowl" title="1947 Rose Bowl">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Rose_Bowl" title="1948 Rose Bowl">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Rose_Bowl" 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