Pasadena Bowl

The Pasadena Bowl, known as the Junior Rose Bowl from 1946 to 1966 and again in 1976 and 1977, was a college football bowl game.

Between 1946 and 1966 and again in 1976 and 1977, the game pitted the California Junior College football champions against National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) football teams (not always the champion). It was organized by the Pasadena Junior Chamber of Commerce.

The Junior Rose Bowl became the Pasadena Bowl from 1967 to 1971. It was billed as the Junior Rose Bowl the first two years, but now featured teams from the National Collegiate Athletic Association's College and University Divisions. The bowl featured the champion of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA) from 1969 to 1970 and the champion of the Missouri Valley Conference in 1970 and 1971.

Game results

DateWinnerLoserLocationAttendanceReferences
December 14, 1946Compton19Kilgore0Pasadena, California51,000[1][2][3]
December 13, 1947Chaffey39Cameron26Pasadena, California55,000[4]
December 11, 1948Compton48Duluth14Pasadena, California50,638[5]
December 10, 1949Little Rock25Santa Ana19Pasadena, California
December 9, 1950Long Beach33Boise13Pasadena, California
December 8, 1951Pasadena28Tyler26Pasadena, California41,971[6]
December 13, 1952Hartnell20Bacone20Pasadena, California35,392[7]
December 12, 1953Bakersfield13Northeastern Oklahoma A&M6Pasadena, California50,385[8]
December 11, 1954Hinds13El Camino7Pasadena, California
December 10, 1955Compton22Jones County13Pasadena, California57,132[9]
December 8, 1956Arlington State20Compton13Pasadena, California37,142[10]
December 14, 1957Arlington State21Cerritos12Pasadena, California36,008[11][12][13]
December 13, 1958Santa Monica30Northeastern Oklahoma A&M12Pasadena, California50,797[14][15]
December 12, 1959Bakersfield30Del Mar14Pasadena, California46,293[16]
December 10, 1960Long Beach38Tyler16Pasadena, California38,064[17][18]
December 9, 1961Cameron28Bakersfield20Pasadena, California49,023[19][20]
December 15, 1962Santa Ana20Columbia Basin0Pasadena, California41,709[21][22][23]
December 14, 1963Orange Coast21Northeastern Oklahoma A&M0Pasadena, California44,044[24][25]
December 12, 1964Long Beach28Cameron6Pasadena, California45,576[26]
December 11, 1965Fullerton20Henderson County15Pasadena, California50,098[27][28]
December 10, 1966Henderson County40Pasadena13Pasadena, California40,045[29]
December 2, 1967West Texas State35Valley State13Pasadena, California
December 7, 1968Grambling34Sacramento State7Pasadena, California34,127[30][31]
December 6, 1969San Diego State28Boston University7Pasadena, California41,276[32]
December 19, 1970Louisville (tie)24Long Beach State (tie)24Pasadena, California20,472[33]
December 18, 1971Memphis State28San Jose State9Pasadena, California15,244[34]
December 11, 1976Bakersfield29Ellsworth14Pasadena, California21,200[35]
December 10, 1977Pasadena38Jones County9Pasadena, California15,566[36]

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