Alabama vs. California

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  Evening star, January 3, 1938, page 16

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  ~ ASADENA, Calf, Jan. 3.-The – football team without a star won Rose Bowl game without developing a hero when the University of California overpowered the University of Alabama New Year Day, 13 to 0. All season California’s Bears have given a fine demonstration Of how to win without one player standing out over his fellows and the classic windup was no exception. Vic Bottari took his place among the comparatively few stalwarts who have scored two touchdowns in a Rose Bowl game. but Dave Anderson. John Meek and Sam Chapman uncovered some Of the most sensational blocking seen in a Rose Bowl game to get the powerful Bottari past the defenders.

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  The Waterbury Democrat, January 3, 1938, page 14 (results column)

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  Six Bowl Games Watched by 25O,OOO Football Fans Home teams had a 3–⁠2 margin over invaders in the six intersec- tional Bowl” football games on New Years day, which were watched by nearly quarter-million spectators. The sixth game ended in a O-O tie. In the original “Bowl’ tilt-the Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif.-the Golden Bears of California gave Alabama’s Crimson tide its first de- feat in five trips West, 13–⁠0. A capa- city crowd of 90, 100 saw Vic 5ottari score both of the Bears touch- downs. A hard charging line and an alert secondary nullif1ed the Tides aerial attack. White topped Rice Institute, in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas, spotted Colorado two touchowns then came back for a 28–⁠14 win. As expected, the Buffalos’ “Whizzer” White was the ace, but after he had passed for onetouch- down, then intercepted a pass and run 50 yards for another, the Owls lines began to bear down and stopped him cold. Michigan State departed from Dixie with 60 defeat by the Auburn plainSmen in the Orange Bowl at Miami. Except in bunting, the northerners were deficient in every department, A 36-yard Auburn drive was climaXed by O’Gwynne’s touchdown sprint. Santa Clara invaded the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans for its second straight victory in two years over Louisiana State, 60. Although out gained by the Tigers ground and air attack, the BroncoS were invincible at the payoff stripe, and Pellegrini’s nine yard pass to Coughlan in the second period for a touchdown was the only score. A tumble on the three yard line gave West Virginia the break to down Texas Tech, 7–⁠6, in the Sun Bowl at Fl Paso, Tex. Gussie re- covered when Barnett dropped a punt, and Isaac carried it across with Boan converting for the one- point win. The scoreless deadlock was at San Francisco where all star teams from the east and west played for an annual charity fund.

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Tied 1–⁠1 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.