Pasadena Bowl

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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

Date Winner Loser Location Attendance References
December 14, 1946 Compton 19
Kilgore
0 Pasadena, California 51,000 [1][2][3]
December 13, 1947 Chaffey 39
Cameron
26 Pasadena, California 55,000 [4]
December 11, 1948
Compton
48 Duluth Junior College 14 Pasadena, California
December 10, 1949
Little Rock
25
Santa Ana
19 Pasadena, California
December 9, 1950
Long Beach
33
Boise
13 Pasadena, California
December 8, 1951
Pasadena
28
Tyler
26 Pasadena, California 41,971 [5]
December 13, 1952
Hartnell
20
Bacone
20 Pasadena, California 35,392 [6]
December 12, 1953 Bakersfield 13
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
6 Pasadena, California 50,385 [7]
December 11, 1954
Hinds
13
El Camino
7 Pasadena, California
December 10, 1955 Compton 22
Jones County
13 Pasadena, California 57,132 [8]
December 8, 1956
Arlington State
20
Compton
13 Pasadena, California 37,142 [9]
December 14, 1957 Arlington State 21
Cerritos
12 Pasadena, California 36,008 [10][11][12]
December 13, 1958 Santa Monica 30
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
12 Pasadena, California 50,797 [13][14]
December 12, 1959
Bakersfield
30
Del Mar
14 Pasadena, California 46,293 [15]
December 10, 1960 Long Beach 38
Tyler
16 Pasadena, California 38,064 [16][17]
December 9, 1961
Cameron
28
Bakersfield
20 Pasadena, California 49,023 [18][19]
December 15, 1962 Santa Ana 20
Columbia Basin
0 Pasadena, California 41,709 [20][21][22]
December 14, 1963 Orange Coast 21
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
0 Pasadena, California 44,044 [23][24]
December 12, 1964 Long Beach 28
Cameron
6 Pasadena, California 45,576 [25]
December 11, 1965 Fullerton 20
Henderson County
15 Pasadena, California 50,098 [26][27]
December 10, 1966
Henderson County
40
Pasadena
13 Pasadena, California 40,045 [28]
December 2, 1967
West Texas State
35 Valley State 13 Pasadena, California
December 7, 1968 Grambling 34 Sacramento State 7 Pasadena, California 34,127 [29][30]
December 6, 1969 San Diego State 28 Boston University 7 Pasadena, California 41,276 [31]
December 19, 1970 Louisville (tie) 24 Long Beach State (tie) 24 Pasadena, California 20,472 [32]
December 18, 1971 Memphis State 28 San Jose State 9 Pasadena, California 15,244 [33]
December 11, 1976
Bakersfield
29
Ellsworth
14 Pasadena, California 21,200 [34]
December 10, 1977
Pasadena
38
Jones County
9 Pasadena, California 15,566 [35]

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