The 1933 Rose Bowl was the 19th Rose Bowl game, an American post-season college football game that was played on January 2, 1933, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. While normally played on New Year's Day, the 1933 game was played on the second as New Year's Day was a Sunday. In the game, the undefeated 9–0 1932 USC Trojans football team defeated the 8–0–2 1932 Pittsburgh Panthers football team by a 35–0 score. The score had been 7–0 at halftime, but USC exploded for three touchdowns in the fourth quarter.[1] The 35-point defeat was the most one-sided loss in Pittsburgh football history up to that time.[citation needed]
^ Written at Champaign, Illinois. "Michigan Gets Rockne Trophy as U.S. Champ — USC Rated Second, Pittsburgh Third". The Daily Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Associated Press. December 11, 1932. p. 9. Archived from the original on March 28, 2022. Retrieved July 3, 2024. Although Southern California's Trojans defeated Notre Dame today to finish their regular season undefeated and untied, the University of Michigan tonight was declared winner of the Knute. K. Rockne memorial trophy, symbolic of the national football championship, under the Dickinson rating system.
^ Written at Los Angeles. "Troy, Pitt Play for Cup — Winner Will Get National Title Trophy — Donor of Cup Awarded Michigan 'Peeved,' Offers New One". The Long Beach Sun. Long Beach. United Press. December 15, 1932. Retrieved July 3, 2024. A trophy symbolic of the mythical national football championship will be awarded to the winner of the Southern California–Pittsburgh game at Pasadena by Jack Rissman, wealthy Chicago sportsman who donated the Dickinson rating cup.
^Beale, George H. (December 17, 1932). Written at Los Angeles. "Sports Parade — Champions, Trophies and Systems — What This Country Needs Is More Sportsmen Willing to Donate Cups to Grid Champions". The Lincoln Journal. Lincoln, Nebraska. United Press. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
