1941 Rose Bowl
| 1941 Rose Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 27th Rose Bowl Game | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1941 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Rose Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pasadena, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Peter Kmetovic (Stanford HB) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Stanford: 1 to 2 odds | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Louis "Dutch" Conlan (Pacific Coast; split crew: Pacific Coast, Big Six) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 92,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1941 Rose Bowl was the 27th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Wednesday, January 1. The undefeated and second-ranked Stanford Indians of the Pacific Coast Conference defeated the No. 7 Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Six Conference, 21–13.
This was Nebraska's first bowl game and the eighth for Stanford, all in the Rose Bowl. Through 2020, it remains the only meeting between these football programs. This was the last edition of the Rose Bowl to feature a team from the Big Eight (now Big 12) until 2002.