1947 Rose Bowl
| 1947 Rose Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 33rd Rose Bowl Game | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Rose Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pasadena, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Claude "Buddy" Young and Julius Rykovich (Illinois halfbacks) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | UCLA by 14, reduced to 6 by game time | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | UCLA Band | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | James J. Tunney (Pacific Coast; split crew: Pacific Coast, Big Nine) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | UCLA Band | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 93,000 (estimated-sellout) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1947 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game, the 33rd edition of the Rose Bowl Game. The Illinois Fighting Illini defeated the UCLA Bruins, 45–14. Illinois halfbacks Buddy Young and Jules Rykovich shared the Player of the Game award, named when the award was created in 1953 and selections were made retroactively.
This was the first Rose Bowl game that featured teams from the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) and the Big Nine Conference (now the Big Ten). It is known as the first "modern" Rose Bowl, and modern Rose Bowl records date to this game. The conference tie-ins were defined by the terms of an exclusive five-year agreement. The agreement was later renegotiation with the newly formed Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU; later known as the Pacific-8, Pacific-10, and Pac-12) following the disbandment of the PCC in mid-1959. The agreement remained in place until the 1999 Rose Bowl, when the Rose Bowl became part of the Bowl Championship Series.