USC 14 Penn State 3
Southern California (8-1) defeats Penn State (6-3-1) in the first New Years's Day game in the Rose Bowl, 14-3, played before 52,000 spectators. Trojan coach "Gloomy Gus" Henderson and Nittany Lion coach Hugo Bezdek engage in pre-game near fisticuffs because the easterners arrive late at the stadium. Roy "Bullet" Baker (107 yards), Gordon Campbell (76 yards) and Howard "Hobo" Kincaid (60 yards) are big Trojan guns as Harold Galloway makes a key flying catch to set up the clinching touchdown. Mike Palm and "Light Horse" Harry Wilson lead way to only Nittany score, a 20-yard drop kick by Palm.