Georgia Tech 8 California 7
The most famous play in Rose Bowl history occurs this day. Georgia Tech (9-0) defeats California (7-1-1) by an 8-7 margin when Cal center Roy Riegels runs 65 yards the wrong way with a recovered fumble. Riegels is twisted to the ground by teammate Benny Lom on the one, setting up a Tech safety on a blocked Lom punt by Tech's Vance Maree. Later touchdowns by Tech's "Stumpy" Thomason and Cal's Irvine Phillips become meaningless and 71,000 fans go home shocked by what they had seen. Riegels, who plays a great game at center, says he got mixed in directions. Lom says, "I shouted but he couldn't hear me because of the crowd noise." Tragic as the Riegels wrong way run is, it gets the Rose Bowl Game national notoriety that never existed in such scope previously!