The 1919 Rose Bowl, known at the time as the Tournament East-West Football Game, was a college football

College football

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 bowl game

Bowl game

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 played on Jan 1, 1919. It was the 5th Rose Bowl Game

Rose Bowl Game

The Rose Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game, usually played on January 1 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. When New Year's Day falls on a Sunday, the game is played on Monday, January 2...

. With the war still on, the game was played with players from the Mare Island

Mare Island Naval Shipyard

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 Marines of California

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 and the Great Lakes

Naval Station Great Lakes

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 Navy from Great Lakes, Illinois.

Game summary

Since the Rose Bowl game became so popular and most of the college football players overseas fighting to preserve freedom, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses

Pasadena Tournament of Roses

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 decided to stage the game with military units, with the approval from President Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...

. The Great Lakes

Naval Station Great Lakes

Naval Station Great Lakes is the home of the United States Navy's only boot camp, located near the city of North Chicago, Illinois, in Lake County. Important tenant commands include the Recruit Training Command, Training Support Center and Navy Recruiting District Chicago...

 team represented the US Navy or the Navy Midshipmen football

Navy Midshipmen football

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team.

Third Quarter

• GL – George Halas, 32-yard pass from Driscoll (pass was 22 yards, and he ran for 10) (Blacklock drop kick good)

Game notes

Future NFL Hall of Fame coach George “Papa Bear” Halas holds the game record for the longest non-scoring pass interception return of 77 yards.