1923 Rose Bowl
[1] Leo Calland, a USC guard, was named the Rose Bowl Player of the Game when the award was created in 1953 and selections were made retroactively.Organizers of the Tournament of Roses realized that the temporary stands were inadequate for a crowd of 40,000+, and sought to build a better, permanent stadium.In the 1922 season the Lions opened with wins over St. Bonaventure, William and Mary, Gettysburg, Lebanon Valley.[4] The Lions tied Syracuse 0–0 at the Polo Grounds in New York city in front of their largest seasonal crowd to date, 25,000.The first game in the Rose Bowl stadium was the regular season contest on October 28, 1922, when Cal defeated USC 12–0.The Lions left in several taxi cabs at 11 a.m. for the drive to the Rose Bowl, but as the 2:15 p.m. kickoff approached, the team was delayed by post-parade traffic.Only after the cab drivers drove over the lawns of local residents did the Penn State team finally reach the Rose Bowl stadium.The game finally started an hour late and ended in moonlight, with sportswriters lighting matches in order to finish their stories.Pellerin, who became known as the "Super Fan", would go on to attend 797 consecutive USC football games over a period of 73 years until his death at age 91 just outside the same stadium in 1998.