We are down to 36 days until the start of the UCLA Bruins football season. There is no 36 on the current roster, so today, we are going to give you the history of the Rose Bowl, where the Bruins play their home games.
The Rose Bowl broke ground in 1922 and opened in October of 1922. The first Rose Bowl game came on New Year’s Day 1923.
The Bruins have played their home games there since 1982. They share it with the Los Angeles Galaxy, out of the MLS. There have been four national championship games in the history of the Rose Bowl. The last time was in 2014 when Florida State beat Auburn in front of 94,208 fans.
There have also been four college football playoff semi-finals played there. The last time was in 2024 when Michigan beat Alabama 27-20 in overtime. 96,000+ fans were in attendance for that game.
It has been said that the Rose Bowl wants a quarterfinal game annually on New Year’s Day now that the College Football playoff is at 12 teams:
Rose Bowl requests to be annual CFP quarterfinal on New Year’s Day https://t.co/OjDhOg3wud pic.twitter.com/tzQyk8SbsA
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) July 24, 2024
The first game this season at the Rose Bowl is their Big Ten opener against Indiana on September 14th, 2024.