1935 Rose Bowl

The 1935 Rose Bowl was the 21st Rose Bowl game, an American post-season college football game that was played on New Year's Day 1935 in Pasadena, California. It featured the Alabama Crimson Tide against the Stanford Indians. This was the second consecutive Rose Bowl appearance for Stanford's class of 1936 players, nicknamed the "Vow Boys".

Scoring

First Quarter

Stan – Bobby Grayson, 1-yard run

Second Quarter

Ala – Dixie Howell, 5-yard run
Ala – Smith, 27-yard field goal
Ala – Howell, 67-yard run
Ala – Don Hutson, 54-yard pass from Riley

Third Quarter

Stan – "Buck" Van Dellen, 12-yard run

Fourth Quarter

Ala – Don Hutson, 59-yard pass from Howell

Game notes

Following his performance in the Rose Bowl game, Hutson played 11 seasons with the Green Bay Packers, caught 889 passes in 118 games, an average of 7.53 per game, and scored 101 touchdowns, catching 17 one season. Dixie Howell signed with the Detroit Tigers and played minor league baseball for eight seasons and was a college football head coach at Arizona State and Idaho. The "other end" for the Crimson Tide, was Paul "Bear" Bryant. Bryant went on to be head coach at the University of Maryland, College Park, the University of Kentucky, Texas A&M University, and the University of Alabama. He won six national championships at the University of Alabama. Upon his retirement in 1982, he held the record for most wins as head coach in college football history with 323 wins.