The Rose Bowl is the most prestigious bowl game in College Football History, as the first Rose Bowl game was played on January 1st, 1902. As we get ready for the 111th Rose Bowl game, with Ohio State set to take on Oregon, let’s take a look at some Rose Bowl fun facts. 

• • • There have been 15 Shutouts dating back to 1902 with Ohio State being included in a 28-0 loss to California in 1921.
    • There have been five times in Rose Bowl History that two teams have played earlier in the season, and the rematch took place in The Rose Bowl. The winning team from the first game has won 3 out of the 5 rematches in Rose Bowl History. 
    • There have only been two overtime games in Rose Bowl history, both being CFP Semifinal Games (Georgia vs Oklahoma & Michigan vs Alabama)
    • Ohio State is 2-0 against Oregon in the Rose Bowl (10-7 in 1958 & 26-17 in 2010)

  The last time Ohio State and Oregon played in the Rose Bowl.

  The Buckeyes were also a 10-2 regular season team that year. Will Chip Kelly be on the right side of history this time? pic.twitter.com/bn04VTlkqk

  — Carson (@cmacrae13) December 23, 2024

  • Oregon is the first Number One seed to be an underdog since Alabama in 2020. 
  • No. 1 seeds are 2-4 as Underdogs in College Football Playoff History.
  • Ohio State is 9-7 in their 16 Rose Bowl appearances and Oregon is 4-4 in their eight appearances.
  • Washington State, Indiana, and Utah are the only Big Ten or PAC-12 teams to not win a Rose Bowl that they appeared in (Washington St is 0-3, Indiana is 0-1, and Utah is 0-2). 
  • Ohio State has nine Members of the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame: Woody Hayes, Archie Griffin, Rex Kern, Curly Morrison, Pete Johnson, John Cooper, Orlando Pace, Cornelius Greene, and Kirk Herbstreit. 
  • Oregon Holds seven Rose Bowl Game Records & Ohio State Holds nine. 
  • This will be only the second time in history that two teams from the same conference are matched up in The Rose Bowl (USC beat #12 Washington 29-0 in 1944)

Interesting fact about Ohio State vs Oregon. It’s only the second time in Rose Bowl Game history that 2 teams from the same conference will play against each other, the first coming in 1944 when USC beat #12 Washington 29-0. @tSilverBulletin pic.twitter.com/EtPrav96KQ

— AJ Mahoney (@aj_mahoney_) December 26, 2024

• Michigan is 9-12 in the 21 Games they have played in The Rose Bowl. 
• Only 16 times in the 111 games that have been played, the game has not been on New Year’s Day. 
• In 1922 The Rose Bowl game between California and Washington & Jefferson ended in a 0-0 tie, the first and only 0-point tie in Rose Bowl History. The game also had 0 total passing yards.

Could Ohio State or Oregon add any records or fun facts in the 2024 Rose Bowl? The game is viewed as a potential National Championship-caliber game and could make history as one of the best Rose Bowl games of all time.