Wade took his Alabama teams to the Rose Bowl in 1926, defeating the University of Washington, 20-19, and the following year again represented East, gaining a 7-7 tie with Stanford. His Crimson Tide squad defeated Washington State College, 24-0 in 1931, and beat Stanford, 20-13 in 35. Thus, Wade is not new to Rose Bowl competition.
This year, Duke University trium-plied over every opponent it faced on successive Saturdays, and climaxed the most successful season in history by knocking off mighty Pittsburgh, 7-0 last Saturday. The season record of the Duke team is as follow Duke 18, Virginia Polytech 0 Duke 7, Davidson 0 Duke 7, Colgate 0, Duke 6, Georgia Tech 0 Duke 7, Wake Forest 0 Duke 14, North Carolina U. 0 Duke 21, Syracuse University 0 Duke 7, North Carolina State 0 Duke 7, Pittsburgh 0
Southern California, touted as one of the leading contenders for the Pacific Coast title in pre-season dope, t off to to a bad start when alabama treked West to the Coliseum and defeated the Trojans, 19-7. Two weeks later, however, Southern California regained its intersectional prestige trouncing Ship! Sfaa-Milverity at Columbus, 14-7, The Trojans drove on toward the Pacific Coast lo and were declared virtually in when they beat California, the West's undefeated. united eleven, 13-7. The following week, a snarling Husky from the University of Washington upset the dope bucket and smashed out a 7-6 triumph, throwing the Pacific Coast conference race into a snarl with California and the Trojans tied for first place.
The season record for Southern California is as follows:
USC 7, Alabama_19 USG 7, Oregon State 0
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