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〔(Tournament of Roses Press Release, December 7, 2008 )〕 |sponsors=Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association (1902, 1916–1998) AT&T (1999–2002) Sony/PlayStation 2 (2003) Citi (2004–2010) Vizio (2011–2014) Northwestern Mutual (2015–2020) |former_names= Tournament East–West football game (1902, 1916–1922) Rose Bowl (1923–1998) Rose Bowl presented by AT&T (1999–2002) Rose Bowl presented by PlayStation 2 (2003) Rose Bowl presented by Citi (2004–2010) Rose Bowl presented by Vizio (2011–2014) |prev_matchup_year=2015 |prev_matchup_season=2014 |prev_matchup_teams=Oregon vs. Florida State (Oregon 59–20) |prev_matchup_date=January 1, 2015 }} The Rose Bowl Game is an annual American college football bowl game, usually played on January 1 (New Year's Day) at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California.〔 When New Year's Day falls on a Sunday, the game is played on Monday, January 2 (14 times now). The Rose Bowl is nicknamed "The Granddaddy of Them All" because it is the oldest bowl game. It was first played in 1902, and has been played annually since 1916. Since 1945, it has been the highest attended college football bowl game.〔NCAA Division 1 football records book. NCAA, 2007 Edition, pages 296–302 Major Bowl Game Attendance〕 It is a part of the Tournament of Roses "America's New Year Celebration", which also includes the historic Tournament of Roses Parade. Beginning with the 2015 game, the official name for sponsorship is the "Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual". Vizio was the previous sponsor, since 2012; prior sponsors included AT&T, Sony, and Citi. In 2015, the game will also be officially known as the "College Football Playoff semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual". The Rose Bowl Game has traditionally hosted the conference champions from the Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences (or their predecessors), but due to its past and present membership in several consortiums that seek to determine a national champion in Division I FBS, in 2002, the Rose Bowl began to infrequently deviate from its traditional match-up in order to facilitate championship games. In 2002 and 2006 (2001 and 2005 football seasons), under the Bowl Championship Series system, the Rose Bowl was designated as its championship game, and hosted the top two teams determined by the BCS system. Beginning in 2015, the Rose Bowl is part of the College Football Playoff system, and will host one of its semi-final games every three years. During non-Playoff years, the Rose Bowl will revert to a Pac-12/Big Ten matchup. ==History== Originally titled the "Tournament East–West football game", the first Rose Bowl was played on January 1, 1902, starting the tradition of New Year's Day bowl games. The football game was added in 1902 to help fund the cost of the Rose Parade.〔Mary L. Grady, (Mercer Island High School Marching Band to march in 2012 Tournament of Roses Parade ), ''Mercer Island Reporter'', September 24, 2010〕 The inaugural game featured Fielding H. Yost's dominating 1901 Michigan team, representing the East, which crushed a previously 3-1-2 team from Stanford University, representing the West, by a score of 49–0 after Stanford quit in the third quarter. Michigan finished the season 11–0 and was crowned the national champion. Yost had been Stanford's coach the previous year. The game was so lopsided that for the next 13 years, the Tournament of Roses officials ran chariot races, ostrich races, and other various events instead of football.〔Bowl Games: College Football's Greatest Tradition, by Robert Ours, 2004, pgs. 3-4〕 But, on New Year's Day 1916 football returned to stay as The State College of Washington (now Washington State University) defeated Brown University in the first annual Rose Bowl with that explicit name. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rose Bowl Game」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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