When the Rose Bowl Was Played in Durham, NC-- Part 1

From the Jan. 1, 2012, Go Duke Magazine "When the Rose Bowl Called Durham Home" by Barry Jacobs.

Duke had accepted its Rose Bowl bid for the second time in four years when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.

At the time, Duke University in Durham, NC, was "an insular, regional university" that had been reshuffling coaches in football and basketball to be played in the recently built "new gymnasium" as the 1942 student yearbook referred to it.

Because of fear of a Japanese attack on the West Coast, the Rose Bowl was uprooted for the first time ever. Cities all over the United States offered to host it, but it ended up being played in Durham, NC. (I never knew the Rose Bowl was played there.)

There had been an appeal to proceed with the Jan. 1st game because, "the appearance of normalcy touted as good for the national morale."

More to Come. --GreGen