The 1975 Bruins qualified for the Rose Bowl after winning the Pac-8 via their defeat of rival Cal. On January 1st, 1976, UCLA entered the Rose Bowl stadium as the game's losers in many people's eyes.

The Rose Bowl, the "granddaddy of them all," was first played on Jan. 1, 1902, at Tournament Park. It was not exactly a thriller, as top-ranked Michigan trounced Stanford 49-0. It was started as ...