Q. Rose Bowl Milestones

• Construction completed: Fall, 1922. Capacity: 57,000
• First game: Oct. 28, 1922, USC 0, California 12. Attendance: about 30,000
• First Rose Bowl game: Jan. 1, 1923. USC 14, Penn State 3. Attendance: 52,000
• First wirephoto transmission: Jan. 1, 1925. Notre Dame 24, Stanford 10
• First nationwide radio broadcast: Jan. 1, 1927. Stanford 7, Alabama 7. Announcers: Graham MacNamee, Bill Munday.
• First telecast: Jan. 1, 1948. Michigan 49, USC 0. Announcer: Bill Welsh
• First nationwide telecast: Jan. 1, 1952. Illinois 40, Stanford 7. Announcer: Mel Allen.
• First nationwide color telecast: Jan. 1, 1962. Minnesota 21, UCLA 3.
• First expansion: 1928. Open end enclosed, capacity increased to 76,000.

Source: "Rose Bowl Milestones." Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 1993, p. C4.