Rose Bowl Game: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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. 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 theCollege 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.

Series details

• Title: Rose Bowl Game
• Format: Sports
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1952-01-01
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: ESPN
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 210 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 11014

Cast and credited roles

• Chris Fowler — Play-by-Play Announcer
• Kirk Herbstreit — Analyst
• Holly Rowe — Sideline Reporter
• Stormy Buonantony — Sideline Reporter
• Kris Budden — Sideline Reporter
• Laura Rutledge — Sideline Reporter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1952: premiered 1952-01-01; final listed air date 1952-01-01; episode order: 1.
• Season 2009: premiered 2009-01-01; final listed air date 2009-01-01; episode order: 1.
• Season 2010: premiered 2010-01-01; final listed air date 2010-01-01; episode order: 1.
• Season 2011: premiered 2011-01-01; final listed air date 2011-01-01; episode order: 1.
• Season 2012: premiered 2012-01-02; final listed air date 2012-01-02; episode order: 1.
• Season 2013: premiered 2013-01-01; final listed air date 2013-01-01; episode order: 1.
• Season 2014: premiered 2014-01-01; final listed air date 2014-01-01; episode order: 1.
• Season 2015: premiered 2015-01-01; final listed air date 2015-01-01; episode order: 1.
• Season 2016: premiered 2016-01-01; final listed air date 2016-01-01; episode order: 1.
• Season 2017: premiered 2017-01-02; final listed air date 2017-01-02; episode order: 1.
• Season 2018: premiered 2018-01-01; final listed air date 2018-01-01; episode order: 1.
• Season 2019: premiered 2019-01-01; final listed air date 2019-01-01; episode order: 1.
• Season 2020: premiered 2020-01-01; final listed air date 2020-01-01; episode order: 1.
• Season 2021: premiered 2021-01-01; final listed air date 2021-01-01; episode order: 1.
• Season 2022: premiered 2022-01-01; final listed air date 2022-01-01; episode order: 1.
• Season 2023: premiered 2023-01-02; final listed air date 2023-01-02; episode order: 1.
• Season 2024: premiered 2024-01-01; final listed air date 2024-01-01; episode order: 1.
• Season 2025: premiered 2025-01-01; final listed air date 2025-01-01; episode order: 1.
• Season 2026: premiered 2026-01-01; final listed air date 2026-01-01; episode order: 1.

Source and licence

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