"[1] The game featured the Alabama Crimson Tide, making their first bowl appearance, and the Washington Huskies.

The Crimson Tide was led by Johnny Mack Brown, and the Huskies by George "Wildcat" Wilson.

The game made its radio broadcast debut, with Charles Paddock, a sports writer and former Olympian track star, at the microphone.

[4] Johnny Mack Brown went on to a long career as a movie actor, mostly in westerns.

[5] The Rose Bowl committee extended an invitation to Clark Shaughnessy's Tulane team,[6] but the school administration declined the offer because it did not want to sacrifice academics to play a football game.