<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Rose Bowl </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <1941 </Td> <Td> 1943> </Td> </Tr> <P> The 1942 Rose Bowl was the 28th Rose Bowl game . Originally scheduled to be played in the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California, it was moved to Durham, North Carolina, due to fears about an attack by the Japanese on the West Coast of the United States following the attack on Pearl Harbor . The United States government prohibited large public gatherings on the West Coast of the United States for the duration of the war; the first significant canceled event was the Rose Bowl Game scheduled for New Year's Day, 1942 . </P> <P> The Oregon State Beavers defeated the host Duke Blue Devils 20 - 16 in Wallace Wade Stadium (known as Duke Stadium, at the time) on the Duke University campus . Donald Durdan of Oregon State was named the Rose Bowl Player Of The Game when the award was created in 1953 and selections were made retroactively . </P>

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