Title: 1962 Minnesota vs UCLA Rose Bowl Game Program - Official Souvenir Edition College Football Sports Ephemera
Description: This official game program was published for the 48th Annual Rose Bowl Game held on New Year's Day, January 1, 1962, featuring the Big Ten runner-up Minnesota Gophers and the AAWU champion UCLA Bruins. Led by legendary head coach Murray Warmath, the Minnesota Gophers secured a commanding 21-3 victory over Bill Barnes" Bruins, powered by quarterback Sandy Stephens, who scored two rushing touchdowns and became the first African-American quarterback to win Rose Bowl MVP honors. The front cover art by graphic artist Carol Roomian features an illustration of an leaping football player wearing number 82 catching a football alongside prominent, detailed red roses. The back cover features a full-page vintage color advertisement for Chesterfield King cigarettes, displaying twenty-one cigarettes in rows above an open pack, with a top banner detailing historical context from Columbia University's famous "KF-79" trick play in the 1934 Rose Bowl game against Stanford. This item serves as a data-dense historical record of mid-century college football bowl history and classic West Coast sports ephemera.
Product Specifications
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Show Era/Event: 48th Annual Rose Bowl Game (1962)
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Publication Year: 1962
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Founders/Venue: The Rose Bowl (Pasadena, California)
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Genre: College Football Postseason Memorabilia
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Item Type: Vintage Sports Game Program
Detailed Condition & Flaw Report
This vintage sports program is sold strictly as-is based on a physical review of the external covers.
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Overall Condition: Used condition with visible surface aging and mild handling wear appropriate for its era.
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Spine & Binding: The spine edge exhibits light structural rubbing and staple area wear, remaining completely intact without splitting.
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Cover Wear: The front cover features minor scattered foxing spots, light edge toning, and small creases along the bottom-right corner tip. The back cover displays mild uniform paper yellowing, light handling smudges near the white margins, and corner tip wear.
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Interior Pages & Cleanliness: Interior pages are intact; please refer to high-resolution scans to assess the complete physical condition of the exterior layout.
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Shipping & Store Logistics
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Archival-Safe Protection: Vintage paper programs are highly prone to edge nicks, rolling, or folding if improperly packaged. To protect your investment, this 1962 Rose Bowl Program will be safely enclosed in a protective sleeve, placed between heavy cardboard reinforcement panels, and shipped inside a clean, rigid, crush-resistant box to ensure it arrives flat.
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