1984 Rose Bowl Memories
Lynda Zimmer
Robert Zimmer, my late husband, staged an intensive lobbying campaign to
get his bosses at the Associated Press in Chicago to let him cover the Illini in the Rose Bowl.
As the AP co...
Kevin Harden's Rose Bowl stuff
Recently I found this hat from the 1984 Rose Bowl. The hat belonged to my dad who passed away in 2005. The cups are ones we still use every day....
Rose Bowl Pepsi
I guess we had a six-pack of these. This one was saved, unopened, for the longest time, but eventually (maybe 1987) I began to fear it might explode, and emptied out the contents....
Carol McClaine
I followed the University of Illinois football team as a youngster watching them go to the 64 Rose Bowl. I said then if they go again I want to go. My dream came true in 84. But it really was a nig...
Virgil Wikoff
This time we went with the alumni group. We had super seats at the game, right next to the chancellor, Jack and Susie Peltason. It was about the 35-yard line in the third or fourth row. We couldn't...
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