Husky History: New Year’s Six Bowls

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty ImagesAs the Huskies get set for a clash with the Texas Longhorns in the Sugar Bowl on Monday January 1st, I thought it might be fun to revisit the times Washington has made a New Year’s Six bowl game (Rose, Orange, Sugar, Fiesta, Cotton, Peach) and how their season went up to that point and afterwards. Let’s start with the Granddaddy of Them All, the Rose Bowl.

1924 Rose Bowl

In 1924, the Rose Bowl committee passed on PCC Champ Cal in favor of the Huskies, despite Cal handing the Huskies their only loss. Being the one on the West side of the country, and therefore the “host”, the Huskies chose Navy as their opponent. The Midshipmen came into the Rose Bowl with a…