The 1930 Rose Bowl was the 16th Rose Bowl game, an American post-season college football game that was played on New Year's Day 1930 in Pasadena, California. It featured the Pittsburgh Panthers against the USC Trojans.^[1][2]

Scoring

First Quarter

• USC – Edelson, 55-yard pass from Saunders (Shaver kick good)
• USC – Erny Pinckert, 25-yard pass from Saunders (Shaver kick blocked)

Second Quarter

• USC – Duffield, 1-yard run (Baker kick failed)
• USC – Duffield, 1-yard run (Baker kick good)

Third Quarter

• USC – Russ Saunders, 16-yard run (Shaver kick good)
• Pitt – Walinchus, 28-yard pass from Baker (Parkinson kick good)
• USC – Edelson, 39-yard pass from Saunders (Baker kick good)

Fourth Quarter

• Pitt – Collins, 36-yard pass from Williams (Parkinson kick good)
• USC – Wilcox, 57-yard pass from Duffield (Duffield dropkicked extra point)

Game notes

By losing to the Trojans, the Panthers gave up the most points since 1903.