Remembering the Men of Roses -- "How many touchdowns will the Blue Devils win by?"

This is the fifth installment of a seven-part series written by Kip Carlson about the 1941 Oregon State football team that played in the 1942 Rose Bowl. The '42 Rose Bowl is the only one in the history of the storied game that was played outside of Southern California due to fears of an attack on the U.S. West Coast following Pearl Harbor.

This story also appears in the football game-day program Saturday, Oct. 29 vs. Washington State

When Oregon State left the Pacific Northwest bound for the "transplanted" Rose Bowl in December, 1941, it felt like it should be a comparatively smooth trip.