Question: Who was Duke’s football coach when the Rose Bowl was played in Durham?
Answer: Wallace Wade was the Duke football coach the year the Rose Bowl was played in Durham. Wade had coached Alabama teams that played in the Rose Bowl in 1926 and 1927, and wanted the game to be played in Durham, since the U.S. Army was concerned about wartime threats creating unsafe conditions for the bowl game to be played on the West Coast.
Bonus info: In order to accommodate more fans for the 1942 Rose Bowl, Wade promised to increase the Duke football stadium capacity from 35,000 to 52,000 with the addition of temporary stands. Newspapers reported that 56,000 attended the game.
