touched by a Cal player before going out of bounds. The
referees ruled the play a safety giving Tech a two-point
lead. Tech scored a touchdown in the third period and
missed the extra point for an 8-0 lead. The Golden Bears
scored a touchdown in the fourth period and made the extra
point that would have given them a 7-6 win if not for the
safety caused by Riegels wrong-way run. Georgia Tech won
the 1929 Rose Bowl game 8-7.
Americans laughed at Riegels run; little did they know that on New Year's Day 1929, "Wrong Way" Roy Riegels proved a harbinger of the year and the decade to come.
Sources: (i)1929: The Year of the Great Crash(/i), William K Klingaman;(i) New York Times(/i).
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