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Incredible Moment 5: Rose Bowl Champions

In winning the 1976 NAIA championship, the men’s soccer team fulfilled Chancellor Gordon Shrum's promise that "one day SFU would play in the Rose Bowl".

50th Anniversary | 12/1/2015 2:39:00 PM

Simon Fraser University is 50, and to celebrate, we're counting down 50 Incredible Moments in Clan History. Incredible Moment No. 5 celebrates the performance of the men's soccer team that won the 1976 NAIA Championship.

In 1976, the men's soccer team fulfilled Chancellor Gordon Shrum's promise that "one day SFU would play in the Rose Bowl" when it won the NAIA national title with a 1-0 win over Rockhurst College before 10,250 fans at the Rose Bowl. A 2-1 semifinal victory over Quincy College went 14 overtimes and lasted 243-minutes, setting a Guinness World Book of Records mark for longest soccer game in modern history.

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Incredible Moment 5: Rose Bowl Champions

In winning the 1976 NAIA championship, the men’s soccer team fulfilled Chancellor Gordon Shrum's promise that "one day SFU would play in the Rose Bowl".