the east–west shrine game has been played after every college football season since 1925. the game started in san francisco, california and, prior to 2006, would be played in the bay area every year, except for two years. the first year outside of the bay area was 1942. as a result of the prohibition against playing football in west coast stadiums, the east–west shrine game was moved to new orleans, louisiana. the west's coach was washington state's billy sewell. a little more than two months prior, sewell and the cougars had dealt the beavers the beavers' largest loss of the year, a 7-0 decision in pullman, washington. the beaver express left durham and stopped in new orleans for the game on january 3, 1942. the game ended in a 6-6 tie. many were concerned that the east–west shrine game would be the last football game "in a generation." on the way back to corvallis, oregon state was able to visit the rose bowl in pasadena, california. by the time the beaver express arrived home, the team had traveled 7,384 miles, through 24 states.