 On December 16, Duke University invited the game and Oregon State to Duke's home stadium in Durham, North Carolina.At the time, Duke Stadium was the second-largest in the South but its seating capacity was just 35,000.In order to accommodate the larger crowd expected for the Rose Bowl, bleachers were brought in from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan Stadium and North Carolina State University's Riddick Stadium to seat an additional 20,000 people.