Cotton Bowl Classic
The Cotton Bowl Classic , officially the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic , is a final in American college football that has been played annually since January 1, 1937. Between 1937 and 2009 the game was played in the stadium of the same name in Dallas , and since 2010 in the AT&T Stadium near Arlington . In the past, the game was hosted by the Southwest Conference (SWC) master . Opponent was an invited team from the United States, often a major team, or the runner-up in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). After the SWC was dissolved in 1996, the game was hosted by the runner-up in the Big 12 Conference , from 1999 to 2014 against a team from the SEC. The Cotton Bowl Classic served as one of the six finals of the College Football Play-offs (CFP) since the 2014 season; it was one of the national semifinals in the 2015 and 2018 seasons. In the game of the 2017 season, the champions of the Big Ten, Ohio State , defeated the champions of Pac-12 ( USC ) 24: 7.
history
1930s
The Cotton Bowl Classic was founded in 1937 in Dallas on the Texas State Fair Grounds ; the board of Texas Oil , J. Curtis Sanford financed the first edition of the game. The Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth triumphed over Marquette University 16: 6th The game brought no profit despite 17,000 visitors. Even so, Sanford insisted on further direction of the game. In 1938 the game ( Rice University of Houston defeated the University of Colorado 28:14) with 37,000 viewers a profit.
In front of 40,000 spectators, the 1939 game between Saint Mary's College from California and Texas Tech University was played, which the Gaels won against the undefeated Red Raiders 20:13.
1940s
In 1940 the Clemson underdog team surprisingly won 6-3 against the Boston College Eagles , in their first and only participation in the Cotton Bowl Classic under Tigers coach Frank Howard. The number of visitors was given as 20,000. Later that year, the organization of the game was taken over by a group of prominent Dallas residents called the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association (CBAA). Some time later, the CBAA hosted the Southwest Conference . From 1941 to 1994, the SWC champion contested the Cotton Bowl Classic as the home team.
In 1943 the Texas Longhorns represented the SWC in their first final against Georgia Tech, which was higher at the time. Before the game, the press wrote that Texas was not playing at the same level as Georgia Tech. By defeating the Yellow Jackets 14: 7 in a defensive game, Texas showed that the press was wrong. This Cotton Bowl was the first of the Longhorns , who now hold the record with 22 participations.
In 1946, Missouri was beaten by Texas despite Robert (Bob) Lee Clodfelter's fourth quarter performances. Clodfelter played the next three years under Weeb Ewbank at Washington University in St. Louis.
In 1947 LSU drew 0-0 against Arkansas in front of 38,000 spectators. The game became known as the "Ice Bowl". LSU had the upper hand over Arkansas for the most part, but the game was largely determined by the weather.
In 1948 Penn State played their first game in 25 years against Dallas' SMU , a 13-13 draw. Because no hotel in Dallas offered a room for the two African American players from Penn State, the Penn State team stayed on a helipad 14 miles from Dallas. This was the first ever interracial game at the Cotton Bowl Stadium .
1950s
The 1953 game re-enacted the 1951 game in which Texas played against Tennessee. The Texas Defensive Stars beat the Vols 16-0, while Tennessee beat Texas 20:14 in the previous game.
The 1954 Cotton Bowl Classic featured one of the most iconic plays in college football history. Rice University player Dickey Moegle (later renamed "Maegle") started the run at the 5-yard line of his team and ran unblocked down the field. An Alabama player , Tommy Lewis, jumped off the bench and tackled Moegle. Referee Cliff Shaw saw the situation and gave a touchdown, although Moegle was knocked down at the 42-yard line.
In 1957, playing Horned Frogs of TCU against the run of Jim Brown Syracuse Orangemen . Brown ran for 135 yards, scored three touchdowns and three extra points, but the extra point blocked by Horned Frogs of the Horned Frogs in the fourth quarter secured the TCU victory with 28:27. TCU quarterback Chuck Curtis passed for 174 yards, threw two touchdowns and ran for another to lead the Frogs .
1960s
In 1960, Syracuse beat Texas 23-14 and became the national champion. Syracuse was led by MVP Ernie Davis, who ran a touchdown, caught an 87-yard touchdown (a new record for the Cotton Bowl Classic), and converted an intercepted pass into a third touchdown. Towards the end of the first half there was a fight in the field; some claimed the Texas were just trying to get some cheap blows on Ernie Davis. University of Texas President Logan Wilson convened an NCAA hearing over the post-game brawl. Syracuse sports director Lew Andreas alleged that none of his University of Texas had accused of dirty gaming and attributed these allegations to the press. The case was dropped shortly thereafter. In 1961, Davis became the first black athlete to win the Heisman Trophy , but died of leukemia before he could begin his career .
Duke defeated Arkansas 7-6 in the game of 1961. Duke scored 2:45 minutes before the end of the game and secured a fumble in the opposing moves that followed .
In 1962, Texas played again as champions of the SWC for the Cotton Bowl. This time the Longhorns played against a highly talented Mississippi Rebels team . Few points were scored in the game, leaving Texas to win 12-7 in the last quarter.
The 1963 Cotton Bowl Classic played the recurring Texas Longhorns and the LSU Tigers , like Mississippi from the SEC . Lynn Amedee's 23-yard field goal led the Tigers to lead 3-0 at halftime after Texas failed to score after a series of 80-yard attacks. This was the Classic's first field goal since 1942. Amedee secured a fumble of the Longhorn at the 37-yard line in the third quarter, and Jimmy Field scored a run touchdown five moves later. Buddy Hamic later secured a Longhorn fumble until the Longhorns were defeated 13 plays later by a field goal from Amedee without losing points.
In 1964, the No. 1 undefeated Texas Longhorns were defeated by the No. 2 Navy Midshipmen (led by Heisman Trophy winner and later Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach). The game was played 6 weeks after the assassination attempt on John F. Kennedy (who happened to be a former Navy officer) in Dallas. The 1964 game was the second college football final to see the nation's number 1 and number 2 head off against each other (the 1963 Rose Bowl was the first game).
In 1965, the undefeated Arkansas Razorbacks (10-0) played against the Nebraska Cornhuskers (9-1). Although Alabama won in the AP and UPI (coaches) voting for the national title before the finals (which was standard at the time), Arkansas still had a chance to draw level in the title fight by beating Nebraska. After a hard-fought defensive game, the Arkansas Razorbacks, called Hogs , won 10–7. Because of this win, combined with Alabama's loss to Texas in the Orange Bowl (Arkansas won in Austin, Texas), Arkansas was awarded the Grantland Rice Trophy by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), making the Razorbacks the true national champion of the Made 1964 season.
The 1967 game was brought forward to Saturday, December 31, 1966 as the Dallas Cowboys played the NFL Championship Game at the stadium on New Years Day (the other major championship games of that year - the Rose Bowl, the Sugar Bowl, and the Orange Bowl on Monday, January 2nd).
In 1969 the Texas Longhorns ran with their new offensive formation, the Wishbone . After all opponents could be defeated in the 1968 season, Texas won the SWC crown again and this time met the Tennessee Volunteers , who they defeated in a runaway victory with over 400 yards. Texas won 36-13.
1970s
In the 1970 game, Notre Dame participated after 45 years of self-imposed championship game bans. When the Irish made this decision, the LSU's intended Tigers were unloaded despite their 9-1 record and had to stay at home. The Irish , led by quarterback Joe Theismann, faced the higher-listed and undefeated Texas Longhorns. Notre Dame led 17-14 late in the fourth quarter, but the Longhorns scored a late touchdown to a 21-17 win and won the national championship unchallenged. The two teams met the next year, but this time the Irish ended the Longhorns' 30-game winning streak with a 24–11 win, preventing Texas from earning the Associated Press national championship title (the Longhorns already had the regular season championship won the UPI vote, a pre-championship vote through the 1974 season; Nebraska ultimately won the AP title). Texas and Notre Dame met again in the 1978 game, with the Longhorns again rated higher. The Irish with their quarterback Joe Montana won 38-10 and climbed with this victory in the final vote from fifth to first place.
The 1973 game was played again by Texas and Alabama. Alabama was leading 13-10 early in the 4th quarter when Texas quarterback Alan Lowry ran a bootleg play to perfection and scored a 32-yard touchdown. And again the Texas Longhorns defeated Alabama and their coach Paul "Bear" Bryant 17-13.
In the Cotton Bowl of 1976, SWC co-champ Arkansas was invincible against SEC champ Georgia. The Razorbacks had previously defeated the hitherto undefeated number 2, Texas A & M, in a 31-6 runaway victory to force a draw at the Conference crown. The door for Arkansas was open to face Dallas on New Years Day. After the Bulldogs took a 10-0 lead, the Hogs came back, scoring 31 points in a row, beating Georgia 31-10. Arkansas finished the season 10-2.
The 1977 Cotton Bowl was played by the SWC champions Houston Cougars , who took part in the Cotton Bowl for the first time, against the undefeated Maryland Terrapins . Houston brought the Terrapins the first defeat of the season and won with 30-21.
The 1979 Cotton Bowl Classic, also known as the Chicken Soup Game, caused a sensation as one of the historic comebacks in championship history. Notre Dame led against Houston in the middle of the fourth quarter 34-12. Thanks to a blocked point and brilliant future Hall of Famer Joe Montana, the Irish won 35-34, their second consecutive title.
1980s
The 1982 Texas-Alabama game marked the last time Bear Bryant faced the Longhorns . After Alabama lost all previous games to Texas, the Crimson Tide led 10-0 early in the fourth quarter and it looked like they were going to beat Texas. But the Longhorns then scored the first points with a quarterback draw from Robert Brewer on a third try and Lang with 10:38 minutes on the clock. In the next Texas possession Terry Orr scored from his own 8-yard line with 11 plays an 80-yard space gain and brought the Longhorns 2:05 minutes from the end with 14-10. Alabama Joey Jones carried the subsequent kickoff back to the Texans 38-yard line, and Alabama quarterback Walter Lewis took over with 1:54 minutes left. On the next move, William Graham took a Lewis pass on the 1-yard line for Texas. The Longhorns took a safety for a better field position, and Texas beat Alabama 14-12.
In the 1984 game, number 7, the SEC's Georgia Bulldogs, faced undefeated number 2, the SWC's Texas Longhorns. Texas was leading 9-3 with more than 4 minutes remaining in a field goal duel between Kevin Butler of the Bulldogs and Texan Jeff Ward. After Texas defensive back Craig Curry blocked a failed punt from Chip Andrews late in the fourth quarter, Georgia quarterback John Lastinger ran for a 17-yard touchdown with 3:22 minutes remaining. The 10–9 cost the Longhorns a possible national title.
The 1989 UCLA- Arkansas game drew a lot of press coverage in the Dallas area as Bruin quarterback Troy Aikman was expected to be the top pick in the 1989 NFL draft; the first pick was the Dallas Cowboys. There has been much speculation about the visit of the Cowboys' longtime coach Tom Landry to Texas Stadium, which UCLA used as a pre-game training ground. Landry couldn't choose Aikman as he was fired the next month, but his successor Jimmy Johnson chose him. UCLA and Aikman won 17-3.
The Cotton Bowl Classic had a lot of good quarterbacks as participants. B. Sammy Baugh , Davey O'Brien , Babe Parilli , Bobby Layne , Norm Van Brocklin , YA Tittle , Bart Starr , Roger Staubach , Ken Stabler , Joe Theismann , Joe Montana , Dan Marino , Doug Flutie , Troy Aikman and Eli Manning .
Three of four Heisman Trophy winners from 1984 to 1987 finished their college careers in the Cotton Bowl Classic: Doug Flutie of Boston College in January 1985, Bo Jackson of Auburn in 1986, and Tim Brown of Notre Dame in 1988.
Brown and eventual Heisman winner Davey O'Brien, who played in the 1937 Cotton Bowl, both lived near Woodrow Wilson High School (Dallas, Texas). Woodrow became the first high school to ever produce 2 Heisman winners.
1990s
For 53 years, the champion of the now defunct Southwest Conference (SWC) played the Cotton Bowl Classic as a home team, a rule that was continued until the 1994 season. Until the mid-1980s, the game was considered to be a quota maker and the most important New Years Day championship game. In the late 1980s, the Cotton Bowl Classic lost its prestige when many SWC teams received NCAA penalties for violating the rules and were therefore not eligible for the Bowl. The quality of the conference also fell sharply. The SWC champions have lost the last seven times, and the last national champion to play the Cotten Bowl Classic was Notre Dame in 1977. Finally, the Cotton Bowl Classic was occasionally played outside in cold weather (best known, the game of 1979).
The Fiesta Bowl, which was played without a conference connection and basically in warm weather, gained itself a main championship status through some participants with national championship participation. The most famous game was in January 1987 between the two independent teams Penn State and Miami. In the minds of most fans, the Cotton Bowl Classic has been replaced by the Fiesta Bowl as the more important championship game. Nonetheless, the Cotton Bowl Classic retained enough prestige to be included in the 1992 Bowl Coalition (BCS) as one of the top championship games . In 1995 the new Bowl Alliance (the predecessor of the BCS) decided to include the Fiesta Bowl instead of the Cotton Bowl in their rotation. While it was still a major championship game that the top 10 teams could get into, it was no longer in position to put a championship candidate up. In 18 of the 21 seasons since 1995, the Cotton Bowl had two seeded participants. In the other 3 seasons only one team was seeded (2002, 2003 and 2010).
In 1995, the SWC relinquished control of the Cotton Bowl Classic as part of its planned post-season dissolution. The Big 12 Conference took control and dispatched a team (usually the championship game loser or division runner-up ) to represent them to play against either the Western Athletic Conference champion or the Pac-10 Conference runner-up . In 1996 number 5, BYU Cougars , played against Notre Dame as the only program underdog at a major conference in the Cotton Bowl in the modern era, defeating the Kansas State Wildcats at 19:15, winning their 14th game with an NCAA record, and ending the season with the 5th place in the country and a 14: 1 result.
In 1999, the Southeastern Conference determined the Cotton Bowl to oppose the Big 12 and Southwestern Bell (now AT&T ) financed the event. In most cases, the SEC representative was from the West Division. Exceptions were Tennessee in 2001 and 2005 and Missouri in 2014.
2000s
Until 2008, the Cotton Bowl Classic was played on New Years Day (with the exception of 2004 and 2006, when the game was on January 2nd) and was usually the 2nd game of the day following the Outback Bowl.
This decade opened great as two former Southwest Conference rivals faced each other in Game 2000. The Arkansas Razorbacks , now a member of the SEC (since 1992) and the Texas Longhorns , now a member of the Big 12 (since 1996) met in the first college football game of the last year of the 20th century. After a lackluster first half, which ended in a 3: 3 draw, the Razorbacks, led by offensive MVP running back Cedric Cobbs, were ahead in the second half. Arkansas beat their former hated rival 27-6, held the Longhorns at negative yards and brought down the Texas quarterback 8 times (championship record).
The 2003 Cotton Bowl Classic brought back the game of the Texas Longhorns and the LSU Tigers . LSU led 17: 7 in the first half, after which Roy Williams led Texas to a 35:20 win over the Tigers in the second half . In the Cotton Bowl Classic 2004 the return of the Mississippi Rebels took place , whose last appearance in the Cotton Bowl Classic was a 12: 7 defeat against Texas in 1962. The 2004 Cotton Bowl Classic was the last college football game for New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning. Manning led his team to a 31:28 win over Oklahoma State.
The 2007 Cotton Bowl Classic took place between the Auburn Tigers and the Nebraska Cornhuskers ; Auburn won 17:14.
In the 2008 Cotton Bowl Classic, Missouri running back Tony Temple broke the record with 281 yards in 24 runs (the previous record was held by Rice's player, Dickey Maegle, who ran 265 yards). Missouri defeated Arkansas 38-7.
In April 2008, the Cotton Bowl Classic officially announced that the game would change from the traditional start time of 10 a.m. CST on January 1 to 1 p.m. CST on January 2.
In the last game of the Cotton Bowl Classic, which took place at the Cotton Bowl Stadium, number 20, Ole Miss Rebels (8-4) beat number 7, Texas Tech Red Raiders (11-1) with 47:34. Tech quarterback Graham Harrell broke the NCAA record with the most touchdown passes thrown in Cotton Bowl Classic history this game.
2010s
In 2010, the Cotton Bowl Classic moved to the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington as part of an offer from the organizers to attend BCS in 2011. Although the Cotton Bowl had been remodeled shortly before, the January weather was cold in Dallas a major problem and it was believed that this would hinder prospects for upgrading to BCS. In contrast, the new stadium had top equipment and a retractable roof. A new four-year contract between the BCS and ESPN had prevented the Cotton Bowl Classic from participating in the BCS until 2015. Later findings that the Fiesta Bowl employee paid more than $ 46,000 for political contributions would have opened the door for the Fiesta to be replaced by the Cotton Bowl in the BCS Bowl rotation, but the Fiesta Bowl did not lose its place in the BCS rotation.
In the 2010 Cotton Bowl Classic game between Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Ole Miss Rebels at the new Cowboys Stadium, the Rebels defeated the Cowboys' high-scoring offensive and won the 74th annual Cotton Bowl Classic 21-7.
In 2010 the Cotton Bowl celebrated its 75th anniversary with a new logo dedicated to this anniversary. Texas A&M played against Louisiana State University in the 2011 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic on January 7, 2011. LSU defeated the Texas A&M with 41:24. This was the first Cotton Bowl Classic to be played in prime time and also the latest day on which the game was played.
In the 2012 encounter, the Arkansas Razorbacks defeated the Kansas State Wildcats with 29-16. It was a BCS worthy game with 2 top 10 teams. A highlight of the game was the 51-yard punt return touchdown by Razorback Joe Adams in the second quarter, giving Arkansas an early lead. It was the first punt return touchdown in the Cotton Bowl Classic since previous razorback Lance Alworth's in 1961. After the Hogs scored 19 straight points, Kansas State responded with 16 contiguous points in the second and third quarters. But the Razorbacks pulled away by the end of the third and beginning of the fourth quarters, led by quarterback Tyler Wilson, the game's offensive MVP . Arkansas improved the record to 11-2 and finished the 2011 season in 5th place, while Kansas State fell to 10-3.
2013 defeated the number 10, Texas A&M Aggies the number 12 Oklahoma Sooners 41-13 for winning the Cotton Bowl Classic and finished the season 11-2. Johnny Manziel ran for 229 yards in the game, a Cotton Bowl record, and two touchdowns, and threw two more. After a half-time score of 14-13, the Texas A&M Aggies scored 27 continuous points in the second half for winning the Cotton Bowl.
The Cotton Bowl Classic returned as a "major" championship game in the 2014 season as part of the new College Football Playoff . It will host a national semi-finals every three years (2015, 2018, 2021, 2024 seasons) and two significant teams not selected for the top four playoffs in the other years. As part of this move, television rights will switch to ESPN, which will broadcast the other games in the playoff system. The 2014 Cotton Bowl Classic was a game between the number 9, Missouri Tigers of the Southeastern Conference and the number 13, Oklahoma State Cowboys of the Big 12 Conference. The Tigers beat the Cowboys 41-31 for the school's 2nd Cotton Bowl Classic Championship and posted an AT&T Stadium record with 24 points in the fourth quarter.
transmission
The first broadcast game of the Cotton Bowl Classic was in 1953 by NBC. NBC provided coverage of the game from 1952 to 1957. In 1958, CBS broadcast the games until 1992. NBC broadcast the games from 1993 to 1995. The Cotton Bowl returned to CBS in 1996 and stayed there for three years. From 1999 to 2014, the Cotton Bowl Classic was broadcast by Fox. As part of the college football playoff rotation, ESPN took over rights to the game in 2015.
In 2013 and 2014, Fox Deportes broadcast the game nationally in Spanish for the first time. In 2015, ESPN Deportes became the game's new Spanish-speaking home.
The game will also be broadcast nationally on ESPN Radio and ESPN Deportes Radio. ESPN Radio took over the previous long-term Cotton Bowl radio station Cotton Bowl Westwood One in 2013. The game was first broadcast in Spanish in 2013.
Venues
Cotton Bowl
The Cotton Bowl is a stadium that opened in 1930 and became known as "The House That Doak Built" due to the huge crowd that former SMU running back Doak Walker attracted during his college career in the late 1940s. It used to be known as the Fair Park Bowl; it's in Fair Park, a property on the State Fair of Texas. From its founding in 1937 until the game in 2010, the Cotton Bowl found its home in the stadium of the same name. The Dallas Cowboys were also at home in the Cotton Bowl for 11 years, from when the team was formed in 1960 to 1971 when the Cowboys moved to Texas Stadium. Although it was not the first established championship game, the Cotton Bowl was named after "cotton boll" (German cotton blossom seeds). Texas is the leading producer of cotton in the USA.
AT&T Stadium
The AT & T Stadium , formerly the Cowboys Stadium is an indoor stadium with a retractable roof in Arlington, Texas. After failed negotiations over the return of the Cowboys to the Cotton Bowl, Jerry Jones and the city of Arlington, Texas funded the stadium for $ 1.15 billion. It was completed on May 29, 2009 and has 80,000 seats, but can be expanded to 100,000 seats. The AT&T Stadium is the largest indoor stadium in the world.
A highlight of the AT&T Stadium is a high-definition television screen suspended in the center , the second largest in the world. The 49-by-22-foot, 1,070-square-foot score display surpasses the 812-square-foot screen that hangs in Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri , which was renovated in 2009 .
Game results
All rankings were taken from the AP Poll before the game.
| Gameday | winner | loser | spectator | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 1, 1937 | No. 16 TCU | 16 | No. 20 Marquette | 6th | 17,000 |
| Jan. 1, 1938 | Rice | 28 | Colorado | 14th | 37,000 |
| Jan. 2, 1939 | Saint Mary's (California) | 20th | # 11 Texas Tech | 13 | 40,000 |
| Jan. 1, 1940 | Clemson | 6th | Boston College | 3 | 20,000 |
| Jan. 1, 1941 | No. 6 Texas A&M | 13 | No. 12 Fordham | 12 | 45,500 |
| Jan. 1, 1942 | # 20 Alabama | 29 | No. 9 Texas A&M | 21st | 38,000 |
| Jan. 1, 1943 | No. 11 Texas | 14th | Georgia Tech | 7th | 36,000 |
| Jan. 1, 1944 | # 14 Texas | 7th | Randolph Field | 7th | 15,000 |
| Jan. 1, 1945 | Oklahoma A&M | 34 | TCU | 0 | 37,000 |
| Jan. 1, 1946 | No. 10 Texas | 40 | Missouri | 27 | 45,000 |
| Jan. 1, 1947 | No. 8 LSU | 0 | # 16 Arkansas | 0 | 38,000 |
| Jan. 1, 1948 | No. 10 SMU | 13 | No. 18 Penn State | 13 | 43,000 |
| Jan. 1, 1949 | No. 10 SMU | 21st | No. 9 Oregon | 13 | 69,000 |
| Jan. 2, 1950 | No. 5 Rice | 27 | # 16 North Carolina | 13 | 75,347 |
| Jan. 1, 1951 | No. 4 Tennessee | 20th | # 3 Texas | 14th | 75,349 |
| Jan. 1, 1952 | # 15 Kentucky | 20th | No. 11 TCU | 7th | 75,347 |
| Jan. 1, 1953 | No. 10 Texas | 16 | No. 8 Tennessee | 0 | 75.504 |
| Jan. 1, 1954 | No. 6 Rice | 28 | No. 13 Alabama | 6th | 75.504 |
| Jan. 1, 1955 | Georgia Tech | 14th | No. 10 Arkansas | 6th | 75.504 |
| Jan. 2, 1956 | # 10 Ole Miss | 14th | No. 6 TCU | 13 | 75.504 |
| Jan. 1, 1957 | No. 14 TCU | 28 | No. 8 Syracuse | 27 | 68,000 |
| Jan. 1, 1958 | No. 5 Navy | 20th | No. 8 Rice | 7th | 75.504 |
| Jan. 1, 1959 | No. 10 TCU | 0 | No. 6 Air Force | 0 | 75.504 |
| Jan. 1, 1960 | # 1 Syracuse | 23 | # 4 Texas | 14th | 75.504 |
| Jan. 2, 1961 | No. 10 Duke | 7th | No. 7 Arkansas | 6th | 74,000 |
| Jan. 1, 1962 | # 3 Texas | 12 | # 5 Ole Miss | 7th | 75.504 |
| Jan. 1, 1963 | No. 7 LSU | 13 | # 4 Texas | 0 | 75.504 |
| Jan. 1, 1964 | # 1 Texas | 28 | No. 2 Navy | 6th | 75.504 |
| Jan. 1, 1965 | # 2 Arkansas | 10 | # 6 Nebraska | 7th | 75.504 |
| Jan. 1, 1966 | LSU | 14th | # 2 Arkansas | 7th | 76,200 |
| Dec 31, 1966 | # 4 Georgia | 24 | No. 10 SMU | 9 | 75,400 |
| Jan. 1, 1968 | Texas A&M | 20th | No. 8 Alabama | 16 | 75.504 |
| Jan. 1, 1969 | No. 5 Texas | 36 | No. 8 Tennessee | 13 | 72,000 |
| Jan. 1, 1970 | # 1 Texas | 21st | No. 9 Notre Dame | 17th | 73,000 |
| Jan. 1, 1971 | No. 6 Notre Dame | 24 | # 1 Texas | 11 | 72,000 |
| Jan. 1, 1972 | No. 10 Penn State | 30th | No. 12 Texas | 6th | 72,000 |
| Jan. 1, 1973 | No. 7 Texas | 17th | # 4 Alabama | 13 | 72,000 |
| Jan. 1, 1974 | # 12 Nebraska | 19th | No. 8 Texas | 3 | 67,500 |
| Jan. 1, 1975 | No. 7 Penn State | 41 | No. 12 Baylor | 20th | 67,500 |
| Jan. 1, 1976 | No. 18 Arkansas | 31 | # 12 Georgia | 10 | 74,500 |
| Jan. 1, 1977 | # 6 Houston | 30th | # 4 Maryland | 21st | 54,500 |
| Jan. 2, 1978 | No. 5 Notre Dame | 38 | # 1 Texas | 10 | 76,601 |
| Jan. 1, 1979 | No. 10 Notre Dame | 35 | No. 9 Houston | 34 | 32,500 |
| Jan. 1, 1980 | No. 8 Houston | 17th | # 7 Nebraska | 14th | 72.032 |
| Jan. 1, 1981 | No. 9 Alabama | 30th | # 6 Baylor | 2 | 74,281 |
| Jan. 1, 1982 | # 6 Texas | 14th | No. 3 Alabama | 12 | 73.243 |
| Jan. 1, 1983 | No. 4 SMU | 7th | No. 6 Pittsburgh | 3 | 60,359 |
| Jan. 2, 1984 | # 7 Georgia | 10 | # 2 Texas | 9 | 67,891 |
| Jan. 1, 1985 | No. 8 Boston College | 45 | Houston | 28 | 56,522 |
| Jan. 1, 1986 | No. 11 Texas A&M | 36 | No. 16 Auburn | 16 | 73.137 |
| Jan. 1, 1987 | No. 11 Ohio State | 28 | No. 8 Texas A&M | 12 | 74,188 |
| Jan. 1, 1988 | No. 13 Texas A&M | 35 | No. 12 Notre Dame | 10 | 73.006 |
| Jan. 2, 1989 | No. 9 UCLA | 17th | No. 8 Arkansas | 3 | 74,304 |
| Jan. 1, 1990 | No. 8 Tennessee | 31 | No. 10 Arkansas | 27 | 74,358 |
| Jan. 1, 1991 | # 4 Miami (Florida) | 46 | # 3 Texas | 3 | 73,521 |
| Jan. 1, 1992 | No. 5 Florida State | 10 | No. 9 Texas A&M | 2 | 73,728 |
| Jan. 1, 1993 | No. 5 Notre Dame | 28 | No. 4 Texas A&M | 3 | 71,615 |
| Jan. 1, 1994 | No. 4 Notre Dame | 24 | No. 7 Texas A&M | 21st | 69,855 |
| Jan. 2, 1995 | No. 21 USC | 55 | Texas Tech | 14th | 70,218 |
| Jan. 1, 1996 | No. 7 Colorado | 38 | No. 12 Oregon | 6th | 58.214 |
| Jan. 1, 1997 | No. 5 BYU | 19th | No. 14 Kansas State | 15th | 71,928 |
| Jan. 1, 1998 | No. 5 UCLA | 29 | No. 20 Texas A&M | 23 | 59,215 |
| Jan. 1, 1999 | # 20 Texas | 38 | No. 25 Mississippi State | 11 | 72,611 |
| Jan. 1, 2000 | # 24 Arkansas | 27 | # 14 Texas | 6th | 72,723 |
| Jan. 1, 2001 | No. 11 Kansas State | 35 | No. 21 Tennessee | 21st | 63,465 |
| Jan. 1, 2002 | No. 10 Oklahoma | 10 | Arkansas | 3 | 72,955 |
| Jan. 1, 2003 | No. 9 Texas | 35 | LSU | 20th | 70,817 |
| Jan. 2, 2004 | # 16 Ole Miss | 31 | No. 21 Oklahoma State | 28 | 73,928 |
| Jan. 1, 2005 | No. 15 Tennessee | 38 | No. 22 Texas A&M | 7th | 75,704 |
| Jan. 2, 2006 | No. 8 Alabama | 13 | # 20 Texas Tech | 10 | 74,222 |
| Jan. 1, 2007 | No. 10 Auburn | 17th | # 22 Nebraska | 14th | 66,777 |
| Jan. 1, 2008 | No. 7 Missouri | 38 | No. 25 Arkansas | 7th | 73.114 |
| Jan. 2, 2009 | # 20 Ole Miss | 47 | No. 8 Texas Tech | 34 | 88,175 |
| Jan. 2, 2010 | Ole Miss | 21st | No. 21 Oklahoma State | 7th | 77,928 |
| Jan. 7, 2011 | No. 11 LSU | 41 | No. 18 Texas A&M | 24 | 83,514 |
| Jan. 6, 2012 | No. 7 Arkansas | 29 | No. 11 Kansas State | 16 | 80,956 |
| Jan. 4, 2013 | No. 9 Texas A&M | 41 | No. 11 Oklahoma | 13 | 87.025 |
| Jan. 3, 2014 | No. 9 Missouri | 41 | No. 13 Oklahoma State | 31 | 72,690 |
| Jan. 1, 2015 | No. 7 Michigan State | 42 | # 4 Baylor | 41 | 71.464 |
| Dec 31, 2015 | No. 2 Alabama | 38 | No. 3 Michigan State | 0 | 82,812 |
| Jan. 2, 2017 | # 8 Wisconsin | 24 | No. 12 Western Michigan | 16 | 59,615 |
| 29 Dec 2017 | No. 5 Ohio State | 24 | No. 8 USC | 7th | 67,510 |
| 29th Dec 2018 | No. 2 Clemson | 30th | No. 3 Notre Dame | 3 | 72.183 |
| December 28, 2019 | No. 13 Penn State | 53 | # 15 Memphis | 39 | 54,828 |
Most Valuable Player Award (best player)
| Gameday | MVP | team | position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 1, 1937 | Ki Aldrich | TCU | C. |
| Sammy Baugh | TCU | QB | |
| LD "Dutch" Meyer | TCU | K | |
| Jan. 1, 1938 | Ernie Lain | Rice | HB |
| Byron "Whizzer" White | Colorado | QB | |
| Jan. 1, 1939 | Jerry Dowd | Saint Mary's | C. |
| Elmer Tarbox | Texas Tech | HB | |
| Jan. 1, 1940 | Banks McFadden | Clemson | B. |
| Jan. 1, 1941 | Charles Henke | Texas A&M | G |
| John Kimbrough | Texas A&M | FB | |
| Chip Roult | Texas A&M | T | |
| Lou DeFilippo | Fordham | C. | |
| Joe Ungerer | Fordham | T | |
| Jan. 1, 1942 | Jimmy Nelson | Alabama | HB |
| Get rest | Alabama | E. | |
| Don Whitmire | Alabama | T | |
| Martin Ruby | Texas A&M | T | |
| Jan. 1, 1943 | Jack Freeman | Texas | G |
| Roy McKay | Texas | B. | |
| Stanley Mauldin | Texas | T | |
| Harvey Hardy | Georgia Tech | G | |
| Jack Marshall | Georgia Tech | E. | |
| Jan. 1, 1944 | Martin Ruby | Randolph Field | T |
| Glenn Dobbs | Randolph Field | QB | |
| Joe Parker | Texas | E. | |
| Jan. 1, 1945 | Neill Armstrong | Oklahoma A&M | E. |
| Bob Fenimore | Oklahoma A&M | RB | |
| Ralph Foster | Oklahoma A&M | DT | |
| Jan. 1, 1946 | Hub Bechtol | Texas | E. |
| Bobby Layne | Texas | B. | |
| Jim Kekeris | Missouri | T | |
| Jan. 1, 1947 | Alton Baldwin | Arkansas | E. |
| YA Tittle | LSU | QB | |
| Jan. 1, 1948 | Steve Suhey | Penn State | G |
| Doak Walker | SMU | RB | |
| Jan. 1, 1949 | Kyle Rote | SMU | RB |
| Doak Walker | SMU | RB | |
| Brad Ecklund | Oregon | C. | |
| Norm Van Brocklin | Oregon | QB | |
| Jan. 2, 1950 | Billy Burkhalter | Rice | HB |
| Joe Watson | Rice | C. | |
| James Williams | Rice | E. | |
| Jan. 1, 1951 | Andy Kozar | Tennessee | FB |
| Hank Lauricella | Tennessee | HB | |
| Horace "Bud" Sherrod | Tennessee | DE | |
| Bud McFadin | Texas | G | |
| Jan. 1, 1952 | Emery Clark | Kentucky | HB |
| Ray Correll | Kentucky | G | |
| Vito "Babe" Parilli | Kentucky | QB | |
| Keith Flowers | TCU | FB | |
| Jan. 1, 1953 | Richard Ochoa | Texas | FB |
| Harley Sewell | Texas | G | |
| Bob Griesbach | Tennessee | LB | |
| Jan. 1, 1954 | Richard Chapman | Rice | T |
| Dan Hart | Rice | E. | |
| Dickey Maegle | Rice | HB | |
| Jan. 1, 1955 | George Humphreys | Georgia Tech | FB |
| Bud Brooks | Arkansas | G | |
| Jan. 2, 1956 | Buddy Alliston | Ole Miss | G |
| Eagle Day | Ole Miss | QB | |
| Jan. 1, 1957 | Norman Hamilton | TCU | T |
| Jim Brown | Syracuse | HB | |
| Jan. 1, 1958 | Tom Forrestal | Navy | QB |
| Tony Stremic | Navy | G | |
| Jan. 1, 1959 | Dave Phillips | Air Force | T |
| Jack spikes | TCU | FB | |
| Jan. 1, 1960 | Ernie Davis | Syracuse | HB |
| Maurice Doke | Texas | G | |
| Jan. 2, 1961 | Dwight Bumgarner | Duke | T |
| Lance Alworth | Arkansas | HB | |
| Jan. 1, 1962 | Mike Cotten | Texas | QB |
| Bob Moses | Texas | E. | |
| Jan. 1, 1963 | Lynn Amedee | LSU | QB |
| Johnny Treadwell | Texas | G | |
| Jan. 1, 1964 | Scott Appleton | Texas | T |
| Duke Carlisle | Texas | QB | |
| Jan. 1, 1965 | Ronnie Caveness | Arkansas | LB |
| Fred Marshall | Arkansas | QB | |
| Jan. 1, 1966 | Joe Labruzzo | LSU | TB |
| David McCormick | LSU | T | |
| Dec 31, 1966 | Kent Lawrence | Georgia | TB |
| George Patton | Georgia | T | |
| Jan. 1, 1968 | Grady Allen | Texas A&M | DE |
| Edd Hargett | Texas A&M | QB | |
| Bill Hobbs | Texas A&M | LB | |
| Jan. 1, 1969 | Tom Campbell | Texas | LB |
| Cotton Speyrer | Texas | WR | |
| James Street | Texas | QB | |
| Jan. 1, 1970 | Steve Worster | Texas | FB |
| Bob Olson | Notre Dame | LB | |
| Jan. 1, 1971 | Clarence Ellis | Notre Dame | CB |
| Eddie Phillips | Texas | QB | |
| Jan. 1, 1972 | Bruce Bannon | Penn State | DE |
| Lydell Mitchell | Penn State | RB | |
| Jan. 1, 1973 | Randy Braband | Texas | LB |
| Alan Lowry | Texas | QB | |
| Jan. 1, 1974 | Tony Davis | Nebraska | TB |
| Wade Johnson | Texas | LB | |
| Jan. 1, 1975 | Tom Shuman | Penn State | QB |
| Ken Quesenberry | Baylor | S. | |
| Jan. 1, 1976 | Ike Forte | Arkansas | HB |
| Hal McAfee | Arkansas | LB | |
| Jan. 1, 1977 | Alois Blackwell | Houston | RB |
| Mark Mohr | Houston | CB | |
| Jan. 2, 1978 | Vagas Ferguson | Notre Dame | RB |
| Bob Golic | Notre Dame | LB | |
| Jan. 1, 1979 | Joe Montana | Notre Dame | QB |
| David Hodge | Houston | LB | |
| Jan. 1, 1980 | Terry Elston | Houston | QB |
| David Hodge | Houston | LB | |
| Jan. 1, 1981 | Warren Lyles | Alabama | NG |
| Major Ogilvie | Alabama | RB | |
| Jan. 1, 1982 | Robert Brewer | Texas | QB |
| Robbie Jones | Alabama | LB | |
| Jan. 1, 1983 | Wes Hopkins | SMU | SS |
| Lance McIlhenny | SMU | QB | |
| Jan. 1, 1984 | John Lastinger | Georgia | QB |
| Jeff Leiding | Texas | LB | |
| Jan. 1, 1985 | Bill Romanowski | Boston College | LB |
| Steve Strachan | Boston College | FB | |
| Jan. 1, 1986 | Domingo Bryant | Texas A&M | SS |
| Bo Jackson | Auburn | TB | |
| Jan. 1, 1987 | Chris Spielman | Ohio State | LB |
| Roger Vick | Texas A&M | FB | |
| Jan. 1, 1988 | Adam Bob | Texas A&M | LB |
| Bucky Richardson | Texas A&M | QB | |
| Jan. 2, 1989 | Troy Aikman | UCLA | QB |
| LaSalle Harper | Arkansas | LB | |
| Jan. 1, 1990 | Carl Pickens | Tennessee | FS |
| Chuck Webb | Tennessee | TB | |
| Jan. 1, 1991 | Craig Erickson | Miami (Florida) | QB |
| Russell Maryland | Miami (Florida) | DL | |
| Jan. 1, 1992 | Sean Jackson | Florida State | RB |
| Chris Crooms | Texas A&M | S. | |
| Jan. 1, 1993 | Rick Mirer | Notre Dame | QB |
| Devon McDonald | Notre Dame | DE | |
| Jan. 1, 1994 | Lee Becton | Notre Dame | RB |
| Antonio Shorter | Texas A&M | LB | |
| Jan. 2, 1995 | Keyshawn Johnson | USC | WR |
| John Herpin | USC | CB | |
| Jan. 1, 1996 | Herchell Troutman | Colorado | RB |
| Marcus Washington | Colorado | DB | |
| Jan. 1, 1997 | Steve Sarkisian | BYU | QB |
| Shay Muirbrook | BYU | LB | |
| Kevin Lockett | Kansas State | WR | |
| Jan. 1, 1998 | Cade McNown | UCLA | QB |
| Dat Nguyen | Texas A&M | LB | |
| Jan. 1, 1999 | Ricky Williams | Texas | RB |
| Aaron Babino | Texas | LB | |
| Jan. 1, 2000 | Cedric Cobbs | Arkansas | RB |
| DJ Cooper | Arkansas | DT | |
| Jan. 1, 2001 | Jonathan Beasley | Kansas State | QB |
| Chris L. Johnson | Kansas State | DE | |
| Jan. 1, 2002 | Quentin Griffin | Oklahoma | RB |
| Roy Williams | Oklahoma | S. | |
| Jan. 1, 2003 | Roy Williams | Texas | WR |
| Cory Redding | Texas | DE | |
| Jan. 2, 2004 | Eli Manning | Ole Miss | QB |
| Josh Cooper | Ole Miss | DE | |
| Jan. 1, 2005 | Rick Clausen | Tennessee | QB |
| Justin Harrell | Tennessee | DT | |
| Jan. 2, 2006 | Brodie Croyle | Alabama | QB |
| DeMeco Ryans | Alabama | LB | |
| Jan. 1, 2007 | Courtney Taylor | Auburn | WR |
| Will Herring | Auburn | LB | |
| Jan. 1, 2008 | Tony Temple | Missouri | RB |
| William Moore | Missouri | SS | |
| Jan. 2, 2009 | Dexter McCluster | Ole Miss | WR |
| Marshay Green | Ole Miss | CB | |
| Jan. 2, 2010 | Dexter McCluster | Ole Miss | WR |
| Andre Sexton | Oklahoma State | LB | |
| Jan. 7, 2011 | Terrence Toliver | LSU | WR |
| Tyrant Mathieu | LSU | DB | |
| Jan. 6, 2012 | Tyler Wilson | Arkansas | QB |
| Jake Bequette | Arkansas | DE | |
| Jan. 4, 2013 | Johnny Manziel | Texas A&M | QB |
| Dustin Harris | Texas A&M | DB | |
| Jan. 3, 2014 | Henry Josey | Missouri | RB |
| Andrew Wilson | Missouri | LB | |
| Jan. 1, 2015 | Jake Coker | Alabama | QB |
| Cyrus Jones | Alabama | DB | |
| Dec 31, 2015 | Jake Coker | Alabama | QB |
| Cyrus Jones | Alabama | DB | |
| Jan. 2, 2017 | Troy Fumagalli | Wisconsin | TE |
| TJ Edwards | Wisconsin | LB | |
| 29 Dec 2017 | JT Barrett | Ohio State | QB |
| Damon Webb | Ohio State | DB | |
| 29th Dec 2018 | Trevor Lawrence | Clemson | QB |
| Austin Bryant | Clemson | DE |
Most frequent participations
Only universities with more than 3 participations were considered
| space | university | Participation | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 22nd | 11-10-1 |
| 2 | Texas A&M | 13 | 5-8 |
| 3 | Arkansas | 12 | 4-7-1 |
| T4 | Notre Dame | 8th | 5-3 |
| T4 | Alabama | 8th | 4-4 |
| T6 | Tennessee | 6th | 3–3 |
| T6 | TCU | 6th | 2-3-1 |
| T8 | LSU | 5 | 3-1-1 |
| T8 | Ole Miss | 5 | 4–1 |
| T10 | Rice | 4th | 3–1 |
| T10 | SMU | 4th | 2-1-1 |
| T10 | Houston | 4th | 2–2 |
| T10 | Nebraska | 4th | 1-3 |
| T10 | Texas Tech | 4th | 0-4 |
| T10 | Oklahoma State | 4th | 1-3 |
| T16 | Penn State | 3 | 2-0-1 |
| T16 | Georgia | 3 | 2–1 |
| T16 | Kansas State | 3 | 1-2 |
| T16 | Missouri | 3 | 2–1 |
| T16 | Baylor | 3 | 0-3 |
- Every team that was part of the Southwest Conference between 1936 and 1995 has competed at least once in the Cotton Bowl.
- Florida , South Carolina, and Vanderbilt are the only SEC members who did not participate in the Cotton Bowl.
- Iowa State , Kansas and West Virginia are the only ones of the Big 8 or Big 12 who haven't played in the Cotton Bowl yet. Former Big 12 members Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska and Texas A&M have played in the Cotton Bowl several times.
- Michigan State , Ohio State, and Wisconsin are the only Big Ten teams to play in the Cotton Bowl. Penn State will be the fourth Big Ten team to play in the Cotton Bowl in 2019. (Penn State, Maryland, and Nebraska participated prior to joining). Before 2014, only one Big Ten team had played in the Cotton Bowl.
- Texas A&M , Texas Tech and Missouri played in the Cotton Bowl as participants in three different conferences: A&M played as participants in the Southwest Conference, the Big 12 and the SEC, Tech played as part of the Border , SWC and Big 12, and Missouri played as part of the Big 8, Big 12 and SEC.
Participation after the conference
To date, 82 games have been played (164 participants).
| rank | Conference | Participation | Profits | Defeats | draw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SWC | 57 | 24 | 29 | 4th |
| 2 | SEC | 39 | 23 | 15th | 1 |
| 3 | Independent | 24 | 13 | 8th | 3 |
| 4th | Big 12 | 20th | 6th | 14th | 0 |
| T5 | Big Ten | 5 | 4th | 1 | 0 |
| T5 | Pac-12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 7th | Big 8 | 4th | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| T8 | ACC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T8 | SoCon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T10 | MVC 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T10 | WAC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T10 | BIAA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T10 | MAC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T10 | PCC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T10 | RMAC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1 Not to be confused with the current Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). The Missouri Valley Conference stopped playing football after the 1984 season. The league now known as MVFC began playing in the NCAA Division I-AA, now Division I FCS, in 1985.
Game records
| team | Record holder vs. opponent | year |
|---|---|---|
| most points scored | 55, USC vs. Texas Tech (55-14) | 1995 |
| fewest allowed points | 0, LSU vs. Texas (13-0; like 2 others) | 1963 |
| made first attempts | 32, Tennessee vs. Texas A&M | 2005 |
| yards run | 408, Missouri vs. Texas | 1946 |
| fit yards | 603, Baylor vs. Michigan State | 2015 |
| scored yards | 633, Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma (326 passed, 307 passed) | 2013 |
| player | Record holder, team vs. opponent | year |
| scored yards | 516, Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma (229 ran, 287 passed) | 2013 |
| yards run | 281, Tony Temple, Missouri vs. Arkansas (24 tries, 4 touchdowns) | 2008 |
| run touchdowns | 4, Tony Temple, Missouri vs. Arkansas | 2008 |
| fit yards | 550, Bryce Petty, Baylor vs. Michigan State (36-51-1, 3 touchdowns) | 2015 |
| matched touchdowns | 4, Graham Harrell, Texas Tech vs. Ole Miss | 2009 |
| captured passports | 11, Rashaun Woods, Oklahoma State vs. Ole Miss (223 yards, 1 touchdown) | 2004 |
| trapped yards | 223, Rashaun Woods, Oklahoma State vs. Ole Miss (11 passes, 1 touchdown) | 2004 |
| caught touchdowns | 3, Terrance Toliver, LSU vs. Texas A&M | 2001 |
| Field goals | 3, Zack Stool, Arkansas vs. Kansas State (like 3 others) | 2012 |
| Tackles | 23, Keith Flowers, TCU vs. Kentucky | 1952 |
| Sacks | 6, Shay Muirbrook, BYU vs. Kansas State (32 yards) | 1997 |
| Interceptions | 3, Jerry Cook, Texas vs. Ole Miss (16 yards) | 1962 |
| longest moves | Distance in yards, record holder, team vs. opponent | year |
| run touchdown | 95, Dicky Maegle, Rice vs. Alabama | 1954 |
| Passed touchdown | 87, Ger Schwedes to Ernie Davis, Syracuse vs. Texas | 1960 |
| Kickoff return | 98, Earl Allen, Houston vs. Boston College (TD) | 1985 |
| Punt return | 72, Jimmy Nelson, Alabama vs. Texas A&M (TD) | 1942 |
| Interception return | 95, Marcus Washington, Colorado vs. Oregon (TD) | 1996 |
| Fumble return | 65, Steve Manstedt, Nebraska vs. Texas | 1974 |
| punt | 84, Kyle Rote, SMU vs. Oregon | 1949 |
| Field goal | 50, Josh Jasper, LSU vs. Texas A&M (tied with 2 others) | 2011 |
Only appears the first time in this listing.
sponsor
From 1989 to 1995, the game was sponsored by Mobil Oil and was therefore referred to as the Mobil Cotton Bowl Classic . From 1996 to 2013 the game was sponsored by Southwestern Bell Corporation ; During this time it had different names, from 2000 the branding "SBC" standardized by the company was used, before SBC Communications was used and since 2006, after the takeover by AT&T Corporation , and the resulting renaming to AT&T Inc. , the game became renamed AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic .
On October 15, 2014, ESPN.com reported that AT&T no longer wanted to sponsor the Cotton Bowl as they were already sponsoring the stadium where the Cotton Bowl Classic is being played. On November 7, 2014, it was announced that Goodyear would be the new sponsor of the game and for this reason it is now known as the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic .
See also
- Games of college football playoff
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cotton Bowl moves; what about Texas-OU? (No longer available online.) Austin American-Statesman on February 27, 2007, archived from the original on March 7, 2007 ; Retrieved March 24, 2007 .
- ^ Penn State Public Broadcasting Creative Group: Penn State Black History / African American Chronicles. In: psu.edu. Retrieved October 3, 2015 .
- ↑ Orange Deplores Texas Conduct . In: Sarasota Herald-Tribune . January 2, 1960, p. 10 .
- ↑ Texas Demands NCAA Probe of 'Dirty Play' . In: The Florence (Alabama) Times . January 12, 1960, p. 10 .
- ↑ 38-49.pmd. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 12, 2015 ; accessed on December 28, 2014 .
- ^ Robert Brewer QB draw on YouTube
- ↑ Great Games & Moments: 1980s ( Memento July 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ News on the official website ( Memento from December 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Brian Davis: AT&T Cotton Bowl plans to move to Jan. 2 in 2009. (No longer available online.) In: The Dallas Morning News. April 30, 2008, archived from the original on May 21, 2008 ; accessed on December 28, 2019 .
- ^ The Fabulous Forum. In: The Los Angeles Times. January 2, 2009, accessed December 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Cotton Bowl reportedly hoping to join the BCS party in 2011. In: ESPN.com. Retrieved October 3, 2015 .
- ↑ Cotton Bowl puts its BCS hopes on hold for now. (No longer available online.) In: Star-Telegram. Formerly in the original ; accessed on December 28, 2019 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ BCS confident it could cut ties with Fiesta Bowl if deemed necessary. (No longer available online.) In: Sport Illustrated. March 30, 2011, archived from the original on April 3, 2011 ; accessed on December 28, 2019 .
- ↑ News Releases - Cotton Bowl Classic. In: attcottonbowl.com. Retrieved October 3, 2015 .
- ^ ESPN to televise college football playoff in 12-year deal. ESPN , April 24, 2013, accessed April 26, 2013 .
- ↑ COLLEGE FOOTBALL ON FOX DEPORTES MAKES US LATINO MEDIA HISTORY. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Fox Sports Media Group, archived from the original on November 2, 2012 ; Retrieved December 24, 2012 .
- ^ ESPN Audio to present multi-platform coverage of the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic. Cotton Bowl Classic, accessed December 24, 2012 .
- ↑ Barry Popik: The Big Apple: Jerrydome or Jerry Dome (Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington). In: barrypopik.com. Retrieved October 3, 2015 .
- ↑ Darren Murph: Kansas City Royals to get 'world's largest' HD LED scoreboard. (No longer available online.) Engadgethd.com, May 18, 2009, archived from the original on September 26, 2009 ; Retrieved May 22, 2009 .
- ↑ MJD: Jerry Jones aims to make all Cowboys' fans blind by 2010. In: Sports.yahoo.com. June 12, 2008. Retrieved November 28, 2008 .
- ↑ Cowboys reveal world's largest HD LED screen to the public. (No longer available online.) LED's Magazine, June 15, 2009, archived from the original on November 5, 2013 ; accessed on August 23, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ BOWL / All Star Game Records. (PDF) NCAA, accessed on March 2, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Sources: Cotton Bowl Loose AT&T. Retrieved October 16, 2014 .
- ↑ AT&T will no longer sponsor the Cotton Bowl. Retrieved October 15, 2014 .
- ↑ Goodyear Becomes Title Sponsor of Cotton Bowl Classic. Cotton Bowl Athletic Association, November 7, 2014, accessed November 7, 2014 .
