Cotton Bowl (game)

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Cotton Bowl
AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic
AT&T Cotton Bowl logo
Stadium	Cotton Bowl
Location	Dallas, Texas
Operated	1937 — present
Conference Tie-ins	Big 12, SEC
Previous Conference Tie-ins	Southwest Conference (1937 — 1995)
Payout	US$3,000,000 (2006)
Sponsors
Mobil (1989 — 1995) Southwestern Bell (1996 — 1999) SBC Communications (2000 — 2005) AT&T (2006 — present)
Former names
Mobil Cotton Bowl Classic (1989 — 1995) Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl Classic (1996 — 1999) SBC Communications Cotton Bowl Classic (2000 — 2005)
2007 Matchup
Auburn vs. Nebraska (17-14)
2008 Matchup

The Cotton Bowl is a United States college football bowl game played annually since 1937 at the self-named stadium in Dallas, Texas. On February 27, 2007, it was announced that the game will move to the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in 2010.^[1] It was also announced that the possibility existed that the Cotton Bowl would become a BCS Bowl, joining the Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, and Orange bowls. Since 1996, the game has been sponsored by Southwestern Bell, and its successors, resulting in name changes, first in 2000 when the firm changed its name to SBC Communications, and since 2006, after their acquisition of AT&T, and its subsequent name change, as the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic. From 1989 until 1995, the game was sponsored by Mobil Oil and known as the Mobil Cotton Bowl Classic.

Contents 1 History 2 Previous results 3 MVPs 4 Previous logos 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] History

The Cotton Bowl was founded in Dallas, Texas in 1937 at the Texas State Fair Grounds, when Texas oil executive J. Curtis Sanford financed the first one out of his own pocket. Texas Christian University took on Marquette, winning, 16-6, but the game lost money even though some 17,000 attended. Nonetheless, Sanford persevered, and in 1938 the game made a profit as Rice defeated Colorado, 28-14, in front of a gate of 37,000.

Some 40,000 attended the 1939 match between St. Mary's and Texas Tech, with the Gaels upsetting the undefeated Red Raiders, 20-13. In 1940 an underdog Clemson team surprised the Boston College Eagles, 6-3, in the first of several appearances at the Cotton Bowl by Tigers Coach Frank Howard. Attendance at this game was given as 20,000.

The 1954 Cotton Bowl featured one of the most famous plays in College Football History. Rice's Dickey Moegle began a run around from the 10 yard line and down the open field. Alabama's Tommy Lewis jumped off the bench and tackled Maegle. The referee Cliff Shaw saw what happened and signaled touchdown even though Maegle was "tackled" at the 42 yard line.

For 40 years the champion of the now-defunct Southwest Conference played as the home team in the Cotton Bowl. Up until the mid-1980s the contest was counted among the four major New Year's bowls, but lost that stature when many SWC teams served NCAA probations for rule violations (rendering them bowl ineligible). Also during this time the Fiesta Bowl, unhindered by conference tie-ins, began attracting national championship contenders and eventually it replaced the Cotton Bowl as one of the four "major bowls." The demise of the Southwestern Conference also led to Mobil's exit from the event, and since 1996, the game has been anchored by the Big 12 Conference. The opponent in the late 1990s was either the Pacific 10 Conference or Western Athletic Conference, and since 1999 the Southeastern Conference (usually a Western Division team) with Southwestern Bell (now AT&T) sponsoring the event.

It continues to be played on New Year's Day (except when January 1 falls on a Sunday; then it is moved to January 2), and is usually the second game of the day to kick off, generally following the Outback Bowl. The 1967 game was moved to Saturday, December 31, 1966, due to the Dallas Cowboys hosting the NFL Championship Game at the stadium on New Year's Day, a Sunday (Note: The other major bowl games that year --- the Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, and Orange Bowl --- were played on Monday, January 2nd).

Fox currently has the rights to broadcast the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic. For many decades, the Game was a New Year's Day staple on CBS, where the man most associated with the Cotton Bowl, Lindsey Nelson, handled the play-by-play. NBC transmitted it for a brief period during the Mid 90's. Currently, Brad Sham, best known as the voice of the Dallas Cowboys is the radio voice of the Cotton Bowl on the Westwood One Radio Network, and broadcaster Pat Summerall has come out of retirement to announce the annual game for Fox television.

[edit] Previous results

Date Played	Winning Team		Losing Team		notes
January 1, 1937	TCU	16	Marquette	6
January 1, 1938	Rice	28	Colorado	14
January 2, 1939	Saint Mary's (CA)	20	Texas Tech	13
January 1, 1940	Clemson	6	Boston College	3
January 1, 1941	Texas A&M	13	Fordham	12
January 1, 1942	Alabama	29	Texas A&M	21
January 1, 1943	Texas	14	Georgia Tech	7
January 1, 1944	Texas	7	Randolph Field	7
January 1, 1945	Oklahoma State	34	TCU	0
January 1, 1946	Texas	40	Missouri	27
January 1, 1947	Arkansas	0	LSU	0
January 1, 1948	SMU	13	Penn State	13
January 1, 1949	SMU	21	Oregon	13
January 2, 1950	Rice	27	North Carolina	13
January 1, 1951	Tennessee	20	Texas	14
January 1, 1952	Kentucky	20	TCU	7
January 1, 1953	Texas	16	Tennessee	0
January 1, 1954	Rice	28	Alabama	6
January 1, 1955	Georgia Tech	14	Arkansas	6
January 2, 1956	Mississippi	14	TCU	13
January 1, 1957	TCU	28	Syracuse	27
January 1, 1958	Navy	20	Rice	7
January 1, 1959	TCU	0	Air Force	0
January 1, 1960	Syracuse	23	Texas	14
January 2, 1961	Duke	7	Arkansas	6
January 1, 1962	Texas	12	Mississippi	7
January 1, 1963	LSU	13	Texas	0
January 1, 1964	Texas	28	Navy	6
January 1, 1965	Arkansas	10	Nebraska	7
January 1, 1966	LSU	14	Arkansas	7
December 31, 1966	Georgia	24	SMU	9
January 1, 1968	Texas A&M	20	Alabama	16
January 1, 1969	Texas	36	Tennessee	13
January 1, 1970	Texas	21	Notre Dame	17
January 1, 1971	Notre Dame	24	Texas	11
January 1, 1972	Penn State	30	Texas	6
January 1, 1973	Texas	17	Alabama	13
January 1, 1974	Nebraska	19	Texas	3
January 1, 1975	Penn State	41	Baylor	20
January 1, 1976	Arkansas	31	Georgia	10
January 1, 1977	Houston	30	Maryland	21
January 2, 1978	Notre Dame	38	Texas	10
January 1, 1979	Notre Dame	35	Houston	34
January 1, 1980	Houston	17	Nebraska	14
January 1, 1981	Alabama	30	Baylor	2
January 1, 1982	Texas	14	Alabama	12
January 1, 1983	SMU	7	Pittsburgh	3
January 2, 1984	Georgia	10	Texas	9
January 1, 1985	Boston College	45	Houston	28
January 1, 1986	Texas A&M	36	Auburn	16
January 1, 1987	Ohio State	28	Texas A&M	12
January 1, 1988	Texas A&M	35	Notre Dame	10
January 2, 1989	UCLA	17	Arkansas	3
January 1, 1990	Tennessee	31	Arkansas	27
January 1, 1991	Miami	46	Texas	3
January 1, 1992	Florida State	10	Texas A&M	2
January 1, 1993	Notre Dame	28	Texas A&M	3
January 1, 1994	Notre Dame	24	Texas A&M	21
January 2, 1995	USC	55	Texas Tech	14
January 1, 1996	Colorado	38	Oregon	6
January 1, 1997	BYU	19	Kansas State	15
January 1, 1998	UCLA	29	Texas A&M	23
January 1, 1999	Texas	38	Mississippi State	11
January 1, 2000	Arkansas	27	Texas	6
January 1, 2001	Kansas State	35	Tennessee	21
January 1, 2002	Oklahoma	10	Arkansas	3
January 1, 2003	Texas	35	LSU	20
January 2, 2004	Mississippi	31	Oklahoma State	28
January 1, 2005	Tennessee	38	Texas A&M	7	notes
January 2, 2006	Alabama	13	Texas Tech	10	notes
January 1, 2007	Auburn	17	Nebraska	14	notes

[edit] MVPs

Date Played	MVP(s)	Team	Position
January 1, 1937	Ki Aldrich	TCU	C
	Sammy Baugh	TCU	QB
	L.D. "Dutch" Meyer	TCU	K
January 1, 1938	Ernie Lain	Rice	HB
	Byron "Whizzer" White	Colorado	QB
January 1, 1939	Jerry Dowd	St. Mary's	C
	Elmer Tarbox	Texas Tech	HB
January 1, 1940	Banks McFadden	Clemson	B
January 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
January 1, 1942	Jimmy Nelson	Alabama	HB
	Holt Rast	Alabama	E
	Don Whitmire	Alabama	T
	Martin Ruby	Texas A&M	T
January 1, 1943	Jack Freeman	Texas	G
	Roy McKay	Texas	B
	Stanley Mauldin	Texas	T
	Harvey Hardy	Georgia Tech	G
	Jack Marshall	Georgia Tech	E
January 1, 1944	Martin Ruby	Texas	T
	Glenn Dobbs	Texas	QB
	Randolph Field	Texas	T
	Joe Parker	Texas	E
January 1, 1945	Neil Armstrong	Oklahoma State	E
	Bob Fenimore	Oklahoma State	RB
	Ralph Foster	Oklahoma State	DT
January 1, 1946	Hub Bechtol	Texas	E
	Bobby Layne	Texas	B
	Jim Kekeris	Missouri	T
January 1, 1947	Alton Baldwin	Arkansas	E
	Y.A. Tittle	LSU	QB
January 1, 1948	Steve Suhey	Penn State	G
	Doak Walker	SMU	RB
January 1, 1949	Kyle Rote	SMU	RB
	Doak Walker	SMU	RB
	Brad Ecklund	Oregon	C
	Norm Van Brocklin	Oregon	QB
January 2, 1950	Billy Burkhalter	Rice	HB
	Joe Watson	Rice	C
	James Williams	Rice	E
January 1, 1951	Andy Kozar	Tennessee	FB
	Hank Lauricella	Tennessee	HB
	Horace "Bud" Sherrod	Tennessee	DE
	Bud McFadin	Texas	G
January 1, 1952	Emery Clark	Kentucky	HB
	Ray Correll	Kentucky	G
	Vito "Babe" Parilli	Kentucky	QB
	Keith Flowers	TCU	FB
January 1, 1953	Richard Ochoa	Texas	FB
	Harley Sewell	Texas	G
	Bob Griesbach	Tennessee	LB
January 1, 1954	Richard Chapman	Rice	T
	Dan Hart	Rice	E
	Dicky Maegle	Rice	HB
January 1, 1955	George Humphreys	Georgia Tech	FB
	Bud Brooks	Arkansas	G
January 2, 1956	Buddy Alliston	Mississippi	G
	Eagle Day	Mississippi	QB
January 1, 1957	Norman Hamilton	TCU	T
	Jim Brown	Syracuse	HB
January 1, 1958	Tom Forrestal	Navy	QB
	Tony Stremic	Navy	G
January 1, 1959	Dave Phillips	Air Force	T
	Jack Spikes	TCU	FB
January 1, 1960	Ernie Davis	Syracuse	HB
	Maurice Doke	Texas	G
January 2, 1961	Dwight Bumgarner	Duke	T
	Lance Alworth	Arkansas	HB
January 1, 1962	Mike Cotten	Texas	QB
	Bob Moses	Texas	E
January 1, 1963	Lynn Amedee	QB	LSU
	Johnny Treadwell	Texas	G
January 1, 1964	Scott Appleton	Texas	T
	Duke Carlisle	Texas	QB
January 1, 1965	Ronnie Caveness	Arkansas	LB
	Fred Marshall	Arkansas	QB
January 1, 1966	Joe Labruzzo	LSU	TB
	David McCormick	LSU	T
December 31, 1966	Kent Lawrence	Georgia	TB
	George Patton	Georgia	T
January 1, 1968	Grady Allen	Texas A&M	DE
	Edd Hargett	Texas A&M	QB
	Bill Hobbs	Texas A&M	LB
January 1, 1969	Tom Campbell	Texas	LB
	Charles "Cotton" Speyrer	Texas	WR
	James Street	Texas	QB
January 1, 1970	Steve Worstar	Texas	FB
	Bob Olson	Notre Dame	LB
January 1, 1971	Clarence Ellis	Notre Dame	CB
	Eddie Phillips	Texas	QB
January 1, 1972	Bruce Bannon	Penn State	DE
	Lydell Mitchell	Penn State	RB
January 1, 1973	Randy Braband	Texas	LB
	Alan Lowry	Texas	QB
January 1, 1974	Tony Davis	Nebraska	TB
	Wade Johnson	Texas	LB
January 1, 1975	Tom Shuman	Penn State	QB
	Ken Quesenberry	Baylor	S
January 1, 1976	Ike Forte	Arkansas	HB
	Hal McAfee	Arkansas	LB
January 1, 1977	Alois Blackwell	Houston	RB
	Mark Mohr	Houston	CB
January 1, 1978	Vagas Ferguson	Notre Dame	RB
	Bob Golic	Notre Dame	LB
January 1, 1979	Joe Montana	Notre Dame	QB
	David Hodge	Houston	LB
January 1, 1980	Terry Elston	Houston	QB
	David Hodge	Houston	LB
January 1, 1981	Warren Lyles	Alabama	NG
	Major Ogilvie	Alabama	RB
January 1, 1982	Robert Brewer	Texas	QB
	Robbie Jones	Alabama	LB
January 1, 1983	Wes Hopkins	SMU	SS
	Lance McIlhenny	SMU	QB
January 1, 1984	John Lastinger	Georgia	QB
	Jeff Leiding	Texas	LB
January 1, 1985	Bill Romanowski	Boston College	LB
	Steve Strachan	Boston College	FB
January 1, 1986	Domingo Bryant	Texas A&M	SS
	Bo Jackson	Auburn	TB
January 1, 1987	Chris Spielman	Ohio State	LB
	Roger Vick	Texas A&M	FB
January 1, 1988	Adam Bob	Texas A&M	LB
	Bucky Richardson	Texas A&M	QB
January 2, 1989	Troy Aikman	UCLA	QB
	LaSalle Harper	Arkansas	LB
January 1, 1990	Carl Pickens	Tennessee	FS
	Chuck Webb	Tennessee	TB
January 1, 1991	Craig Erickson	Miami (Fla.)	QB
	Russell Maryland	Miami (Fla.)	DL
January 1, 1992	Sean Jackson	Florida State	RB
	Chris Crooms	Texas A&M	S
January 1, 1993	Rick Mirer	Notre Dame	QB
	Devon McDonald	Notre Dame	DE
January 1, 1994	Lee Becton	Notre Dame	RB
	Antonio Shorter	Texas A&M	L
January 2, 1995	Keyshawn Johnson	USC	WR
	John Herpin	USC	CB
January 1, 1996	Herchell Troutman	Colorado	RB
	Marcus Washington	Colorado	DB
January 1, 1997	Steve Sarkisian	BYU	QB
	Shay Muirbrook	BYU	LB
	Kevin Lockett	Kansas State	WR
January 1, 1998	Cade McNown	UCLA	QB
	Dat Nguyen	Texas A&M	LB
January 1, 1999	Ricky Williams	Texas	RB
	Aaron Babino	Texas	LB
January 1, 2000	Cedric Cobbs	Arkansas	RB
	D.J. Cooper	Arkansas	LB
January 1, 2001	Jonathan Beasley	Kansas State	QB
	Chris L. Johnson	Kansas State	DE
January 1, 2002	Quentin Griffin	Oklahoma	RB
	Roy Williams	Oklahoma	S
January 1, 2003	Roy Williams	Texas	WR
	Cory Redding	Texas	DE
January 2, 2004	Eli Manning	Mississippi	QB
	Josh Cooper	Mississippi	DE
January 1, 2005	Rick Clausen	Tennessee	QB
	Justin Harrell	Tennessee	DT
January 2, 2006	Brodie Croyle	Alabama	QB
	DeMeco Ryans	Alabama	LB
January 1, 2007	Courtney Taylor	Auburn	WR
	Will Herring	Auburn	LB

[edit] Previous logos

1996-1999 Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl logo. A corporate name change led to a new logo.

2000-2005 SBC Cotton Bowl logo. Again, a corporate name change led to a new logo.

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[edit] See also

• List of college bowl games

[edit] References

1. ^ "Cotton Bowl moves; what about Texas-OU?", Austin American-Statesman, February 27, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-24.

[edit] External links

• Cotton Bowl official site

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