Cotton Bowl (original) (raw)

The Cotton Bowl is a United States college football game played annually since 1937 in Dallas, Texas.

For 40 years the champion of the now-defunct Southwest Conference played as the home team in the Cotton Bowl. When the conference folded in 1996, the bowl lost much of its stature. It now matches teams from the Big Twelve Conference and Southeastern Conference.

Previous results:

1/1/1937 TCU Horned Frogs 16 Marquette Warriors 6 1/1/1938 Rice Owls 28 Colorado Buffaloes 14 1/2/1939 St. Mary's Gaels 20 Texas Tech Red Raiders 13 1/1/1940 Clemson Tigers 6 Boston College Eagles 3 1/1/1941 Texas A&M Aggies 13 Fordham Rams 12 1/1/1942 Alabama Crimson Tide 29 Texas A&M Aggies 21 1/1/1943 Texas Longhorns 14 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 7 1/1/1944 Texas Longhorns 7 Randolph Field 7 1/1/1945 Oklahoma State Cowboys 34 TCU Horned Frogs 0 1/1/1946 Texas Longhorns 40 Missouri Tigers 27 1/1/1947 Arkansas Razorbacks 0 LSU Tigers 0 1/1/1948 SMU Mustangs 13 Penn State Nittany Lions 13 1/1/1949 SMU Mustangs 21 Oregon Ducks 13 1/2/1950 Rice Owls 27 North Carolina Tar Heels 13 1/1/1951 Tennessee Volunteers 20 Texas Longhorns 14 1/1/1952 Kentucky Wildcats 20 TCU Horned Frogs 7 1/1/1953 Texas Longhorns 16 Tennessee Volunteers 0 1/1/1954 Rice Owls 28 Alabama Crimson Tide 6 1/1/1955 Georgia Tech Yellowjackets 14 Arkansas Razorbacks 6 1/2/1956 Ole Miss Rebels 14 TCU Horned Frogs 13 1/1/1957 TCU Horned Frogs 28 Syracuse Orangmen 27 1/1/1958 Navy Midshipmen 20 Rice Owls 7 1/1/1959 TCU Horned Frogs 0 Air Force Falcons 0 1/1/1960 Syracuse Orangemen 23 Texas Longhorns 14 1/2/1961 Duke Blue Devils 7 Arkansas Razorbacks 6 1/1/1962 Texas Longhorns 12 Ole Miss Rebels 7 1/1/1963 LSU Tigers 13 Texas Longhorns 0 1/1/1964 Texas Longhorns 28 Navy Midshipmen 6 1/1/1965 Arkansas Razorbacks 10 Nebraska Cornhuskers 7 1/1/1966 LSU Tigers 14 Arkansas Razorbacks 7 12/31/1966 Georgia Bulldogs 24 SMU Mustangs 9 1/1/1968 Texas A&M Aggies 20 Alabama Crimson Tide 16 1/1/1969 Texas Longhorns 36 Tennessee Volunteers 13 1/1/1970 Texas Longhorns 21 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 17 1/1/1971 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 24 Texas Longhorns 11 1/1/1972 Penn State Nittany Lions 30 Texas Longhorns 6 1/1/1973 Texas Longhorns 17 Alabama Crimson Tide 13 1/1/1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers 19 Texas Longhorns 3 1/1/1975 Penn State Nittany Lions 41 Baylor Bears 20 1/1/1976 Arkansas Razorbacks 31 Georgia Bulldogs 10 1/1/1977 Houston Cougars 30 Maryland Terrapins 21 1/2/1978 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 38 Texas Longhorns 10 1/1/1979 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 35 Houston Cougars 34 1/1/1980 Houston Cougars 17 Nebraska Cornhuskers 14 1/1/1981 Alabama Crimson Tide 30 Baylor Bears 2 1/1/1982 Texas Longhorns 14 Alabama Crimson Tide 12 1/1/1983 SMU Mustangs 7 Pittsburgh Panthers 3 1/2/1984 Georgia Bulldogs 10 Texas Longhorns 9 1/1/1985 Boston College Eagles 45 Houston Cougars 28 1/1/1986 Texas A&M Aggies 36 Auburn Tigers 16 1/1/1987 Ohio State Buckeyes 28 Texas A&M Aggies 12 1/1/1988 Texas A&M Aggies 35 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 10 1/2/1989 UCLA Bruins 17 Arkansas Razorbacks 3 1/1/1990 Tennessee Volunteers 31 Arkansas Razorbacks 27 1/1/1991 Miami Hurricanes 46 Texas Longhorns 3 1/1/1992 Florida State Seminoles 10 Texas A&M Aggies 2 1/1/1993 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 28 Texas A&M Aggies 3 1/1/1994 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 24 Texas A&M Aggies 21 1/2/1995 USC Trojans 55 Texas Tech Red Raiders 14 1/1/1996 Colorado Buffaloes 38 Oregon Ducks 6 1/1/1997 Brigham Young Cougars 19 Kansas State Wildcats 15 1/1/1998 UCLA Bruins 29 Texas A&M Aggies 23 1/1/1999 Texas Longhorns 38 Mississippi State Bulldogs 11 1/1/2000 Arkansas Razorbacks 27 Texas Longhorns 6 1/1/2001 Kansas State Wildcats 35 Tennessee Volunteers 21 1/1/2002 Oklahoma Sooners 10 Arkansas Razorbacks 3 1/1/2003 Texas Longhorns 35 LSU Tigers 20 1/2/2004 Oklahoma State Cowboys 31 Ole Miss Rebels 28

Note: When Marquette University played in the inaugural Cotton Bowl, the school nickname was Warriors. The school did not adopt its current nickname of Golden Eagles until the 1990s.

The Cotton Bowl also refers to a stadium which opened in 1932. It is located on the State Fair Grounds in Dallas, Texas. Former Tenants include: SMU Mustangs (NCAA), Dallas Cowboys (NFL; 1960-1970), Dallas Texans (NFL) (1952), Kansas City Chiefs ( as The Dallas Texans) (AFL; 1960-1962), Dallas Burn (MLS; 1996-2003), and the Dallas Tornado (NASL; 1967-1968).

The annual Texas-Oklahoma college football game is played here, instead of a campus site. Ticket sales are equally divided between the two schools.

The Cotton Bowl has a grass surface.