The
Cotton Bowl Classic, is a college football bowl
game that was played annually since 1937 at its namesake
stadium
in Dallas
, Texas
.
On
February 27, 2007, it was announced that the game will move to
Cowboys
Stadium
in nearby Arlington
beginning on January 1,
2010. With
the planned move, Cotton Bowl Classic officials also began a
campaign to become part of the
Bowl Championship Series when the
current contract featuring the Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, and Orange
bowls expires in 2010. However, plans to join the BCS were scrapped
shortly after
ESPN acquired the rights to the
series.
Since 1996, the game has been sponsored by
Southwestern Bell Corporation;
however, it went through several name changes, first in 2000 when
the firm adopted a standardized "SBC" branding reflecting its name
it adopted in 1995,
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.
History
1930s
The Cotton Bowl Classic was founded in Dallas in 1937 at the Texas
State Fair Grounds, when Texas oil executive J. Curtis Sanford
financed the first one out of his own pocket.
TCU of Forth
Worth
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
crowd 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.
1940s
In 1940, an underdog
Clemson
team surprised the
Boston
College Eagles 6-3, in the first and only appearance at the
Cotton Bowl Classic by Tigers coach
Frank Howard. Attendance at
this game was given as 20,000. Later that year, a group of
prominent Dallas citizens took over the staging of the game as the
Cotton Bowl Athletic Association. A few months later, the CBAA
became an agency of the
Southwest
Conference. From 1941 to 1994, the SWC's champion hosted the
Cotton Bowl Classic.
In 1946,
Missouri was defeated by
Texas, despite the 4th
quarter work of freshman fullback Robert Lee Clodfelter, who was
to mature under Weeb Ewbank at Washington
University
the next three years.
In 1947
LSU and
Arkansas played in front of
38,000 people to a 0-0 tie in what would later become known as the
"Ice Bowl." LSU got the better of Arkansas most of the game, but
the game truly belonged to the weatherman.
In 1948
Penn
State, in a bowl game for the first time in 25 years, played
Dallas'
SMU to a 13-13 tie.
Because none of the Dallas hotels would provide accommodations for
the two
African-American members of
the Penn State team, the Penn State team ended up staying at a
Naval Air Station 14 miles from Dallas.
1950s
The 1954 Cotton Bowl Classic featured one of the most famous plays
in college football history. Rice's
Dickey
Moegle (last name spelling later changed to "Maegle") began a
run around end from his team's 5 yard line and down the open field.
Alabama's
Tommy Lewis jumped off the
bench and tackled Moegle. The referee, Cliff Shaw, saw what
happened and signaled touchdown even though Moegle was "tackled" at
the 42 yard line.
1960s
In 1960,
Syracuse
defeated the
Texas 23-14 to
win the
national
championship. Syracuse was led by bowl MVP
Ernie Davis, who ran for one touchdown, caught a
still Cotton Bowl Classic record 87 yard touchdown, and intercepted
a pass leading to a third touchdown. In
1961, Davis became the first
black athlete to win the
Heisman
Trophy, but died of
leukemia before his
pro career could begin.
In 1964, top-ranked
Texas
completed an undefeated season by defeating #2 ranked
Navy (led by future
Dallas Cowboys quarterback
Roger Staubach).
The game was played
six weeks after President John F.
Kennedy was assassinated
in Dallas. 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.)
1970s
The 1970 game featured
Notre Dame's return to
bowl games, after a 45-year self-imposed
ban. When the Irish made that decision, 9-1 LSU was overlooked for
the game, and the Tigers stayed home instead. The Irish, led by
quarterback
Joe Theismann, faced
top-ranked and undefeated
Texas. Notre Dame led 17-14 late in
the fourth quarter, but the Longhorns scored a late touchdown to
clinch a 21-17 victory and an undisputed national championship. The
same two teams met the next year, but this time, the Irish ended
the Longhorns' 30-game winning streak with a 24-11 victory, denying
Texas the
Associated Press national
championship (the Longhorns had already clinched the regular season
championship in the
UPI
poll, a pre-bowl poll until the
1974 season;
Nebraska won the AP
title). Texas and Notre Dame met again in the 1978 game, with the
Longhorns again top-ranked, only to see the Irish and quarterback
Joe Montana roll to a 38-10 victory. The
Irish vaulted from fifth to first in the final polls with the
victory.
The
1979 Cotton Bowl
Classic, nicknamed the Chicken Soup Game, featured one of the
most historic comebacks in bowl history. Notre Dame trailed
Houston 34-12 midway
through the fourth quarter. Thanks to a blocked punt and the
brilliance of future NFL Hall of Famer
Joe
Montana, the Irish rallied to win 35-34, their second
consecutive Cotton Bowl Classic victory.
1980s
The 1989 game between
UCLA and
Arkansas was highly
publicized in the Dallas area because Bruin quarterback
Troy Aikman was expected to be the top pick in
the
1989 NFL Draft; the first pick
was held by the
Dallas Cowboys.
Much was
made of Cowboys longtime head coach Tom
Landry watching Aikman practice at Texas Stadium
, UCLA's practice facility for game
preparation. Landry never got to draft Aikman, because he
was fired the next month, but his successor,
Jimmy Johnson,
did.
The Cotton Bowl Classic has seen its share of great quarterbacks.
Sammy Baugh,
Davey O'Brien,
Babe
Parilli,
Bobby Layne,
Norm Van Brocklin,
Y.A. Tittle,
Bart Starr,
Roger
Staubach,
Ken Stabler,
Joe Theismann,
Joe
Montana,
Dan Marino,
Doug Flutie,
Troy
Aikman, and
Eli Manning all have
played in the game.
Three of the four
Heisman Trophy
winners from the 1984-87 seasons finished their college career in
the Cotton Bowl Classic. Doug Flutie for
Boston College in January
1985,
Bo Jackson of
Auburn in 1986, and
Tim Brown of
Notre Dame in 1988.
1990s
For 40 years the champion of the now-defunct
Southwest Conference (SWC) played as
the home team in the Cotton Bowl Classic, a tie-in which continued
through the
1994
season. Until the mid-1980s, the contest was universally
considered as a major New Year's Day bowl. However, by the late
1980s the Cotton Bowl Classic's prestige had fallen, as many SWC
teams served
NCAA probations for
rule violations, rendering them bowl-ineligible. Also, the
conference's quality of play suffered a marked decline. The SWC
champion lost the last 7 times they hosted the event, and the last
national champion to play in the Cotton Bowl Classic was Notre Dame
in 1977, although the Irish again staked a claim to a championship
after the 1994 contest.
Meanwhile, the
Fiesta Bowl, unhindered
by conference tie-ins, was attracting
national
championship contenders, most notably with its January
1987 between
Penn State and
Miami. In the minds of many fans,
the Fiesta replaced the Cotton as a major bowl. Despite this, the
Cotton Bowl Classic still retained enough prestige that it was
included as one of the top bowls in the
Bowl Coalition when it was formed in 1992.
However, in 1995, the new
Bowl
Alliance (the predecessor of today's BCS) chose to include the
Fiesta over the Cotton in its national championship game rotation,
sealing the Cotton Bowl Classic's displacement from the four "major
bowls."
In 1995, the SWC gave up control of the Cotton Bowl Classic as part
of its planned dissolution after the season. In 1996, the
BYU Cougars became the first team from
the
WAC to play in the
game, defeating the
Kansas State
Wildcats 19-15, winning an NCAA record 14th game, and finishing
the season ranked fifth in the country with a 14-1 record.
Since 1996, the game has been anchored by the
Big 12 Conference. The opponent in the
late 1990s came from either the
Pacific 10 Conference or WAC. Since
1999, however, a team from the
Southeastern Conference (usually a
Western Division team) has matched up in the game, with
Southwestern Bell (now AT&T) sponsoring the event.
2000s
Through 2008, the Cotton Bowl Classic continued to be played on New
Year's Day (except in 2004 and 2006, when January 1st fell on a
Sunday; the game was moved to January 2 in those years), and was
usually the second game of the day to kick off, generally following
the
Outback Bowl.
The 2004 Cotton Bowl Classic saw the return of the
Ole Miss Rebels, whose last
appearance in the Cotton Bowl Clasic was a 7-12 loss to Texas in
1962. The 2004 Cotton Bowl Classic would also be current
New York Giants quarterback
Eli Manning's last college football game.
Manning led his team to beat
Oklahoma State 31-28.
The 2007 Cotton Bowl Classic was between
Auburn Tigers played the
Nebraska
Cornhuskers; Auburn won 17-14.
In the 2008 Cotton Bowl Classic,
Missouri's running back Tony Temple
broke the bowl game rushing record by gaining 281 yards on 24
carries. (The record was previously held by Rice's Dickey Maegle,
who had rushed for 265 yards.) Missouri beat Arkansas 38-7.
In April 2008, Cotton Bowl Classic officials announced that in 2009
and 2010 the game would be moved from its traditional start time of
10 a.m. CST on January 1st to 1 p.m. CST on January 2nd.
In the final Cotton Bowl Classic game to be held in the Cotton Bowl
stadium, the 8-4 #20 Ole Miss Rebels defeated the 11-1 #7
Texas Tech Red Raiders. It
was in this game that Tech quarterback Graham Harrell tied, and
then broke, the NCAA record for most touchdown passes thrown by
anyone in Cotton Bowl Classic history.
Move to Arlington
In 2010,
the Cotton Bowl Classic will move to the new Cowboys Stadium
in Arlington, leaving the newly remodeled historic
Cotton Bowl facility. Reportedly, Cotton Bowl Classic
officials sought for the game to become a BCS bowl game in 2011.
(One of the concerns for this game having been the weather, since
Dallas can be cold in January, but the new stadium would offer top
amenities and a retractable roof.) However, a new four-year
agreement between the BCS and
ESPN has
forestalled any possibility of the Cotton Bowl Classic joining the
BCS until 2015 at the earliest.
Broadcasting
Fox Sports has televised the game since
1999. For many decades, the Cotton Bowl Classic was a New Year's
Day staple on
CBS, where the man most
associated with the game,
Lindsey
Nelson, handled the play-by-play.
NBC
televised it for a brief period during the mid-1990s.
Currently,
Brad Sham (best known as the
voice of the
Dallas Cowboys) is the
radio voice of the Cotton Bowl Classic on the
Westwood One network, while longtime NFL
broadcaster
Pat Summerall has come out
of retirement to announce the annual game for Fox.
Game results
Date Played |
Winning Team |
Losing Team |
notes |
January 1, 1937 |
TCU |
16 |
|
6 |
notes |
January 1, 1938 |
|
28 |
|
14 |
notes |
January 2, 1939 |
|
20 |
Texas
Tech |
13 |
notes |
January 1, 1940 |
|
6 |
|
3 |
notes |
January 1, 1941 |
Texas
A&M |
13 |
|
12 |
notes |
January 1, 1942 |
|
29 |
Texas
A&M |
21 |
notes |
January 1, 1943 |
Texas |
14 |
|
7 |
notes |
January 1, 1944 |
Texas |
7 |
Randolph Field |
7 |
notes |
January 1, 1945 |
|
34 |
|
0 |
notes |
January 1, 1946 |
Texas |
40 |
|
27 |
notes |
January 1, 1947 |
Arkansas |
0 |
|
0 |
notes |
January 1, 1948 |
|
13 |
Penn
State |
13 |
notes |
January 1, 1949 |
SMU |
21 |
|
13 |
notes |
January 2, 1950 |
|
27 |
|
13 |
notes |
January 1, 1951 |
Tennessee |
20 |
Texas |
14 |
notes |
January 1, 1952 |
Kentucky |
20 |
|
7 |
notes |
January 1, 1953 |
Texas |
16 |
|
0 |
notes |
January 1, 1954 |
|
28 |
Alabama |
6 |
notes |
January 1, 1955 |
|
14 |
Arkansas |
6 |
notes |
January 2, 1956 |
|
14 |
|
13 |
notes |
January 1, 1957 |
|
28 |
Syracuse |
27 |
notes |
January 1, 1958 |
|
20 |
|
7 |
notes |
January 1, 1959 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
notes |
January 1, 1960 |
|
23 |
Texas |
14 |
notes |
January 2, 1961 |
|
7 |
Arkansas |
6 |
notes |
January 1, 1962 |
|
12 |
|
7 |
notes |
January 1, 1963 |
|
13 |
|
0 |
notes |
January 1, 1964 |
Texas |
28 |
Navy |
6 |
notes |
January 1, 1965 |
Arkansas |
10 |
|
7 |
notes |
January 1, 1966 |
|
14 |
Arkansas |
7 |
notes |
December 31, 1966 |
Georgia |
24 |
|
9 |
notes |
January 1, 1968 |
|
20 |
Alabama |
16 |
notes |
January 1, 1969 |
|
36 |
|
13 |
notes |
January 1, 1970 |
Texas |
21 |
Notre
Dame |
17 |
notes |
January 1, 1971 |
|
24 |
Texas |
11 |
notes |
January 1, 1972 |
Penn
State |
30 |
|
6 |
notes |
January 1, 1973 |
|
17 |
Alabama |
13 |
notes |
|
Date Played |
Winning Team |
Losing Team |
notes |
January 1, 1974 |
Nebraska |
19 |
|
3 |
notes |
January 1, 1975 |
Penn
State |
41 |
Baylor |
20 |
notes |
January 1, 1976 |
Arkansas |
31 |
Georgia |
10 |
notes |
January 1, 1977 |
|
30 |
Maryland |
21 |
notes |
January 2, 1978 |
Notre
Dame |
38 |
Texas |
10 |
notes |
January 1, 1979 |
|
35 |
|
34 |
notes |
January 1, 1980 |
|
17 |
Nebraska |
14 |
notes |
January 1, 1981 |
Alabama |
30 |
Baylor |
2 |
notes |
January 1, 1982 |
|
14 |
Alabama |
12 |
notes |
January 1, 1983 |
SMU |
7 |
Pittsburgh |
3 |
notes |
January 2, 1984 |
Georgia |
10 |
|
9 |
notes |
January 1, 1985 |
Boston
College |
45 |
|
28 |
notes |
January 1, 1986 |
|
36 |
Auburn |
16 |
notes |
January 1, 1987 |
Ohio
State |
28 |
|
12 |
notes |
January 1, 1988 |
|
35 |
Notre
Dame |
10 |
notes |
January 2, 1989 |
UCLA |
17 |
Arkansas |
3 |
notes |
January 1, 1990 |
Tennessee |
31 |
Arkansas |
27 |
notes |
January 1, 1991 |
Miami |
46 |
|
3 |
notes |
January 1, 1992 |
Florida
State |
10 |
Texas
A&M |
2 |
notes |
January 1, 1993 |
Notre
Dame |
28 |
Texas
A&M |
3 |
notes |
January 1, 1994 |
Notre
Dame |
24 |
Texas
A&M |
21 |
notes |
January 2, 1995 |
|
55 |
Texas
Tech |
14 |
notes |
January 1, 1996 |
Colorado |
38 |
|
6 |
notes |
January 1, 1997 |
BYU |
19 |
Kansas
State |
15 |
notes |
January 1, 1998 |
|
29 |
Texas
A&M |
23 |
notes |
January 1, 1999 |
Texas |
38 |
|
11 |
notes |
January 1, 2000 |
Arkansas |
27 |
|
6 |
notes |
January 1, 2001 |
Kansas
State |
35 |
Tennessee |
21 |
notes |
January 1, 2002 |
Oklahoma |
10 |
Arkansas |
3 |
notes |
January 1, 2003 |
|
35 |
LSU |
20 |
notes |
January 2, 2004 |
Ole
Miss |
31 |
|
28 |
notes |
January 1, 2005 |
|
38 |
Texas
A&M |
7 |
notes |
January 2, 2006 |
Alabama |
13 |
Texas
Tech |
10 |
notes |
January 1, 2007 |
Auburn |
17 |
Nebraska |
14 |
notes |
January 1, 2008 |
Missouri |
38 |
Arkansas |
7 |
notes |
January 2, 2009 |
Ole
Miss |
47 |
Texas
Tech |
34 |
notes |
January 2, 2010 |
Ole Miss |
TBD |
Oklahoma
State |
TBD |
notes |
|
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 |
Randolph Field |
T |
Glenn Dobbs |
Randolph Field |
QB |
Joe Parker |
Texas |
E |
January 1, 1945 |
Neill Armstrong |
Oklahoma A&M |
E |
Bob Fenimore |
Oklahoma A&M |
RB |
Ralph Foster |
Oklahoma A&M |
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 |
Dickey 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 |
Cotton Speyrer |
Texas |
WR |
James Street |
Texas |
QB |
Date Played |
MVP(s) |
Team |
Position |
January 1, 1970 |
Steve Worster |
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 |
January 1, 2008 |
Tony Temple |
Missouri |
RB |
William
Moore |
Missouri |
SS |
January 2, 2009 |
Dexter McCluster |
Ole Miss |
WR |
Marshay Green |
Ole Miss |
CB |
January 2, 2010 |
TBA |
TBA |
Pos. |
TBA |
TBA |
Pos. |
Previous logos
Image:Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl Classic.png|1995-1999Image:SBC
Cotton Bowl Classic Logo.jpg|2000-2005Image:2006 AT&T Cotton
Bowl Classic.jpg|2006Image:CottonBowlLogo.png|2007
See also
References
- 2009 AT&T COTTON BOWL CLASSIC
- AT&T Cotton Bowl plans to move to Jan. 2 in
2009
- [1]
- Cotton Bowl reportedly hoping to join BCS party in
2011
- Cotton Bowl puts its BCS hopes on hold for
now
- [2]
- [3]
External links