Cotton Bowl
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Located in Dallas, Texas, the Cotton Bowl has been played annually since 1937. Wealthy oil executive J. Curtis Sanford financed the first Cotton Bowl between Texas Christian University and Marquette. TCU won the game 16-6. From 1937- 1995, the champion of the Southwest Conference was awarded a spot in the Cotton Bowl.
Throughout its history, the Cotton Bowl has provided the venue for memorable moments in college football. In 1947, LSU and Arkansas played in the “Ice Bowl”. The game was dominated by miserable weather conditions and ended in a 0-0 tie.
In one of the strangest plays in college football history, the 1954 Cotton Bowl between Rice and Alabama is widely remembered for an Alabama player tackling a Rice player from the bench. Rice was awarded a touchdown on the play and went on to win the game 28-6.
During the 1970’s, Texas and Notre Dame met in consecutive years, with each team winning a game. In both instances, the winner of the contest ended the season ranked number one. The 1979 Cotton Bowl witnessed future Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana leading Notre Dame over Houston 35-34, overcoming 22-point fourth quarter deficit.
After the Southwest Conference disbanded, the Cotton Bowl tie-in went to the Big XII in 1996. Beginning in 1999, the second spot in the Cotton Bowl was awarded to a team from the Southeastern Conference. The Cotton Bowl is currently sponsored by AT&T, but was sponsored by Mobil from 1989-1995. The game has been televised on FOX since 1999. In early 2007, it was announced that the game will move from the Cotton Bowl stadium to the Dallas Cowboys new stadium in 2010. It is expected that the Cotton Bowl will attempt to become part of the Bowl Championship Series when the game moves to Arlington, Texas.
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