The Cotton Bowl is a college football bowl game that pits the
second-choice team of the Big 12 against the third- or
fourth-choice team of the SEC. The game has been played annually
since 1937 at its namesake stadium in Dallas, Texas. The bowl
traditionally hosted the champion of the Southwest Conference prior
to its merger into the Big 12. Their opponents varied, but were
often second- or third-place teams in Southeastern Conference or
major independents.
On February 27, 2007, it was announced that the game would move
to Cowboys Stadium in nearby Arlington beginning on January 1,
2010. With that announcement, 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 expired in 2010. Plans to join the BCS were scrapped,
however, 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.
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A = Alabama has been to the Cotton Bowl
(A) times.
B = January 1, 194(B) Texas tied
Randolph Field, 7 to 7.
C = The 199(C) Cotton Bowl Bowl MVP
was (WR) Keyshawn Johnson for the USC Trojans.
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D = The UCLA Bruins beat Texas A&M,
2(D) to 23 in the 1998 Cotton Bowl.
E = The Boise State Broncos have been to
(E) Cotton Bowls.
F = Some (F)0,000 people attended the
1939 match between St. Mary's College of California and Texas Tech,
with the Gaels upsetting the undefeated Red Raiders
20-13.
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