Cotton Bowl

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 Golden Eagles[?]      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 Yellowjackets[?]   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

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