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.

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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.