Looking for Cotton Bowl Tickets?

Cotton Bowl tickets are very popular and can be expensive. The game has been played every year since 1937 in Dallas, Texas. The game is not part of the Bowl Championship Series, but is still considered a major bowl game. It has petitioned the BCS to become a member of the series after the current contract with the Rose, Orange, Sugar, and Fiesta bowls expire. It has been host to every major college football team in its illustrious run. The game is sponsored by SBC and is now called the SBC Cotton Bowl.

The conferences featured in the game are the Big 12 and the Southeast Conference and is played on New Year's Day with the other major games. Some of the teams who have played in the contest are the University of Missouri, the University of Nebraska, Auburn University, and the University of Texas. While these teams have a recent history in the game, over the years it has had every big college football team at one time of another.

Among the players who have played in the game are future members of the Hall of Fame, Heisman Trophy winners, and NFL players. The list is endless but includes Sammy Baugh of Texas Christian University, Bobby Lane of the University of Texas, Doak Walker of Southern Methodist University, and Norm Van Brocklin of the University of Oregon. All these players have ended up in both the college football Hall of Fame and the National Football League Hall of Fame. Some of the recent stars of the game have been Eli Manning of the University of Mississippi, Roy Williams of the University of Texas, and Ricky Williams of the University of Texas. All of the players listed above were named most valuable player of the Cotton Bowl in the year or years that their team has played the game. While the above list is extensive, it is by no means complete.

Don't miss the chance to see future pro hall of famers play at the college level. Be sure to get your Cotton Bowl tickets before they are all gone. They are well worth the price of admission for any die hard college football fan.

Some of the more interesting games are the tie games between Army and Texas Christian University that ended in a 0-0 stalemate in 1959 and the 1947 tie between the University of Arkansas and Louisiana State University that also ended in a 0-0 deadlock. The highest score by one team was in 1995 which was a 55-14 whipping by the University of Southern California over Texas Tech University.

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