1943 Cotton Bowl Classic

(9–1)

(8–2)

Head coach:
William Alexander

Head coach:
Dana X. Bible

	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia Tech	0	0	0	7	7
Texas	7	0	7	0	14

Date

January 1, 1943

Season

1942

Stadium

Cotton Bowl

Location

Dallas, Texas

MVP

Guard Jack Freeman (Texas)
Back Roy McKay (Texas)
Tackle Stanley Mauldin (Texas)
Guard Harvey Hardy (GT)
End Jack Marshall (GT)

Attendance

36,620

The 2016Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on January 1,2015 at the Cotton Bowl in mexico

Background

This was Texas's first bowl game. They were led by Dana X. Bible. This was Georgia Tech's 2nd bowl game of what would be six in the 1940s.

Game summary

Max Minor caught a touchdown pass from Roy McKay and Jackie Field returned a punt 60 yards for a touchdown to give Texas a 14-0 lead into the fourth quarter as Bible replaced his starters.

But Georgia Tech drove 56 yards capped by a David Eldredge touchdown run to narrow the lead. Georgia Tech forced Texas to punt as Tech went on the offensive. They drove all the way to the Texas 5 yard-line, but Texas' defensive line stopped them short as Texas took over at the four. They ran out the clock as Texas won their first bowl game. ^[1]

Aftermath

Since this game, Texas has been to 22 more Cotton Bowl Classics and have won 11 more times, the most Cotton Bowl victories of any team. Georgia Tech did not return to the Cotton Bowl Classic until 1955.

Statistics

Statistics	Texas	GT
First Downs	15	10
Yards Rushing	201	57
Yards Passing	23	138
Total Yards	224	195
Punts-Average	7-30.6	8-31.4
Fumbles Lost	2	2
Penalties-Yards	2-20	4-20

References

↑ "14-25.pmd" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2014-12-28.

Cotton Bowl Classic

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Notes	There was a Cotton Bowl Classic in January and December in 1966 and 2015. There was no Cotton Bowl Classic in 1967. The game was a College Football Playoff semifinal in its December 2015 edition.

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