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Notre Dame’s quarterback Joe Montana gets last minute talk with head Coach Dan Devine in closing minutes of game with the University of Houston at Cotton Bowl Classic on Monday, Jan. 2, 1979 in Dallas, Texas. Notre Dame won the hard-fowl game 35- 34.
The Cotton Bowl is one of the oldest bowl games in college football. Since the 1936 college football season, teams have played in Dallas and Arlington, Texas to often determine the national champion. In recent years, it’s been a College Football Playoff semifinal game.
Champions from the Big 12, SEC, and now-defunct Southwestern Conference often faced runners-up from other conferences or at-large teams. Here are five of the more memorable games in Cotton Bowl history:
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Notre Dame hadn’t played in a bowl game in 45 years but changed that stance in 1969 and decided to meet the winner of the Southwest Conference in the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 1, 1970. An 8-1-1 record in the regular season featured quarterback Joe Theismann on offense and the ninth-best defense in the country.
Texas came into the game with the fourth-best scoring offense and fifth-best scoring defense in the country. The Longhorns didn’t allow more than 17 points in any game that season and outscored opponents 414-102 in the regular season. Running backs Ted Koy, Steve Worster, and Jim Bertelsen led the way on offense while defensive linemen Bill Atessis and Leo Brooks set the tone on defense.
The Fighting Irish scored the first 10 points of the game but Texas answered with a Bertelsen touchdown run to make it 10-7 at half. A scoreless third quarter set up a final frame with three total touchdowns.
Texas got on the board first with Koy finding the end zone from three yards out to get the go-ahead touchdown and…
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Publish date : 2023-12-26 14:33:12
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