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Cotton Bowl Champions

Date Played	Winner	Loser	Score
January 1, 1937	TCU	Marquette	16-6
January 1, 1938	Rice	Colorado	28-14
January 2, 1939	Saint Mary's (CA)	Texas Tech	20-13
January 1, 1940	Clemson	Boston College	6-3
January 1, 1941	Texas A&M	Fordham	13-12
January 1, 1942	Alabama	Texas A&M	29-21
January 1, 1943	Texas	Georgia Tech	14-7
January 1, 1944	Texas	Randolph Field	7-7
January 1, 1945	Oklahoma A&M	TCU	34-0
January 1, 1946	Texas	Missouri	40-27
January 1, 1947	Arkansas	LSU	*0-0*
January 1, 1948	SMU	Penn State	13-13
January 1, 1949	SMU	Oregon	21-13
January 2, 1950	Rice	North Carolina	27-13
January 1, 1951	Tennessee	Texas	20-14
January 1, 1952	Kentucky	TCU	20-7
January 1, 1953	Texas	Tennessee	16-0
January 1, 1954	Rice	Alabama	28-6
January 1, 1955	Georgia Tech	Arkansas	14-6
January 2, 1956	Ole Miss	TCU	14-13
January 1, 1957	TCU	Syracuse	28-27
January 1, 1958	Navy	Rice	20-7
January 1, 1959	TCU	Air Force	0-0
January 1, 1960	Syracuse	Texas	23-14
January 2, 1961	Duke	Arkansas	7-6
January 1, 1962	Texas	Ole Miss	12-7
January 1, 1963	LSU	Texas	13-0
January 1, 1964	Texas	Navy	28-6
January 1, 1965	Arkansas	Nebraska	10-7
January 1, 1966	LSU	Arkansas	14-7
December 31, 1966	Georgia	SMU	24-9
January 1, 1968	Texas A&M	Alabama	20-16
January 1, 1969	Texas	Tennessee	36-13
January 1, 1970	Texas	Notre Dame	21-17
January 1, 1971	Notre Dame	Texas	24-11
January 1, 1972	Penn State	Texas	30-6
January 1, 1973	Texas	Alabama	17-13
January 1, 1974	Nebraska	Texas	19-3
January 1, 1975	Penn State	Baylor	41-20
January 1, 1976	Arkansas	Georgia	31-10
January 1, 1977	Houston	Maryland	30-21
January 2, 1978	Notre Dame	Texas	38-10
January 1, 1979	Notre Dame	Houston	35-34
January 1, 1980	Houston	Nebraska	17-14
January 1, 1981	Alabama	Baylor	30-2
January 1, 1982	Texas	Alabama	14-12
January 1, 1983	SMU	Pittsburgh	7-3
January 2, 1984	Georgia	Texas	10-9
January 1, 1985	Boston College	Houston	45-28
January 1, 1986	Texas A&M	Auburn	36-16
January 1, 1987	Ohio State	Texas A&M	28-12
January 1, 1988	Texas A&M	Notre Dame	35-10
January 2, 1989	UCLA	Arkansas	17-3
January 1, 1990	Tennessee	Arkansas	31-27
January 1, 1991	Miami	Texas	46-3
January 1, 1992	Florida State	Texas A&M	10-2
January 1, 1993	Notre Dame	Texas A&M	28-3
January 1, 1994	Notre Dame	Texas A&M	24-21
January 2, 1995	USC	Texas Tech	55-14
January 1, 1996	Colorado	Oregon	38-6
January 1, 1997	BYU	Kansas State	19-15
January 1, 1998	UCLA	Texas A&M	29-23
January 1, 1999	Texas	Mississippi State	38-11
January 1, 2000	Arkansas	Texas	27-6
January 1, 2001	Kansas State	Tennessee	35-21
January 1, 2002	Oklahoma	Arkansas	10-3
January 1, 2003	Texas	LSU	35-20
January 2, 2004	Ole Miss	Oklahoma State	31-28
January 1, 2005	Tennessee	Texas A&M	38-7
January 2, 2006	Alabama	Texas Tech	13-10
January 1, 2007	Auburn	Nebraska	17-14
January 1, 2008	Missouri	Arkansas	38-7
January 2, 2009	Ole Miss	Texas Tech	47-34
January 2, 2010	Ole Miss	Oklahoma State	21-7
January 7, 2011	LSU	Texas A&M	41-24