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Cotton Bowl Classic
The Cotton Bowl Classic is an American college football bowl game that has been held annually since January 1, 1937. Between 1937 and 2009, the game was played at its namesake stadium in Dallas, Texas; in 2010, it moved to Cowboys Stadium in nearby Arlington. Historically, the game hosted the champion of the Southwest Conference (SWC); after that conference's dissolution in 1996, the game hosted a team from the Big 12 Conference, usually against a team from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Cotton Bowl Classic has served as one of six bowls in the College Football Playoff (CFP) since the 2014 season.The 2015 Cotton Bowl Classic is a college football bowl game played on December 31, 2015 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The 80th Cotton Bowl Classic is a College Football Playoff semifinal with the winner of this game competing against the winner of the 2015 Orange Bowl in the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship, which will take place at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. It will be one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. The game will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Radio and XM Satellite Radio. It is sponsored by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and is officially known as the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic.
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ESPNTV network · United States
Monday at 13:00 (America/New York)
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S01E90 · 2026 Cotton Bowl: Miami Hurricanes vs. No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes
2026-01-01
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- E01
1937 Cotton Bowl: TCU Horned Frogs (8-2-2) vs. Marquette Golden Avalanche (7-1)
1937-01-01 · 180 min
- E73
2009 Cotton Bowl: #20 Ole Miss Rebels (8-4) vs. #8 Texas Tech Red Raiders (11-1)
2009-01-02 · 210 min
- E74
2010 Cotton Bowl: #21 Oklahoma State Cowboys (9-3) vs. Ole Miss Rebels (8-4)
2010-01-02 · 210 min
- E75
2011 Cotton Bowl: #11 LSU Tigers (10-2) vs. #18 Texas A&M Aggies (9-3)
2011-01-07 · 210 min
- E76
2012 Cotton Bowl: #11 Kansas State Wildcats (10-2) vs. #7 Arkansas Razorbacks (10-2)
2012-01-06 · 210 min
- E77
2013 Cotton Bowl: #9 Texas A&M Aggies (10-2) vs. #11 Oklahoma Sooners (10-2)
2013-01-04 · 210 min
- E78
2014 Cotton Bowl: #13 Oklahoma State Cowboys (10-2) vs. #9 Missouri Tigers (11-2)
2014-01-03 · 210 min
- E79
2015 Cotton Bowl: #7 Michigan State Spartans (10-2) vs. #4 Baylor Bears (11-1)
2015-01-01 · 210 min
- E80
2015 Cotton Bowl: #3 Michigan State Spartans (12-1) vs. #2 Alabama Crimson Tide (12-1)
2015-12-31 · 240 min
- E81
2017 Cotton Bowl: #12 Western Michigan Broncos (13-0) vs. #8 Wisconsin Badgers (10-3)
2017-01-02 · 210 min
- E82
2017 Cotton Bowl: #8 USC Trojans (11-2) vs. #5 Ohio State Buckeyes (11-2)
2017-12-29 · 210 min
- E83
2018 Cotton Bowl: #3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (12-0) vs. #2 Clemson Tigers (13-0)
2018-12-29 · 210 min
- E84
2019 Cotton Bowl: #15 Memphis Tigers (12-1) vs. #13 Penn State Nittany Lions (10-2)
2019-12-28 · 210 min
- E85
2020 Cotton Bowl: #7 Florida Gators (8-3) vs. #6 Oklahoma Sooners (8-2)
2020-12-30 · 210 min
- E86
2021 Cotton Bowl: #1 Alabama Crimson Tide (12-1) vs. #4 Cincinnati Bearcats (13-0)
2021-12-31 · 210 min
- E87
2023 Cotton Bowl: #16 Tulane Green Wave (11-2) vs. #10 USC Trojans (11-2)
2023-01-02 · 210 min
- E88
2024 Cotton Bowl: #9 Missouri Tigers vs. #7 Ohio State Buckeyes
2023-12-29 · 210 min
- E89
2025 Cotton Bowl: 5 Texas Longhorns vs. 8 Ohio State Buckeyes
2025-01-10 · 210 min
- E90
2026 Cotton Bowl: Miami Hurricanes vs. No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes
2025-12-31 · 210 min
