1994 Cotton Bowl Classic

December 2025 August 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic 58th Cotton Bowl Classic January 1 1994 1993 Mobil Mobil Cotton Bowl Classic Logo.png University of Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish 10–1 4 4 4 Lou Holtz Independent 7 0 14 3 Texas A&M University Texas A&M Aggies 10–1 7 6 7 R. C. Slocum SWC 7 7 7 0 bg Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas 69,855 RB Lee Becton (Notre Dame) L Antonio Shorter (Texas A&M) Bill Richardson (Pac-10) NBC Charlie Jones and Todd Christensen thumb|The Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, hosted the Cotton Bowl Classic. The 1994 Mobil Cotton Bowl Classic was the fifty-eighth edition of the college football bowl game, played January 1, 1994, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. The game featured the Notre Dame Fighting Irish versus the Southwest Conference champion Texas A&M Aggies. The game was a rematch of the 1993 Cotton Bowl, which Notre Dame also won.http://media.attcottonbowl.com/resource/history/1994/rsrc/1994-Classic-Recap.pdf Archived copy 2012-01-05 2011-05-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20110511012815/http://media.attcottonbowl.com/resource/history/1994/rsrc/1994-Classic-Recap.pdf dead Furthermore, Notre Dame had the chance with its win to split the national championship with Florida State, whom they had beaten earlier in the season.http://notredame.scout.com/2/1141917.html Scout.com: Bowl Game Memories January 5, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20140309231903/http://notredame.scout.com/2/1141917.html March 9, 2014 dead This was Notre Dame's last bowl win until 2008, and their win in a major bowl game until January 2025, as the Fighting Irish lost ten straight major bowl games (one vacated) after their Cotton Bowl victory.https://www.si.com/college-football/notre-dame-finds-joy-in-finally-winning-on-big-stage-at-sugar-bowl Fischer Bryan Notre Dame Finds Joy in Finally Winning on Big Stage at Sugar Bowl Sports Illustrated January 2, 2025 January 3, 2025 References Cotton Bowl Category:Cotton Bowl Classic Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish football bowl games Category:Texas A&M Aggies football bowl games Cotton Bowl Classic Category:Bowl Coalition Category:January 1994 sports events in the United States Category:1990s in Dallas