1969 Cotton Bowl Classic

December 2025 January 2019 Cotton Bowl Classic 33rd Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl Classic 1969.png January 1 1969 1968 University of Texas-Austin Texas Longhorns 8–1–1 Darrell Royal SWC 5 5 13 15 8 0 University of Tennessee Tennessee Volunteers 8–1–1 Doug Dickey SEC 8 7 0 0 7 6 CBS LB Tom Campbell (Texas)WR Cotton Speyrer (Texas)QB James Street (Texas) bg Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas McDuff Simpson (SWC) (split crew: SWC, SEC) 70,000 thumb|The Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, hosted the Cotton Bowl Classic. The 1969 Cotton Bowl Classic featured the Texas Longhorns versus the Tennessee Volunteers. Background In the 1951 Cotton Bowl Classic, the Volunteers upset the Longhorns 20–14. In the 1953 Cotton Bowl Classic, Texas beat Tennessee 16–0. This was the third Cotton Bowl between the two teams. Texas was Southwest Conference co-champions due to losing to Texas Tech early in the season, thus they shared it with Arkansas. Tennessee finished 2nd in the Southeastern Conference to Georgia due to losing to Auburn late in the season. Game summary It may have been a matchup of top 10 teams, but Texas beat them like any ordinary team as they scored 28 points in the first half while allowing none. Steve Worster, Ted Koy, and Chris Gilbert each had touchdown runs, and Cotton Speyrer caught two touchdown passes from James Street, the last one making it 36–6. In the second half, Tennessee scored on a Gary Kreis catch from Bobby Scott to make it 28–6 and Mike Price caught a touchdown pass to narrow it to 36–13, but by that point, there was only two minutes left in the game.33rd Classic, 1969 - 2023-24 - Cotton Bowl Classics History https://www.cottonbowl.com/sports/classics/roster/33rd-classic-1969/237 2023-08-06 Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic en Aftermath Texas went unbeaten the following season and returned to the Cotton Bowl Classic to face off against Notre Dame, winning that game, and with it, the National Championship. Outstanding Players of the Game Texas Tom Campbell, who helped Texas' defense limit Tennessee to just 275 yards offense. Cotton Speyrer, who caught two touchdown passes on five catches for 161 yards. James Street, who went 7–13 for 200 yards and two touchdowns. Statistics Statistics Texas Tennessee First downs 22 16 Yards rushing 279 83 Yards passing 234 192 Total yards 513 275Punts-Average 7-40.7 8-42.1Fumbles-Lost 3-2 5-0Interceptions 1 3Penalties-Yards 5-60 4-17Tennessee vs Texas (Jan 1, 1969) https://stats.texassports.com/custompages/sports/m-footbl/archive/stats/68/ut-tenn.htm 2023-08-06 stats.texassports.com References Cotton Bowl Classic Category:Cotton Bowl Classic Category:Tennessee Volunteers football bowl games Category:Texas Longhorns football bowl games Cotton Bowl Category:January 1969 sports events in the United States