1991 Cotton Bowl Classic

December 2025 August 2023 November 2019 1991 Mobil Cotton Bowl Classic 55th Cotton Bowl Classic 1990 File:View from Top o' Texas Tower September 2019 10 (Cotton Bowl).jpg The Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, hosted the Cotton Bowl Classic. Miami Hurricanes University of Miami Texas Longhorns University of Texas 9–2 Independent 10–1 SWC Dennis Erickson David McWilliams 4 4 3 3 12 7 14 13 0 3 0 0 January 1 Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas Craig Erickson, QB, Miami (FL)Russell Maryland, DT, Miami (FL) Jimmy Harper (SEC) 73,521 CBS List of announcers of major college bowl games Jim Nantz (play-by-play), Tim Brant (color), Andrea Joyce (host), Mike Francesa (host), John Dockery (sideline) The 1991 Mobil Cotton Bowl Classic was a post-season college football game played on January 1, 1991. It pitted the #3 Texas Longhorns, champions of the Southwest Conference, against the independent #4 Miami Hurricanes. Team backgrounds Miami entered the game having only lost to BYU and Notre Dame. Texas had stunned Penn State on the road 17-13 to open its season, then lost at home to Colorado 29-22 before winning nine straight games, including wins over then #4 Oklahoma and then #3 Houston to win the Southwest Conference championship. Game summary Miami led 19-3 at halftime, but put the game out of reach with two touchdowns within five minutes in the third quarter. The Hurricanes also set Cotton Bowl and school records for most penalties (15) and most penalty yards (202) in a single game, many of which were for unsportsmanlike conduct. Partly as a result of controversy from this game, the NCAA instituted a new rule stipulating that excessive celebration would be a 15-yard penalty.Feldman Bruce Cane Mutiny: How the Miami Hurricanes Overturned the Football Establishment New American Library New York 2004 0-451-21297-5 registration https://archive.org/details/canemutiny00bruc_0 In the pre-Internet era, many established newspaper reporters castigated the Hurricanes' players and coaches for Miami's actions, with some reporters demanding that coach Dennis Erickson be suspended or fired and that the game result be vacated and the win given to Texas. These calls were ignored. Aftermath The next season, Miami claimed the AP Poll National Championship by going 12-0, ending with a 22-0 victory over Nebraska in the Orange Bowl. Texas went 5-6 in their next season (and fired coach David McWilliams), did not play in another New Year's Day bowl game until 1995, and did not win another New Year's Day bowl game until the 1999 Cotton Bowl victory. Scoring summary Miami Texas expand 1 8:53 Miami 3 4 FG Carlos Huerta 28 good 3 0 1 5:26 Miami 5 16 FG Carlos Huerta 50 good 6 0 1 0:11 Miami 2 9 RecTD Wesley Carroll Craig Erickson 12 pass failed 12 0 2 7:43 Texas 9 46 FG Michael Pollak 29 good 12 3 2 0:11 Miami 2 21 RecTD Wesley Carroll Craig Erickson 24 good Carlos Huerta 19 3 3 11:46 Miami – – IntTD Darrin Smith 34 good Carlos Huerta 26 3 3 6:09 Miami 3 63 RecTD Randal Hill Craig Erickson 48 good Carlos Huerta 33 3 4 10:56 Miami 12 66 RecTD Randy Bethel Craig Erickson 4 no good (blocked) Carlos Huerta 39 3 4 9:23 Miami 3 26 RushTD Leonard Conley 26 good Carlos Huerta 46 3 46 3 References Cotton Bowl Classic Category:Cotton Bowl Classic Category:Miami Hurricanes football bowl games Category:Texas Longhorns football bowl games Cotton Bowl Category:January 1991 sports events in the United States Category:1990s in Dallas