1963 Cotton Bowl Classic

December 2025 August 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl Classic 1963.png 27th Cotton Bowl Classic January 1 1963 1962 University of Texas at Austin Texas Longhorns 9–0–1 Darrell Royal SWC 4 4 0 0 0 0 Lynn Amedee (LSU QB, PK)Johnny Treadwell (Texas G) Louisiana State University LSU Tigers 8–1–1 Charles McClendon SEC 7 8 0 3 7 3 CBS Lindsey Nelson, Terry Brennan bg Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas 75,504 LSU (slight)https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ucleAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZTIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1985%2C63350 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press 330,000 expected to attend four major bowl games today January 1, 1963 8 175,000 per teamhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WPscAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9JoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5626%2C170227 Tuscaloosa News Alabama Associated Press LSU, Texas earn $175,000 in tilt January 2, 1963 11 Burns McKinney (SWC;split crew: SWC, SEC) thumb|The Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, hosted the Cotton Bowl Classic. The 1963 Cotton Bowl Classic was the 27th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Tuesday, January 1. Part of the 1962–63 bowl game season, the game featured the fourth-ranked Texas Longhorns of the Southwest Conference (SWC) and the #7 LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zjdOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7EoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6979%2C47683 Victoria Advocate Texas Associated Press Texas, LSU even -- even on defense January 1, 1963 9 LSU shut out the Longhorns, 13–0.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zzdOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7EoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6886%2C122911 Victoria Advocate Texas Associated Press Steers shut out by Tigers, 13-0 January 2, 1963 9https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BEcqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5k4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5726%2C245793 Pittsburgh Press UPI LSU passes startle Texas January 2, 1963 48https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WPscAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9JoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7202%2C169903 Tuscaloosa News Alabama Associated Press Ratliff Harold V. Amadee leads LSU past Texas, 13-0 January 2, 1963 11 Teams 1962 NCAA University Division football season Texas 1962 Texas Longhorns football team The Longhorns were making their second of three consecutive Cotton Bowl appearances after winning the Southwest Conference again. They were unbeaten, with a tie at Rice. LSU 1962 LSU Tigers football team The Tigers, who finished third in the Southeastern Conference, lost to Ole Miss and also tied Rice. LSU had won the Orange Bowl the previous season. They were making their first Cotton Bowl appearance since 1947, a scoreless tie (against Arkansas). This was head coach Charlie McClendon's first year at LSU, where he stayed through 1979. Game summary LSU quarterback Lynn Amedee's 23-yard field goal gave the Tigers a 3–0 halftime lead. Earlier, Texas' shoeless Tony Crosby had missed from 42 yards, which led to the scoring drive. This was the first field goal in the Cotton Bowl in 21 years. Amedee recovered a Longhorn fumble at the 37 early in the third quarter and reserve quarterback Jimmy Field scored five plays later on a 22-yard touchdown run. Buddy Hamic recovered a Texas fumble to set up another Amedee field goal thirteen plays later, and the Tigers kept the Longhorns off the scoreboard.38-49.pmd http://media.attcottonbowl.com/resource/history/1963/rsrc/1963-Classic-Recap.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20141212220912/http://media.attcottonbowl.com/resource/history/1963/rsrc/1963-Classic-Recap.pdf December 12, 2014 live December 28, 2014 Scoring First quarter No scoring Second quarter LSU – Lynn Amedee 23-yard field goal Third quarter LSU – Jimmy Field 22-yard touchdown run (Amedee kick) Fourth quarter LSU – Amedee 37-yard field goal Source: Statistics {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Statistics !! LSU !! Texas |- | First downs || 17|| 9 |- | Yards rushing || 126|| 80 |- | Yards passing || 133|| 92 |- | Passing (C–A–I) || 13–21–0 || 8–22–3 |- | Total yards || 259|| 172 |- | Punts–Average ||9–41.8|| 8–46.8 |- | Fumbles–Lost ||0–0|| 2–2 |- | Interceptions || 0|| 3 |- | Penalties–Yards ||1–15|| 4–44 |} Source: Aftermath The Longhorns played in the Cotton Bowl the following year, went undefeated, and won the national championship. The Tigers returned to the Cotton Bowl three years later in January 1966. References Cotton Bowl Classic Category:Cotton Bowl Classic Category:LSU Tigers football bowl games Category:Texas Longhorns football bowl games Category:January 1963 sports events in the United States Cotton Bowl