1973 Cotton Bowl Classic

December 2025 August 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic 37th Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl Classic 1973.png January 1 1973 1972 Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas University of Texas Texas Longhorns 9–1 7 5 Darrell Royal SWC 0 3 7 7 University of Alabama Alabama Crimson Tide 10–1 4 4 Bear Bryant SEC 10 3 0 0 LB Randy Braband (Texas)QB Alan Lowry (Texas) James Artley (SEC;split crew: SEC, SWC) 72,000 CBS Lindsey Nelson, Tom Brookshier and Frank Glieber thumb|The Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, hosted the Cotton Bowl Classic. The 1973 Cotton Bowl Classic, part of the 1972 bowl game season, took place on January 1, 1973, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. The competing teams were the Alabama Crimson Tide, representing the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and the Texas Longhorns, representing the Southwest Conference (SWC). Texas won the game by a final score of 17–13. Teams Alabama 1972 Alabama Crimson Tide football team The 1972 Alabama squad finished the regular season with a 10–1 record and as conference champions. Their only loss came against Auburn in the Iron Bowl by a final score of 17–16 in the famous Punt Bama Punt game.Gantt makes a promise: No repeat of last year https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=C3stAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ptcEAAAAIBAJ&dq=punt-bama-punt&pg=6209%2C4912855 Jimmy Smothers The Gadsden Times 29 November 27, 1973 January 25, 2011 Following their victory over 1972 Virginia Tech Hokies Virginia Tech, university officials announced they accepted an invitation to play in the Cotton Bowl.It's official: Alabama in Cotton Bowl Delbert Reed The Tuscaloosa News B1 November 19, 1972 The appearance marked the fourth for Alabama in the Cotton Bowl, their 26th overall bowl game appearance. Texas 1972 Texas Longhorns football team The 1972 Texas squad finished the regular season with a 9–1 record. Their only loss came against Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry by a final score of 27–0. Following their victory over TCU, university officials announced they accepted an invitation to play in the Cotton Bowl. The appearance marked the fourteenth for Texas in the Cotton Bowl, their 20th overall bowl game appearance and their fifth straight Cotton Bowl appearance after winning their fifth straight Southwest Conference championship by going undefeated in conference play. Game summary Alabama opened the game by going up 10–0 as a result of a pair of Alan Lowry interceptions.2010 Alabama Football Media Guide The Cotton Bowl 2010 UA Athletics Media Relations Office Tuscaloosa, AL 196 http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/alab/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/history-bowlrecords.pdf January 25, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110523062558/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/alab/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/history-bowlrecords.pdf May 23, 2011 http://www.texassports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/cotton-bowl-1973.html 1973 Cotton Bowl: Texas 17, Alabama 13 TexasSports.com January 25, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20100223230042/http://www.texassports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/cotton-bowl-1973.html 2010-02-23 dead Steve Wade made both interceptions for the Crimson Tide, and the first resulted in a 50-yard Greg Gantt field goal and the second a 31-yard Wilbur Jackson touchdown. After trading field goals in the second quarter, Alabama took a 13–3 lead at the half. In the second half, the Texas defense shutout the Alabama offense, and a pair of rushing touchdowns from Longhorn quarterback Alan Lowry from three and 34-yards sealed the 17–13 Texas victory. Texas Alabama expand 1 10:06 Alabama 7 plays, 17 yards 3:33 FG 50 Greg Gantt 0 3 1 4:49 Alabama 1 play, 31 yards 00:09 RushTD Wilbur Jackson 31 good Bill Davis 0 10 2 13:34 Texas 16 plays, 71 yards 6:09 FG 24 Billy Schott 3 10 2 00:03 Alabama 7 plays, 66 yards 1:33 FG 30 Bill Davis 3 13 3 4:43 Texas 15 plays, 59 yards 7:17 RushTD Alan Lowry 3 good Billy Schott 10 13 4 4:22 Texas 7 plays, 80 yards 3:20 RushTD Alan Lowry 34 good Billy Schott 17 13 17 13 References Cotton 1973 Category:Alabama Crimson Tide football bowl games Category:Texas Longhorns football bowl games Category:January 1973 sports events in the United States Cotton Bowl