1942 Cotton Bowl Classic

December 2025 August 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic 6th Cotton Bowl Classic January 1 1942 1941 Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas University of Alabama Alabama Crimson Tide 8–2 20 Frank Thomas SEC 0 7 13 9 Texas A&M University Texas A&M Aggies 9–1 9 Homer H. Norton SWC 0 7 0 14 T Martin Ruby (Texas A&M)http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2011/Bowls.pdf Bowl/All-Star Game Records: Most Valuable Players in Former Major Bowls National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records 95 NCAA.org November 19, 2011 HB Jimmy Nelson (Alabama)E Holt Rast (Alabama)T Don Whitmire (Alabama) 38,000http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2011/Bowls.pdf Bowl/All-Star Game Records: Major Bowl Game Attendance National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records 33 NCAA.org November 19, 2011 Cotton Bowl Classic 1942.png thumb|The Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, hosted the Cotton Bowl Classic. The 1942 Cotton Bowl Classic, part of the 1941 bowl game season, took place on January 1, 1942, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. The competing teams were the Alabama Crimson Tide, representing the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and the Texas A&M Aggies, representing the Southwest Conference (SWC) as conference champions. Alabama won the game 29–21. Teams Alabama 1941 Alabama Crimson Tide football team The 1941 Alabama squad finished the regular season with an 8–2 record. The Crimson Tide also finished third in SEC play with losses to Vanderbilt and conference champion Mississippi State. Following their victory over Miami, Alabama accepted an invitation to play in the Cotton Bowl on New Years Day on December 1.Tide resumes work next week for Cotton Bowl https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sNQ-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=uUwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4883%2C4454920 Staff Reporters The Tuscaloosa News 7 December 2, 1941 January 5, 2011 The appearance marked the first for Alabama in the Cotton Bowl, and the first bowl game played outside the Rose Bowl Game. Texas A&M 1941 Texas A&M Aggies football team Texas A&M finished the regular season with a 9–1 with its lone defeat coming against Texas.Texas ponds Aggies, 23–0 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rdQ-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=uUwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6352%2C4250150 Austin Bealmear Associated Press The Tuscaloosa News 11 November 28, 1941 January 5, 2011 The appearance marked the second for the Aggies in the Cotton Bowl, as they defeated Fordham 13–12 in the 1941 game. Game summary In a game statistically tilted toward the Aggies, Alabama won 29–21, after racing to a 29–7 lead. Alabama then inserted its third-string, allowing for Texas A&M's late scoring.Alabama outscores Texas Aggies in touchdown race, 29 to 21 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1OdYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z00MAAAAIBAJ&pg=6474%2C75291 Staff Reporters The Tuscaloosa News 7 January 2, 1942 January 5, 2011Tiders to Return Home with Bowl Bacon Today https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=XUmZziu-z7kC&dat=19420104&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Staff Reporters The Tuscaloosa News 10 January 4, 1942 July 27, 2011http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/1942-cotton-bowl.html Bowl History – 1942 Cotton Bowl AggieAthletics.com Texas A&M Athletics Media Center January 5, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20091217085907/http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/1942-cotton-bowl.html 2009-12-17 dead Alabama had only one first down to A&M's 13; however, under the Southwest Conference rules in 1942, touchdown runs and pass plays were not counted as first downs; Alabama also had 59 rushing yards to A&M's 115; and 16 yards receiving to 194. The Crimson Tide prevailed through special teams play and intercepting seven Aggie passes in their victory. Alabama Texas A&M expand 2 Texas A&M RecTD Harold Cowley Leo Daniels 12 good J.D. Webster 0 7 2 Alabama RushTD Russ Craft 8 good George Hecht 7 7 3 Alabama Other Jimmy Nelson 72-yard punt return, George Hecht kick blocked 13 7 3 Alabama RushTD Jimmy Nelson 21 good George Hecht 20 7 4 Alabama FG 31 George Hecht 23 7 4 Alabama IntTD Holt Rast 10 failed George Hecht 29 7 4 Texas A&M RushTD J.D. Webster 1 good J.D. Webster 29 14 4 Texas A&M RecTD James Sterling R. Moser 35 good J.D. Webster 29 21 29 21 References Category:1941–42 college football bowl games 1942 1942 1942 Category:January 1942 sports events in the United States Category:1942 in sports in Texas