1968 Cotton Bowl Classic

December 2025 August 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic 32nd Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl Classic 1968.png January 1 1968 1967 Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas Texas A&M University Texas A&M Aggies 6–4 Gene Stallings SWC 7 6 7 0 University of Alabama Alabama Crimson Tide 8–1–1 8 7 Bear Bryant SEC 7 3 6 0 Grady Allen (Texas A&M DE)Edd Hargett (Texas A&M QB)Bill Hobbs (Texas A&M LB) Alabama by 7 points E.D. Cavette (SEC;split crew: SEC, SWC) 75,504 1966 (Dec.) CBS Lindsey Nelson, Johnny Sauer thumb|The Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, hosted the Cotton Bowl Classic. The 1968 Cotton Bowl Classic, part of the 1967 bowl game season, was the 32nd edition of the college football bowl game, held at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Monday, January 1. It matched the eighth-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the unranked Texas A&M Aggies, champions of the Southwest Conference (SWC). Underdog Texas A&M won the game 20–16.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=20QSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6733%2C206475 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Stallings learned lessons too well, Aggies triumph January 2, 1968 2B January 14, 2023 June 17, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20230114080551/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=20QSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6733,206475 live https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1r1YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9ugDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4914%2C412074 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Fired-up Aggies tip Tide January 2, 1968 14 Teams 1967 NCAA University Division football season Alabama 1967 Alabama Crimson Tide football team Alabama finished the regular season with an 8–1–1 record. The Crimson Tide were ranked second to start the season, but tied visiting Florida State in their opener and lost to eventual conference champion Tennessee a month later, also in Birmingham.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iP0cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LJsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4397%2C3806574 Tuscaloosa News Land Charles Vols bag a 'big one' October 22, 1967 11 Following their victory over South Carolina, Alabama accepted an invitation to the Cotton Bowl on November 20.It's official: Tide in Cotton https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hBQfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JJsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7268%2C3937938 Charles Land Tuscaloosa News Alabama 5 November 20, 1967 January 24, 2011 The appearance marked the third for Alabama in the Cotton Bowl, and their 21st overall bowl game. Texas A&M 1967 Texas A&M Aggies football team Texas A&M finished the regular season with a 6–4 record, winning six straight after opening the season with consecutive losses to SMU, Purdue, LSU, and Florida State.Hargett leads Aggies to 10–7 win over Texas, spot in Cotton Bowl https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NM4eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SkYEAAAAIBAJ&dq=texas%20a%26m%20cotton%20bowl&pg=7061%2C3486768 Ted Meier Associated Press The Park City Daily News 16 November 24, 1967 January 24, 2011 November 17, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151117041618/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NM4eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SkYEAAAAIBAJ&dq=texas%20a&m%20cotton%20bowl&pg=7061%2C3486768 live With a 10–7 victory over rival Texas in the regular season finale, the Aggies secured their position in the Cotton Bowl as SWC champions. Third-year head coach Gene Stallings, age 32, was a former Aggie player (under head coach Bear Bryant).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1b1YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9ugDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3790%2C217730 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Cotton Bowl styles same January 1, 1968 19 The appearance marked the third for the Aggies in the Cotton Bowl, and their eighth overall bowl game. Game summary Alabama opened the game with a ten-play, 80-yard drive with quarterback Ken Stabler scoring on a three-yard run.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MA4fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LZsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5140%2C177349 Tide upstaged, upset 20–16 Charles Land Tuscaloosa News Alabama 6 January 2, 1968 The Aggies responded with a 13-yard Edd Hargett touchdown pass to Larry Stegent to tie the game at 7–7 at the end of the first quarter. After Steve Davis hit a 36-yard field goal on the first play of the second quarter for Alabama, A&M responded late in the quarter with a 7-yard Tommy Maxwell touchdown reception from Hargett. After the ensuing extra point failed, the Aggies took a 13–10 lead at the half. A&M extended their lead to 20–10 early in the third after Wendell Housley scored on a 20-yard touchdown run. The final points of the game came later in the third when Stabler scored his second touchdown of the game, and with a failed two-point conversion attempt and a scoreless fourth, the Aggies won 20–16. For his performance, Texas A&M quarterback Edd Hargett was named the Most Valuable Player of the game. As A&M head coach Stallings was both a former player and assistant coach under him, Bryant carried him off the field to celebrate the victory. Curley Hallman, a native of the Tuscaloosa suburb of Northport, Alabama, intercepted Stabler twice. Hallman later served as an assistant coach under Bryant from 1973 to 1976, an assistant at his alma mater from 1982 to 1987, and then head coach at Southern Mississippi (1988–90) and LSU (1991-94). Texas A&M Alabama expand 1 8:22 10 80 6:38 Alabama RushTD Ken Stabler 3 good Steve Davis 0 7 1 5:22 4 30 Texas A&M RecTD Larry Stegent Edd Hargett 13 good Charlie Riggs 7 7 2 14:5x Alabama FG 36 Davis 7 10 2 0:21 Texas A&M 56 RecTD Tommy Maxwell Hargett 7 no good Riggs 13 10 3 8:32 Texas A&M 6 52 RushTD Wendell Housley 20 good Riggs 20 10 3 3:55 9 83 Alabama RushTD Stabler 7 run failed 20 16 20 16 References Category:1967–68 NCAA football bowl games 1968 1968 1968 Category:January 1968 sports events in the United States Category:1968 in sports in Texas