1958 Cotton Bowl Classic

December 2025 August 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl Classic 1958.png 22nd Cotton Bowl Classic 1958 1957 January 1 Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas Rice Owls Jess Neely SWC 8 7 7–3 0 0 7 0 Navy Midshipmen 8–1–1 Eddie Erdelatz Independent 5 6 6 7 7 0 Tom Forrestal (Navy QB) Tony Stremic (Navy G) Navy by 1 pointhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2y9WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wOYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6291%2C76089 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Sooners, Navy favored today January 1, 1958 10 Albie Booth (ECAC;split crew: ECAC, SWC) 75,504 160,000 per teamhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nCANAAAAIBAJ&sjid=52oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3155%2C469331 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Navy, Rice get $160,000 each January 2, 1958 19 CBS Tom Harmon,Forest Evashevski thumb|The Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, hosted the Cotton Bowl Classic. The 1958 Cotton Bowl Classic was the 22nd edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday, January 1. Part of the 1957–58 bowl game season, it matched the independent and fifth-ranked Navy Midshipmen and the No. 8 Rice Owls of the Southwest Conference (SWC). Slightly favored, Navy won 20–7.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nCANAAAAIBAJ&sjid=52oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3044%2C466078 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Tom Forrestal leads Navy to 20-7 victory over Rice January 2, 1958 18https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3C9WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wOYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6927%2C417495 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Ratliff Harold Forrestal pilots Navy in 20-7 rout of Rice January 2, 1958 17 Teams 1957 college football season This was the only bowl game of the season that matched two top-ten teams in the final AP poll, which was released in early December.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c_RVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=euIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6802%2C535980 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Auburn voted national grid champs by AP December 3, 1957 2B This was the first Cotton Bowl Classic televised by CBS. Navy 1957 Navy Midshipmen football team The fifth-ranked Midshipmen (8–1–1) were favored by a point. They lost early in the season at North Carolina and tied #16 Duke in November. Notable late season wins were at #5 Notre Dame (20–6) and a shutout of #10 Army (14–0). It was Navy's third appearance in a major bowl and first Cotton Bowl. Rice 1957 Rice Owls football team The eighth-ranked Owls (7–3) had been to three previous Cotton Bowls, two within the decade, and finished first in the Southwest Conference for the fourth time in eleven years. Game summary Rice never recovered after Navy led 13–0 at halftime on touchdown runs by Joe Tranchini and Harry Hurst. Team captain Ned Oldham added another early in the third quarter to give Navy a commanding 20–0 lead. Ken Williams—stepfather of pro wrestler Steve Austin—caught a touchdown pass from Frank Ryan to narrow the lead to 13, but Rice never seriously threatened from that point on. Navy outgained Rice on ground by 222 yards to 137 as the Owls committed six turnovers. Forrestal and Ryan both had 13 completions, which set a Cotton Bowl record. Scoring First quarter Navy – Joe Tranchini 1-yard run (Roland Brandquist kick failed) Second quarter Navy – Harry Hurst 13-yard run (Ned Oldham kick) Third quarter Navy – Oldham 19-yard run (Oldham kick) Rice – Ken Williams 8-yard pass from Frank Ryan (King Hill kick) Fourth quarter No scoring Aftermath Rice did not win another conference championship until 1994; their next bowl win was in December 2008, and they have yet to return to the Cotton Bowl. Navy reached the Cotton Bowl six years later (with Roger Staubach at quarterback), but lost to top-ranked Texas, and have not returned. References External links Cotton Bowl Classic – January 1, 1958 Cotton Bowl Classic Category:Cotton Bowl Classic Category:Navy Midshipmen football bowl games Category:Rice Owls football bowl games Category:January 1958 sports events in the United States Cotton Bowl