1981 Cotton Bowl Classic

December 2025 August 2023 1981 Cotton Bowl Classic 45th Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl Classic 1981.png 1980 Alabama Crimson Tide University of Alabama Baylor Bears Baylor University 9–2 SEC 10–1 SWC Bear Bryant Grant Teaff 9 6 6 7 6 7 3 14 2 0 0 0 January 1 Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas Warren Lyles (Alabama NG)Major Ogilvie (Alabama RB) Alabama by 3½ pointsJanuary 1, 1981 The latest line 25 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0-sNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8G0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6146%2C116204 Vance Carlson (Big Eight) 74,281 CBS List of announcers of major college bowl games Lindsey Nelson (Play-by-play) Roger Staubach (Color) Frank Glieber (Sideline) thumb|The Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, hosted the Cotton Bowl Classic. The 1981 Cotton Bowl Classic was the 45th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday, January 1. Part of the 1980–81 bowl game season, it matched the ninth-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the #6 Baylor Bears of the Southwest Conference (SWC). Favored Alabama shut out the Baylor offense and won, 30–2.January 2, 1981 Bama's Bear outwits Baylor Bears, 30-2 13 Youngstown Vindicator Associated Press Ohio https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UI5JAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VIQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3134%2C357473January 2, 1981 Alabama bombs Baylor in Cotton 3D Eugene Register-Guard wire service reports Oregon https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ABBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TuIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6663%2C421012Browning Al January 2, 1981 Bama dee-fense big in Big D 1 Tuscaloosa News https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=liodAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QaUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5901%2C190260 Teams 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season Alabama 1980 Alabama Crimson Tide football team Baylor 1980 Baylor Bears football team Game summary Televised by CBS, the game kicked off shortly after 1 p.m. CST, at the same time as the Sugar Bowl on ABC.January 1, 1981 Sports menu: television 29 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Rk9OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=z-4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5228%2C164041 Alabama took a 6–0 lead on a pair of Peter Kim field goals.http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/alab/graphics/docs/80-m-footbl-recaps.pdf 1980 Season Game Recaps The University of Alabama November 16, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20121112145057/http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/alab/graphics/docs/80-m-footbl-recaps.pdf November 12, 2012 dead Baylor responded later in the first quarter with its only points of the game when Tommy Tabor sacked Alabama quarterback Walter Lewis in the end zone for a safety to bring the score to 6–2.Jones Mike January 2, 1981 Tidal wave spoils Baylor's Cotton The Dallas Morning News http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/cottonbowl/history/1981.html November 16, 2010 The Crimson Tide extended their lead to 13–2 at the half following a one-yard Major Ogilvie touchdown run in the second quarter. After a third Kim field goal in the third, Alabama closed out the fourth quarter with a pair of touchdowns; Don Jacobs scored on a one-yard run, followed by Mark Nix from three yards out to make the final score 30–2. Alabama linebacker Warren Lyles was named the defensive MVP,Martin Steve January 2, 1981 Lyles' play sacks MVP award 13 Tuscaloosa News https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=liodAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QaUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6752%2C245045 November 16, 2010 and running back Ogilvie took the offensive honors. Scoring First quarter Alabama - Peter Kim 29-yard field goal Alabama - Kim 27-yard field goal Baylor - Safety, quarterback Walter Lewis tackled by Tommy Tabor in the end zone Second quarter Alabama - Major Ogilvie 1-yard run (Kim kick) Third quarter Alabama - Kim 42-yard field goal Fourth quarter Alabama - Don Jacobs 1-yard run (Kim kick) Alabama - Mark Nix 2-yard run (George Mardini kick) Source: Statistics {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Statistics !! Alabama !!  Baylor  |- |align=left|First downs || 17|| 13 |- |align=left|Rushes–yards|| 67–241|| 35–54 |- |align=left|Passing yards || 98|| 104 |- |align=left|Passes || 5–12–0 || 12–27–3 |- |align=left|Total offense || 79–339|| 62–158 |- |align=left|Punts–average ||6–37|| 7–35 |- |align=left|Fumbles–lost ||5–1|| 5–4 |- |align=left|Turnovers || 1|| 7 |- |align=left|Penalties–yards ||5–89|| 6–59 |} Source: Aftermath This was the final collegiate game for Baylor's All-American linebacker Mike Singletary, a future College and Pro Football Hall of Famer. In the final AP poll, Alabama climbed to sixth and Baylor dropped to fourteenth. References 2 Category:1980–81 NCAA football bowl games 1981 1981 1981 Category:1981 in sports in Texas Category:January 1981 sports events in the United States