1946 Cotton Bowl Classic

December 2025 August 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic 1946.png 1946 Cotton Bowl Classic 10th Cotton Bowl Classic 1945 Texas Longhorns Texas Missouri Tigers Missouri 9–1 SWC 6–3 Big 6 Dana X. Bible Chauncey Simpson 10 14 7 6 13 7 7 0 13 January 1 Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas Back Bobby Layne (Texas)End Hub Bechtol (Texas)Tackle Jim Kekeris (Missouri) 46,000 thumb|The Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, hosted the Cotton Bowl Classic. The 1946 Cotton Bowl Classic was a postseason college football bowl game between the tenth ranked Texas Longhorns and the Missouri Tigers. Background Texas was led by star quarterback, Bobby Layne.http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/cotton-bowl-1946.html Archived copy 2010-12-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20101218163354/http://mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/cotton-bowl-1946.html 2010-12-18 dead Game summary Layne accounted for all 40 of Texas' points.10 Memorable College Bowl Game Heroes https://www.cabletv.com/sports/college-bowl-game-heroes CableTV.com 30 July 2023 24 October 2022Berry Ed G. 1946 Texas v Missouri Cotton Bowl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Rk1-OeXTs YouTube 30 July 2023 en He rushed for three touchdowns, passed for two touchdowns (both caught by Joe Baumgardner) and caught a touchdown pass from Ralph Ellsworth. Texas led the whole game, from 14-7 at the end of the first, 21-14 at halftime and 27-14 at the end of the third quarter. Missouri had three touchdown runs from William Dellastatious, Howard Bennett, and Robert Hopkins with a touchdown catch from Roland Oakes, but the Tigers could not stop Layne, who went 11 of 12 for 158 yards.1946 Cotton Bowl https://mutigers.com/news/2013/12/9/1946_Cotton_Bowl University of Missouri Athletics 30 July 2023 en 9 December 201314-25.pmd (PDF) https://www.cottonbowl.com/documents/2019/10/14//1945_Classic_Recap.pdf?id=33 Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic 30 July 2023 en Statistics Statistics Missouri Texas First downs 22 19 Yards rushing 408 202 Yards passing 106 234 Total yards 514 436Punts-Average 2-37.0 2-41.5Fumbles lost 1 1Penalties-Yards 4-30 5-35 References Cotton Bowl Category:Cotton Bowl Classic Category:Missouri Tigers football bowl games Category:Texas Longhorns football bowl games Category:January 1946 sports events in the United States Cotton Bowl