1960 Cotton Bowl Classic

December 2025 August 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic 24th Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl Classic 1960.png January 1 1960 1959 University of Texas at Austin Texas Longhorns 9–1 Darrell Royal SWC 4 4 0 0 6 8 Ernie Davis (Syracuse RB)Maurice Doke (Texas LB) Syracuse University Syracuse Orangemen 10–0 Ben Schwartzwalder Independent 1 1 7 8 8 0 CBShttps://www.newspapers.com/article/the-item-bowl-schedule/126196087/ Bowl Schedule The Item Sumter, South Carolina AP 8 December 31, 1959 June 10, 2023 newspapers.com Jack Drees, Forest Evashevski bg Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas 75,504 Syracuse by 12½ pointshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XmgtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9okFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1062%2C82676 Schenectady Gazette New York Associated Press Prospects of muddy gridiron loom for Orange-Texas clash January 1, 1960 15https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=axgTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-AAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5670%2C148784 Toledo Blade Ohio Associated Press Underdog Texas meets mighty Syracuse Orange January 1, 1960 27 Francis P. Brennan (ECAC;split crew: ECAC, SWC) 175,000 per team thumb|The Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, hosted the Cotton Bowl Classic. The 1960 Cotton Bowl Classic was the 24th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, on Friday, January 1. Part of the 1959–60 bowl game season, it matched the independent and top-ranked Syracuse Orangemen and No. 4 Texas Longhorns of the Southwest Conference (SWC). The favored Orangemen won, 23–14.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sKwQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5uIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5471%2C113684 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Syracuse tops Texas, 23-14 January 2, 1960 5https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A3gfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cU4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7530%2C32997 Pittsburgh Press UPI Syracuse remains bitter after Cotton win January 2, 1960 6 Teams 1959 college football season Syracuse 1959 Syracuse Orangemen football team The Orangemen had just completed a perfect season for the first time in their history and were declared national champions by both major polls. They were looking for their first win in the Cotton Bowl, having lost previously three years earlier. Texas 1959 Texas Longhorns football team The Longhorns opened with eight wins and were co-champions of the Southwest Conference; after a late-season home loss to rival TCU, they dropped from second to fourth in the rankings. This was the first Cotton Bowl appearance for third-year head coach Darrell Royal and the first for the Longhorns in seven years. Game summary The longest touchdown pass in Cotton Bowl history happened in this game as Syracuse halfback Gerhard Schwedes threw an 87-yard pass to Ernie Davis to give the Orangemen an early lead 1:13 into the game. Davis added in a touchdown run midway through the second quarter to extend the lead to 15–0 at halftime. Jack Collins caught a 69-yard pass from Bobby Lackey to narrow the lead 1:46 into the third quarter, but the conversion failed, making it only 15–6. While Texas was trying to narrow the lead, Davis intercepted a Lackey pass at the Texas 24. Three plays later Schwedes ran in for a 3-yard touchdown run to make it 23–6 after another conversion success. Lackey narrowed it to 23–14 on a touchdown run in the fourth quarter, but only 7:21 was left on the clock by then. From that point on, the two teams did not seriously threaten to score again as the game ended in a Syracuse win.38-49.pmd http://media.attcottonbowl.com/resource/history/1960/rsrc/1960-Classic-Recap.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20140211031146/http://media.attcottonbowl.com/resource/history/1960/rsrc/1960-Classic-Recap.pdf 2014-02-11 dead 2014-12-28 Scoring First quarter SYR – Ernie Davis 87-yard pass from Gerhard Schwedes (Bob Yates kick) Second quarter SYR – Davis 1-yard run (Davis pass from Dave Sarette) Third quarter TEX – Jack Collins 69-yard pass from Bobby Lackey (Rene Ramirez run failed) SYR – Schwedes 3-yard run (Davis pass from Sarette) Fourth quarter TEX – Lackey 1-yard run (Richard Shulte pass from Lackey) Statistics {| class="wikitable" ! Statistics !! style="Syracuse Orange 0 white"|Syracuse !! style="Texas Longhorns 0 white"|Texas |- | First downs || 12 || 10 |- | Yards rushing|| 133 || 145 |- | Yards passing || 181 || 99 |- | Total yards || 314 || 244 |- |Punts-Average ||6–33.3|| 5–42.4 |- |Fumbles-Lost ||4–3|| 1–1 |- |Interceptions|| 1|| 1 |- |Penalties-Yards ||6–67|| 7–61.5 |} Source: References External links Cotton Bowl Classic – January 1, 1960 Cotton Bowl Classic Category:Cotton Bowl Classic Category:Syracuse Orange football bowl games Category:Texas Longhorns football bowl games Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl