1970 Cotton Bowl Classic

December 2025 August 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic 34th Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl Classic 1970.png January 1 1970 1969 Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas Texas Texas Longhorns 10–0 1 1 Darrell Royal SWC 0 7 0 14 Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish 8–1–1 9 9 Ara Parseghian Independent 3 7 0 7 Steve Worster, FB, TexasBob Olson, LB, Notre Dame Texas by 7Archived copy http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/cotton-bowl-1970.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101218160345/http://mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/cotton-bowl-1970.html 2010-12-18 2010-12-13 Cliff Domingue (SWC) (split crew: SWC, Big Ten) 71,938 CBS Lindsey Nelson,Tom Brookshier thumb|The Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, hosted the Cotton Bowl Classic. The 1970 Cotton Bowl Classic1970 Cotton Bowl Classic Halftime Show https://texasarchive.org/2011_00328 November 14, 2019 Texas Archive of the Moving Image was a postseason college football bowl game in the 1969 season, held at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday, January 1, 1970. The game matched the top-ranked Texas Longhorns (10–0) and the #9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8–1–1).Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins January 12, 1970 Texas hangs on to its No. 1 https://www.si.com/vault/1970/01/12/552452/texas-hangs-on-to-its-no-1 Sports Illustrated 26January 2, 1970 Texans edge Irish on big fourth downs 30 Spokesman-Review Associated Press Spokane, Washington https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hDwVAAAAIBAJ&pg=7244%2C360694 Background Texas was looking to win its second unanimous national championship in seven seasons, previously won in 1963. The Longhorns, who had already won the national championship of the UPI coaches poll prior to the Cotton Bowl, finished with a perfect season and a second straight Southwest Conference championship. The Associated Press would conduct a final poll following the bowl games. This was independent Notre Dame's first postseason appearance since the 1925 Rose Bowl, 45 years earlier. By a vote of its players in mid-November, second-ranked Penn State (10–0) opted to return to the Orange Bowl,Yake D. Byron November 17, 1969 State gridders pick Orange Bowl 22 Reading Eagle Associated Press Pennsylvania https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=r8QtAAAAIBAJ&pg=5328%2C5370791November 18, 1969 'Orange' Lions say sun rays 20 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_X1IAAAAIBAJ&pg=6165%2C2739463 and faced #6 Missouri (9–1). Penn State had several black players and wished to avoid Dallas due to segregation issues.Boyles Bob The USA Today College Football Encyclopedia Guido Paul Skyhorse Publishing 2009 9781602396777 New York 244 277203337 At the time, the top-ranked team was defending champion Ohio State, who lost the next week at Michigan. Game summary On a cool, clear day in Dallas, the two teams were even in first downs and were different in total yards by only 28. Both had over 70 offensive plays, the Irish had their passing attack and the Longhorns with their running attack. Notre Dame scored the first ten points; a Scott Hempel made a short field goal in the first quarter and Joe Theismann threw a 54-yard touchdown pass to Tom Gatewood early in the second. After the Irish kickoff, Texas went on a 74-yard drive that culminated with a one-yard Jim Bertelsen touchdown run that made the score 10–7 at halftime. After a scoreless third, the fourth quarter saw three touchdowns, each changing the lead. Longhorn Ted Koy culminated a 77-yard drive with his touchdown run with ten minutes remaining to give Texas a 14–10 advantage. Theismann then led the Irish on an 80-yard drive and threw a 24-yard pass to Jim Yoder for a 17–14 lead with 6:52 left. The Longhorns then went on a 76-yard drive that included a fourth down pass from James Street to Cotton Speyrer that went eight yards down to the two.January 2, 1970 One Longhorn play took game away from Fighting Irish 8 Bend Bulletin UPI Oregon https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QAJYAAAAIBAJ&pg=2520%2C2741135 On third down from the one, Billy Dale's touchdown plunge came with 68 seconds remaining, too little time for the Irish as Texas secured its second consensus national championship in school history.Archived copy http://media.attcottonbowl.com/resource/history/1970/rsrc/1970-Classic-Recap.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150105200001/http://media.attcottonbowl.com/resource/history/1970/rsrc/1970-Classic-Recap.pdf 2015-01-05 2014-12-28January 4, 1970 Final: Texas No. 1 and Penn State No. 2 57 Reading Eagle Associated Press Pennsylvania https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QtoxAAAAIBAJ&pg=1916%2C1759590 Despite the loss, Notre Dame climbed four spots in the final AP poll, ending at fifth. text-align:center; collapsed #fff #eee Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8–1–1) vs. Texas Longhorns (10–0) Thursday, January 1, 1970 1:00 PM CDT No. 9 Notre Dame 3 7 0 7 No. 1 Texas 0 7 0 14 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX 71,938 Clear, 48 F Cliff Domingue CBS Lindsey Nelson, Tom Brookshier Box Score First Quarter (8:41) ND – Scott Hempel 26 yard field goal, ND 3–0; 16 plays, 82 yards, 6:14 Second Quarter (14:40) ND – Tom Gatewood 54 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Hempel kick), ND 10–0; 1 play, 54 yards, 0:08 (11:12) UT – Jim Bertelsen 1 yard run (Feller kick), ND 10–7; 9 plays, 74 yards, 3:22 Fourth Quarter (10:05) UT – Ted Koy 3 yard run (Feller kick), UT 14–10; 18 plays, 77 yards, 6:10 (6:52) ND – Jim Yoden 24 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Hempel kick), ND 17–14; 8 plays, 80 yards, 2:56 (1:08) UT – Billy Dale 1 yard run (Feller kick), UT 21–17; 17 plays, 76 yards, 5:39 Statistics ND TEX First downs 25 25 Total yards 420 438 Rushes/yards 43/189 67/331 Passing yards 231 107 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 17–27–2 6–11–1 Time of possession Team Category Player StatisticsNotre Dame Passing Joe Theismann 17–27, 231 yards, 2 TDs, 2 INTs Rushing Bill Barz 10 car, 49 yards Receiving Tom Gatewood 6 rec, 112 yards, 1 TDTexas Passing James Street 6–11, 107 yards, 1 INT Rushing Steve Worster 20 car, 155 yards Receiving Charles Speyrer 4 rec, 70 yards References Cotton Bowl Classic Category:Cotton Bowl Classic Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish football bowl games Category:Texas Longhorns football bowl games Category:January 1970 sports events in the United States Cotton Bowl