1982 Cotton Bowl Classic

December 2025 August 2023 1982 Cotton Bowl Classic 46th Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl Classic 1982.png 1981 Texas Longhorns University of Texas at Austin Alabama Crimson Tide University of Alabama 9–1–1 SWC 9–1–1 SEC Fred Akers Bear Bryant 6 5 3 3 0 0 0 14 0 7 0 5 January 1 Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas Robert Brewer (Texas QB)Robbie Jones (Alabama LB) Alabama by 1½ pointsJanuary 1, 1982 The latest line 27 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zOgNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kW0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2980%2C124971 Donald Safrit (ACC) 73,243Archived copy http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/stats/81/ut-bama.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101218073506/http://mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/stats/81/ut-bama.htm 2010-12-18 2010-12-13 CBS List of announcers of major college bowl games Lindsey Nelson,Roger Staubach thumb|The Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, hosted the Cotton Bowl Classic. The 1982 Cotton Bowl Classic was the 46th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, January 1. Part of the 1981–82 bowl game season, it matched the third-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the #6 Texas Longhorns of the Southwest Conference (SWC). Down by ten points, slight underdog Texas rallied in the fourth quarter to win, 14–12.Freeman Denne H. January 2, 1982 Akers' gamble wins it 1B Victoria Advocate Associated Press Texas https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=drhdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=B14NAAAAIBAJ&pg=6417%2C230058Amdur Neil January 2, 1982 Gambling Longhorns stem the Tide 12 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette New York Times News Service https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zegNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kW0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4838%2C262522January 2, 1982 Longhorns take a safety, give Bear a 14-12 defeat 3B Eugene Register-Guard Associated Press Oregon https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q_RVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WOIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6866%2C248644Putnam Pat January 11, 1982 Cotton Bowl 18 Sports Illustrated https://vault.si.com/vault/1982/01/11/cotton-bowl https://web.archive.org/web/20200709120506/https://vault.si.com/vault/1982/01/11/cotton-bowl dead July 9, 2020Browning Al January 2, 1982 Longhorns hook Tide hopes 1 Tuscaloosa News Alabama https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fCQdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SaUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6654%2C231138 Teams 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season Both teams entered the matchup with identical 9–1–1 records. Texas 1981 Texas Longhorns football team The Longhorns were ranked #1 entering their fifth game of the season, but they lost to Arkansas, and a tie to Houston three weeks later knocked them out of serious championship contention. Alabama 1981 Alabama Crimson Tide football team Alabama was co-champion of the Southeastern Conference who had been ranked #2 after their first game, but a loss to Georgia Tech and a tie four weeks later knocked them out of contention, though they won the SEC title due to them having a perfect SEC record along with Georgia. Their win over Auburn the previous game gave Bryant his 315th win. Game summary Televised by CBS, the game kicked off shortly after 1 p.m. CST, a half hour after the Fiesta Bowl started on NBC.January 1, 1982 Bowl games 25 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ik9OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h-4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6252%2C139223 Trailing 10–0 in the fourth quarter, the Longhorns scored their first points with a quarterback draw by Robert Brewer on a third-and-long with 10:38 remaining.1EVsqL7ps8o Robert Brewer QB draw On Texas' next possession, Terry Orr scored from eight yards out to cap an eleven-play, eighty-yard drive to put the Longhorns up 14–10 with 2:05 remaining. Alabama's Joey Jones returned the ensuing kickoff to the Texas 38-yard line, and Alabama quarterback Walter Lewis took over with 1:54 left. On the very next play, UT's William Graham picked off a Lewis pass at the one. The Longhorns took a safety to insure better field position and make the final margin 14–12.Great Games & Moments: 1980s http://www.texassports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/fb-great-games-1980s.html Mack Brown Texas Football dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090722035516/http://www.texassports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/fb-great-games-1980s.html 2009-07-22Archived copy http://media.attcottonbowl.com/resource/history/1982/rsrc/1982-Classic-Recap.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140211030002/http://media.attcottonbowl.com/resource/history/1982/rsrc/1982-Classic-Recap.pdf 2014-02-11 2014-12-28 Scoring First quarter No scoring Second quarter Alabama - Jesse Bendross 6-yard pass from Walter Lewis (Peter Kim kick) Third quarter No scoring Fourth quarter Alabama - Kim 24-yard field goal Texas - Robert Brewer 30-yard run (Raul Allegre kick) Texas - Terry Orr 8-yard run (Allegre kick) Alabama - Safety, punter John Goodson downed ball in the end zone Source: Statistics {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Statistics !! 2Texas2 !! Alabama |- |align=left|First downs || 21 || 15 |- |align=left|Rushes–yards|| 52–158 || 44–163 |- |align=left|Passing yards || 201 || 144 |- |align=left|Passes || 12–22–0 || 8–13–1 |- |align=left|Total offense || 74–359|| 57–307 |- |align=left|Punts–average ||6–36|| 5–45 |- |align=left|Fumbles–lost ||0–0||1–1 |- |align=left|Turnovers ||0|| 2 |- |align=left|Penalties–yards ||4–17|| 1–5 |} Source: Aftermath Texas climbed to second in the final AP poll, while Alabama fell to seventh. References 2 Further reading Putnam Pat Cotton Bowl January 11, 1982 https://vault.si.com/vault/1982/01/11/cotton-bowl https://web.archive.org/web/20200709120506/https://vault.si.com/vault/1982/01/11/cotton-bowl dead July 9, 2020 Sports Illustrated 18 Cotton Bowl Classic, 1982 1982 1982 1982 Cotton Bowl Classic, 1982 Category:January 1982 sports events in the United States