1998 Cotton Bowl Classic

1998 Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl Classic

(9–2)

(9–3)

Head coach:
Bob Toledo

Head coach:
R. C. Slocum

AP	Coaches
5	5

AP	Coaches
20	19

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	0	7	14	8	29
Texas A&M	7	9	7	0	23

Date

January 1, 1998

Season

1997

Stadium

Cotton Bowl

Location

Dallas, Texas, USA

MVP

QB Cade McNown (UCLA)
LB Dat Nguyen (Texas A&M)

Attendance

59,215

United States TV coverage

Network

CBS

Announcers

Gus Johnson and Mike Mayock

The 1998 Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1998, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. The Cotton Bowl Classic was part of the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The bowl game featured the UCLA Bruins from the Pac-10 and the Texas A&M Aggies from the Big 12. The game was televised on CBS.^[1]

Game Summary

1st quarter scoring: Texas A&M – Brandon Jennings 64-yard interception return after 19-yard return and lateral from Dat Nguyen (Kyle Bryant kick) 4:35

2nd quarter scoring: Texas A&M – Zerek Rollins tackled Cade McNown in end zone for safety; 10:18 Texas A&M – Dante Hall 74-yard run (Bryant kick) 5:54 ; UCLA – Jim McElroy 22-yard pass from McNown (Chris Sailer kick) 0:02

3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Skip Hicks 41-yard pass from McNown (Sailer kick)12:37 ; Texas A&M - Chris Cole 43 run (Bryant kick) 8:37 ; UCLA – McNown 20-yard run (Sailer kick) 2:44

4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Ryan Neufeld 5-yard run (McNown run) 7:05

References

↑ http://media.attcottonbowl.com/resource/history/1998/rsrc/1998-Classic-Recap.pdf

1997–98 NCAA football bowl game season

Las Vegas (Dec. 20) Aloha (Dec. 25) Motor City (Dec. 26) Insight.com (Dec. 27) Independence (Dec. 28) Carquest (Dec. 29) Holiday (Dec. 29) Humanitarian (Dec. 29) Alamo (Dec. 30) Liberty (Dec. 31) Sun (Dec. 31) Outback (Jan. 1) Gator (Jan. 1) Citrus (Jan. 1) Cotton (Jan. 1) Rose (Jan. 1) Peach (Jan. 2)

Bowl Alliance games: Fiesta (Dec. 31) Sugar (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 2)

Cotton Bowl Classic

History & conference tie-ins	History Cotton Bowl AT&T Stadium College Football Playoff Broadcasters Playoff At-Large Group of Five

Games	1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1966 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2015 2017

Notes	There was a Cotton Bowl Classic in January and December in 1966 and 2015. There was no Cotton Bowl Classic in 1967. The game was a College Football Playoff semifinal in its December 2015 edition.

Texas A&M Aggies bowl games

UCLA Bruins bowl games

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