1999 Cotton Bowl Classic
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63rd Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | January 1, 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1999 Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl Classic was a post-season college football game played on January 1, 1999. It pitted the Texas Longhorns against the Southeastern Conference (SEC) West champions Mississippi State Bulldogs. This was the first Cotton Bowl Classic broadcast by Fox.
This game was the first time Texas had reached the post-season since the 1996 season. It was the first bowl game for Texas under new head coach Mack Brown. Texas had compiled an 8–3 season record.
Meanwhile, Mississippi State had compiled an 8–3 regular season record under head coach Jackie Sherrill. They won the SEC West division title before falling to Tennessee, 24–14, in the SEC Championship game. The loss knocked them to 8–4 coming into the bowl game.
Behind the rushing of
It was Texas's first bowl game win since the
References
- ^ "Fox Sports Press Release for 2011 Cotton Bowl Classic – "FOX Sports has been the television home of the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic since 1999."" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 15, 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
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