1960 Cotton Bowl Classic

1960 Cotton Bowl Classic
24th Cotton Bowl Classic
1234 Total
Syracuse 7880 23
Texas 0068 14
DateJanuary 1, 1960
Season1959
StadiumCotton Bowl
LocationDallas, Texas
MVPErnie Davis (Syracuse RB)
Maurice Doke (Texas LB)
FavoriteSyracuse by 12½ points[1][2]
RefereeFrancis P. Brennan (ECAC;
split crew: ECAC, SWC)
Attendance75,504
PayoutUS$175,000 per team[3]
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS[4]
AnnouncersJack Drees, Forest Evashevski
Cotton Bowl Classic
 < 1959  1961

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.[3][5]

  1. ^ "Prospects of muddy gridiron loom for Orange-Texas clash". Schenectady Gazette. (New York). Associated Press. January 1, 1960. p. 15.
  2. ^ "Underdog Texas meets mighty Syracuse Orange". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. January 1, 1960. p. 27.
  3. ^ a b "Syracuse tops Texas, 23-14". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 2, 1960. p. 5.
  4. ^ "Bowl Schedule". The Item. Sumter, South Carolina. AP. December 31, 1959. p. 8. Retrieved June 10, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Syracuse remains bitter after Cotton win". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. January 2, 1960. p. 6.