| 1966 Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 31st Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 31, 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Kent Lawrence (Georgia TB) George Patton (Georgia T) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Georgia by 6½ to 7 points[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Harold Matthews (SWC) (split crew: SWC, SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 75,504 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jack Drees, Pat Summerall | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1966 Cotton Bowl Classic (December) was the 31st edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on December 31.[a] It matched the No. 10 SMU Mustangs of the Southwest Conference (SWC) and the No. 4 Georgia Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).[3][b] Kickoff for the Saturday game was 1:30 p.m. CST and it was televised by CBS.[4]
This was the first playing of the Cotton Bowl Classic in December—the "1967 game" was moved to New Year's Eve because New Year's Day was a Sunday in 1967. The decision to move the game had been announced in January 1966.[5] The other major bowls (Sugar, Orange, Rose) were played on January 2.
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- ^ "Georgia's rated best". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 31, 1966. p. 9.
- ^ "Cotton Bowl To Be Played On Dec. 31". Miami Herald. UPI. January 6, 1966. Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
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