1987 Cotton Bowl Classic

1987 Cotton Bowl Classic
51st Cotton Bowl Classic
1234 Total
Ohio State 07147 28
Texas A&M 3306 12
DateJanuary 1, 1987
Season1986
StadiumCotton Bowl
LocationDallas, Texas
MVPChris Spielman (OSU LB)
Roger Vick (Texas A&M FB)
FavoriteTexas A&M by 2½ points[1]
RefereeJim Garvey (Eastern Independent)
Attendance74,188
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS
AnnouncersVerne Lundquist,
Ara Parseghian,
Pat Haden
Cotton Bowl Classic
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The 1987 Cotton Bowl Classic was the 51st edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday, January 1. Part of the 1986–87 bowl game season, it matched the eleventh-ranked Ohio State of the Big Ten Conference and the #8 Texas A&M Aggies of the Southwest Conference (SWC).[2] A slight underdog,[1] Ohio State won by sixteen points, 28–12.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b "The latest line". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 1, 1987. p. 38.
  2. ^ "Today's bowl games: Cotton". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). January 1, 1987. p. 5B.
  3. ^ "Buckeyes pick off Cotton". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire service reports. January 2, 1987. p. 5B.
  4. ^ Hackenberg, Dave (January 2, 1987). "Defense carries Ohio State to victory over Texas A&M". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). p. 16.