| 1995 Mobil Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 59th Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | WR Keyshawn Johnson (USC) CB John Herpin (USC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Al Ford (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 70,218 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Lampley and Todd Christensen | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1995 Mobil Cotton Bowl was the 59th Cotton Bowl Classic. The USC Trojans defeated the Texas Tech Red Raiders, 55–14. The Trojans took a 21–0 lead less than ten minutes into the game and led 34–0 at halftime. USC wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson, who finished with eight catches for a Cotton Bowl-record 222 yards and three touchdowns, was named offensive MVP. Trojan cornerback John Herpin had two interceptions, one for a touchdown, and was named defensive MVP.[1]
The game was televised nationally by NBC for the third consecutive year. The Cotton Bowl Classic would return to its longtime television home, CBS, the next year. It was also the last year that Mobil served as the game's title sponsor; the following year, the Cotton Bowl organizers began a seventeen-year relationship with what is now AT&T.