2003 Cotton Bowl Classic

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2003 SBC Cotton Bowl Classic
67th Cotton Bowl Classic
Texas Longhorns LSU Tigers (10–2) (8–4) Big 12 SEC 35 20 Head coach:  Mack Brown Head coach:  Nick Saban AP Coaches BCS 9 9 10 AP Coaches BCS -- 25 --
1 2 3 4 Total Texas 7 14 7 7 35 LSU 10 7 0 3 20
Date	January 1, 2003
Season	2002
Stadium	Cotton Bowl
Location	Dallas, Texas
MVP	WR Roy Williams (Texas) DE Cory Redding (Texas)
Favorite	Texas by 10.5
Referee	Gerald Wright (Mountain West)
United States TV coverage
Network	Fox
Announcers	Thom Brennaman and Charles Davis
Cotton Bowl Classic  < 2002  2004 >

The 2003 SBC Cotton Bowl Classic was a post-season college football bowl game between the Texas Longhorns and the LSU Tigers on January 1, 2003, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. It was the final game of the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season for each team and resulted in a 35–20 Texas victory. Texas represented the Big 12 Conference while LSU represented the Southeastern Conference (SEC).^[1]

The University of Texas started out their season strong, and finished well, compiling a 10–2 record: they lost to Oklahoma, 35–24 and the Texas Tech Red Raiders 42–38 while being ranked number 4.

Louisiana State started off their season 6–1. However, an injury to their starting quarterback Matt Mauck caused them to lose their last few games (to Alabama 0–31, Auburn 7–31, and Arkansas 20–21). They finished with an 8–4 regular season record, a disappointing year.