2023 Cotton Bowl Classic (January)

2023 Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
87th Cotton Bowl Classic
Tulane Green Wave USC Trojans
(11–2) (11–2)
AAC Pac-12
46 45
Head coach: 
Willie Fritz		 Head coach: 
Lincoln Riley
APCoachesCFP
141716
APCoachesCFP
8810
1234 Total
Tulane 0141616 46
USC 721710 45
DateJanuary 2, 2023
Season2022
StadiumAT&T Stadium
LocationArlington, Texas
MVP
FavoriteUSC by 2.5
RefereeSteve Marlowe (SEC)[3]
Attendance55,329
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersMark Jones (play-by-play), Robert Griffin III (analyst), and Quint Kessenich (sideline)
International TV coverage
NetworkESPN Deportes
AnnouncersJavier Trejo Garay and Ramiro Pruneda[4]
Cotton Bowl Classic
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The 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on January 2, 2023, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The 87th annual Cotton Bowl Classic, the game featured two teams selected at-large by the College Football Playoff selection committee — Tulane from the American Athletic Conference and USC from the Pac-12 Conference. The game began at 12:00 p.m. CST[5] and was aired on ESPN.[6] It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, the game was officially known as the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic.

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  2. ^ Trainor, Emma (January 2, 2023). "Tulane's Dorian Williams Named 87th Classic Felix McKnight Defensive MVP". cottonbowl.com. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  3. ^ Austro, Ben (December 4, 2022). "2022–23 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  4. ^ "Javier Trejo Garay on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference finalstats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "2022 College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 1, 2022.