| 1939 Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||
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 3rd Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 1939 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1938 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | C Jerry Dowd (St. Mary’s) HB Elmer Tarbox (Texas Tech) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Texas Tech | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Harry Viner | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 40,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1939 Cotton Bowl Classic was the third edition of the postseason college football bowl game, between the St. Mary's Gaels and the Texas Tech Red Raiders.[1][2][3]
- ^ Huckabay, Hugh (January 3, 1939). "Gaels stagger through as Red Raiders threaten". Pittsburgh Press. p. 23.
- ^ "Gaels flatten Texas Tech by 20-to-13 score". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. United Press. January 3, 1939. p. 13.
- ^ McKnight, Felix R. (January 3, 1939). "Gaels defeat Texas Tech by 20-13 score". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. p. 12.