1953 Cotton Bowl Classic

1953 Cotton Bowl Classic
17th Cotton Bowl Classic
1234 Total
Tennessee 0000 0
Texas 2707 16
DateJanuary 1, 1953
Season1952
StadiumCotton Bowl
LocationDallas, Texas
MVPHB Richard Ochoa (Texas)
G Harley Sewell (Texas)
LB Bob Griesbach (Tennessee)
RefereeAlvin Bell (SEC;
split crew: SEC, SWC)
Attendance75,500
United States TV coverage
NetworkNBC
Cotton Bowl Classic
 < 1952  1954

The 1953 Cotton Bowl Classic featured the Tennessee Volunteers and the Texas Longhorns. This was the first Cotton Bowl Classic to be broadcast on television.