1955 Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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19th Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | January 1, 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | FB George Humphreys (Georgia Tech) G Bud Brooks (Arkansas) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 75,550 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1955 Cotton Bowl Classic was a post-season college football bowl game between the Southwest Conference champion Arkansas Razorbacks and the champions of the SEC, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Georgia Tech defeated Arkansas, 14–6, in front of 75,550 spectators.[1] Arkansas would get their revenge in the 1960 Gator Bowl, a 14–7 Hog win.[1]