1956 Cotton Bowl Classic

1956 Cotton Bowl Classic
20th Cotton Bowl Classic
1234 Total
Ole Miss 0707 14
TCU 7600 13
DateJanuary 2, 1956
Season1955
StadiumCotton Bowl
LocationDallas, Texas
MVPEagle Day       (Ole Miss QB)
Buddy Alliston (Ole Miss G)
FavoriteTCU [1]
RefereeCliff Shaw (SWC;
split crew: SWC, SEC)
Attendance75,500
United States TV coverage
NetworkNBC
AnnouncersLindsey Nelson, Red Grange
Cotton Bowl Classic
 < 1955  1957

The 1956 Cotton Bowl Classic was the twentieth edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Monday, January 2. Part of the 1955–56 bowl game season, it matched the sixth-ranked TCU Horned Frogs of the Southwest Conference (SWC) and the #10 Ole Miss Rebels of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Underdog Ole Miss rallied to win by a point, 14–13.[2][3]

New Year's Day was on Sunday in 1956; the major bowl games were played the following day.

  1. ^ "Scoring show due in Cotton". Victoria Advocate. (Texas). Associated Press. January 2, 1956. p. 7.
  2. ^ "Mississippi in upset win over TCU, 14-13". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. January 3, 1956. p. 12.
  3. ^ "Clutch play wins for Ole Miss". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. January 3, 1956. p. 28.