| 1956 Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 20th Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Eagle Day (Ole Miss QB) Buddy Alliston (Ole Miss G) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | TCU [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Cliff Shaw (SWC; split crew: SWC, SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 75,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange | ||||||||||||||||||||
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.
- ^ "Scoring show due in Cotton". Victoria Advocate. (Texas). Associated Press. January 2, 1956. p. 7.
- ^ "Mississippi in upset win over TCU, 14-13". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. January 3, 1956. p. 12.
- ^ "Clutch play wins for Ole Miss". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. January 3, 1956. p. 28.