| 1958 Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 22nd Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Tom Forrestal (Navy QB) Tony Stremic (Navy G) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Navy by 1 point[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Albie Booth (ECAC; split crew: ECAC, SWC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 75,504 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$160,000 per team[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Tom Harmon, Forest Evashevski | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1958 Cotton Bowl Classic was the 22nd edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday, January 1. Part of the 1957–58 bowl game season, it matched the independent and fifth-ranked Navy Midshipmen and the No. 8 Rice Owls of the Southwest Conference (SWC). Slightly favored,[1] Navy won 20–7.[3][4]
- ^ "Navy, Rice get $160,000 each". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. January 2, 1958. p. 19.
- ^ "Tom Forrestal leads Navy to 20-7 victory over Rice". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. January 2, 1958. p. 18.
- ^ Ratliff, Harold (January 2, 1958). "Forrestal pilots Navy in 20-7 rout of Rice". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. 17.