| 1960 Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 24th Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Ernie Davis (Syracuse RB) Maurice Doke (Texas LB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Syracuse by 12½ points[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Francis P. Brennan (ECAC; split crew: ECAC, SWC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 75,504 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$175,000 per team[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jack Drees, Forest Evashevski | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1960 Cotton Bowl Classic was the 24th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, January 1. Part of the 1959–60 bowl game season, it matched the independent and top-ranked Syracuse Orangemen and #4 Texas Longhorns of the Southwest Conference (SWC). The favored Orangemen won, 23–14.[3][5]
- ^ "Prospects of muddy gridiron loom for Orange-Texas clash". Schenectady Gazette. (New York). Associated Press. January 1, 1960. p. 15.
- ^ "Underdog Texas meets mighty Syracuse Orange". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. January 1, 1960. p. 27.
- ^ a b "Syracuse tops Texas, 23-14". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 2, 1960. p. 5.
- ^ "Bowl Schedule". The Item. Sumter, South Carolina. AP. December 31, 1959. p. 8. Retrieved June 10, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Syracuse remains bitter after Cotton win". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. January 2, 1960. p. 6.