| 1966 Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 30th Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Dallas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | TB Joe Labruzzo (LSU) T David McCormick (LSU) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | James Artley (SEC; split crew: SEC, SWC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 76,200 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1966 Cotton Bowl Classic was a post-season college football bowl game of the 1965 season with national championship implications[1] between the Southwest Conference champion Arkansas Razorbacks[2] and the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference. With a scoreless second half at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, LSU defeated Arkansas 14–7 in front of 76,200 spectators on Saturday, January 1, 1966.[3][4][5][6]
The top three teams in the polls were all defeated on this New Year's Day.
- ^ "Bowl Games with Top 20 Teams." 1965 Bowl Results. Infoplease.com. Retrieved on February 25, 2008.
- ^ "Major Conference Champions." 1965 SWC Champions. Infoplease.com. Retrieved on February 25, 2008.
- ^ "2009 AT&T Cotton Bowl-Past Classics." History. Archived 2008-12-30 at the Wayback Machine The official site of the 2009 Cotton Bowl Classic. Retrieved on February 25, 2009
- ^ "LSU 14, Arkansas 7." Summary.[permanent dead link] Retrieved on February 25, 2009.
- ^ "LSU jars Arkansas, 14-7". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. Associated Press. January 2, 1966. p. D1.
- ^ Ratliff, Harold V. "LSU checks Razorbacks' winning streak at 22;". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. p. 2, sports.