1966 Cotton Bowl Classic (January)

1966 Cotton Bowl Classic
30th Cotton Bowl Classic
1234 Total
LSU 01400 14
Arkansas 7000 7
DateJanuary 1, 1966
Season1965
StadiumCotton Bowl
LocationDallas
MVPTB Joe Labruzzo (LSU)
T David McCormick (LSU)
RefereeJames Artley (SEC;
split crew: SEC, SWC)
Attendance76,200
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS
Cotton Bowl Classic
 < 1965  1966 (Dec)

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.

  1. ^ "Bowl Games with Top 20 Teams." 1965 Bowl Results. Infoplease.com. Retrieved on February 25, 2008.
  2. ^ "Major Conference Champions." 1965 SWC Champions. Infoplease.com. Retrieved on February 25, 2008.
  3. ^ "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
  4. ^ "LSU 14, Arkansas 7." Summary.[permanent dead link] Retrieved on February 25, 2009.
  5. ^ "LSU jars Arkansas, 14-7". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. Associated Press. January 2, 1966. p. D1.
  6. ^ Ratliff, Harold V. "LSU checks Razorbacks' winning streak at 22;". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. p. 2, sports.