1970 Cotton Bowl Classic

1970 Cotton Bowl Classic
34th Cotton Bowl Classic
1234 Total
Texas 07014 21
Notre Dame 3707 17
DateJanuary 1, 1970
Season1969
StadiumCotton Bowl
LocationDallas, Texas
MVPSteve Worster, FB, Texas
Bob Olson, LB, Notre Dame
FavoriteTexas by 7[1]
RefereeCliff Domingue (SWC)
(split crew: SWC, Big Ten)
Attendance71,938
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS
AnnouncersLindsey Nelson,
Tom Brookshier
Cotton Bowl Classic
 < 1969  1971

The 1970 Cotton Bowl Classic[2] was a postseason college football bowl game in the 1969 season, held at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday, January 1, 1970. The game matched the top-ranked Texas Longhorns (10–0) and the #9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8–1–1).[3][4]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 18, 2010. Retrieved December 13, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "1970 Cotton Bowl Classic Halftime Show". Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  3. ^ Jenkins, Dan (January 12, 1970). "Texas hangs on to its No. 1". Sports Illustrated. p. 26.
  4. ^ "Texans edge Irish on big fourth downs". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 2, 1970. p. 30.