| 1984 Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 48th Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | John Lastinger (Georgia QB) Jeff Leiding (Texas LB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Texas by 7½ points[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Howard Roe (Big Eight) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 67,891 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Lindsey Nelson, Pat Haden | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1984 Cotton Bowl Classic was the 48th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Monday, January 2.[3] Part of the 1983–84 bowl game season, it matched the undefeated and second-ranked Texas Longhorns of the Southwest Conference (SWC) and the #7 Georgia Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Underdog Georgia rallied with a late touchdown to win, 10–9.[4][5][6]
New Year's Day was on Sunday in 1984, and the major college bowl games were played the following day.
- ^ "The latest line". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 30, 1983. p. 12.
- ^ "Harrah's Odds: college football". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). January 2, 1984. p. 17.
- ^ "Cotton Bowl". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services reports. January 2, 1984. p. 3B.
- ^ "Bulldogs take No. 2 Longhorns out, 10-9". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire service reports. January 3, 1984. p. 3D.
- ^ Freeman, Denne H. (January 3, 1984). "Longhorns title hopes fumbled away". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C1.
- ^ Rabun, Mike (January 3, 1984). "Miscue gives Georgia Cotton". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. p. D2.