| 1989 Mobil Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 53rd Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Dallas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | QB Troy Aikman (UCLA) LB LaSalle Harper (Arkansas) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Gene Wurtz (WAC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | UCLA Band, University of Arkansas Razorback Marching Band, Kilgore Rangerettes, U.S. Marine Band | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 74,304 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Verne Lundquist and Pat Haden | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1989 Mobil Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on January 2, 1989, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. The game was played on January 2, the day after New Year's Day, since New Year's Day fell on a Sunday. The bowl game featured the Arkansas Razorbacks from the Southwest Conference and the UCLA Bruins from the Pacific-10 Conference and was televised in the United States on CBS. UCLA defeated Arkansas 17-3 for its first Cotton Bowl win.[1] Troy Aikman, the UCLA quarterback and LaSalle Harper, an Arkansas linebacker were named the Most Valuable Players of the game.