2009 Cotton Bowl Classic

2009 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic
73rd Cotton Bowl Classic
Pregame festivities for the 2009 Cotton Bowl
Ole Miss Rebels Texas Tech Red Raiders (8–4) (11–1) SEC Big 12 47 34 Head coach:  Houston Nutt Head coach:  Mike Leach AP Coaches BCS 20 24 25 AP Coaches BCS 8 8 7
1 2 3 4 Total Ole Miss 7 17 14 9 47 Texas Tech 14 7 0 13 34
Date	January 2, 2009
Season	2008
Stadium	Cotton Bowl
Location	Dallas, Texas
MVP	WR Dexter McCluster (Ole Miss) WR Marshay Green (Ole Miss)
Favorite	Texas Tech by 4½ [1]
Referee	Jay Stricherz (Pac-10)
Attendance	88,175
Payout	US$3,000,000 per team[2]
United States TV coverage
Network	FOX
Announcers	Pat Summerall play-by-play Brian Baldinger color Krista Voda sideline Jeanne Zelasko pre-game/halftime Shepard Smithhalftime
Nielsen ratings	4.4
Cotton Bowl Classic  < 2008  2010 >

The 2009 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic was the 73rd edition of the annual college football bowl game that was part of the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season and was one of 34 games in the 2008–09 bowl season. The game featured the Ole Miss Rebels of the Southeastern Conference and the Texas Tech Red Raiders of the Big 12 Conference. Ole Miss won the game 47–34, in what turned out to be the highest scoring game in front of the largest Cotton Bowl Classic crowd in history.

The game was played on January 2, 2009, at the self-named stadium in Dallas, Texas, and was televised in the United States on FOX. This was the final Cotton Bowl Classic to be played at the stadium in the home of the State Fair of Texas, Fair Park. Since 2010, the game has been played at AT&T Stadium in nearby Arlington.