2015 Cotton Bowl Classic (January)

2015 Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
CFP New Year's Six
79th Cotton Bowl Classic
Michigan State Spartans Baylor Bears
(10–2) (11–1)
Big Ten Big 12
42 41
Head coach: 
Mark Dantonio		 Head coach: 
Art Briles
APCoachesCFP
778
APCoachesCFP
455
1234 Total
Michigan State 140721 42
Baylor 1410170 41
DateJanuary 1, 2015
Season2014
StadiumAT&T Stadium
LocationArlington, Texas
MVPOffense: Baylor QB Bryce Petty[1]
Defense: Baylor LB Taylor Young[1]
FavoriteBaylor by 3[2]
National anthemFreddie Jones[3]
RefereeJeff Flanagan (ACC)[4]
Attendance71,464[4]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersDave Pasch, Brian Griese and Tom Luginbill (ESPN)
Nielsen ratings5.2 (9.1 Million viewers)
Cotton Bowl Classic
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The 2015 Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2015 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.[5] The 79th Cotton Bowl Classic was one of the "New Year's Six" bowls of the College Football Playoff.[6] It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season. The game kicked off at 12:30 p.m. EST and was broadcast on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Radio and XM Satellite Radio. It was sponsored by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and was officially known as the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic.

From 1997 to 2013, the Cotton Bowl Classic pitted Big 12 Conference and Southeastern Conference teams against each other. In 2014, Michigan State was runner-up in the Big Ten Conference's East Division, and Baylor was Big 12 co-champion with TCU.

After falling behind by 20 points, Michigan State staged a dramatic comeback in the fourth quarter to beat Baylor by a score of 42–41. This was the highest scoring Cotton Bowl ever, and the fourth bowl game in a row for Michigan State where they won after trailing at halftime, all under head coach Mark Dantonio.[7]

  1. ^ a b Osborne, Ryan (January 1, 2015). "Cotton Bowl notes: Baylor racks up records but leaves empty-handed". star-telegram.com. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  2. ^ "College Football Lines, NCAA College Football Lines At Bovada Online Sportsbook". Bovada. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015.
  3. ^ National Anthem
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Stats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Purchase Tickets Now for the 2015 Cotton Bowl Classic. Archived 2014-07-04 at the Wayback Machine AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic.
  6. ^ About the College Football Playoff. ESPN.
  7. ^ Hawkins, Steven (January 1, 2015). "Michigan State Stuns Baylor with Epic Cotton Bowl Comeback", Associated Press via Huffington Post. Retrieved January 2, 2014.