1998 Cotton Bowl Classic
College football game
| 1998 Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 62nd Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Dallas, Texas, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | QB Cade McNown (UCLA) LB Dat Nguyen (Texas A&M) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Tom Robinson (WAC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 59,215 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Gus Johnson and Mike Mayock | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1998 Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1998, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. The Cotton Bowl Classic was part of the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The bowl game featured the UCLA Bruins from the Pac-10 and the Texas A&M Aggies from the Big 12. The game was televised on CBS.[1]
Game summary
1st quarter scoring: Texas A&M – Brandon Jennings 64-yard interception return after 19-yard return and lateral from Dat Nguyen (Kyle Bryant kick) 4:35
2nd quarter scoring: Texas A&M – Zerek Rollins tackled Cade McNown in end zone for safety; 10:18 Texas A&M – Dante Hall 74-yard run (Bryant kick) 5:54 ; UCLA – Jim McElroy 22-yard pass from McNown (Chris Sailer kick) 0:02
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Skip Hicks 41-yard pass from McNown (Sailer kick)12:37 ; Texas A&M - Chris Cole 43 run (Bryant kick) 8:37 ; UCLA – McNown 20-yard run (Sailer kick) 2:44
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Ryan Neufeld 5-yard run (McNown run) 7:05
References
- ^ "January 1, 1998 - ULCA 29, Texas A&M 23" (PDF). AT&T Cotton Bowl. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 26, 2012.
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1997–98 NCAA football bowl game season
- Las Vegas (Dec. 20)
- Aloha (Dec. 25)
- Motor City (Dec. 26)
- Insight.com (Dec. 27)
- Independence (Dec. 28)
- Carquest (Dec. 29)
- Holiday (Dec. 29)
- Humanitarian (Dec. 29)
- Alamo (Dec. 30)
- Liberty (Dec. 31)
- Sun (Dec. 31)
- Outback (Jan. 1)
- Gator (Jan. 1)
- Citrus (Jan. 1)
- Cotton (Jan. 1)
- Rose (Jan. 1)
- Peach (Jan. 2)
- Bowl Alliance games: Fiesta (Dec. 31)
- Sugar (Jan. 1)
- Orange (Jan. 2)
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