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| 34th Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Steve Worster, FB, Texas Bob Olson, LB, Notre Dame | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Texas by 7[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Cliff Domingue (SWC) (split crew: SWC, Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 71,938 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Lindsey Nelson, Tom Brookshier | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1970 Cotton Bowl Classic[2] was a postseason college football bowl game in the 1969 season, held at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday, January 1, 1970. The game matched the top-ranked Texas Longhorns (10–0) and the #9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8–1–1).[3][4]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 18, 2010. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "1970 Cotton Bowl Classic Halftime Show". Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ^ Jenkins, Dan (January 12, 1970). "Texas hangs on to its No. 1". Sports Illustrated. p. 26.
- ^ "Texans edge Irish on big fourth downs". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 2, 1970. p. 30.