| 2008 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 72nd Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | RB Tony Temple (Missouri) SS William Moore (Missouri) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Missouri by 3½[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Ron Cherry (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 73,114[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$3,000,000 per team[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | FOX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Pat Summerall and Brian Baldinger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2008 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2008, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, USA. The Cotton Bowl Classic was part of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season and one of 32 games in the 2007–08 bowl season. The bowl game featured the Arkansas Razorbacks from the SEC and the Missouri Tigers from the Big 12 and was televised in the United States on FOX. Senior RB Tony Temple of Mizzou set a single game rushing record for the Cotton Bowl Classic with 281 yards and 4 touchdowns. His 281 rushing yards put him in second place all time for total rushing yards in a bowl game.
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