1978 Cotton Bowl Classic
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The 1978 Cotton Bowl Classic was the 42nd edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Monday, January 2. Part of the 1977–78 bowl game season, it matched the top-ranked and undefeated Texas Longhorns of the Southwest Conference (SWC) and the #5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish, an independent. A record crowd of 76,701 turned up to see the coronation of the Longhorns championship season, but Notre Dame surprisingly won as they dominated the Longhorns 38–10.[2][3][4][5][6]
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42nd Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | January 2, 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Bob Golic (N. Dame LB) Vagas Ferguson (N. Dame RB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Texas by 7 points[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Vance Carlson (Big Eight) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 76,701 | ||||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Lindsey Nelson, Paul Hornung, Paul Alexander, and Don Criqui | ||||||||||||||||||||
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New Year's Day was on Sunday in 1978, and the major college bowl games were played the following day.