Cotton Bowl Classic

The Cotton Bowl Classic is an American college football bowl game played annually in the Dallas-Fort Worth area since January 1, 1937. It was played at the Cotton Bowl stadium in Dallas until it moved to AT&T Stadium in Arlington in 2010, and since 2014 it has been sponsored by Goodyear. From 1941 to 1995 it matched the Southwest Conference champion against an invited team, and after that conference dissolved it hosted a Big 12 runner-up against an SEC team until 2014. In 2014 it became one of the New Year's Six bowls and part of the College Football Playoff, serving as a semifinal in 2015, 2018 and 2021 and, after the playoff grew to twelve teams in 2024-25, as a quarterfinal or semifinal each year. The winner receives the Field Scovell Trophy. The first game, financed by Texas oil executive J. Curtis Sanford in 1937, saw Texas Christian beat Marquette 16-6.