1945 Cotton Bowl Classic

Oklahoma A&M Cowboys	TCU Horned Frogs
(7–1)	(7–2–1)
34	0
Head coach: Jim Lookabaugh	Head coach: Dutch Meyer

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma A&M	14	0	7	13	34
TCU	0	0	0	0	0

Date

January 1, 1945

Season

1944

Stadium

Cotton Bowl

Location

Dallas, Texas

MVP

End Neill Armstrong (Oklahoma A&M)
RB Bob Fenimore (Oklahoma A&M)
DT Ralph Foster (Texas)

Attendance

37,500

The 1945 Cotton Bowl Classic featured the TCU Horned Frogs and the Oklahoma A&M Cowboys.

Background

Oklahoma A&M won the Missouri Valley Conference and had only lost to Norman NAS (a naval team). TCU was lucky to be there, with a 7–2–1 record and 3–1–1 conference record. This was Oklahoma A&M's first bowl game.

Game summary

The game started with and ended with an Oklahoma A&M touchdown. Bob Fenimore had two touchdown runs with additional touchdowns by Jim Spavital, Joe Thomas, and Mack Creage the game was dominated by A&M, who had long drives of 59, 61, 62, 40, and 66 all result in touchdowns while TCU turned the ball over twice and let Oklahoma A&M run the ball 60 times in one of the more lopsided Cotton Bowl games.^[1]

Aftermath

Oklahoma A&M would win the Sugar Bowl the year after, but they would not reach another Cotton Bowl until 2003 (now known as Oklahoma State) and has not won one since the 1945 game. TCU would reach the Cotton Bowl four more times from 1951 to 1958.

Statistics	TCU	Oklahoma A&M
First Downs	5	20
Yards Rushing	74	295
Yards Passing	31	199
Total Yards	105	494
Punts-Average	8-34.3	6-26.3
Fumbles-Lost	2-1	1-1
Interceptions	1	0
Penalties-Yards	5-25	7-75

References

↑ "14-25.pmd" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2014-12-28.

Cotton Bowl Classic

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Notes	There was a Cotton Bowl Classic in January and December in 1966 and 2015. There was no Cotton Bowl Classic in 1967. The game was a College Football Playoff semifinal in its December 2015 edition.

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