2005 Cotton Bowl Classic
2005 SBC Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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69th Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | January 1, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | QB Rick Clausen (Tennessee) DT Justin Harrell (Tennessee) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Bill Alge (MAC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 75,704 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Network | Fox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Thom Brennaman and Brian Baldinger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2005 Cotton Bowl Classic was a post-season college football bowl game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Texas A&M Aggies on January 1, 2005, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. It was the final game of the 2004 NCAA Division I FBS football season for each team and resulted in a 38–7 Tennessee victory. Tennessee represented the Southeastern Conference (SEC) while Texas A&M represented the Big 12 Conference.[1]
Game summary
Tennessee was up 38–0 before A&M scored late to make the final score 38–7 as A&M turned the ball over 5 times (4 on fumbles) and Rick Clausen went 18 of 27 for 222 yards. McNeal went 23 of 38 for 241 yards and set a new school single-season passing yards record, but only had one touchdown while throwing an interception.[2]
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