1944 Cotton Bowl Classic

(9–1)

(7–1)

Head coach:
Frank Tritico

Head coach:
Dana X. Bible

	1	2	3	4	Total
Randolph Field	7	0	0	0	7
Texas	0	7	0	0	7

Date

January 1, 1944

Season

1943

Stadium

Cotton Bowl

Location

Dallas, Texas

MVP

Martin Ruby, Tackle, Randolph Field
Glenn Dobbs, QB, Randolph Field
Joe Parker, End, Texas

Attendance

15,000

The 1944 Cotton Bowl Classic was a postseason college football bowl game between the fourteenth ranked Texas Longhorns and the Randolph Field Ramblers, a military institution squad from San Antonio, TX.

Background

Randolph boasted many former college football stars, most notably Tulsa's Glenn Dobbs, who had 1,867 all purpose yards for the year with 1,431 passing and 421 yards rushing. He was also their punter, with a 40.2 average per kick.

Martin Ruby became the first and only player to play on two different Cotton Bowl teams, having played in the 1942 Cotton Bowl Classic. He was named outstanding player in both games.

Game summary

The game was played in a cold, steady rain described by Bible as the worst he had ever seen. Tex Aulds^[1] scored for Randolph on a touchdown catch from Glenn Dobbs. But Texas rallied back with a George McCall touchdown catch from Ralph Ellsworth to tie the game. The game stayed that way due to defense that allowed 260 yards combined from both teams.^[2]

Statistics

Statistics	Texas	Randolph
First Downs	3	7
Yards Rushing	73	99
Yards Passing	37	51
Total Yards	110	150
Punts-Average	8-33.1	10-39.9
Fumbles Lost	1	1
Penalties-Yards	0-0	4-20

Attendance

32,000 tickets were sold for the game but only 15,000 spectators came to the game because of the weather.

References

↑ "Tex Aulds". Baseball in Wartime. April 13, 2008. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
↑ http://media.attcottonbowl.com/resource/history/1944/rsrc/1944-Classic-Recap.pdf

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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