1937 Cotton Bowl Classic
| 1937 Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1st Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1937 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1936 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | C Ki Aldrich (TCU) QB Sammy Baugh (TCU) E L. D. Meyer (TCU) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Benny Boynton | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 17,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1937 Cotton Bowl Classic, the first Cotton Bowl Classic game and part of the 1936–37 bowl game season, took place on January 1, 1937, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. The competing teams were the Marquette Golden Avalanche, competing as a football independent, and the TCU Horned Frogs, representing the Southwest Conference (SWC) as conference champions. TCU won the inaugural contest, 16–6.