1966 Cotton Bowl Classic (January)
| 1966 Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 30th Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | TB Joe Labruzzo (LSU) T David McCormick (LSU) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | James Artley (SEC; split crew: SEC, SWC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 76,200 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1966 Cotton Bowl Classic was a post-season college football bowl game of the 1965 season with national championship implications between the Southwest Conference champion Arkansas Razorbacks and the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference. With a scoreless second half at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, LSU defeated Arkansas 14–7 in front of 76,200 spectators on Saturday, January 1, 1966.
The top three teams in the polls were all defeated on this New Year's Day.