Cotton Bowl
The Cotton Bowl Classic bowl game has been played annually at Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas, Texas since 1937. After the 2009 season the game was moved to the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. Currently sponsored by AT&T, the Cotton Bowl pits teams from the Big 12 Conference and the Southeastern Conference.
| Date | Cotton Bowl Champion | Score | Runner Up |
| 2012-01-06 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 29-16 | Kansas State |
| 2011-01-07 | LSU Tigers | 41-24 | Texas A&M |
| 2010-01-02 | Mississippi Rebels | 21-7 | Oklahoma State |
| 2009-01-02 | Mississippi Rebels | 47-34 | Texas Tech |
| 2008-01-01 | Missouri Tigers | 38-7 | Arkansas |
| 2007-01-01 | Auburn Tigers | 17-14 | Nebraska |
| 2006-01-02 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 13-10 | Texas Tech |
| 2005-01-01 | Tennessee Volunteers | 38-7 | Texas A&M |
| 2004-01-02 | Mississippi Rebels | 31-28 | Oklahoma State |
| 2003-01-01 | Texas Longhorns | 35-20 | Louisiana State |
| 2002-01-01 | Oklahoma Sooners | 10-3 | Arkansas |
| 2001-01-01 | Kansas State Wildcats | 35-21 | Tennessee |
| 2000-01-01 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 27-6 | Texas |
| 1999-01-01 | Texas Longhorns | 38-11 | Mississippi State |
| 1998-01-01 | UCLA Bruins | 29-23 | Texas A&M |
| 1997-01-01 | Brigham Young Cougars | 19-15 | Kansas State |
| 1996-01-01 | Colorado Buffalos | 38-6 | Oregon |
| 1995-01-02 | USC Trojans | 55-14 | Texas Tech |
| 1994-01-01 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 24-21 | Texas A&M |
| 1993-01-01 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 28-3 | Texas A&M |
| 1992-01-01 | Florida State Seminoles | 10-2 | Texas A&M |
| 1991-01-01 | Miami (FL) Hurricanes | 46-3 | Texas |
| 1990-01-01 | Tennessee Volunteers | 31-27 | Arkansas |
| 1989-01-02 | UCLA Bruins | 17-3 | Arkansas |
| 1988-01-01 | Texas A&M Aggies | 35-10 | Notre Dame |
| 1987-01-01 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 28-12 | Texas A&M |
| 1986-01-01 | Texas A&M Aggies | 36-16 | Auburn |
| 1985-01-01 | Boston College Eagles | 45-28 | Houston |
| 1984-01-02 | Georgia Bulldogs | 10-9 | Texas |
| 1983-01-01 | Southern Methodist Mustangs | 7-3 | Pittsburgh |
| 1982-01-01 | Texas Longhorns | 14-12 | Alabama |
| 1981-01-01 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 30-2 | Baylor |
| 1980-01-01 | Houston Cougars | 17-14 | Nebraska |
| 1979-01-01 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 35-34 | Houston |
| 1978-01-02 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 38-10 | Texas |
| 1977-01-01 | Houston Cougars | 30-21 | Maryland |
| 1976-01-01 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 31-10 | Georgia |
| 1975-01-01 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 41-20 | Baylor |
| 1974-01-01 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 19-3 | Texas |
| 1973-01-01 | Texas Longhorns | 17-13 | Alabama |
| 1972-01-01 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 30-6 | Texas |
| 1971-01-01 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 24-11 | Texas |
| 1970-01-01 | Texas Longhorns | 21-17 | Notre Dame |
| 1969-01-01 | Texas Longhorns | 36-13 | Tennessee |
| 1968-01-01 | Texas A&M Aggies | 20-16 | Alabama |
| 1966-12-31 | Georgia Bulldogs | 24-9 | Southern Methodist |
| 1966-01-01 | LSU Tigers | 14-7 | Arkansas |
| 1965-01-01 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 10-7 | Nebraska |
| 1964-01-01 | Texas Longhorns | 28-6 | Navy |
| 1963-01-01 | LSU Tigers | 13-0 | Texas |
| 1962-01-01 | Texas Longhorns | 12-7 | Mississippi |
| 1961-01-02 | Duke Blue Devils | 7-6 | Arkansas |
| 1960-01-01 | Syracuse Orangemen | 23-14 | Texas |
| 1959-01-01 | TIE | 0-0 | Texas Christian; Air Force |
| 1958-01-01 | Navy Midshipmen | 20-7 | Rice |
| 1957-01-01 | Texas Christian Horned Frogs | 28-27 | Syracuse |
| 1956-01-02 | Mississippi Rebels | 14-13 | Texas Christian |
| 1955-01-01 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | 14-6 | Arkansas |
| 1954-01-01 | Rice Owls | 28-6 | Alabama |
| 1953-01-01 | Texas Longhorns | 16-0 | Tennessee |
| 1952-01-01 | Kentucky Wildcats | 20-7 | Texas Christian |
| 1951-01-01 | Tennessee Volunteers | 20-14 | Texas |
| 1950-01-02 | Rice Owls | 27-13 | North Carolina |
| 1949-01-01 | Southern Methodist Mustangs | 21-13 | Oregon |
| 1948-01-01 | TIE | 13-13 | Southern Methodist; Penn State |
| 1947-01-01 | TIE | 0-0 | Arkansas; Louisiana State |
| 1946-01-01 | Texas Longhorns | 40-27 | Missouri |
| 1945-01-01 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | 34-0 | Texas Christian |
| 1944-01-01 | TIE | 7-7 | Texas; Randolph Field |
| 1943-01-01 | Texas Longhorns | 14-7 | Georgia Tech |
| 1942-01-01 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 29-21 | Texas A&M |
| 1941-01-01 | Texas A&M Aggies | 13-12 | Fordham |
| 1940-01-01 | Clemson Tigers | 6-3 | Boston College |
| 1939-01-02 | St Mary's (CA) | 20-13 | Texas Tech |
| 1938-01-01 | Rice Owls | 28-14 | Colorado |
| 1937-01-01 | Texas Christian Horned Frogs | 16-6 | Marquette |