2005 Cotton Bowl Classic
College football game
| 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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2004–05 NCAA football bowl game season
- New Orleans (Dec. 14)
- Champs Sports (Dec. 21)
- GMAC (Dec. 22)
- Fort Worth (Dec. 23)
- Las Vegas (Dec. 23)
- Hawaii (Dec. 24)
- MPC Computers (Dec. 27)
- Motor City (Dec. 27)
- Independence (Dec. 28)
- Insight (Dec. 28)
- Alamo (Dec. 29)
- Houston (Dec. 29)
- Silicon (Dec. 30)
- Continental Tire (Dec. 30)
- Emerald (Dec. 30)
- Holiday (Dec. 30)
- Music City (Dec. 31)
- Liberty (Dec. 31)
- Peach (Dec. 31)
- Sun (Dec. 31)
- Outback (Jan. 1)
- Gator (Jan. 1)
- Cotton (Jan. 1)
- Capital One (Jan. 1)
- Bowl Championship Series games: Fiesta (Jan. 1)
- Rose (Jan. 1)
- Sugar (Jan. 3)
- Orange (National Championship Game) (Jan. 4)
- All-Star Games: Magnolia Gridiron All-Star Classic (Dec. 24)
- East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 15)
- Las Vegas All-American Classic (Jan. 22)
- Hula Bowl (Jan. 22)
- Senior Bowl (Jan. 29)
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