1964 Cotton Bowl Classic
| 1964 Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 28th Cotton Bowl Classic National championship game | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Scott Appleton (DL Texas) Duke Carlisle (QB Texas) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Texas (slight) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | David Buchanan (EAIFO; split crew: EAIFO, SWC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 75,504 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Chris Schenkel, Pat Summerall | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 27.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1964 Cotton Bowl Classic was the 28th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday, January 1. Part of the 1963–64 bowl game season, the game was a de facto national championship game, as both teams would be playing for the FWAA’s Grantland Rice Trophy. The top-ranked and undefeated Texas Longhorns, champions of the Southwest Conference, defeated the #2 Navy Midshipmen, 28–6.
In this era, the final major polls (AP, UPI) were published prior to the bowl games, so Texas would retain those national championships, regardless of the outcome.