2023 Cotton Bowl Classic (December)
| 2023 Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CFP New Year's Six 88th Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the site of the Cotton Bowl Classic. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 29, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | AT&T Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Arlington, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offensive: Brady Cook (QB, Missouri) Defensive: Johnny Walker Jr. (DL, Missouri) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Ohio State by 3.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Derek Anderson (Big 12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 70,114 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dave Pasch (play-by-play), Dusty Dvoracek (analyst), and Tom Luginbill (sideline) (ESPN) Brad Sham (play-by-play), Kirk Morrison (analyst), and Taylor McGregor (sideline) (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2023 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The 88th annual Cotton Bowl Classic featured Missouri of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Ohio State of the Big Ten Conference—teams selected at-large by the College Football Playoff selection committee. The game began at approximately 7:00 p.m. CST and was aired on ESPN. The Cotton Bowl Classic was one of the 2023–24 bowl games concluding the 2023 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and was officially known as the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic.