2023 Cotton Bowl Classic (January)
| 2023 Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CFP New Year's Six 87th Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the site of the Cotton Bowl Classic. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | AT&T Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Arlington, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Favorite | USC by 2.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Steve Marlowe (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 55,329 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mark Jones (play-by-play), Robert Griffin III (analyst), and Quint Kessenich (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN Deportes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Javier Trejo Garay and Ramiro Pruneda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on January 2, 2023, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The 87th annual Cotton Bowl Classic, the game featured two teams selected at-large by the College Football Playoff selection committee — Tulane from the American Athletic Conference and USC from the Pac-12 Conference. The game began at 12:00 p.m. CST and was aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, the game was officially known as the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic.