2008 Cotton Bowl Classic

2008 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic
Bowl Game

AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic logo.
Missouri Tigers Arkansas Razorbacks
(11-2) (8-4)
38 7
Head coach: 
Gary Pinkel		 Head coach: 
Reggie Herring
AP Coaches BCS
7 7 6
AP Coaches BCS
25 24 27
1 2 3 4 Total
Missouri 7 7 14 10 38
Arkansas 0 0 7 0 7
Date January 1, 2008
Season 2007
Stadium Cotton Bowl
Location Dallas, Texas
MVP Tony Temple (offense)
William Moore (defense)
Favorite Missouri by 3½[1]
Referee Ron Cherry
Attendance 73,114[2]
Payout US$3,000,000 per team[3]
United States TV coverage
Network FOX
Announcers: Pat Summerall and Brian Baldinger
Cotton Bowl Classic
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The 2008 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2008, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, USA. The Cotton Bowl Classic was part of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season and one of 32 games in the 2007-2008 bowl season. The bowl game featured the Arkansas Razorbacks from the SEC and the Missouri Tigers from the Big 12 and was televised in the United States on FOX. Senior RB Tony Temple of Mizzou set a single game rushing record for the Cotton Bowl Classic with 281 yards and 4 touchdowns. His 281 rushing yards put him in second place all time for total rushing yards in a bowl game.

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Game invitation

The Arkansas Razorbacks and the Missouri Tigers accepted the Cotton Bowl Classic's invitation to play in the bowl game on January 1. This was the Arkansas Razorbacks' 11th appearance in the Cotton Bowl Classic (with a record of 3-6-1 in previous Cotton Bowl Classics) and the second appearance for the Missouri Tigers (0-1).[4]

Pre-game buildup

Game summary

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring Information Score
Plays Yards TOP MIZZ ARK
1 02:29 73 1:53 MIZZ Tony Temple 22-yard touchdown run, Jeff Wolfert kick good 7 0
2 04:34 82 2:13 MIZZ Tony Temple 4-yard touchdown run, Jeff Wolfert kick good 14 0
3 13:38 49 1:20 MIZZ Tony Temple 4-yard touchdown run, Jeff Wolfert kick good 21 0
3 07:37 26 0:00 MIZZ Interception returned 26 yards for touchdown by William Moore, Jeff Wolfert kick good 28 0
3 03:08 71 4:24 ARK Darren McFadden 3-yard touchdown run, Alex Tejada kick good 28 7
4 10:25 -3 0:39 MIZZ 32-yard field goal by Jeff Wolfert 31 7
4 08:33 40 0:10 MIZZ Tony Temple 40-yard touchdown run, Jeff Wolfert kick good 38 7
"TOP" = Time of Possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 38 7

References

  1. ^ Buchanan, Olin (2007-12-29). "Cotton Bowl: Missouri vs. Arkansas". Rivals.com. http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?SID=1144&CID=755858. Retrieved 2008-01-01. 
  2. ^ DeArmond, Mike (2008-01-01). "Missouri runs over Arkansas in Cotton Bowl win". Kansas City Star. Archived from the original on June 07, 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20110607032346/http://www.kansascity.com/159/story/426839.html. Retrieved 2008-01-17. 
  3. ^ Mizzou Accepts Bid from AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic - MISSOURI OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE
  4. ^ a b "It's Official.. Mizzou vs. Arkansas!". AT&T Cotton Bowl. 2007-12-02. Archived from the original on December 28, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20081228102906/http://www.attcottonbowl.com/news_room/releases.php?uid=175. Retrieved 2007-12-02. 

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