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College football game
1998 Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl Classic
62nd Cotton Bowl Classic
UCLA Bruins Texas A&M Aggies
(9–2) (9–3)
Pac-10 Big 12
29 23
Head coach: 
Bob Toledo
Head coach: 
R. C. Slocum
APCoaches
55
APCoaches
2019
1234 Total
UCLA 07148 29
Texas A&M 7970 23
DateJanuary 1, 1998
Season1997
StadiumCotton Bowl
LocationDallas, Texas, USA
MVPQB Cade McNown (UCLA)
LB Dat Nguyen (Texas A&M)
RefereeTom Robinson (WAC)
Attendance59,215
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS
AnnouncersGus Johnson and Mike Mayock
Cotton Bowl Classic
 < 1997  1999

The 1998 Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1998, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. The Cotton Bowl Classic was part of the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The bowl game featured the UCLA Bruins from the Pac-10 and the Texas A&M Aggies from the Big 12. The game was televised on CBS.

Game summary

See also: 1997 UCLA Bruins football team and 1997 Texas A&M Aggies football team
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1st quarter scoring: Texas A&M – Brandon Jennings 64-yard interception return after 19-yard return and lateral from Dat Nguyen (Kyle Bryant kick) 4:35

2nd quarter scoring: Texas A&M – Zerek Rollins tackled Cade McNown in end zone for safety; 10:18 Texas A&M – Dante Hall 74-yard run (Bryant kick) 5:54 ; UCLA – Jim McElroy 22-yard pass from McNown (Chris Sailer kick) 0:02

3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Skip Hicks 41-yard pass from McNown (Sailer kick)12:37 ; Texas A&M - Chris Cole 43 run (Bryant kick) 8:37 ; UCLA – McNown 20-yard run (Sailer kick) 2:44

4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Ryan Neufeld 5-yard run (McNown run) 7:05

References

  1. "January 1, 1998 - ULCA 29, Texas A&M 23" (PDF). AT&T Cotton Bowl. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 26, 2012.
1997–98 NCAA football bowl game season
Cotton Bowl Classic
History & conference tie-ins
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NotesThere was a Cotton Bowl Classic in January and December in 1966, 2015, 2017, 2023, 2025.
The 2015 (December), 2018, 2021, and 2025 (January) editions were College Football Playoff semifinals.
Texas A&M Aggies bowl games
UCLA Bruins bowl games


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