| 1987 Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 51st Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Chris Spielman (OSU LB) Roger Vick (Texas A&M FB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Texas A&M by 2½ points[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jim Garvey (Eastern Independent) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 74,188 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Verne Lundquist, Ara Parseghian, Pat Haden | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1987 Cotton Bowl Classic was the 51st edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday, January 1. Part of the 1986–87 bowl game season, it matched the eleventh-ranked Ohio State of the Big Ten Conference and the #8 Texas A&M Aggies of the Southwest Conference (SWC).[2] A slight underdog,[1] Ohio State won by sixteen points, 28–12.[3][4]
- ^ a b "The latest line". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 1, 1987. p. 38.
- ^ "Today's bowl games: Cotton". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). January 1, 1987. p. 5B.
- ^ "Buckeyes pick off Cotton". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire service reports. January 2, 1987. p. 5B.
- ^ Hackenberg, Dave (January 2, 1987). "Defense carries Ohio State to victory over Texas A&M". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). p. 16.