The Cotton Bowl Classic is a major bowl game held at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The game was held at the Cotton Bowl (formerly known as Fair Park Stadium) in Dallas, Texas from 1937-2009.
With the exception of 1940, the champion of the Southwest Conference hosted the Cotton Bowl until that conference's demise in 1995. Beginning in 1996, the Big 12 Conference provided the host team, with the Cotton Bowl selecting first after the BCS bowls. Since 1999, the Big 12's opponent in the game has come from the Southeastern Conference.
The Cotton Bowl has been the site of some of college football's most enduring moments; Alabama's Tommy Lewis leaping from the Crimson Tide bench to illegally tackle Rice's Dickey Moegle in 1954, Notre Dame's return to bowl games in 1970 after a self-imposed 45-year ban, Joe Montana leading the Irish to a 23-point fourth quarter comeback over Houston in 1979, and several national championships were decided in Dallas prior to the advent of the BCS.
Results
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| 01 JAN 1952
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Kentucky
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20
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Texas Christian
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7
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| 01 JAN 1953
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Texas
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16
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Tennessee
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0
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| 01 JAN 1954
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Rice
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28
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Alabama
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6
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| 01 JAN 1955
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Georgia Tech
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14
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Arkansas
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6
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| 02 JAN 1956
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Mississippi
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14
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Texas Christian
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13
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| 01 JAN 1957
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Texas Christian
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28
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Syracuse
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27
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| 01 JAN 1958
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Navy
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20
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Randolph Field
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7
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| 01 JAN 1959
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Texas Christian
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0
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Air Force
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0
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| 01 JAN 1960
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Syracuse
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23
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Texas
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14
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| 02 JAN 1961
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Duke
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7
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Arkansas
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6
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| 01 JAN 1962
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Texas
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12
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Mississippi
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7
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| 01 JAN 1963
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Louisiana State
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13
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Texas
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0
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| 01 JAN 1964
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Texas
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28
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Navy
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6
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| 01 JAN 1965
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Arkansas
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10
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Nebraska
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7
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| 01 JAN 1966
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Louisiana State
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14
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Arkansas
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7
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| 31 DEC 1966
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Georgia
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24
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Southern Methodist
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9
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| 01 JAN 1968
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Texas A&M
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20
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Alabama
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16
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| 01 JAN 1969
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Texas
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36
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Tennessee
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13
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| 01 JAN 1970
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Texas
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21
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Notre Dame
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17
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| 01 JAN 1971
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Notre Dame
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24
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Texas
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11
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| 01 JAN 1972
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Penn State
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30
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Texas
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6
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| 01 JAN 1973
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Texas
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17
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Alabama
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13
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| 01 JAN 1974
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Nebraska
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18
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Texas
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3
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| 01 JAN 1975
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Penn State
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41
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Baylor
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20
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| 01 JAN 1976
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Arkansas
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31
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Georgia
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10
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| 01 JAN 1977
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Houston
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30
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Maryland
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21
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| 02 JAN 1978
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Notre Dame
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38
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Texas
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10
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| 01 JAN 1979
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Notre Dame
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35
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Houston
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34
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| 01 JAN 1980
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Houston
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17
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Nebraska
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14
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| 01 JAN 1981
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Alabama
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30
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Baylor
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2
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| 01 JAN 1982
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Texas
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14
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Alabama
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12
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| 01 JAN 1983
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Southern Methodist
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7
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Pittsburgh
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3
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| 02 JAN 1984
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Georgia
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10
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Texas
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9
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| 01 JAN 1985
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Boston College
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45
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Houston
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28
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| 01 JAN 1986
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Texas A&M
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36
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Auburn
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16
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| 01 JAN 1987
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Ohio State
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28
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Texas A&M
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12
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| 01 JAN 1988
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Texas A&M
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35
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Notre Dame
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10
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| 02 JAN 1989
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Cal-Los Angeles
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17
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Arkansas
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3
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| 01 JAN 1990
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Tennessee
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31
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Arkansas
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27
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| 01 JAN 1991
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Miami (FL)
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46
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Texas
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3
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| 01 JAN 1992
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Florida State
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10
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Texas A&M
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2
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| 01 JAN 1993
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Notre Dame
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28
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Texas A&M
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3
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| 01 JAN 1994
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Notre Dame
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24
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Texas A&M
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21
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| 02 JAN 1995
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Southern California
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55
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Texas Tech
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14
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| 01 JAN 1996
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Colorado
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38
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Oregon
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6
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| 01 JAN 1997
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Brigham Young
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19
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Kansas State
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15
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| 01 JAN 1998
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Cal-Los Angeles
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29
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Texas A&M
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23
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| 01 JAN 1999
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Texas
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38
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Mississippi State
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11
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| 01 JAN 2000
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Arkansas
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27
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Texas
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6
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| 01 JAN 2001
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Kansas State
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35
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Tennessee
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21
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| 01 JAN 2002
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Oklahoma
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10
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Arkansas
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3
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| 01 JAN 2003
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Texas
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35
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Louisiana State
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20
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| 02 JAN 2004
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Mississippi
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31
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Oklahoma State
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28
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| 01 JAN 2005
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Tennessee
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38
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Texas A&M
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7
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| 02 JAN 2006
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Alabama
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13
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Texas Tech
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10
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| 01 JAN 2007
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Auburn
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17
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Nebraska
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14
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| 01 JAN 2008
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Missouri
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38
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Arkansas
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7
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| 02 JAN 2009
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Mississippi
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47
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Texas Tech
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34
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| 02 JAN 2010
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Mississippi
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21
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Oklahoma State
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7
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| 07 JAN 2011
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Louisiana State
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41
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Texas A&M
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24
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| 06 JAN 2012
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Arkansas
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29
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Kansas State
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16
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| 04 JAN 2013
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Texas A&M
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41
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Oklahoma
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13
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