University of Tennessee Athletics
Tennessee's Cotton Bowl History
December 09, 2000 | Football
1951 COTTON BOWL
Texas 14
DALLAS -- Tennessee's once-defeated Volunteers dominated the second half and defeated Texas 20-14 in the 1951 Cotton Bowl. The Vols scored first, on a 2-yard pass from Herky Payne to John Gruble, a play set up by a now-historic 75-yard run by Hank Lauricella, on which he reversed his field three times and slowed only to allow his blockers to catch up.
The Longhorns rallied to take a 14-7 halftime lead, parlaying a blocked kick into one score and a pass into another. The Vols closed to one point early in the third quarter, when fullback Andy Kozar bulled in from the 5. Later in the quarter, Jim Hill intercepted a Longhorn pass and the Vols were goalward again.
The teams exchanged fumbles on two consecutive plays and the Vols took the Texas turnover in for the winning score. Kozar got 6, Lauricella hit Rechichar for 23 and ran for 11. Finally, Kozar scored his second touchdown and the Vols held off a late Texas charge to win 20-14.
| 1951 Cotton Bowl |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Final |
| Tennessee |
7 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
20 |
| Texas |
0 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
Tennessee - Gruble 5 pass from Payne (Shires kick)
Team Statistics
|
Team Stats |
Tenn |
Texas |
|
First Downs |
18 |
12 |
|
Rushing Yards |
295 |
146 |
|
Passing Yards |
45 |
97 |
|
Passes (C-A-I) |
3-8-1 |
5-14-2 |
|
Total Offense |
340 |
243 |
|
Fumbles Lost |
1 |
1 |
|
Penalty Yards |
35 |
35 |
|
Punts-Average |
6-32.8 |
7-29.0 |
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1953 COTTON BOWL
Tennessee 0
DALLAS -- Texas avenged the defeat to Tennessee in the 1951 Cotton Bowl, dominating the Vols 16-0.
Tennessee could only make six first downs and was held to minus 14 yards rushing. Texas, on the other hand, rolled up 269 yards rushing and more than 300 yards total offense.
Tennessee finished the season 8-2-1. The 1953 Cotton Bowl was the final game coached by the Vols' Gen. Robert R. Neyland, who finished his career with a 173-31-12 mark that included three national championships (1938, 1940, 1951). Neyland continued as Tennessee's athletic director until his death in 1962.
| 1953 Cotton Bowl |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Final |
| Tennessee |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Texas |
2 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
Team Statistics
|
Team Stats |
Tenn |
Texas |
|
First Downs |
6 |
20 |
|
Rushing Yards |
-14 |
269 |
|
Passing Yards |
46 |
32 |
|
Passes (C-A-I) |
3-6-1 |
2-8-0 |
|
Total Offense |
32 |
301 |
|
Penalty Yards |
30 |
55 |
|
Punts-Average |
7-40.9 |
5-34.4 |
Tennessee 13
DALLAS -- The other Big Orange, the Texas Longhorns, rolled up 513 yards in total offense and held the white-shirted Vols to just 83 yards rushing in taking a convincing 36-13 triumph in the 1969 Cotton Bowl.
The Texans jumped to a 28-0 halftime lead, parlaying a crunching ground attack spiced by the passing combination of Jim Street and Cotton Speyrer. The Vols had an early shot at the Longhorns, but a 57-yard field goal missed and the Longhorns assumed command. The Longhorns intercepted three Vol passes.
Sub quarterback Bobby Scott gave the Vols a spark, throwing second half touchdown passes to Gary Kreis and Mike Price.
| 1969 Cotton Bowl |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Final |
| Tennessee |
0 |
0 |
7 |
6 |
13 |
| Texas |
13 |
15 |
8 |
0 |
36 |
Texas - Speyrer 78 pass from Street (Kick failed)
Texas - Koy 9 run (Feller kick)
Texas - Gilbert 5 run (Speyrer, pass from Street)
Tennessee - Kreis 17 pass from Scott (Kremser kick)
Texas - Speyrer 79 pass from Street (Bradley run)
Tennessee - Price 3 pass from Scott (Pass failed)
Team Statistics
|
Team Stats |
Tenn |
Texas |
|
First Downs |
16 |
22 |
|
Rushes-Yards |
35-83 |
60-279 |
|
Passing Yards |
192 |
234 |
|
Passes (C-A-I) |
16-41-3 |
8-14-1 |
|
Total Offense |
275 |
513 |
|
Fumbles Lost |
0 |
2 |
|
Penalty Yards |
4-17 |
5-60 |
|
Punts-Average |
8-42.1 |
7-40.7 |
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1990 COTTON BOWL
Tennessee 31
DALLAS -- Tennessee finished with its finest season record since 1970 by taking a hard-fought 31-27 decision over the Southwest Conference champion Razorbacks.
The Vols, paced by the running of Offensive MVP Chuck Webb and an opportunistic defense, raced to a 31-13 lead after three periods, but the Hogs stormed back to close the margin before Alvin Harper recovered an onside kick attempt with 1:23 left on the clock and the Vols were able to run out the clock.
UT had parlayed a field goal by Greg Burke, two TDs by Webb, one on a 78-yard run down the near sideline, an 84-yard pass from Andy Kelly to Anthony Morgan and a 1-yard toss from Kelly to Greg Amsler to take the lead.
Martin Williams and Tracy Hayworth recovered fumbles to blunt two Arkansas drives and Defensive MVP Carl Pickens intercepted an Arkansas pass to stop another drive. Kacy Rodgers made a big play in the fourth quarter, stopping Arkansas tailback Barry Foster on fourth-and-1 at the Vol 9.
| 1990 Cotton Bowl |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Final |
| Tennessee |
3 |
14 |
14 |
0 |
31 |
| Arkansas |
6 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
27 |
Arkansas - Foster 1 run (Run failed)
Tennessee - Morgan 84 pass from Kelly (Burke kick)
Tennessee - Webb 1 run (Burke kick)
Tennessee - Amsler 1 pass from Kelly (Burke kick)
Arkansas - Rouse 1 run (Wright kick)
Tennessee - Webb 78 run (Burke kick)
Arkansas - Foster 1 run (Foster run)
Arkansas - Winston 67 pass from Grovey (Pass failed)
Team Statistics
|
Team Stats |
Tenn |
Arkansas |
|
First Downs |
16 |
31 |
|
Rushes-Yards |
38-320 |
72-361 |
|
Passing Yards |
150 |
207 |
|
Passes (C-A-I) |
9-23-2 |
12-22-1 |
|
Total Offense |
470 |
568 |
|
Fumbles Lost |
0-0 |
3-2 |
|
Penalty Yards |
4-36 |
3-20 |
| Punts-Average |
5-39.0 |
3-44.3 |
|
Time of Possession |
22:17 |
37:43 |
