College football game
The 1996 Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1996, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas . This was the 60th held game. The Cotton Bowl Classic was part of the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season . The bowl game featured the Colorado Buffaloes from the Big Eight and the Oregon Ducks from the Pacific-10 Conference . The game was televised on CBS .[ 1]
Game summary
Colorado had only a 13–6 halftime lead, but the Buffs scored 25 straight points in the second half while also shutting out Oregon.
References
History & conference tie-ins Games Notes There 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.