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The stadium, which opened in 1930, was first called Fair Park Stadium until 1936, when Dallas oilman J. Curtis Sanford noticed the attention of the Rose Bowl in California and wanted Texas in on ...
Opened in 1930 as Fair Park Stadium, it is on the site of the State Fair of Texas, known as Fair Park. The Cotton Bowl was the longtime home of the annual college football post-season bowl game known as the Cotton Bowl Classic , after which the stadium is named.
The 1922 Dixie Classic was a post-season college football bowl game between the Texas A&M Aggies and the Centre College Praying Colonels on January 2, 1922, at Fair Park Stadium in Dallas, Texas. Texas A&M defeated Centre 22–14. [1] It is also the game in which Texas A&M's 12th man tradition originated.
In 1930, construction of a new Fair Park Stadium (now known as the Cotton Bowl) begins. In 1932, TX-OU play their Red River Rivalry for the first time at the new Fair Park Stadium. In 1937, the first Cotton Bowl Classic is played in Fair Park. World War II cancelled fairs from 1942 to 1944. By September 1945, the fair resumed for the next 75 ...
Texas Longhorns fans will soon descend on the Cotton Bowl. Here's how to spend a weekend in Dallas, where the Longhorns meet Oklahoma.
Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas is the annual host of the Red River Rivalry between Texas and Oklahoma. Here's the history of the rivalry venue.
Fair Park is a recreational and educational complex in Dallas, Texas, United States, located immediately east of downtown.The 277-acre (112 ha) area is registered as a Dallas Landmark and National Historic Landmark; many of the buildings were constructed for the Texas Centennial Exposition in 1936.
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