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 Cotton
Bowl
Dallas, TX
The Cotton Bowl has always been
associated with college football and continues to be today. For more
than sixty years, it has been the home to the annual Cotton Bowl game.
Today it is known as the AT&T Cotton Bowl and matches teams from the
SEC and Big Ten Conferences. Throughout its history, the Cotton Bowl
has been the home of two NFL franchises during its existence. However,
the primary tenant of the stadium has been the SMU Mustangs (NCAA). In
the late 1920s, the team needed a stadium for its college football
games. A stadium near downtown Dallas was constructed in 1930 at a
cost of $328,000. The stadium was named the Cotton Bowl and had a
capacity of around 45,000. The Mustangs played the first game at the
Cotton Bowl in 1932. Throughout its existence the stadium's seating
capacity has been increased many times, the most during the 1940's
when the capacity was increased to over 60,000.
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The expansion of the NFL brought
Texas two new teams in 1960. Both the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Texans
played at the Cotton Bowl. The Cowboys played their first game at the
Cotton Bowl on September 24, 1960. The Texans played at the Cotton
Bowl for three years before moving to Kansas City and becoming the
Chiefs. The Cowboys played at the Cotton Bowl until the 1971 when they
moved into Texas Stadium. Today, the Cotton Bowl has no
major tenant. The SMU Mustangs played several decades at the stadium
before moving to Gerald Ford Stadium in 2000. The Cotton Bowl was also
home to the Dallas Burn (MLS) before they moved into Dragons Stadium.
Today, the Cotton Bowl still hosts several major events. The stadium
has a capacity of 74,222. The lower level encloses the entire field
and an upper deck is located on both sides of the field. The Cotton
Bowl, is home to the Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl on New Years' Day.
It also hosts the Red River Shootout between Texas and Oklahoma each
September. During recent years there has been talk of possibly putting
a dome on the Cotton Bowl, but whether this ever happens is not known.
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