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College football game
The
2005 Cotton Bowl Classic
was a post-season
college football
bowl game
between the
Tennessee Volunteers
and the
Texas A&M Aggies
on January 1, 2005, at the
Cotton Bowl
in
Dallas
,
Texas
. It was the final game of the
2004 NCAA Division I FBS football season
for each team and resulted in a 38?7 Tennessee victory. Tennessee represented the
Southeastern Conference
(SEC) while Texas A&M represented the
Big 12 Conference
.
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Game summary
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Tennessee was up 38?0 before A&M scored late to make the final score 38?7 as A&M turned the ball over 5 times (4 on fumbles) and Rick Clausen went 18 of 27 for 222 yards. McNeal went 23 of 38 for 241 yards and set a new school single-season passing yards record, but only had one touchdown while throwing an interception.
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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.
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Pound sign (#) denotes national championship game.
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