1995 Cotton Bowl Classic

1995 Mobil Cotton Bowl Classic
59th Cotton Bowl Game
1234 Total
USC 286147 55
Texas Tech 0077 14
Date January 2, 1995
Season 1994
Stadium Cotton Bowl
Location Dallas, Texas
MVP WR Keyshawn Johnson (USC)
CB John Herpin (USC)
Attendance 70,218
United States TV coverage
Network NBC

The 1995 Cotton Bowl was the 59th Cotton Bowl Classic. The USC Trojans defeated the Texas Tech Red Raiders 55-14. The Trojans took a 21-0 lead less than ten minutes into the game and led 34-0 at halftime. USC wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson, who finished with eight catches for a Cotton Bowl-record 222 yards and three touchdowns, was named offensive MVP. Trojan cornerback John Herpin had two interceptions, one for a touchdown, and was named defensive MVP.[1]

Match

This was only the third time in Cotton Bowl history that a team from the Pac-10 Conference made an appearance, following Oregon in 1949 and UCLA in 1989. Both those teams would play once more in the Cotton Bowl, Oregon in 1996 and UCLA in 1998. The game was the last performance by a football team from the Southwest Conference, which would disband later that year.

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