Red River Showdown
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Red River Showdown is the annual college football rivalry game between the University of Texas Longhorns and the University of Oklahoma Sooners, traditionally played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas during the State Fair of Texas.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Red River Showdown canonical | 5 |
| Red River Classic | 1 |
| Red River Rivalry | 1 |
| Red River Rivalry football game | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T944589 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Red River Showdown Context triple: [Texas Longhorns, rivalryGame, Red River Showdown]
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A.
Cotton Bowl
The Cotton Bowl is a historic outdoor football stadium in Dallas, Texas, best known for hosting major college bowl games and serving as an early home for professional and collegiate teams.
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B.
Iron Bowl
The Iron Bowl is the fiercely contested annual college football rivalry game between the University of Alabama and Auburn University.
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C.
Peach Bowl
The Peach Bowl is a major annual college football postseason game in Atlanta that serves as one of the rotating New Year’s Six bowls within the College Football Playoff system.
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D.
Cotton Bowl Classic
The Cotton Bowl Classic is a historic annual college football bowl game, traditionally held in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, that now serves as one of the rotating New Year's Six bowls in the College Football Playoff system.
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E.
Rio Grande Rivalry
The Rio Grande Rivalry is the intense college sports rivalry between the University of New Mexico Lobos and the New Mexico State Aggies, most prominently contested in men's basketball.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Red River Showdown Target entity description: Red River Showdown is the annual college football rivalry game between the University of Texas Longhorns and the University of Oklahoma Sooners, traditionally played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas during the State Fair of Texas.
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A.
Cotton Bowl
The Cotton Bowl is a historic outdoor football stadium in Dallas, Texas, best known for hosting major college bowl games and serving as an early home for professional and collegiate teams.
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B.
Iron Bowl
The Iron Bowl is the fiercely contested annual college football rivalry game between the University of Alabama and Auburn University.
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C.
Peach Bowl
The Peach Bowl is a major annual college football postseason game in Atlanta that serves as one of the rotating New Year’s Six bowls within the College Football Playoff system.
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D.
Cotton Bowl Classic
The Cotton Bowl Classic is a historic annual college football bowl game, traditionally held in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, that now serves as one of the rotating New Year's Six bowls in the College Football Playoff system.
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E.
Rio Grande Rivalry
The Rio Grande Rivalry is the intense college sports rivalry between the University of New Mexico Lobos and the New Mexico State Aggies, most prominently contested in men's basketball.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual sporting event
ⓘ
college football rivalry game ⓘ sports rivalry ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Red River Showdown
ⓘ
surface form:
Red River Classic
Red River Showdown ⓘ
surface form:
Red River Rivalry
|
| alumniInvolvement | high ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | State Fair of Texas ⓘ |
| city | Dallas, Texas ⓘ |
| conferenceContext | Big 12 Conference ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificance | major event in Texas and Oklahoma sports culture ⓘ |
| divisionContext | Big 12 regular-season game ⓘ |
| economicImpact | significant for Dallas and the State Fair of Texas ⓘ |
| fanSeatingPattern | stadium split roughly 50–50 between Texas and Oklahoma fans ⓘ |
| firstMeetingYear | 1900 ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| gameType | regular-season rivalry game ⓘ |
| governingBody |
National Collegiate Athletic Association
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA
|
| halftimeTradition | performances by both schools’ marching bands ⓘ |
| levelOfPlay |
Football Bowl Subdivision
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA Division I FBS
|
| mediaCoverageType | intense regional and national media coverage ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Red River of the South
ⓘ
surface form:
Red River
|
| neutralSiteGame | true ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
one of the most prominent rivalries in college football
ⓘ
played during the State Fair of Texas ⓘ |
| OklahomaMascot | Sooner Schooner ⓘ |
| OklahomaTeamColor | crimson ⓘ |
| participant |
Oklahoma Sooners
ⓘ
surface form:
Oklahoma Sooners football
Texas Longhorns ⓘ
surface form:
Texas Longhorns football
|
| participantUniversity |
University of Oklahoma
ⓘ
University of Texas at Austin ⓘ |
| region |
southwestern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Southwestern United States
|
| rivalryEmotion | highly passionate fan bases ⓘ |
| rivalryType | interstate rivalry ⓘ |
| seriesIncludesPostseasonGames | false ⓘ |
| seriesLeadAsOfEarly2020s | Oklahoma leads the all-time series ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| stadiumCapacityContext | Cotton Bowl capacity over 90,000 for the game ⓘ |
| studentInvolvement | high ⓘ |
| tailgatingCulture | extensive ⓘ |
| televisionCoverage | nationally televised in the United States ⓘ |
| TexasMascot | Bevo ⓘ |
| TexasTeamColor | burnt orange ⓘ |
| ticketDemand | high ⓘ |
| traditionalVenue | Cotton Bowl ⓘ |
| typicalKickoffTime | daytime ⓘ |
| typicalMonth | October ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Red River Showdown Description of subject: Red River Showdown is the annual college football rivalry game between the University of Texas Longhorns and the University of Oklahoma Sooners, traditionally played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas during the State Fair of Texas.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Oklahoma Sooners football
this entity surface form:
Red River Rivalry
this entity surface form:
Red River Classic
this entity surface form:
Red River Rivalry football game