Cotton Bowl Classic

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annual sporting event college football bowl game

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.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual sporting event → college football bowl game →
alsoKnownAs	Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic →
category	College football bowls in Texas → New Year's Six bowls → Sports competitions in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex →
conferenceTieIn	Big 12 Conference → Southeastern Conference →
country	United States →
currentVenue	AT&T Stadium →
firstGameDate	January 1, 1937 →
formerConferenceTieIn	Big Ten Conference → Pac-12 Conference → Southwest Conference →
formerSponsor	AT&T → AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic → Mobil → SBC Communications → Southwestern Bell →
formerVenue	Cotton Bowl (stadium) →
hasInception	1937 →
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.attcottonbowl.com/ →
inceptionSeason	1937–38 bowl season →
levelOfCompetition	NCAA Division I FBS →
locatedIn	Arlington, Texas → Dallas, Texas →
locatedInArea	Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex →
namedAfter	Cotton Bowl (stadium) →
notableFeature	one of the oldest major college football bowl games →
organizer	Cotton Bowl Athletic Association →
partOf	College Football Playoff system → New Year's Six →
playoffRole	New Year's Six bowl → rotating College Football Playoff semifinal →
region	Texas →
rotationWith	Fiesta Bowl → Orange Bowl → Peach Bowl → Rose Bowl Game → Sugar Bowl →
scheduling	postseason →
sponsor	Goodyear →
sport	American football →
televisionPartner	ESPN →
traditionalDate	New Year's Day →
typicalKickoffTime	afternoon →
venue	AT&T Stadium → Cotton Bowl (stadium) →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
AT&T Stadium → Cotton Bowl →	hostedEvent
Cotton Bowl Classic ("Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic") →	alsoKnownAs
Cotton Bowl Classic ("AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic") →	formerSponsor
Bowl Coalition →	includedBowlGame
New Year’s Six bowls →	includes
College Football Playoff →	includesBowl
College Football Playoff →	includesGame
Cotton Bowl →	namedAfter
Cotton Bowl Classic ("Cotton Bowl Athletic Association") →	organizer
12th Man ("1922 Dixie Classic") →	originEvent
CFP National Championship Game →	semifinalBowls