COTTON BOWL TRIVIA QUIZ

In honor of the 50th New Year’s Day Classic, we have lined up some formidable trivia questions from the grand events that have graced that Dallas institution, the Cotton Bowl. From Duane Thomas to Doug Flutie, and from Phyllis George to Hopalong Cassidy, it’s all here.



1. The oldest Cotton Bowl record, the longest run with an intercepted pass, is held by a Supreme Court justice. Name him.

A. Harry “Buzz” Blackmun

B. Byron “Whizzer” White

C. William “Lightnin”” Billy Rehnquist

D. Potter “Potsie” Stewart

2. The Dallas Cowboys brought in a special attraction in an effort to generate enthusiasm for their first home game ever in 1960. Name the attraction.

A. Chubby Checker

B. Sandra Dee

C. The Everly Brothers

D. Roy Rogers and Trigger

3. The Cotton Bowl has had Staubach, Van Brocklin, Tittle. Mon tana. Theismann, Marino and Flutie in the New Year’s classic, but a lesser light holds the all-time record for total yardage in a single game. Who is he?

A. Hank Lauricella

B. Tom Forrestal

C. Eddie Phillips

D. John Hufnagel

4. Upon his arrival in Dallas for the 1937 Cotton Bowl game. Marquette Coach Frank Murray was taken by automobile to City Hall where he was to be presented with a key to the city. Murray refused to get out of the car, in sisting that he first be taken to lunch at the Baker Hotel. The incident led to his ultimate dismissal from the university.

A. True

B. False

5. What TV announcer has handled more Cotton Bowl games than all other Cotton Bowl announcers combined?

A. Bill Stern

B. Jack Buck

C. Lindsey Nelson

D. Kern Tips

6. When it opened on October 11, 1930, the bowl was called Fair Park Stadium. On opening night, 45,000 fans turned out, the largest crowd ever to see a football game in the South. Who were the participants in the game?

A. Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears

B. Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners

C. Sunset Bisons and North Dallas Bulldogs

7. What was the New Year’s Day violation that was so heinous the of ficials awarded the opposing team a touchdown?

8. Who holds the all-time single game scoring record with 28 points?

A. Doak Walker

B. Bobby Layne

C. Jim Brown

D. John Kimbrough

9. The most miserable weather in decades was experienced in the 1979 game between Houston and Notre Dame, an encounter best remembered as the “Ice Bowl.” Who was the an nouncer for the Cotton Bowl parade who was in such obvious pain through out the entire ordeal?

A. Phyllis George

B. Sally Struthers

C. Loretta Swit

D. lola Johnson

10. In 1951, 45,000 people gathered in the Cotton Bowl, the largest crowd ever assembled in Dallas for a free pro gram. Who was the attraction?

A. Adlai Stevenson

B. Joe McCarthy

C. Norman Vincent Peale

D. Hopalong Casstdy

11. The Cotton Bowl is the oldest bowl game in Texas.

A. True

B. False

12. In the 1947 encounter between Texas and Oklahoma, the Sooners, under freshman coach Bud Wilkinson, were in the process of losing their eighth straight game to the Longhorns. A reaction by the Oklahoma fans to a referee’s call caused a change in Cot ton Bow] policy that is still in effect to day. What is the policy?

A. Cushions may not be rented in the stadium.

B. Beverages may not be sold in glass containers.

C. No alcoholic beverages shall be permitted.

D. All police officers shall be equipped with tear gas canisters.

13. Before the Texas/Notre Dame encounter in 1971, a Dallas establishment boasted the sign, “God is impartial but we are not. Hook ’em Horns” Name the establishment.

A. Statler Hilton

B. Ports O’ Call

C. Red Coleman’s Liquors

D. First Presbyterian Church

14.. In a spurt of glory during the lean years, two Dallas Cowboys made 100-yard runs in the same quarter of a 1962 clash with the Philadelphia Eagles. Name the dynamic duo.

15. The first major tenants of the bowl were the Dallas high schools. Why did the school system decide to build its own stadium in the late Thirties?

A. The $150 a game rental fee was con sidered exorbitant.

B. The players insisted on private shower stalls.

C. The bowl officials wouldn’t replace the burned-out light bulbs.

D. The nearby Midway was considered a bad influence on the youths.

16. Like the Dallas high schools, the Dallas Cowboys also abandoned the Cotton Bowl, making their Texas Sta dium debut on October 24. 1971. Who made the last Cowboy touchdown in the Cotton Bowl?

A. Duane Thomas

B. “Bullet” Bob Hayes C- Larry Cole

D. Margene Adkins

17. No one could have accused Dallas County Deputy Sheriff W.R. Pike of being an Elvis Presley fan. While trying to serve legal papers on Presley before a 1956 Cotton Bowl concert, Pike mistakenly served whom?

A. Billy Graham, then a budding evangelist

B. Meredith Willson.composer of The Music Man

C. Actor Nick Adams, better known to TV fans as “Johnny Yuma”

D. “Ivory” Joe Hunter, a renowned blues singer

18. Who was the only Cotton Bowl performer to become mayor of Dallas?

A. Wes Wise

B. Robert Folsom

C. Woodall Rodgers

D. Waddy Tate

19. What occurrence distracted the participants in the 1949 Cotton Bowl encounter between SMU and Oregon?

A. Expansion of the stadium was in progress.

B. A flock of geese landed on the play ing field.

C. Grub worms had eaten much of the grass.

D. The Kilgore Rangerettes were dressed as bunny rabbits.

20. Before the 1964 game between Texas and Navy, the Eastern sports- writers were merciless in their criticism of the Longhorns. who wound up walloping the Midshipmen. What did Pittsburgh writer Myron Cope say that defamed Texas?

A. The wishbone was a perfect name for the offense, since the whole team was a bunch of turkeys.

B. The Texas players had skinny legs like centipedes and high rear ends.

C. Davy Crockett was a pansy.

21. Who was the Washington Red skin coach who was penalized in a 1968 game against the Cowboys for throwing a flag at the referees?

A. George Allen

B. Vince Lombard i

C. Otto Graham

D. Jack Pardee

22. In the 1975 Cotton Bowl game, Penn State’s Joe Jackson did something that is rarely done. What was it?

A. He played the entire game on of fense and defense.

B. He returned an onside kick for a touchdown.

C. He confessed to the referee that he had committed an interference in fraction on a pass play.

23. Bowl officials were disappointed that Houston won the invitation to the 1985 game, since the school had lost four games and wasn’t known for its loyal following. What well-publicized remark was attributed to an “unnamed Corton Bowl official”?

A. Those people wouldn’t spend 20 bucks to watch the Second Coming.

B. Their idea of excitement is picking up a 4-7-10 split.

C. Half of those people will come up here to eat at the 7-Eleven; the other half will be trying to hold it up.

24. Who was the last Cotton Bowl star to lose a political race?

A. Jack Kemp

B. Peppy Blount

C. Edd Hargett

D. Max Goldbtatt

ANSWERS:

l.B:2.D;3.C:4. A: 5. C: 6. C; 7. In 1954, Alabama’s Tommy Lewis leaped off of the bench to tackle Rice’s Dicky Maegle, and Maegle was awarded a touchdown; 8. B; 9. C: 10. C: 11. B-The Sun Bowl is one year older: 12. B; 13. D; 14. Amos Marsh with a kickoff. and Mike Gaechter with an intercepted pass;15.C;16.B:l7.C;l8.B;l9.C: 20.B:2I.C:22.B:23.C:24.C