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style="width:50%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">(9–1)</td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">(10–1)</td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center;"><i><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Conference" title="Southwest Conference">SWC</a></i></td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center;"><i><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a></i></td> </tr><tr> <td style="font-size:300%; line-height:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">17</td> <td style="font-size:300%; line-height:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">13</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:center;">Head coach: <br /><b><a href="/wiki/Darrell_Royal" title="Darrell Royal">Darrell Royal</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:center;">Head coach: <br /><b><a href="/wiki/Bear_Bryant" title="Bear Bryant">Bear Bryant</a></b></td> </tr><tr> <td><table style="margin:0 auto; font-size:110%; border:1px solid #AAA; background:#EFEFEF;"> <tbody><tr> <td><i><a 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vertical-align: bottom">3</th><th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">4</th> <th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">Total</th> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:right; white-space: nowrap"><b>Texas</b></td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">3</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">7</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">7</td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight: bold">17</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:right; white-space: nowrap"><b>Alabama</b></td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">10</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">3</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight: bold">13</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">January 1, 1973</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Season</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1972_NCAA_University_Division_football_season" title="1972 NCAA University Division football season">1972</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stadium</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cotton_Bowl_(stadium)" title="Cotton Bowl (stadium)">Cotton Bowl</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">MVP</th><td class="infobox-data">LB <a href="/w/index.php?title=Randy_Braband&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Randy Braband (page does not exist)">Randy Braband</a> (Texas)<br />QB <a href="/wiki/Alan_Lowry" title="Alan Lowry">Alan Lowry</a> (Texas)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Official_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Official (American football)">Referee</a></th><td class="infobox-data">James Artley (<a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a>;<br />split crew: SEC, <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Conference" title="Southwest Conference">SWC</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Attendance</th><td class="infobox-data">72,000</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;">United States TV coverage</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Television_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Television network">Network</a></th><td class="infobox-data">CBS</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Sports_commentator" title="Sports commentator">Announcers</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Nelson" title="Lindsey Nelson">Lindsey Nelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brookshier" title="Tom Brookshier">Tom Brookshier</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Glieber" title="Frank Glieber">Frank Glieber</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint"><table style="background:#efefef; width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:center" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Cotton_Bowl_Classic_(game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cotton Bowl Classic (game)"> Cotton Bowl Classic </a></th> </tr><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; padding-right:1em"><b>  < <a href="/wiki/1972_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1972 Cotton Bowl Classic"> 1972</a></b> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; padding-left:1em"><b><a href="/wiki/1974_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1974 Cotton Bowl Classic"> 1974</a> >  </b></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1973 <a href="/wiki/Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="Cotton Bowl Classic">Cotton Bowl Classic</a></b>, part of the <a href="/wiki/1972_NCAA_University_Division_football_season#Bowl_Games" 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Their only loss came against <a href="/wiki/1972_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="1972 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Bowl" title="Iron Bowl">Iron Bowl</a> by a final score of 17–16 in the famous <i><a href="/wiki/Punt_Bama_Punt" title="Punt Bama Punt">Punt Bama Punt</a></i> game.<sup id="cite_ref-November_27,_1973_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-November_27,_1973-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following their victory over <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football" title="Virginia Tech Hokies football">Virginia Tech</a>, university officials announced they accepted an invitation to play in the Cotton Bowl.<sup id="cite_ref-November_19,_1972_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-November_19,_1972-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The appearance marked the fourth for Alabama in the Cotton Bowl, their 26th overall bowl game appearance.<sup id="cite_ref-November_19,_1972_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-November_19,_1972-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Texas">Texas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_Cotton_Bowl_Classic&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Texas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1972_Texas_Longhorns_football_team" title="1972 Texas Longhorns football team">1972 Texas Longhorns football team</a></div> <p>The 1972 Texas squad finished the regular season with a 9–1 record. Their only loss came against <a href="/wiki/1972_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_team" title="1972 Oklahoma Sooners football team">Oklahoma</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Red_River_Rivalry" title="Red River Rivalry">Red River Rivalry</a> by a final score of 27–0. Following their victory over <a href="/wiki/1972_TCU_Horned_Frogs_football_team" title="1972 TCU Horned Frogs football team">TCU</a>, university officials announced they accepted an invitation to play in the Cotton Bowl.<sup id="cite_ref-November_19,_1972_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-November_19,_1972-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The appearance marked the fourteenth for Texas in the Cotton Bowl, their 20th overall bowl game appearance and their fifth straight Cotton Bowl appearance after winning their fifth straight Southwest Conference championship by going undefeated in conference play. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Game_summary">Game summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_Cotton_Bowl_Classic&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Game summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alabama opened the game by going up 10–0 as a result of a pair of <a href="/wiki/Alan_Lowry" title="Alan Lowry">Alan Lowry</a> <a href="/wiki/Interception" title="Interception">interceptions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ALGuide_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ALGuide-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TXGuide_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TXGuide-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Steve Wade made both interceptions for the Crimson Tide, and the first resulted in a 50-yard Greg Gantt <a href="/wiki/Field_goal_(American_and_Canadian_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Field goal (American and Canadian football)">field goal</a> and the second a 31-yard <a href="/wiki/Wilbur_Jackson" title="Wilbur Jackson">Wilbur Jackson</a> <a href="/wiki/Touchdown" title="Touchdown">touchdown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ALGuide_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ALGuide-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After trading field goals in the second quarter, Alabama took a 13–3 lead at the half.<sup id="cite_ref-ALGuide_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ALGuide-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TXGuide_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TXGuide-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the second half, the Texas defense shutout the Alabama offense, and a pair of rushing touchdowns from Longhorn quarterback Alan Lowry from three and 34-yards sealed the 17–13 Texas victory.<sup id="cite_ref-ALGuide_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ALGuide-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TXGuide_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TXGuide-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible expand" style="margin:auto; background:none; width:100%; border:none;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Scoring summary </th></tr> <tr> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; width:100%; margin:auto; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Quarter </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Time </th> <th scope="col" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_American_football_terms#D" title="Glossary of American football terms">Drive</a> </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Team </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Scoring information </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2">Score </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Play_from_scrimmage" title="Play from scrimmage">Plays</a> </th> <th scope="col">Yards </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Time_of_possession" class="mw-redirect" title="Time of possession">TOP</a> </th> <th scope="col">Texas </th> <th scope="col">Alabama </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" scope="row">10:06 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row"> </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">7 plays, 17 yards </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">3:33 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" scope="row">Alabama </td> <td style="text-align:left;" scope="row">50-yard field goal by Greg Gantt </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">0 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" scope="row">4:49 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row"> </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">1 play, 31 yards </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">00:09 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" scope="row">Alabama </td> <td style="text-align:left;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wilbur_Jackson" title="Wilbur Jackson">Wilbur Jackson</a> 31-yard touchdown run, Bill Davis kick good </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">0 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">10 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" scope="row">13:34 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row"> </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">16 plays, 71 yards </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">6:09 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" scope="row">Texas </td> <td style="text-align:left;" scope="row">24-yard field goal by Billy Schott </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">3 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">10 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" scope="row">00:03 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row"> </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">7 plays, 66 yards </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">1:33 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" scope="row">Alabama </td> <td style="text-align:left;" scope="row">30-yard field goal by Bill Davis </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">3 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">13 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" scope="row">4:43 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row"> </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">15 plays, 59 yards </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">7:17 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" scope="row">Texas </td> <td style="text-align:left;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Lowry" title="Alan Lowry">Alan Lowry</a> 3-yard touchdown run, Billy Schott kick good </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">10 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">13 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" scope="row">4:22 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row"> </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">7 plays, 80 yards </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">3:20 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" scope="row">Texas </td> <td style="text-align:left;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Lowry" title="Alan Lowry">Alan Lowry</a> 34-yard touchdown run, Billy Schott kick good </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">17 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">13 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" align="left" scope="row"><small>"TOP" = <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_American_football#T" class="mw-redirect" title="Glossary of American football">time of possession</a>. For other American football terms, see <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_American_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Glossary of American football">Glossary of American football</a>.</small> </td> <th scope="row">17 </th> <th scope="row">13 </th></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_Cotton_Bowl_Classic&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-November_27,_1973-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-November_27,_1973_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSmothers1973" class="citation news cs1">Smothers, Jimmy (November 27, 1973). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=C3stAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ptcEAAAAIBAJ&dq=punt-bama-punt&pg=6209%2C4912855">"Gantt makes a promise: No repeat of last year"</a>. <i>The Gadsden Times</i>. p. 29<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/1941_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1941 Cotton Bowl Classic">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1942 Cotton Bowl Classic">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1943 Cotton Bowl Classic">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1944 Cotton Bowl Classic">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1945 Cotton Bowl Classic">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1946 Cotton Bowl Classic">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1947 Cotton Bowl Classic">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1948 Cotton Bowl Classic">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1949 Cotton Bowl Classic">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1950 Cotton Bowl Classic">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1951 Cotton Bowl 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Classic">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1995 Cotton Bowl Classic">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1996 Cotton Bowl Classic">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1997 Cotton Bowl Classic">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1998 Cotton Bowl Classic">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1999 Cotton Bowl Classic">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="2000 Cotton Bowl Classic">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="2001 Cotton Bowl Classic">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="2002 Cotton Bowl Classic">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="2003 Cotton Bowl Classic">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="2004 Cotton Bowl Classic">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="2005 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