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text-align:center;"><i><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Conference" title="Southwest Conference">SWC</a></i></td> </tr><tr> <td style="font-size:300%; line-height:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">14</td> <td style="font-size:300%; line-height:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">28</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:center;">Head coach: <br /><b><a href="/wiki/Bunny_Oakes" title="Bunny Oakes">Bunny Oakes</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:center;">Head coach: <br /><b><a href="/wiki/James_Kitts" class="mw-redirect" title="James Kitts">James Kitts</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 href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP</a></i></td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><i>17</i></td> </tr></tbody></table></td> <td><table style="margin:0 auto; font-size:110%; border:1px solid #AAA; background:#EFEFEF;"> <tbody><tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP</a></i></td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><i>18</i></td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><table align="center" style="font-size: 90%"> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">1</th><th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">2</th><th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; 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>Colorado</b></td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">14</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</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">14</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:right; white-space: nowrap"><b>Rice</b></td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">21</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">7</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight: bold">28</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">January 1, 1938</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Season</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1937_college_football_season" title="1937 college football season">1937</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,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Dallas, Texas">Dallas, Texas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">MVP</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Byron_White" title="Byron White">Byron White</a> (Colorado)<br />Ernie Lain (Rice)</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"><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Bell" title="Alvin Bell">Alvin Bell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Attendance</th><td class="infobox-data">37,000–38,000</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/1937_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1937 Cotton Bowl Classic"> 1937</a></b> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; padding-left:1em"><b><a href="/wiki/1939_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1939 Cotton Bowl Classic"> 1939</a> >  </b></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1938 Cotton Bowl Classic</b> was the second edition of the <a href="/wiki/Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="Cotton Bowl Classic">Cotton Bowl Classic</a>, featuring the <a href="/wiki/1937_Colorado_Buffaloes_football_team" title="1937 Colorado Buffaloes football team">Colorado Buffaloes</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1937_Rice_Owls_football_team" title="1937 Rice Owls football team">Rice Owls</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wwstou_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwstou-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cgaild_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cgaild-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1938_Cotton_Bowl_Classic&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Senior halfback <a href="/wiki/Byron_White" title="Byron White">Byron "Whizzer" White</a> was the highlight on a Colorado team that had an unbeaten regular season. A <a href="/wiki/Rhodes_Scholar" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhodes Scholar">Rhodes Scholar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> runner-up, the future <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court</a> <a href="/wiki/Associate_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States">justice</a> was a consensus <a href="/wiki/1937_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1937 College Football All-America Team">All-American</a> who could defend, run, punt, and pass the ball. </p><p>Rice were led by sophomores, highlighted by Ernie Lain, dubbed by sportswriter <a href="/wiki/Grantland_Rice" title="Grantland Rice">Grantland Rice</a> as "football’s greatest sophomore back." This was the first bowl game for both programs. </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=1938_Cotton_Bowl_Classic&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Game summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Colorado sprung up a 14–0 lead after the first quarter on a Joe Antonio touchdown catch and a White interception return for a touchdown. But Lain was determined; he threw two touchdown passes to <a href="/wiki/Jake_Schuehle" title="Jake Schuehle">Jake Schuehle</a> and Ollie Cordill, and then ran for a touchdown to take a 21–14 lead into halftime. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Frank_Steen" title="Frank Steen">Frank Steen</a> caught a touchdown pass from Lain in the third quarter to seal the game for the Owls, who dominated the Buffaloes on defense for most of the game, who had less first downs than punts. 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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 Classic">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1952 Cotton Bowl Classic">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1953 Cotton Bowl Classic">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1954 Cotton Bowl Classic">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1955 Cotton Bowl Classic">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1956 Cotton Bowl Classic">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1957 Cotton Bowl Classic">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1958 Cotton Bowl Classic">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1959 Cotton Bowl Classic">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1960 Cotton Bowl Classic">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1961 Cotton Bowl Classic">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1962 Cotton Bowl Classic">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1963 Cotton Bowl Classic">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1964 Cotton Bowl Classic">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1965 Cotton Bowl Classic">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Cotton_Bowl_Classic_(January)" title="1966 Cotton Bowl Classic (January)">1966 (January)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Cotton_Bowl_Classic_(December)" title="1966 Cotton Bowl Classic (December)">1966 (December)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1968 Cotton Bowl Classic">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1969 Cotton Bowl Classic">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1970 Cotton Bowl Classic">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1971 Cotton Bowl Classic">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1972 Cotton Bowl Classic">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1973 Cotton Bowl Classic">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1974 Cotton Bowl Classic">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1975 Cotton Bowl Classic">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1976 Cotton Bowl Classic">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1977 Cotton Bowl Classic">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1978 Cotton Bowl Classic">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1979 Cotton Bowl Classic">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1980 Cotton Bowl Classic">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1981 Cotton Bowl Classic">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1982 Cotton Bowl Classic">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1983 Cotton Bowl Classic">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1984 Cotton Bowl Classic">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1985 Cotton Bowl Classic">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1986 Cotton Bowl Classic">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1987 Cotton Bowl Classic">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1988 Cotton Bowl Classic">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1989 Cotton Bowl Classic">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1990 Cotton Bowl Classic">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1991 Cotton Bowl Classic">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1992 Cotton Bowl Classic">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1993 Cotton Bowl Classic">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1994 Cotton Bowl 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 Cotton Bowl Classic">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="2006 Cotton Bowl Classic">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="2007 Cotton Bowl Classic">2007</a></li> <li><a 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(January)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Cotton_Bowl_Classic_(December)" title="2017 Cotton Bowl Classic (December)">2017 (December)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="2018 Cotton Bowl Classic">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="2019 Cotton Bowl Classic">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="2020 Cotton Bowl Classic">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="2021 Cotton Bowl Classic">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Cotton_Bowl_Classic_(January)" title="2023 Cotton Bowl Classic (January)">2023 (January)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Cotton_Bowl_Classic_(December)" title="2023 Cotton Bowl Classic (December)">2023 (December)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_Cotton_Bowl_Classic_(January)" title="2025 Cotton Bowl Classic (January)">2025 (January)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Cotton_Bowl_Classic_(December)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2025 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