Coordinates: 32°46′46″N 96°45′35″W

Cotton Bowl (stadium)

The Cotton Bowl is an outdoor stadium in Dallas, Texas,
United States. Opened in 1930 as Fair Park Stadium, it is on Cotton Bowl Stadium
the site of the State Fair of Texas, known as Fair Park. "The House That Doak Built"

The Cotton Bowl was the longtime home of the annual college
football post-season bowl game known as the Cotton Bowl
Classic, for which the stadium is named. Starting on New
Year's Day 1937, it hosted the first 73 editions of the game,
through January 2009; the game was moved to AT&T Stadium
in Arlington in January 2010. The stadium also hosts the Red
River Showdown, the annual college football game between
the Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns, and formerly,
the First Responder Bowl. West grandstand main entrance in
2016
The stadium has been home to many football teams over the
years, including: SMU Mustangs (NCAA), Dallas Cowboys
(NFL; 1960–1971), Dallas Texans (NFL) (1952), Dallas
Texans (AFL; 1960–1962), and soccer teams, the Dallas
Tornado (NASL; 1967–1968), and FC Dallas (MLS; as the
Dallas Burn 1996–2004, as FC Dallas 2005). It was also one of
the nine venues used for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. As of
2022, it is the largest stadium by capacity in the United States
without a professional or college team as a regular tenant.

It became known as "The House That Doak Built," due to the

immense crowds that SMU running back Doak Walker drew to
the stadium during his college career in the late 1940s.[7] Former names Fair Park
Stadium
In their seventh season, the Cowboys hosted the Green Bay (1930–1936)
Packers for the NFL championship at the Cotton Bowl on Address 1300 Robert
January 1, 1967.[8][9] The college bowl game that year Cullum Blvd.
included SMU and was played the day before, New Year's Eve,
which required a quick turnaround to transform the field.[10] Location Dallas, Texas
The two games were filled to its 75,504 capacity, but both Coordinates 32°46′46″N
home teams lost to the visitors. 96°45′35″W

Artificial turf was installed in 1970 and removed in 1993 in Owner City of Dallas
preparation for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The elevation of the Capacity 92,100[2]
playing field is approximately 450 feet (140 m) above sea level.
Record attendance 96,009[3]
Surface Natural grass
History (1930–1969,
since 1994)
Construction began on Fair Park Stadium in 1930 on the same
AstroTurf
site as the wooden football stadium before known as Fair Park
(1970–1993)
Stadium. Completed that year, the first game in the stadium was
between Dallas-area high schools in October 1930. The Construction
original stadium–the lower half of the current facility–was built Broke ground 1930[1]
for a cost of $328,000 and seated 45,507 spectators. The name
Opened 1930, 93 years
was officially changed to the Cotton Bowl in 1936.
ago
In 1948, a second deck was added to the west side, increasing Renovated 1936, 1968,
capacity to 67,000. The east side was double-decked the 1993, 2008
following year, increasing capacity to 75,504. These decks
Expanded 1948–1949,
were added to respond to the demand for fans to watch SMU
halfback Doak Walker, leading the Cotton Bowl to be known 1993, 2008
as "the house that Doak built." The superstructure was also Construction cost $328,200
built at this time, creating the distinctive facade for the stadium. ($5.32 million
In 1968, chair-backs were installed, reducing capacity to in 2021[4])
72,032. In 1970, the Cotton Bowl installed an AstroTurf
surface, which remained until 1993. Architect Mark Lemmon,
1930
In 1950, as a way to break the Texas League record for George Dahl,
opening-day attendance, Richard Burnett got permission to play 1936
in the Cotton Bowl, which at the time could hold as many as Hellmuth,
75,000. In order to draw a big crowd, he wanted a lineup of Obata &
former stars to don Dallas Eagles uniforms and face one Tulsa Kassabaum,
hitter in the top of the first inning. Most of the retired stars were
1993
cool to the idea, except for then-current Dallas Eagles manager
Charlie Grimm. When the legendary Ty Cobb agreed to come Structural engineer Chappell,
to Dallas, the others followed his lead. Preceding the game was Stokes &
a parade through downtown Dallas. "It was the pre-game show Brenneke,
that got 'em", bellowed Dizzy Dean by way of self- 1948-1949
congratulation. "Cobb, Cochrane, Home Run Baker, Speaker,
Tenants
and Ol' Diz in Dallas duds." The 54,151 who showed up were
lucky enough to see Ty Cobb hit several balls into the stands,
College football
just to show he could still handle the bat. The Kilgore College
Rangerettes drill team performed on the field prior to the game.
SMU Mustangs (1932–1978,
Texas governor Allan Shivers threw out the first pitch.
1995–1999)
Defensively, the old-timer lineup of the Eagles were: Duffy
Red River Showdown
Lewis in left field, Cobb in center field, Texas native Tris
(1912, 1914–1921, 1924–present)
Speaker in right field, Frank "Home Run" Baker at third base,
Cotton Bowl Classic (1937–2009)
Travis Jackson at shortstop, Charlie Gehringer at second base,
First Responder Bowl (2011–2018)
manager Grimm at first base, Mickey Cochrane at catcher, and
State Fair Classic (1925–present)
former Houston Buffaloes star pitcher Dizzy Dean on the
mound. Dean walked the leadoff batter for Tulsa, Harry Professional football
Donabedian, on a 3-2 count, and then the regular Dallas players
took the field. Dean got into an orchestrated rhubarb and was Dallas Texans (NFL) (1952)
tossed from the game. The attendance figure still stands as the Dallas Texans (AFL) (1960–1962)
largest in Texas League history and second largest in the history Dallas Cowboys (NFL) (1960–
of the minor leagues. 1971)
Dallas Desire (LFL) (2010)
The Cotton Bowl hosted six matches of the 1994 World Cup.
To meet FIFA requirements for these games the stadium field Soccer
was widened, the press box was enlarged and natural grass was
re-installed. The playing surface has remained natural grass Dallas Tornado (NASL) (1967–1968)
ever since. Capacity was decreased to 71,615 in 1994 and to Dallas Burn/FC Dallas (MLS)
68,252 in 1996.[11] The Stadium also hosted the Gold Cup (1996–2002, 2004–2005)
Soccer Matches in 1993.
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In November 2006, the city of Dallas and the State Fair of
Texas finally agreed on funding for a long-planned[12] $50 U.S. Historic district
million renovation, with $30 million of this amount from a city Contributing property
bond.[13] Thus, in April 2007, the schools signed a contract to Texas State Antiquities Landmark
play at the Cotton Bowl through 2015, coupled with a $57
Dallas Landmark Historic District
million fund for upgrades and improvements to the aging
Contributing Property
stadium.[14] The 2008 Red River Showdown was held on
October 11. Architectural style Art Deco
Part of Texas
The 2008 renovations include the expansion of the seating
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capacity of the stadium from 68,252 to 92,100,[2] mostly
Exposition
through the complete encircling of the second deck, new media
Buildings
and VIP facilities, a new scoreboard and video screen, updated
restrooms and concession areas, lighting, utility and sound (1936-1937)
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The Cotton Bowl has been used by a number of teams in several sports throughout its history, and has
hosted three collegiate bowl games. The Cotton Bowl has also hosted large music concerts, including the
inaugural Texxas Jam and other similar events.

American Football

Cotton Bowl Classic

From 1937 to 2009, the Cotton

Bowl hosted the Cotton Bowl
Classic, an annual NCAA
Division I bowl game.
Beginning in 2010, the bowl
game has been played at
AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
From 1941 to 1994, the Panoramic view of the 2008 Cotton Bowl Classic between Missouri and
Southwest Conference Arkansas
champion would play in the
bowl game; since 1997, the
first postseason of the Big 12 Conference, its second-place team has competed against an SEC team in the
Cotton Bowl Classic.

Dallas Texans (NFL)

The first professional football team in Texas was the Dallas Texans of the National Football League in
1952. Plagued by financial hardship and poor play, the Texans lasted only one season. The team played
four games in the Cotton Bowl before going bankrupt, being taken over by the league, and finishing the
season as a traveling team based in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Dallas Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys called the Cotton Bowl home for 12 seasons, from the team's formation in 1960 until
1971. The 1966 NFL Championship Game between the Cowboys and Green Bay Packers was played in
the Cotton Bowl. After playing their first two home games in 1971 at the Cotton Bowl, the Cowboys
opened Texas Stadium in Irving on October 24.

Dallas Texans (AFL)

The Dallas Texans of the American Football League used the stadium all three of their seasons in Dallas
(1960-1962), sharing it with the NFL Cowboys. Following the Texans’ 1962 AFL Championship season,
owner Lamar Hunt moved the franchise to Kansas City, Missouri and renamed it the Chiefs.

First Responder Bowl

From January 2011 until 2018, the Cotton Bowl was the home of the First Responder Bowl, an annual
college football bowl game. The game was tentatively named the "Dallas Football Classic" prior to
TicketCity being announced as the bowl game's first title sponsor. The game was called the "TicketCity
Bowl" for the first two match ups. On October 4, 2012, the name changed again to the "Heart of Dallas
Bowl" for eight seasons before changing to the "First Responder Bowl" for the 2018 season. In 2019 the
game was relocated to Gerald J. Ford Stadium at Southern Methodist University in University Park, Texas,
to accommodate the 2020 NHL Winter Classic.[16] While originally a temporary measure, the game has
remained at Ford Stadium in succeeding years.

The game has had bowl tie-ins with the Big 12 Conference in 2011, Conference USA in 2012, and the Big
Ten Conference in both 2011 and 2012. The inaugural game saw the Texas Tech Red Raiders defeat the
Northwestern Wildcats, 45–38.

Red River Rivalry

The annual college football game between the University of Texas

at Austin Longhorns and the University of Oklahoma Sooners, also
known before 2005 as the Red River Shootout, is played at the
Cotton Bowl during the State Fair of Texas, instead of on either
school's campus. Ticket sales are equally divided between the two
schools, and the fans are split on the 50-yard line. Following the
2022 game, the Longhorns have a record of 63-50-5 against the
Sooners.[17]
Red River Rivalry in 2010

SMU Mustangs

The Cotton Bowl served as the home for the SMU Mustangs football team for two periods in the program's
history. SMU played at least a few games at the Cotton Bowl from 1932 onward. They gradually moved
more of their home games there during the 1930s and 1940s, as it was double the size of their on-campus
stadium, Ownby Stadium. The Mustangs moved there permanently in 1948 due to Doak Walker's
popularity. The Mustangs played at the Cotton Bowl until 1978, when they moved to Texas Stadium.

The Cotton Bowl also served as home to SMU in the 1990s, after the team served the NCAA death penalty
due to numerous recruiting violations, and spent the first six years after their return at Ownby Stadium.
Games moved back to campus in 2000 with the completion of Gerald J. Ford Stadium.

State Fair Classic

In addition to the Red River Rivalry, the Grambling State

University Tigers and the Prairie View A&M University Panthers
play each other at the Cotton Bowl in the State Fair Classic. This
game often occurs the weekend before the Texas-OU Red River
Rivalry game. It is a neutral site for both teams; Grambling State is
located in northern Louisiana and Prairie View A&M is located
about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Houston. The halftime show,
the "Battle of the Bands", is arguably more eagerly anticipated than
The Cotton Bowl before the 2019
the game itself. The State Fair Classic is heavily marketed in the
State Fair Classic
Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex, with local hip hop stations
encouraging a large turnout among the region's African-American
community. The State Fair Classic is currently the largest FCS football game in Texas.

Texas State Fair Classic Showdown

In 2016, the Texas State Fair in conjunction with the City of Dallas announced an expansion of games
played during the state fair for 2018 and 2019. Following the Red River Rivalry weekend, the Texas
Southern University Tigers played against the Southern University Jaguars. The game was on a neutral site
for both teams, Texas Southern University is centrally located in Houston and Southern University is
located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (South Louisiana). The two schools are long-time SWAC rivals and
have nationally recognized marching bands.[18]

Texas High School Football

The Cotton Bowl has a long history of hosting Texas high school football games. From the early days of
the stadium, it was used for playoff and championship games. In 1945 and 1967, the stadium hosted two of
the largest audiences to ever see a Texas high school football game.[19] In 2011 and 2012, it played host to
the North Texas Football Classic to kick off those seasons.

Powderpuff Football

Blondes vs. Brunettes powderpuff football games are played in cities across the United States.[20] Proceeds
from the event are donated to The Alzheimer's Association. The annual contests were started by Sara Allen
Abbott whose father, Texas State Representative Joseph Hugh Allen, died of Alzheimer's disease in 2008.
Looking for a way to raise funds for The Alzheimer's Association, Abbott organized a powderpuff football
game in tribute to her father, a lifelong football fan.[21] The games are currently played in over 20 cities
throughout the United States. The increasing popularity of the game in the Dallas area resulted in moving
the 2012 game to the Cotton Bowl where it could accommodate a larger crowd.[22]

Soccer

1994 FIFA World Cup

Date Time (UTC−6) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance

1994-06-17 18:30  Spain 2–2  South Korea Group C 56,247

1994-06-23 18:30  Nigeria 3–0  Bulgaria Group D 44,132

1994-06-28 15:00  Germany 3–2  South Korea Group C 63,998

1994-06-30 18:30  Argentina 0–2  Bulgaria Group D 63,998

1994-07-03 12:00  Saudi Arabia 1–3  Sweden Round of 16 60,277

1994-07-09 14:35  Netherlands 2–3  Brazil Quarter-final 63,500

2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Date Time (UTC−5) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance

14 July 2021 20:30  Guatemala 0–3  Mexico 15,391

Group A
18 July 2021 21:00  Mexico 1–0  El Salvador 45,792
On July 29, 2014, the Cotton Bowl hosted a soccer match between Real Madrid and A.S. Roma which was
part of the 2014 International Champions Cup and AS Roma won the match 1–0.[23] It also hosted 6
matches of the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Other international matches

Date Team #1 Res. Team #2 Attendance

September 8, 1974 Mexico  1–0  United States 22,164

July 10, 1993 Jamaica  0–1  United States 11,642

July 14, 1993 Panama  1–2  United States 13,771

July 17, 1993 Honduras  0–1  United States 16,348

July 21, 1993 Costa Rica  0–1  United States 14,826

March 26, 1994 Bolivia  2–2  United States 26,835

March 25, 1995 Uruguay  2–2  United States 12,242

April 28, 2004 Mexico  0–1  United States 45,048

Dallas Tornado

Early in their existence, the Dallas Tornado played two seasons of professional soccer in the Cotton Bowl.
They spent their inaugural year, 1967, as a franchise of the United Soccer Association and 1968 as
members of the North American Soccer League, in the Cotton Bowl before moving first to P.C. Cobb
Stadium, and then on to other venues. The Tornado played for 15 years and used a total of six different
Dallas-area stadiums before finally folding after the 1981 season.

Dallas Burn

The Dallas Burn of MLS (rebranded as FC Dallas in 2005) called the Cotton Bowl home for its first seven
seasons, between 1996 and 2002, as well as for the 2004 and 2005 seasons, before opening its own stadium
in Frisco.

Ice Hockey

NHL Winter Classic

The 2020 NHL Winter Classic was held at the Cotton Bowl on January 1, 2020. The game was hosted by
the Dallas Stars against the Nashville Predators; the Dallas Stars won.[24] It was the first Winter Classic
appearance for both teams.[25] It also marked the first outdoor NHL game to be hosted in a southern state.
The Stars defeated the Predators in a 4-2 comeback victory. Recorded attendance was 85,630, the second
highest ever for an NHL game.[26]

Concerts

Music

The stadium has also been a venue for a number of historic concerts, most notably that which featured then
21-year-old Elvis Presley, which took place on October 11, 1956 and attracted what was then the largest
audience in Texas history for an outdoor concert, in excess of 27,000.

Many consecutive summers of huge concerts, featuring several artists, began in July 1978, with the 1st
annual Texxas Jam, which sold out with over 80,000 attendees. For crowd control purposes, ticket sales for
any future Cotton Bowl General Admission floor seating was limited, and Jams following the 1978 Jam,
never reached 80,000 for that reason. Each Texxas Jam had a unique lineup of major artists chosen by the
promoter. Over the years, the Texxas Jam featured some of the top-billed headliner artists of the day,
including Aerosmith, Heart, Deep Purple, Boston, Journey, Ted Nugent, Scorpions, Loverboy, Cheap
Trick, Van Halen, Blue Öyster Cult, Sammy Hagar, Nazareth, Styx, Foghat, Santana, The Eagles &
Triumph, among others.

The annual events came to an end in the summer of 1988, when Van Halen headlined the "Monsters Of
Rock" Tour. U2 played here during the first leg of the Popmart Tour

Since then, the stadium has continued to be used as a major concert venue; Eric Clapton held his first three-
day Crossroads Guitar Festival there in 2004.

South Korean boy band BTS was set to perform at the stadium on May 9–10, 2020 as part of their Map of
the Soul Tour; however, the shows were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[27][28]

The Rolling Stones have played 7 shows at the Cotton Bowl July 6th 1975, October 31 1981, November 1
1981, November 10 1989, November 11 1989, November 18 1994 and November 2 2021.
 Opening Tour / Concert
Date Artist Attendance Revenue Notes
act(s) name

October 11,
Elvis 27,000+
1956

July 6, Rolling
1975 Stones
October 31,
1981 Rolling
November Stones
1 1981

November
Rolling
10 and 11
Stones
1989

November Rolling
18, 1994 Stones
November Rolling
Juanes
2, 2021 Stones

Music of the
May 6, H.E.R.Leila
Coldplay Spheres World 58,669 $6,065,763
2022 Pari
Tour

Drum Corps

The Cotton Bowl hosted both the 1971 VFW National Championships and the 1991 Drum Corps
International World Championships.

In popular culture
Football game scenes from the 1977 film Semi-Tough were filmed in the Cotton Bowl.
The stadium was featured in a 1981 episode of Dallas where J. R. Ewing meets Dusty
Farlow.
In The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, two young men are on their way to the Cotton Bowl
when they are killed.
The rock band Journey recorded two videos in the 1980s in the Cotton Bowl.
The daytime scenes from the video "I Won't Forget You" by the rock band Poison were
recorded during the 1987 Texxas Jam on June 20, 1987 in front of over 80,000 people.
The rock band Rush played their first concert in the Cotton Bowl in 1979 at Texxas Jam, and
again in 1984.
The 2009 television reality series 4th and Long filmed the majority of its material at the
Cotton Bowl.
In the 1984 Emmy Award-winning made-for-TV film The Jesse Owens Story, made by
Paramount Pictures, the Cotton Bowl was used as the Berlin Olympic Stadium for the 1936
Olympics. A local flag maker had to make large Nazi flags and banners to cover up Cotton
Bowl emblems and other Texas State Fair items to give the impression that the film took
place in Berlin, Germany in 1936.
In 2010, a commercial for McDonald's was filmed at the Cotton Bowl. The commercial
featured Donald Driver, wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers.
 A 2010 episode of The Good Guys, entitled "Dan on the Run," culminated at the Cotton
Bowl.
The WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza was an annual professional wrestling supercard
promoted by Fritz Von Erich's World Class Championship Wrestling / World Class Wrestling
Association. It was held in October every year from 1984 through 1988.
The stadium was the location of the Texas High School State Championship game with the
East Dillon Lions in the series finale of Friday Night Lights.

Sources
"Baseball in the Lone Star State: Texas League's Greatest Hits", Tom Kayser and David
King, Trinity University Press 2005
"Storied Stadiums: Baseball History Through Its Ballparks", Curt Smith, c.2001

See also
National Register
of Historic Places
portal
Texas portal

National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Texas

List of Dallas Landmarks

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Events and tenants
Preceded by Home of the Dallas Cowboys Succeeded by
first stadium 1960 – October 11, 1971 Texas Stadium
Preceded by Home of the Dallas Texans Succeeded by
first stadium 1960 – 1962 Municipal Stadium
Preceded by Home of the Dallas Burn Succeeded by
first stadium 1996 – 2002 Dragon Stadium
Dragon Stadium 2004 – 2005 Pizza Hut Park
Preceded by Home of the Cotton Bowl Classic Succeeded by
first stadium 1937 – 2009 Cowboys Stadium

Host of the Drum Corps

Preceded by International Succeeded by
Rich Stadium World Championship Camp Randall Stadium
1991
Preceded by Host of the NHL Winter Classic Succeeded by
Notre Dame Stadium 2020 Target Field

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