1941 Cotton Bowl Classic

(7–1)

(8–1)

Head coach:
Jim Crowley

Head coach:
Homer Norton

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fordham	0	6	0	6	12
Texas A&M	0	0	13	0	13

Date

January 1, 1941

Season

1940

Stadium

Cotton Bowl

Location

Dallas, Texas

MVP

C Lou DeFilippo (Fordham)
T Joe Ungerer (Fordham)
G Charles Henke (Texas A&M)
FB John Kimbrough (Texas A&M)
T Chip Routt (Texas A&M)

Attendance

45,507

The 1941 Cotton Bowl Classic was notable for it being the 5th since the Classic began in 1937. It featured the Texas A&M Aggies and the Fordham Rams. It was the first Cotton Bowl under Southwest Conference sponsorship and the first sold out game.

Background

This was A&M's third bowl game appearance, having played in the 1922 Dixie Classic (most famous for the birth of the 12th Man) and the 1940 Sugar Bowl. A&M was co-champions of the Southwestern Conference along with SMU, due to A&M losing to Texas, which cost them a shot at the National Championship. This was Fordham's first bowl game for a program that had suspended football twice. They had been ranked as high as 11th before losing to St. Mary's.

Game Summary

Steve Filipowicz started the scoring in the second quarter with his touchdown run, but Steve Hudacek's extra point was blocked by Jim Sterling. Trailing 6-0 into the second half, Earl "Alabama" Smith caught a 60 yard pass from Marion Pugh on a trick play in which Smith whizzed by Fordham defenders who had failed to notice him as the ball was snapped. The extra point was blocked, though. John Kimbrough made it 13-6 A&M with his touchdown run as the third quarter ended. Fordham recovered a fumble, and James Blumenstock scored on a touchdown run. But on the extra point attempt to tie the game, Hudacek's extra point was once again blocked, this time by Martin Ruby, with 12 minutes to go. But from that point on, neither team scored again as A&M won their first Cotton Bowl, which they would not win again until 1968.^[1]

Aftermath

The following season, A&M would play in the Cotton Bowl again, but they lost.

Fordham went to the 1942 Sugar Bowl next season. It is their last bowl game.

Statistics

Statistics	Texas A&M	Fordham
First Downs	8	13
Yards Rushing	52	118
Yards Passing	101	62
Total Yards	153	180
Punts-Average	10-32.9	8-30.4
Fumbles Lost	3	1
Interceptions	1	3
Penalties-Yards	3-25	2-29

References

↑ "14-25.pmd" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2014-12-28.

Cotton Bowl Classic

History & conference tie-ins	History Cotton Bowl AT&T Stadium College Football Playoff Broadcasters Playoff At-Large Group of Five

Games	1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1966 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2015 2017

Notes	There was a Cotton Bowl Classic in January and December in 1966 and 2015. There was no Cotton Bowl Classic in 1967. The game was a College Football Playoff semifinal in its December 2015 edition.

Fordham Rams football

Venues	Polo Grounds 1928-1942; 1946-1950; 1953-1954, Downing Stadium 1951-1952, Coffey Field (1970–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Ram–Crusader Cup (Holy Cross) The Liberty Cup (Columbia) 1941 Cotton Bowl Classic 1942 Sugar Bowl

Culture & lore	First televised football game Seven Blocks of Granite The Ram "The Ram"

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

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