AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic Football Vault: The History of a Proud Texas Tradition

From the inception in 1937 through the 2010 game, the Cotton Bowl Classic Football Vault® explores the history of one of college football s premier bowl games, as award-winning sportswriter Steve Richardson weaves a narrative about the names, games and special moments that have helped make the game a Classic. But what makes this detailed scrapbook unique are the vintage photographs, artwork and memorabilia discovered through the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic archives and the personal archives of founder J. Curtis Sanford. Throughout this book, Cotton Bowl fans will find reproductions of old game-program covers, historic tickets, stickers and much more. Replicas include a press pass, sideline pass and ticket to the first Cotton Bowl Classic in 1937, a 1940 contract between the Cotton Bowl and the Southwest Conference, diagrams of some of the most famous plays in Classic history, a ticket order form for the 50th Cotton Bowl Classic in 1986, Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame trading cards, a replica Notre Dame pennant from the 1979 Classic and various party invitations. No fan of the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic should be without this archive of the Texas institution s long and illustrious history.