The 2003 SBC Cotton Bowl Classic was a post-season

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bowl game between the Texas Longhorns and the LSU Tigers on January 1, 2003, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. It was the final game of the

2002 NCAA Division I-A football season The 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with a double overtime national championship game. Ohio State and Miami both came into the Fiesta Bowl undefeated. The underdog Buckeyes defeated the defending-champion Hurricanes 31–24, end ...

for each team and resulted in a 35–20 Texas victory. Texas represented the Big 12 Conference while LSU represented the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The University of Texas started out their season strong, and finished well, compiling a 10–2 record: they lost to

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, 35–24 and the Texas Tech Red Raiders 42–38 while being ranked number 4. Louisiana State started off their season 6–1. However, an injury to their starting quarterback Matt Mauck caused them to lose their last few games (to Alabama 0–31,

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7–31, and Arkansas 20–21). They finished with an 8–4 regular season record, a disappointing year.

Scoring summary

References

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