1971 Cotton Bowl Highlights - Texas vs. Notre Dame

Notre Dame upsets #1-ranked Texas in the Cotton Bowl, January 1st, 1971. Narrated by the legendary Lindsey Nelson.

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[arthurswchultz]

Half of you people where not alive to watch this game. This game was BIG! Texas had a winning streak of 30 games. This was the second bowl Notre Dame had played in since 1924!!! This was also a rematch of the Cotton Bowl game one year before when Texas won for the National Championship. Notre Dame hated Southern teams and Southern teams hated Notre Dame. I lived about 60 miles from Notre Dame then and this game was all anybody talked about for a month.

[panthers7775]

i really dont see notre dame being a power house for along time.

[panthers7775]

@railroadernhg11 kinda gay...

[panthers7775]

@Galtline14 notre dame isn't doing anything...

[graciemaemarie11]

then in 71 oklahoma stomped texas....

[Ariamaluum]

@toplonghorn. They had great teams but Lou Holtz's Arkansas seemed to get them or Barry Switzer's Oklahoma. When I'm talking dynasty from that period of 1963-1970, they were always in National Championship contention.

[toplonghorn]

@Ariamaluum Not really. Texas began its mediocre streak in about 1985. The Horns had plenty of good teams in the 70's and 80's, including one that regrettably lost to ND in the 78 Cotton Bowl (a defacto national championship game).

[Galtline14]

I have a feeling by the time ND rolls into Austin 2015 we could do the same.... Notre Dame is going all the way !

[Ariamaluum]

@1400deadwood. This was the game that really forced Texas took at their image. From 1963 till 1970, they were a dynasty. But this game set them back really until 2005.

[63utuber]

BS,Lindsay - the Rose Bowl has always been #1 in TV ratings.