1996 Cotton Bowl Classic

1996 Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl Classic
60th Cotton Bowl Classic
Oregon Ducks Colorado Buffaloes (9–3) (10–2) Pac-10 Big 8 6 38 Head coach:  Mike Bellotti Head coach:  Rick Neuheisel AP Coaches BA 12 12 12 AP Coaches BA 7 7 7
1 2 3 4 Total Oregon 6 0 0 0 6 Colorado 0 13 19 6 38
Date	January 1, 1996
Season	1995
Stadium	Cotton Bowl
Location	Dallas, Texas
MVP	RB Herchell Troutman (Colorado) DB Marcus Washington (Colorado)
Referee	Mike Pereira (WAC)
Attendance	58,214
United States TV coverage
Network	CBS
Announcers	Tim Ryan and Steve Davis

The 1996 Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game that took place on January 1, 1996, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. It was the 60th edition of the game and a part of the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The game featured the Colorado Buffaloes from the Big Eight and the Oregon Ducks from the Pacific-10 Conference. The game was televised on CBS.^[1]

Colorado led 13–6 at halftime, and subsequently scored 25 unanswered points in the second half while holding Oregon scoreless.