Cotton Bowl (stadium)

:For the Cotton Bowl game, please see Cotton Bowl (game).

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The Cotton Bowl is a stadium which opened in 1932. It is located in Fair Park, site of the State Fair in Dallas, Texas. It has a natural grass surface and a capacity of 68,252. The name is a pun on "cotton boll".

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Stadium - 1932 - Fair Park - State Fair - Dallas - Texas - Grass - Pun

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The stadium has been home to many football teams over the years, including: SMU Mustangs (NCAA), Dallas Cowboys (NFL; 1960-1970), Dallas Texans (NFL) (1952), Kansas City Chiefs (as the Dallas Texans) (AFL; 1960-1962), the Dallas Tornado (NASL; 1967-1968), and F.C. Dallas (as the Dallas Burn before 2005) (Major League Soccer; 1996-2002, 2004-2005). It was also the site of some games in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

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SMU Mustangs - Dallas Cowboys - NFL - 1960 - 1970 - Dallas Texans - Kansas City Chiefs - 1962 - Dallas Tornado - 1967 - 1968 - F.C. Dallas - Major League Soccer - 1996 - 2002 - 2004 - 2005 - 1994 - FIFA World Cup

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The Cotton Bowl also hosts the annual Cotton Bowl Classic college football bowl game, for which the stadium is named.

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Also, the annual Texas-Oklahoma college football game, called "The Red River Rivalry", is played here during the State Fair of Texas, instead of a campus site. Ticket sales are equally divided between the two schools. However, the schools have announced plans to discontinue playing the game at the Cotton Bowl after 2007, citing major problems with the aging facility, and to instead move the game to a traditional home-and-away series (the schools have not expressed interest in moving the game to either Texas Stadium or the Dallas Cowboys' new stadium once it opens).

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Texas - Oklahoma - Red River Rivalry - Texas Stadium - Dallas Cowboys

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