2014 Cotton Bowl Classic

The 2014 Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game between the #9 Missouri Tigers of the Southeastern Conference and the #13 Oklahoma State Cowboys of the Big 12 Conference. The 78th edition of the Cotton Bowl Classic took place on January 3, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. EST and aired on FOX. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. AT&T Stadium, formerly known as Cowboys Stadium and located in Arlington, Texas, hosted the game for the sixth straight year. The game was sponsored by telecommunications company AT&T, and was officially known as the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic.

2014 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic
78th Cotton Bowl Classic
Oklahoma State Cowboys Missouri Tigers (10–2) (11–2) Big 12 SEC 31 41 Head coach:  Mike Gundy Head coach:  Gary Pinkel AP Coaches BCS 13 13 13 AP Coaches BCS 9 9 8
1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma State 7 0 7 17 31 Missouri 7 10 0 24 41
Date	January 3, 2014
Season	2013
Stadium	AT&T Stadium
Location	Arlington, Texas
MVP	RB Henry Josey (Missouri) LB Andrew Wilson (Missouri)
National anthem	Pat Monahan (Train's lead singer)
Referee	Bill LeMonnier (Big Ten)
Attendance	72,690
Payout	US$3,625,000
United States TV coverage
Network	FOX/ESPN Radio
Announcers	Gus Johnson (Play-by-Play) Charles Davis (Analyst) Kristina Pink (Sideline)

The Tigers beat the Cowboys by a score of 41–31 to claim the school's second-ever Cotton Bowl Classic championship and set a new AT&T Stadium record with 24 points in the fourth quarter. This was the final Cotton Bowl Classic in the BCS Era, as the College Football Playoff was introduced to start the next season.

Teams

This was Missouri's third appearance in the Cotton Bowl Classic (their first as a member of the SEC) and Oklahoma State's fourth appearance. Missouri and Oklahoma State were previously conference rivals in the Big 12. In addition, the two teams shared a conference from 1925 to 1928 (when the conference was called the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association and would become the Missouri Valley Conference after that year) and again from 1958 to 2012 (still under the MVIAA name until 1964, then under the name Big Eight Conference from 1964 to 1996).

Missouri

Main article: 2013 Missouri Tigers football team

The Missouri Tigers were coached by Gary Pinkel. Missouri won the SEC Eastern Division but lost to Auburn in the 2013 SEC Championship Game 59–42. Auburn and Alabama took the conference's two BCS bids over Missouri.

Oklahoma State

Main article: 2013 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

The Oklahoma State Cowboys were coached by Mike Gundy. Oklahoma State led the Big 12 Conference going into the final week of the season, but lost to Oklahoma 33–24 on December 7. Baylor won later that day to clinch the conference's BCS bid.

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP Oklahoma State Missouri 1 3:00 11 50 2:57 MIZZ Henry Josey 3-yard touchdown run, Andrew Baggett kick good 0 7 1 1:44 5 75 4:58 OKST Josh Stewart 40-yard touchdown reception from Clint Chelf, Ben Grogan kick good 7 7 2 10:20 6 80 3:49 MIZZ Marcus Lucas 40-yard touchdown reception from Maty Mauk, Baggett kick good 7 14 2 0:00 11 62 1:35 MIZZ 35-yard field goal by Baggett 7 17 3 2:10 3 33 0:44 OKST Jhajuan Seales 21-yard touchdown reception from Chelf, Grogan kick good 14 17 4 13:32 4 2 1:10 OKST 25-yard field goal by Grogan 17 17 4 11:32 6 60 2:00 MIZZ Josey 25-yard touchdown run, Baggett kick good 17 24 4 9:51 8 75 1:41 OKST Chelf 23-yard touchdown run, Grogan kick good 24 24 4 6:29 8 47 3:22 MIZZ 46-yard field goal by Baggett 24 27 4 5:04 7 75 1:25 OKST Desmond Roland 2-yard touchdown run, Grogan kick good 31 27 4 3:08 7 69 1:55 MIZZ Josey 16-yard touchdown run, Baggett kick good 31 34 4 0:55 - - - MIZZ Shane Ray 73 yards fumble return, Baggett kick good 31 41 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 31 41

Statistics

Statistics	Oklahoma State	Missouri
First Downs	26	29
Total offense, plays – yards	96–548	91–462
Rushes-yards (net)-TD	39–167–2	47–256–3
Passing yards (net)-TD	381	206
Passes, Comp-Att	33–57	17–44
Interceptions-Yds-TD	1–14–0	2–3–0
Fumbles, Number-Lost	2–1	2–2
Fumbles, return YDS-TD	0–0	73–1
Penalties, Number-Yds	10–100	4–42
Punts, Number-Yds (avg)	8–298 (37.2)	7–287 (41.0)
Kickoffs, Number-Yds (avg)	6–369 (61.5)	7–446 (63.7)
Sacks By, Number-Yds	2–16	3–20
Field Goals, Good-Att	1–2	2–2
Third-Down Conversions	9 of 22	6 of 18
Fourth-Down Conversions	1 of 1	1 of 2
PAT Kicks	4–4	5–5
Possession Time	27:49	32:11

Notes

• December 28, 2013 – Big 12 team and SEC team arrival
• January 3, 2014 – The game lasted four hours and 19 minutes, became the longest in Classic history