Cotton Bowl Classic - Most Valuable Player Award

Most Valuable Player Award

Date played	MVP(s)	Team	Position
January 1, 1937	Ki Aldrich	TCU	C
	Sammy Baugh	TCU	QB
	L.D. "Dutch" Meyer	TCU	K
January 1, 1938	Ernie Lain	Rice	HB
January 1, 1938	Byron "Whizzer" White	Colorado	QB
January 1, 1939	Jerry Dowd	St. Mary's	C
January 1, 1939	Elmer Tarbox	Texas Tech	HB
January 1, 1940	Banks McFadden	Clemson	B
January 1, 1941	Charles Henke	Texas A&M	G
	John Kimbrough	Texas A&M	FB
	Chip Roult	Texas A&M	T
	Lou DeFilippo	Fordham	C
	Joe Ungerer	Fordham	T
January 1, 1942	Jimmy Nelson	Alabama	HB
	Holt Rast	Alabama	E
	Don Whitmire	Alabama	T
	Martin Ruby	Texas A&M	T
January 1, 1943	Jack Freeman	Texas	G
	Roy McKay	Texas	B
	Stanley Mauldin	Texas	T
	Harvey Hardy	Georgia Tech	G
	Jack Marshall	Georgia Tech	E
January 1, 1944	Martin Ruby	Randolph Field	T
	Glenn Dobbs	Randolph Field	QB
	Joe Parker	Texas	E
January 1, 1945	Neill Armstrong	Oklahoma A&M	E
	Bob Fenimore	Oklahoma A&M	RB
	Ralph Foster	Oklahoma A&M	DT
January 1, 1946	Hub Bechtol	Texas	E
	Bobby Layne	Texas	B
	Jim Kekeris	Missouri	T
January 1, 1947	Alton Baldwin	Arkansas	E
January 1, 1947	Y.A. Tittle	LSU	QB
January 1, 1948	Steve Suhey	Penn State	G
January 1, 1948	Doak Walker	SMU	RB
January 1, 1949	Kyle Rote	SMU	RB
	Doak Walker	SMU	RB
	Brad Ecklund	Oregon	C
	Norm Van Brocklin	Oregon	QB
January 2, 1950	Billy Burkhalter	Rice	HB
	Joe Watson	Rice	C
	James Williams	Rice	E
January 1, 1951	Andy Kozar	Tennessee	FB
	Hank Lauricella	Tennessee	HB
	Horace "Bud" Sherrod	Tennessee	DE
	Bud McFadin	Texas	G
January 1, 1952	Emery Clark	Kentucky	HB
	Ray Correll	Kentucky	G
	Vito "Babe" Parilli	Kentucky	QB
	Keith Flowers	TCU	FB
January 1, 1953	Richard Ochoa	Texas	FB
	Harley Sewell	Texas	G
	Bob Griesbach	Tennessee	LB
January 1, 1954	Richard Chapman	Rice	T
	Dan Hart	Rice	E
	Dickey Maegle	Rice	HB
January 1, 1955	George Humphreys	Georgia Tech	FB
January 1, 1955	Bud Brooks	Arkansas	G
January 2, 1956	Buddy Alliston	Mississippi	G
January 2, 1956	Eagle Day	Mississippi	QB
January 1, 1957	Norman Hamilton	TCU	T
January 1, 1957	Jim Brown	Syracuse	HB
January 1, 1958	Tom Forrestal	Navy	QB
January 1, 1958	Tony Stremic	Navy	G
January 1, 1959	Dave Phillips	Air Force	T
January 1, 1959	Jack Spikes	TCU	FB
January 1, 1960	Ernie Davis	Syracuse	HB
January 1, 1960	Maurice Doke	Texas	G
January 2, 1961	Dwight Bumgarner	Duke	T
January 2, 1961	Lance Alworth	Arkansas	HB
January 1, 1962	Mike Cotten	Texas	QB
January 1, 1962	Bob Moses	Texas	E
January 1, 1963	Lynn Amedee	LSU	QB
January 1, 1963	Johnny Treadwell	Texas	G
January 1, 1964	Scott Appleton	Texas	T
January 1, 1964	Duke Carlisle	Texas	QB
January 1, 1965	Ronnie Caveness	Arkansas	LB
January 1, 1965	Fred Marshall	Arkansas	QB
January 1, 1966	Joe Labruzzo	LSU	TB
January 1, 1966	David McCormick	LSU	T
December 31, 1966	Kent Lawrence	Georgia	TB
December 31, 1966	George Patton	Georgia	T
January 1, 1968	Grady Allen	Texas A&M	DE
	Edd Hargett	Texas A&M	QB
	Bill Hobbs	Texas A&M	LB
January 1, 1969	Tom Campbell	Texas	LB
	Cotton Speyrer	Texas	WR
	James Street	Texas	QB

Date played	MVP(s)	Team	Position
January 1, 1970	Steve Worster	Texas	FB
January 1, 1970	Bob Olson	Notre Dame	LB
January 1, 1971	Clarence Ellis	Notre Dame	CB
January 1, 1971	Eddie Phillips	Texas	QB
January 1, 1972	Bruce Bannon	Penn State	DE
January 1, 1972	Lydell Mitchell	Penn State	RB
January 1, 1973	Randy Braband	Texas	LB
January 1, 1973	Alan Lowry	Texas	QB
January 1, 1974	Tony Davis	Nebraska	TB
January 1, 1974	Wade Johnson	Texas	LB
January 1, 1975	Tom Shuman	Penn State	QB
January 1, 1975	Ken Quesenberry	Baylor	S
January 1, 1976	Ike Forte	Arkansas	HB
January 1, 1976	Hal McAfee	Arkansas	LB
January 1, 1977	Alois Blackwell	Houston	RB
January 1, 1977	Mark Mohr	Houston	CB
January 1, 1978	Vagas Ferguson	Notre Dame	RB
January 1, 1978	Bob Golic	Notre Dame	LB
January 1, 1979	Joe Montana	Notre Dame	QB
January 1, 1979	David Hodge	Houston	LB
January 1, 1980	Terry Elston	Houston	QB
January 1, 1980	David Hodge	Houston	LB
January 1, 1981	Warren Lyles	Alabama	NG
January 1, 1981	Major Ogilvie	Alabama	RB
January 1, 1982	Robert Brewer	Texas	QB
January 1, 1982	Robbie Jones	Alabama	LB
January 1, 1983	Wes Hopkins	SMU	SS
January 1, 1983	Lance McIlhenny	SMU	QB
January 1, 1984	John Lastinger	Georgia	QB
January 1, 1984	Jeff Leiding	Texas	LB
January 1, 1985	Bill Romanowski	Boston College	LB
January 1, 1985	Steve Strachan	Boston College	FB
January 1, 1986	Domingo Bryant	Texas A&M	SS
January 1, 1986	Bo Jackson	Auburn	TB
January 1, 1987	Chris Spielman	Ohio State	LB
January 1, 1987	Roger Vick	Texas A&M	FB
January 1, 1988	Adam Bob	Texas A&M	LB
January 1, 1988	Bucky Richardson	Texas A&M	QB
January 2, 1989	Troy Aikman	UCLA	QB
January 2, 1989	LaSalle Harper	Arkansas	LB
January 1, 1990	Carl Pickens	Tennessee	FS
January 1, 1990	Chuck Webb	Tennessee	TB
January 1, 1991	Craig Erickson	Miami (Fla.)	QB
January 1, 1991	Russell Maryland	Miami (Fla.)	DL
January 1, 1992	Sean Jackson	Florida State	RB
January 1, 1992	Chris Crooms	Texas A&M	S
January 1, 1993	Rick Mirer	Notre Dame	QB
January 1, 1993	Devon McDonald	Notre Dame	DE
January 1, 1994	Lee Becton	Notre Dame	RB
January 1, 1994	Antonio Shorter	Texas A&M	L
January 2, 1995	Keyshawn Johnson	USC	WR
January 2, 1995	John Herpin	USC	CB
January 1, 1996	Herchell Troutman	Colorado	RB
January 1, 1996	Marcus Washington	Colorado	DB
January 1, 1997	Steve Sarkisian	BYU	QB
	Shay Muirbrook	BYU	LB
	Kevin Lockett	Kansas State	WR
January 1, 1998	Cade McNown	UCLA	QB
January 1, 1998	Dat Nguyen	Texas A&M	LB
January 1, 1999	Ricky Williams	Texas	RB
January 1, 1999	Aaron Babino	Texas	LB
January 1, 2000	Cedric Cobbs	Arkansas	RB
January 1, 2000	D.J. Cooper	Arkansas	LB
January 1, 2001	Jonathan Beasley	Kansas State	QB
January 1, 2001	Chris L. Johnson	Kansas State	DE
January 1, 2002	Quentin Griffin	Oklahoma	RB
January 1, 2002	Roy Williams	Oklahoma	S
January 1, 2003	Roy Williams	Texas	WR
January 1, 2003	Cory Redding	Texas	DE
January 2, 2004	Eli Manning	Mississippi	QB
January 2, 2004	Josh Cooper	Mississippi	DE
January 1, 2005	Rick Clausen	Tennessee	QB
January 1, 2005	Justin Harrell	Tennessee	DT
January 2, 2006	Brodie Croyle	Alabama	QB
January 2, 2006	DeMeco Ryans	Alabama	LB
January 1, 2007	Courtney Taylor	Auburn	WR
January 1, 2007	Will Herring	Auburn	LB
January 1, 2008	Tony Temple	Missouri	RB
January 1, 2008	William Moore	Missouri	SS
January 2, 2009	Dexter McCluster	Mississippi	WR
January 2, 2009	Marshay Green	Mississippi	CB
January 2, 2010	Dexter McCluster	Mississippi	WR
January 2, 2010	Andre Sexton	Oklahoma State	LB
January 7, 2011	Terrence Toliver	LSU	WR
January 7, 2011	Tyrann Mathieu	LSU	DB
January 6, 2012	Tyler Wilson	Arkansas	QB
January 6, 2012	Jake Bequette	Arkansas	DE

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