Cotton Bowl (stadium) - Definition and Overview

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

The Cotton Bowl main entrance

The Cotton Bowl is a stadium which opened in 1932. It is located in Fair Park, the State Fair Grounds in Dallas, Texas. Former tenants include: 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) (Major League Soccer; 1996-2002, 2004).

The Cotton Bowl is also the home to the annual Cotton Bowl college football game named for the stadium.

Also, the annual Texas-Oklahoma college football game, called "The Red River Shootout", is played here during the State Fair of Texas, instead of a campus site. Ticket sales are equally divided between the two schools.

The Cotton Bowl has a grass surface. It has a capacity of 68,252.