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
Byron "Whizzer" White Colorado QB
January 1, 1939 Jerry Dowd St. Mary's C
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
Y.A. Tittle LSU QB
January 1, 1948 Steve Suhey Penn State G
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
Bud Brooks Arkansas G
January 2, 1956 Buddy Alliston Mississippi G
Eagle Day Mississippi QB
January 1, 1957 Norman Hamilton TCU T
Jim Brown Syracuse HB
January 1, 1958 Tom Forrestal Navy QB
Tony Stremic Navy G
January 1, 1959 Dave Phillips Air Force T
Jack Spikes TCU FB
January 1, 1960 Ernie Davis Syracuse HB
Maurice Doke Texas G
January 2, 1961 Dwight Bumgarner Duke T
Lance Alworth Arkansas HB
January 1, 1962 Mike Cotten Texas QB
Bob Moses Texas E
January 1, 1963 Lynn Amedee LSU QB
Johnny Treadwell Texas G
January 1, 1964 Scott Appleton Texas T
Duke Carlisle Texas QB
January 1, 1965 Ronnie Caveness Arkansas LB
Fred Marshall Arkansas QB
January 1, 1966 Joe Labruzzo LSU TB
David McCormick LSU T
December 31, 1966 Kent Lawrence Georgia TB
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
Bob Olson Notre Dame LB
January 1, 1971 Clarence Ellis Notre Dame CB
Eddie Phillips Texas QB
January 1, 1972 Bruce Bannon Penn State DE
Lydell Mitchell Penn State RB
January 1, 1973 Randy Braband Texas LB
Alan Lowry Texas QB
January 1, 1974 Tony Davis Nebraska TB
Wade Johnson Texas LB
January 1, 1975 Tom Shuman Penn State QB
Ken Quesenberry Baylor S
January 1, 1976 Ike Forte Arkansas HB
Hal McAfee Arkansas LB
January 1, 1977 Alois Blackwell Houston RB
Mark Mohr Houston CB
January 1, 1978 Vagas Ferguson Notre Dame RB
Bob Golic Notre Dame LB
January 1, 1979 Joe Montana Notre Dame QB
David Hodge Houston LB
January 1, 1980 Terry Elston Houston QB
David Hodge Houston LB
January 1, 1981 Warren Lyles Alabama NG
Major Ogilvie Alabama RB
January 1, 1982 Robert Brewer Texas QB
Robbie Jones Alabama LB
January 1, 1983 Wes Hopkins SMU SS
Lance McIlhenny SMU QB
January 1, 1984 John Lastinger Georgia QB
Jeff Leiding Texas LB
January 1, 1985 Bill Romanowski Boston College LB
Steve Strachan Boston College FB
January 1, 1986 Domingo Bryant Texas A&M SS
Bo Jackson Auburn TB
January 1, 1987 Chris Spielman Ohio State LB
Roger Vick Texas A&M FB
January 1, 1988 Adam Bob Texas A&M LB
Bucky Richardson Texas A&M QB
January 2, 1989 Troy Aikman UCLA QB
LaSalle Harper Arkansas LB
January 1, 1990 Carl Pickens Tennessee FS
Chuck Webb Tennessee TB
January 1, 1991 Craig Erickson Miami (Fla.) QB
Russell Maryland Miami (Fla.) DL
January 1, 1992 Sean Jackson Florida State RB
Chris Crooms Texas A&M S
January 1, 1993 Rick Mirer Notre Dame QB
Devon McDonald Notre Dame DE
January 1, 1994 Lee Becton Notre Dame RB
Antonio Shorter Texas A&M L
January 2, 1995 Keyshawn Johnson USC WR
John Herpin USC CB
January 1, 1996 Herchell Troutman Colorado RB
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
Dat Nguyen Texas A&M LB
January 1, 1999 Ricky Williams Texas RB
Aaron Babino Texas LB
January 1, 2000 Cedric Cobbs Arkansas RB
D.J. Cooper Arkansas LB
January 1, 2001 Jonathan Beasley Kansas State QB
Chris L. Johnson Kansas State DE
January 1, 2002 Quentin Griffin Oklahoma RB
Roy Williams Oklahoma S
January 1, 2003 Roy Williams Texas WR
Cory Redding Texas DE
January 2, 2004 Eli Manning Mississippi QB
Josh Cooper Mississippi DE
January 1, 2005 Rick Clausen Tennessee QB
Justin Harrell Tennessee DT
January 2, 2006 Brodie Croyle Alabama QB
DeMeco Ryans Alabama LB
January 1, 2007 Courtney Taylor Auburn WR
Will Herring Auburn LB
January 1, 2008 Tony Temple Missouri RB
William Moore Missouri SS
January 2, 2009 Dexter McCluster Mississippi WR
Marshay Green Mississippi CB
January 2, 2010 Dexter McCluster Mississippi WR
Andre Sexton Oklahoma State LB
January 7, 2011 Terrence Toliver LSU WR
Tyrann Mathieu LSU DB
January 6, 2012 Tyler Wilson Arkansas QB
Jake Bequette Arkansas DE

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