Flashback: Cotton Bowl Games Opened With SMU Victory in 1930

Editor's note: Take a look back at The Dallas Morning News archives.On Oct. 26, 1930, city officials and North Texans crowded into Cotton Bowl Stadium, then regarded as the State Fair of Texas football stadium, to watch the first game ever played at the venue. Southern Methodist University christened the new stadium as they toppled the University of Indiana 27-0 in front of a crowd of 27,000.  Continue reading...