The 1969 Cotton Bowl Classic featured the Texas Longhorns versus the Tennessee Volunteers.

Tennessee finished 2nd in the Southeastern Conference to Georgia due to losing to Auburn late in the season.

Steve Worster, Ted Koy, and Chris Gilbert each had touchdown runs, and Cotton Speyrer caught two touchdown passes from James Street, the last one making it 36–6.

In the second half, Tennessee scored on a Gary Kreis catch from Bobby Scott to make it 28–6 and Mike Price caught a touchdown pass to narrow it to 36–13, but by that point, there was only two minutes left in the game.

[1] Texas went unbeaten the following season and returned to the Cotton Bowl Classic to face off against Notre Dame, winning that game, and with it, the National Championship.