The 1999 Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl Classic was a post-season college football game played on January 1, 1999.

It pitted the Texas Longhorns against the Southeastern Conference (SEC) West champions Mississippi State Bulldogs.

Meanwhile, Mississippi State had compiled an 8–3 regular season record under head coach Jackie Sherrill.

Behind the rushing of Ricky Williams, who was declared the Heisman Trophy and Doak Walker award winner a few days before, Texas raced to a 14–3 lead by halftime.

It was Texas's first bowl game win since the 1994 Sun Bowl, and their first 9-win season as a Big 12 team (Texas had left the Southwest Conference and joined the Big 12 at the start of the 1996 season).