The 78th edition of the Cotton Bowl Classic took place on January 3, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. EST and aired on FOX.
The game was sponsored by telecommunications company AT&T, and was officially known as the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic.
The Tigers beat the Cowboys by a score of 41–31 to claim the school's second-ever Cotton Bowl Classic championship and set a new AT&T Stadium record with 24 points in the fourth quarter.
This was the final Cotton Bowl Classic in the BCS Era, as the College Football Playoff was introduced to start the next season.
Baylor won later that day to clinch the conference's BCS bid.