| Year Game Played: | 1996 |
| Title Sponsor: | Southwestern Bell |
| Game Name: | Cotton Bowl Classic |
| Subheader: | 60th Cotton Bowl Classic |
| Football Season: | 1995 |
| Visitor Name Short: | Oregon |
| Visitor Nickname: | Ducks |
| Visitor School: | University of Oregon |
| Home Name Short: | Colorado |
| Home Nickname: | Buffaloes |
| Home School: | University of Colorado |
| Visitor Record: | 9–3 |
| Visitor Conference: | Pac-10 |
| Home Record: | 10–2 |
| Home Conference: | Big 8 |
| Visitor Coach: | Mike Bellotti |
| Home Coach: | Rick Neuheisel |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 12 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 12 |
| Visitor Rank Bowlalliance: | 12 |
| Home Rank Ap: | 7 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 7 |
| Home Rank Bowlalliance: | 7 |
| Visitor 1Q: | 6 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 13 |
| Home 3Q: | 19 |
| Home 4Q: | 6 |
| Date Game Played: | January 1 |
| Stadium: | Cotton Bowl |
| City: | Dallas, Texas |
| Mvp: | RB Herchell Troutman (Colorado) DB Marcus Washington (Colorado) |
| Referee: | Mike Pereira (WAC) |
| Attendance: | 58,214 |
| Us Network: | CBS |
| Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
| Us Announcers: | Tim Ryan and Steve Davis |
The 1996 Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1996, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. This was the 60th held game. The Cotton Bowl Classic was part of the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The bowl game featured the Colorado Buffaloes from the Big Eight and the Oregon Ducks from the Pacific-10 Conference. The game was televised on CBS.[1]
Colorado had only a 13–6 halftime lead, but the Buffs scored 25 straight points in the second half while also shutting out Oregon.