| Year Game Played: | 2008 |
| Title Sponsor: | AT&T |
| Game Name: | Cotton Bowl Classic |
| Subheader: | 72nd Cotton Bowl Classic |
| Football Season: | 2007 |
| Visitor Name Short: | Missouri |
| Visitor Nickname: | Tigers |
| Visitor School: | University of Missouri |
| Home Name Short: | Arkansas |
| Home Nickname: | Razorbacks |
| Home School: | University of Arkansas |
| Visitor Record: | 11–2 |
| Visitor Conference: | Big 12 |
| Home Record: | 8–4 |
| Home Conference: | SEC |
| Visitor Coach: | Gary Pinkel |
| Home Coach: | Reggie Herring (interim) |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 7 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 7 |
| Visitor Rank Bcs: | 6 |
| Home Rank Ap: | 25 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 24 |
| Home Rank Bcs: | 25 |
| Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 14 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 10 |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 0 |
| Home 3Q: | 7 |
| Home 4Q: | 0 |
| Date Game Played: | January 1 |
| Stadium: | Cotton Bowl |
| City: | Dallas, Texas |
| Mvp: | RB Tony Temple (Missouri) SS William Moore (Missouri) |
| Odds: | Missouri by 3½[1] |
| Referee: | Ron Cherry (ACC) |
| Attendance: | 73,114[2] |
| Payout: | 3,000,000 per team[3] |
| Us Network: | FOX |
| Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
| Us Announcers: | Pat Summerall and Brian Baldinger |
The 2008 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2008, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, USA. The Cotton Bowl Classic was part of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season and one of 32 games in the 2007–08 bowl season. The bowl game featured the Arkansas Razorbacks from the SEC and the Missouri Tigers from the Big 12 and was televised in the United States on FOX. Senior RB Tony Temple of Mizzou set a single game rushing record for the Cotton Bowl Classic with 281 yards and 4 touchdowns. His 281 rushing yards put him in second place all time for total rushing yards in a bowl game.
The Arkansas Razorbacks and the Missouri Tigers accepted the Cotton Bowl Classic's invitation to play in the bowl game on January 1. This was the Arkansas Razorbacks' 11th appearance in the Cotton Bowl Classic (with a record of 3–6–1 in previous Cotton Bowl Classics) and the second appearance for the Missouri Tigers (0–1).[4] Many Missouri fans felt insulted that the Tigers had been sent to the Cotton Bowl Classic instead of a BCS bowl after a stunning season that included a spot atop the AP College Football Rankings and a co-championship in the Big XII North. This feeling was amplified by the fact that the Kansas Jayhawks, Missouri's historical and then-conference rival, had been invited to the BCS Orange Bowl after being beaten by the Tigers at the annual Arrowhead Stadium Border Showdown in Kansas City, Missouri.