The 1988 Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1988, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, USA. The bowl game featuredthe Independent Fighting Irish of Notre Dame versus the Southwest Conference Champion Aggies of Texas A&M. Played in front of 73,006 people, Texas A&M won the game by a final score of 35-10. This was the final Cotton Bowl played without a sponsor for the game.