Cotton Bowl

Prairie View A&M University Football at Grambling Football | Sat • Sep 26, 2026 • 6:00 PM | Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX

Since the 1980s, Grambling State Tigers and Prairie View A&M Panthers have traveled to Dallas during the State Fair to go head-to-head on the grass of the historic Cotton Bowl Stadium. The State Fair Classic is filled with great football for four quarters and a stunning battle of the bands during halftime.

More than 100,000 people travel to the State Fair for the Allstate Red River Rivalry game between the Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners. The game, played in Cotton Bowl Stadium since 1929, is an iconic staple of the State Fair.