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Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic

2025 HALL OF FAME

Jerome Bettis

  • Position Fullback, Notre Dame
  • Hometown Detroit, Michigan
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 247
  • Classic Memories 1993 Classic: Notre Dame 28, Texas A&M 3

Biography

Statistics:
Rushing: 20 attempts, 75 yards, 2 TD
Receiving: 1 reception, 26 yards, 1 TD
Passing: 0-1-0, 0 yards

Fullback Jerome Bettis knew how to make football coaches happy, or unhappy, as the case may be. He could run and catch with equal efficiency, and at 6-0, 247 pounds, Bettis was a load to bring down. He ran low to the ground and had the uncanny ability to stop and spin away from tacklers. More often than not he would run over any defender who got in his way. Just ask the Texas A&M safety who Bettis steamrolled at the goal line in the 1993 Cotton Bowl Classic. The score sent Notre Dame rolling toward a runaway 28-3 victory. He logged 20 rushing attempts for 75 yards against the Aggies, scored three touchdowns and accounted for 18 of the Irish’s 28 points. Bettis wasn’t the game’s leading rusher, but he was certainly the most intimidating. Just ask Texas A&M.



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