For the sixth consecutive year, the college football season will begin with a marquee matchup in the AdvoCare Cowboys Classic at AT&T Stadium on Saturday, August 30, featuring the 2013 National Champion Florida State Seminoles and last season's Big XII Conference runner-up the Oklahoma State Cowboys. The game will be nationally televised on ABC at 7:00 pm.
Tickets are available at ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000.
Oklahoma State makes its third trip to AT&T Stadium after playing in two AT&T Cotton Bowl Classics - a 21-7 loss to Ole Miss in the first-ever Cotton Bowl held at the stadium in 2010, and a 41-31 loss to Missouri in the 2014 game. This will be the first appearance for Florida State at AT&T Stadium. The Seminoles are led by 2013 Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston, who returns for his sophomore season.
This marks the fifth time the schools have played each other with the Seminoles leading the all-time series 3-1. The 2014 match-up between the Seminoles and Cowboys will be the first meeting between these two schools since the 1985 Gator Bowl when Florida State earned a 34-23 victory. It also marks the third meeting between the two schools at a neutral site.
This season the AdvoCare Cowboys Classic enters its sixth year of a long-term agreement between ESPN and AT&T Stadium to bring a top college football game to Arlington, Texas, during the Labor Day holiday weekend. The first five contests all featured matchups between ranked teams with No. 20 BYU defeating No. 3 Oklahoma 14-13 in 2009, No. 6 TCU beating No. 24 Oregon State 30-21 in 2010, No. 4 LSU downing No. 5 Oregon 40-27 in 2011, No. 2 Alabama victorious over No. 8 Michigan 41-14 in 2012 and No. 12 LSU victorious over No. 20 TCU 37-27 in 2013.
As the title sponsor of The Cowboys Classic, AdvoCare offers general nutrition, weight loss, energy, sports performance products and skincare of the highest quality developed through comprehensive research and backed by a Scientific & Medical Advisory Board. "AdvoCare is honored to be the title sponsor of the Cowboys Classic this year," said Richard Wright, President and CEO of AdvoCare. "We are excited to have this level of exposure as we enter into the college football season." AdvoCare offers more than 70 exclusive products and a business opportunity that empowers individuals to explore their ultimate potential. AdvoCare was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas. For more information on AdvoCare, visit www.advocare.com, www.facebook.com/AdvoCare or call 800-542-4800.
AT&T Stadium will play host to several college football games in 2014, including the Sept. 13 meeting between UCLA and Texas in the Advocare Cowboys Showdown, along with the Southwest Classic on Sept. 27 between Texas A&M and Arkansas. On Nov. 29, Baylor and Texas Tech will meet at AT&T Stadium for the fifth time in six seasons.
Tickets for all games are available at ticketmaster.com or the Cowboys' ticket office at 1-800-745-3000.
