1934 Dixie Rebels football team

The 1934 Dixie Rebels football team was an American football team that represented Dixie University (affiliated with Somerville School of Law) during the 1934 college football season. In its second and final season of college football, Dixie compiled a record of 0–7, managing to score just two touchdowns during the entire season. With the departure of head coach Nick Dobbs toward the end of the 1933 season, the Dixie football program floundered, and after the end of the 1934 season, the team was disbanded and never played another game. Dixie University itself closed, too, albeit without any formal notification, as all references to Dixie vanished by 1935.[1]

1934 Dixie Rebels football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–7
Head coach
  • Virgil W. "Buster" Cook (1st season)
CaptainJohn Dashfield
Seasons
← 1933
1934 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western Maryland     8 0 1
No. 7 Navy     8 1 0
Texas A&I     5 1 1
Troy State     7 2 0
Tulsa     5 2 1
George Washington     6 3 1
West Virginia     6 4 0
Oglethorpe     5 4 1
Delaware     4 3 1
Georgetown     4 3 1
Texas Mines     4 4 0
Catholic University     3 4 1
Jacksonville State     3 4 0
Wake Forest     3 7 0
South Georgia Teachers     4 6 0
William & Mary Norfolk     2 4 2
East Carolina     1 4 1
Oklahoma City     1 8 0
Rankings from Associated Press

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at East Texas Baptist
L 0–615,000[2]
October 11at University of San AntonioSan Antonio, TXL 0-31[3][4]
October 13at Texas A&IKingsville, TXL 0–71[5]
October 19at Tarleton Agricultural CollegeStephenville, TXL 0–46[6]
November 3at Trinity (TX) freshmen
L 6–12[7]
November 7at Wesley College
L 0–32[8]
November 24at Clifton CollegeClifton, TXL 6–34[9]

References edit

  1. ^ "Dixie University". Lost Colleges. Archived from the original on September 19, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "Tigers Humble Dixie University by Score of 61-0". The Marshall News Messenger. September 28, 1934. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com  .
  3. ^ "Dixie Rebels Buried Under 41-to-0 Score". The Dallas Morning News. October 12, 1934. p. 5 – via NewsBank  .
  4. ^ "College Football". The Dallas Morning News. October 12, 1934. p. 7 – via NewsBank  .
  5. ^ "Javelinas Trounce Dixie Rebels From Dallas 71-0". The Kingsville Record. October 17, 1934. p. 2 – via NewspaperArchive.com  .[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Dixie Rebels Swamped, This Time by Plowboys". The Dallas Morning News. October 20, 1934. p. 3 – via NewsBank  .
  7. ^ "Trinity Freshmen Down Dixie Rebel Gridders, 12 to 6". The Dallas Morning News. November 4, 1934. p. 2 – via NewsBank  .
  8. ^ "Wesley Panthers Outclass Dixie Rebels of Dallas". The Greenville Evening Banner. November 8, 1934. p. 3 – via NewspaperArchive.com  .[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Clifton College Beats Dixie U.". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 25, 1934. p. 12 – via NewsBank  .