1934 Dixie Classic
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Date | January 1, 1934 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1933 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Fair Park | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 12,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1934 Dixie Classic was a post-season college football bowl game between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Centenary Gentlemen. Arkansas and Centenary tied the game, 7-7. The 1934 edition was the final Dixie Classic, which was a precursor to the current post-season game in Fair Park, the Cotton Bowl Classic.
Setting
The game was similar to the meeting at the end of 1932, when the two squads tied, 0-0, in Shreveport. Centenary came in unbeaten at 8-0-3, tying three straight games to
Game summary
The first quarter passed without scoring, before the Razorbacks lit up the scoreboard first, a Tom Murphy pass to Elvin Geiser, who then added the extra point. Centenary back Harold Olsin would haul in a pass from Manning Smith to cut the Hog lead to 7-6. The extra point by Chester Weidman was missed, which would've given Arkansas the win, but
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References
- ^ "1933 Centenary." ShrpSports.1933 Centenary football team. Retrieved on December 29, 2008.
- ^ "Centenary Football History." ShrpSports.Seasons/Results. Retrieved on December 29, 2008.