The Dixie Classic was a college football post-season bowl game played intermittently at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. Team-competitive games were held three times, after the 1921, 1924, and 1933 regular seasons, on or about the ensuing New Year's Day. The January 1922 game is notably remembered as being the origin of the Texas A&M 12th man tradition. The Dixie Classic was phased out in favor of the Cotton Bowl Classic.

Three all-star games, contested under the Dixie Classic name, were played at nearby Ownby Stadium in early January of 1929, 1930, and 1931. Joe Utay, who had played for Texas A&M and helped found the Southwest Conference in 1914, was the games' organizer.

Game results

thumb|right|Action during the 1922 game

Bold denotes winning team; italics indicates a tie.

{| class="wikitable"

! Date

! colspan="2"| team

! colspan="2" | Opponent

! Attendance

! Notes

! Ref.

|-

| January 2, 1922 || Texas A&M || 22 || Centre || 14 || align=center|20,000 || notes ||

|-

| January 1, 1925 || Southern Methodist || 7 || || 9 || align=center|7,000 || notes ||

|-

| January 1, 1934 || Arkansas || 7 || Centenary || 7 || align=center|12,000 || notes ||

|}

Three all-star games, referred to as the Dixie Classic in various newspaper articles, were played at Ownby Stadium in Dallas. The first was on January 2, 1929, when a team of players from the Big Six Conference defeated a team of Southwest Conference (SWC) players, 14–6. A similar game was played on January 1, 1930, with a team of midwest players defeating a team of southwest players, 25–12. On January 1, 1931, a southwest team defeated a midwest team, 18–0.

Appearances by conference

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! rowspan=2|Conference

! colspan=5|Record

! colspan=3|Appearances by year

|-

! Games

! W

! L

! T

! Win pct.

! class=unsortable|Won

! class=unsortable|Lost

! class=unsortable|Tied

|-

| SWC || 3 || || 1922 || 1925 || 1934

|-

| SIAA || 2 || || || 1922 || 1934

|-

| Independent || 1 || || 1925 || ||

|}

See also

  • List of college bowl games

Notes

References

  • Hog Database - 1934 Dixie Classic Summary Box score and recap from the final Dixie Classic