1934 Dixie Classic
The 1934 Dixie Classic was a post-season college football bowl game between the 1933 [Arkansas Razorbacks football team|Arkansas Razorbacks] and the 1933 [Centenary Gentlemen football team|Centenary Gentlemen]. Arkansas and Centenary tied the game, 7–7. The 1934 edition was the final Dixie Classic, which was a precursor to the later 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 1933 [LSU Tigers football team|LSU], 1933 [Texas Longhorns football team|Texas], and 1933 [TCU Horned Frogs football team|TCU]. The team would disband after the 1941 season. The Hogs entered at 7–3, with losses at LSU, 1933 [Rice Owls football team|Rice], and 1933 [Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team|Tulsa]. Arkansas would remain a Division I program, and achieve over 30 bowl games.
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 offside was called against the Razorbacks, and a retry resulted in a completed extra point. Arkansas would attempt a 14-yard field goal to win the game in the fourth quarter, but Geiser was wide right. The game ended in a tie.