1933 Dixie Rebels football team

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1933 Dixie Rebels football
ConferenceIndependent
1933 record2–4
Head coach
  • Nick Dobbs (2nd season, first five games)
    Jim Hamrick (1st season, final game)
CaptainJodie Whire (first three games), Jake "Rabbit" Minnehan (last three games)
Home stadiumSteer Stadium, Fair Park Stadium
Seasons
←  1932
1934  →
1933 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Oklahoma City  –   8–1–0
Tulsa  –   6–1–0
Texas A&I  –   6–2–0
Catholic University  –   6–3–0
South Georgia Teachers  –   5–3–0
Western Maryland  –   5–3–0
William & Mary Norfolk  –   5–3–1
George Washington  –   5–3–1
Navy  –   5–4–0
Oglethorpe  –   4–5–0
Texas Mines  –   3–5–1
West Virginia  –   3–5–2
Delaware  –   2–4–2
Dixie  –   2–4–0
Georgetown  –   1–6–1
East Carolina  –   1–5–0

The 1933 Dixie Rebels football team was an American football team that represented Dixie University (affiliated with Somerville School of Law) during the 1933 college football season. In its first season of intercollegiate football, albeit with a mostly veteran team from the 1932 Jefferson Rangers football team, Dixie compiled a 2–4 record with victories over Abilene Christian and Austin, though they scored just one touchdown in each win. In what was considered a benchmark game, Dixie traveled to Lubbock, Texas to play Texas Tech and was trounced 33–0. The head coach of Dixie was Nick Dobbs, and was assisted by Jim Hamrick, the captain of the 1932 Jefferson Rangers. The team captain was star running back Jodie Whire, formerly at the University of Georgia, but he left the team and the school at the end of September and was succeeded by Jake "Rabbit" Minnehan as the captain. On October 27, Dobbs resigned prior to the season finale and was replaced by Hamrick. [1] The Rebels finished with a close loss to North Dakota at Fair Park Stadium.

Dixie University was created by Nick Dobbs in collaboration with the Somerville Law School executives as a new college to transplant his football team-without-a-home Rangers. [2] After Jefferson University kicked the team out of that university, Dobbs proclaimed “What is wrong with a ready-made football team getting itself a university?” [3] And with that Dixie was born to house the football team and apparently some college curricula. But the excitement that Dobbs created in 1932 had vanished almost as fast and his 1933 Rebels started to fall apart.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16 Abilene Christian
W 6-0950 [4]
September 22 Simmons (TX)
  • Steer Stadium
  • Dallas, TX
L 6–171,200 [5]
September 30 Austin
  • Steer Stadium
  • Dallas, TX
W 6–2400 [6]
October 6at Texas Tech
L 0–33 [7]
October 21at Sul Ross
L 0–5 [8]
November 15 North Dakota
L 12–13250 [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Nick Dobbs Quits As Dixie U. Coach". The Dallas Morning News. October 29, 1933. p. 16 – via Newsbank Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  2. ↑ "Strike Up Dixie! Rebels Are On Their Way; Nick Dobbs Plans Brand-New Gridiron Circus". The Dallas Morning News. February 19, 1933. p. 3 – via Newsbank Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. ↑ "Dixie University". Lost Colleges. Retrieved September 21, 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Dixie Rebels Open Season With 6-to-0 Victory Overy Abilene Christians". The Dallas Morning News. September 17, 1933. p. 3 – via Newsbank Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. ↑ "Simmons Cowboys Outplay Local Dixie Rebels to Hang Up 17 to 6 Victory". The Dallas Morning News. September 23, 1933. p. 11 – via NewsBank Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  6. ↑ "Dixie Rebels Eke Out Slim 6-to-2 Decision Over Austin College". The Dallas Morning News. October 1, 1933. p. 12 – via Newsbank Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  7. ↑ "Rebels Handed 33-0 Drubbing by Texas Tech". The Dallas Morning News. October 7, 1933. p. 11 – via Newsbank Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  8. ↑ "Sul Ross Wins Over Dixie U. Rebels, 5 to 0". The Dallas Morning News. October 22, 1931. p. 5 – via Newsbank Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  9. ↑ "North Dakota Hangs Up 13-to-12 Win Over Dixie Rebels". The Dallas Morning News. November 16, 1933. p. 3 – via Newsbank Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
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