Dixie Classic
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The Dixie Classic was a semi-major bowl game which was held on three separate occasions over a span of 12 years at Fair Park Stadium in Dallas, Texas. It was the precursor to the currently-existing Cotton Bowl, and the host team for each iteration of the game was from the Southwest Conference.
The 1922 edition saw the beginning of Texas A&M's famous 12th Man tradition, as A&M coach Dana Bible called E. King Gill -- an Aggie football player who had left the squad at the end of the regular season to focus on basketball -- down from the stands to be ready in case he was needed because of injuries.
Results
| 02 JAN 1922 | Texas A&M | 22 | Centre | 14 |
| 01 JAN 1925 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 9 | Southern Methodist | 7 |
| 01 JAN 1934 | Arkansas | 7 | Centenary (LA) | 7 |
