Dana X. Bible
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| Dana X. Bible | ||
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| Born | October 8, 1891 | |
| Place of birth |  Jefferson City, TN |
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| Died | January 19, 1980 (aged 88) | |
| Place of death | Austin, Texas | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 198-72-23 | |
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| Playing career | ||
| 1910s | Carson-Newman UNC |
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| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1912 1913-1915 1916 1917 1919-1928 1929-1936 1937-1946 |
Brandon Prep Mississippi College LSU Texas A&M Texas A&M Nebraska Texas |
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| College Football Hall of Fame, 1951 (Bio) | ||
Dana Xenophon Bible (October 8, 1891 to January 19, 1980) was a highly successful college football head coach. He is most well known for his excellent coaching at Texas A&M, Nebraska, and Texas. Throughout his career he compiled a 198-72-23 (.715) record. 30 out of his 33 seasons were winning seasons. He twice won 10 games in a season. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
Bible's 1919 football team at Texas A&M University, which was undefeated and untied and outscored the opposition 275-0, was retroactively named national champions by the National Championship Foundation.
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[edit] Coaching chronology
- 1913 to 1915 Coached Mississippi College to a 12-7-2 record.
- 1916 Coached Louisiana State to a 1-0-2 record.
- 1917 Coached Texas A&M to a 8-0-0 record.
- 1918 Served in World War I.
- 1919 to 1928 Coached Texas A&M in three sports:
- 1919 to 1928 Coached Texas A&M football to a 64-19-9 record.
- 1920 to 1921 Coached Texas A&M baseball to a 29-10-1 record.
- 1921 to 1927 Coached Texas A&M men's basketball to a 90-41 record.
- 1929 to 1936 Coached Nebraska to a 50-15-7 record.
- 1937 to 1946 Coached Texas to a 63-31-3 record.
[edit] Football records
[edit] Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | AP# | |||
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| Mississippi College () (1913 – 1915) | |||||||||
| 1913 | Mississippi College | ||||||||
| 1914 | Mississippi College | ||||||||
| 1915 | Mississippi College | ||||||||
| Mississippi College: | 12-7-2 | ||||||||
| LSU Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1916 – 1916) | |||||||||
| 1916 | LSU | 1-0-2 | |||||||
| LSU: | 1-0-2 | ||||||||
| Texas A&M Aggies (Southwest Athletic Conference) (1917 – 1928) | |||||||||
| 1917 | Texas A&M | 8-0-0 | 2-0-0 | 1st | |||||
| 1919 | Texas A&M | 10-0-0 | 4-0-0 | 1st | |||||
| 1920 | Texas A&M | 6-1-1 | 5-1-0 | 3rd | |||||
| 1921 | Texas A&M | 6-1-2 | 3-0-2 | 1st | W Dixie Classic | ||||
| 1922 | Texas A&M | 5-4-0 | 2-2-0 | T-3rd | |||||
| 1923 | Texas A&M | 5-3-1 | 0-3-1 | 8th | |||||
| 1924 | Texas A&M | 7-2-1 | 2-2-1 | 4th | |||||
| 1925 | Texas A&M | 7-1-1 | 4-1-0 | 1st | |||||
| 1926 | Texas A&M | 5-3-1 | 1-3-1 | 5th | |||||
| 1927 | Texas A&M | 8-0-1 | 4-0-1 | 1st | |||||
| 1928 | Texas A&M | 5-4-1 | 1-3-1 | 5th | |||||
| Texas A&M: | 72-19-9 | ||||||||
| Nebraska Cornhuskers (Big Six Conference) (1929 – 1936) | |||||||||
| 1929 | Nebraska | 4-1-3 | 3-0-2 | 1st | |||||
| 1930 | Nebraska | 4-3-2 | 2-2-1 | 4th | |||||
| 1931 | Nebraska | 8-2-0 | 5-0-0 | 1st | |||||
| 1932 | Nebraska | 7-1-1 | 5-0-0 | 1st | |||||
| 1933 | Nebraska | 8-1-0 | 5-0-0 | 1st | |||||
| 1934 | Nebraska | 6-3-0 | 4-1-0 | 2nd | |||||
| 1935 | Nebraska | 6-2-1 | 4-0-1 | 1st | |||||
| 1936 | Nebraska | 7-2-0 | 5-0-0 | 1st | 9 | ||||
| Nebraska: | 50-15-7 | 33-3-4 | |||||||
| Texas Longhorns (Southwest Athletic Conference) (1937 – 1946) | |||||||||
| 1937 | Texas | 2-6-1 | |||||||
| 1938 | Texas | 1-8-0 | |||||||
| 1939 | Texas | 5-4-0 | |||||||
| 1940 | Texas | 8-2-0 | |||||||
| 1941 | Texas | 8-1-1 | 4 | ||||||
| 1942 | Texas | 9-2-0 | 11 | ||||||
| 1943 | Texas | 7-1-1 | 14 | ||||||
| 1944 | Texas | 5-4-0 | |||||||
| 1945 | Texas | 10-1-0 | 10 | ||||||
| 1946 | Texas | 8-2-0 | 15 | ||||||
| Texas: | 63-31-3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 198-72-23 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final AP of the season. | |||||||||
[edit] External links
- http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/bibledan.shtml
- http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=170
| Preceded by E.H. Harlan |
Texas A&M Aggies Head Coach 1917 |
Succeeded by D.V. Graves |
| Preceded by D.V. Graves |
Texas A&M Aggies Head Coach 1919–1928 |
Succeeded by Matty Bell |
| Preceded by Jack Chevigny |
Texas Longhorns Head Coach 1937–1946 |
Succeeded by Blair Cherry |
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