He was a sharp, scripture-quoting son of a Latin and Greek scholar. Dana X. Bible’s unspectacular coaching techniques brought solid, fundamental football to the Southwest. At Mississippi College (1913-1915), Louisiana State University (1916), Texas A&M (1917, 1919-1928), Nebraska (1926-1936), and Texas (1937-1946)- thirty-three years in all – Bible’s teams rolled to a 198-72-23 record. In total, Bible squads won fourteen conference championships. He always frowned on fancy football. His idea of living dangerously was a fake-and-run punt formation on third down. In his book, “Championship Football”, Bible outlined the importance of scouting an opponent. He required each of his scouts to answer forty-two pages of mimeographed questions on each game and fill out another eight pages with comments and diagrams. Bible was boss at all times, running his clubs in a logical, well-planned manner. He began his career as a prep coach in Tennessee and diligently studied the outstanding gridiron mentors of his time. In eleven years at Texas A&M, Bible did not have a losing season. At Nebraska, he lost only three games in eight seasons of conference competition. At Texas, Bible went 55-13-2 in his last seven years. Dana X. Bible was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.
