1934 Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football team

1934 Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football
1934 Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football
Conference	Texas Conference
Record	3–5–2 (2–2–1 Texas)
Head coach	Les Cranfill (5th season);
	Seasons ← 1933 1935 →

1934 Texas Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Howard Payne $	5	–	0	–	1	9	–	0	–	1
St. Edward's	2	–	1	–	2	2	–	4	–	2
Daniel Baker	2	–	1	–	2	3	–	5	–	3
McMurry	2	–	1	–	3	3	–	3	–	3
Hardin–Simmons	2	–	2	–	1	3	–	5	–	2
Austin	2	–	4	–	2	3	–	5	–	2
Southwestern (TX)	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	5	–	2
Trinity (TX)	1	–	3	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Abilene Christian	1	–	3	–	1	1	–	7	–	2

$ – Conference champion

The 1934 Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football team was an American football team that represented Hardin–Simmons University as a member of the Texas Conference during the 1934 college football season. The team compiled a 3–5–2 overall record with a conference mark of 2–2–1.^[1]^[2]

Les Cranfill was the team's head coach for the fifth year. He had played football at Hardin-Simmons and had first joined the school's coaching staff in 1926. Following three consecutive losing seasons, the school's athletic director, G.B. Sandefer, announced in January 1935 that Cranfill had resigned as head coach.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	at Amarillo*	Amarillo, TX	T 13–13		^[4]
September 28	Sul Ross*	Abilene, TX	W 18–6		^[5]
October 6	vs. St. Edward's	Wichita Falls, TX	L 7–9		^[6]
October 12	at Trinity (TX)	Waxahachie, TX	T 0–0		^[7]
October 19	Baylor*	Abilene, TX	L 6–13		^[8]
October 26	at Southwestern (TX)	Georgetown, TX	L 0–6		^[9]
November 2	Daniel Baker	Abilene, TX	W 6–0		^[10]
November 9	at Texas Tech*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	L 0–13	3,500	^[11]
November 17	at Texas Mines*	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	L 3–13	2,500	^[12]
November 23	Austin	Abilene, TX	W 45–0		^[13]
*Non-conference game