1952 Season

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1952 Season - Record: 2-8-0 (1-4-0)
09.19 - vs Lufkin - Loss 19-7
09.26 - at Denison - Loss 26-20
10.02 - at Coriscana - Win 7-6
10.10 - vs Tyler - Loss 20-0
10.17 - vs Palestine - Loss 20-6
10.24 - Nacogdoches* - Loss 2-0
10.31 - Texas High* - Loss 33-14
11.14 - Gladewater* - Win 20-0
11.21 - Kilgore* - Loss 32-21
11.27 - vs Marshall* - Loss 58-7

* vs Nacogdoches was a 39-0 victory for Longview until finding out later in the season that the team had played an ineligible player. Therefore, the Dragons were awarded a 2-0 victory.

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Longview vs Nacogdoches - November 12th, 1952 - via Associated Press

Longview Forfeits Tilt to Nacogdoches

The Longview Lobos had a record of two losses in district 4-AAA Wednesday after their forfeited their only win because an overage player was used.

Billy Wayne Dodson, a wingback, was 20, although school records indicted he was only 18. The deception was discovered when Dodson's name appeared as one of those summoned for a pre-draft physical.

Longview school Superintendent R.E. Slayton, who also is chairman of the district executive committee, immediately forfeited the Lobos' only conference win, a 39 to 0 victory over Nacogdoches and said Dodson would not play in any other games.

Members of the district executive committee, who learned of Dodson's ineligibility from Slayton, said no other action would be taken.

Dodson's mother said she changed the birth certificate he used at school after he missed two years of school in grammar school.