The trip to Dallas kicks off Pine Bluff High School's 2024 football season, which includes five home games at Jordan Stadium.
The Zebras announced this fall's football schedule on Tuesday. Pine Bluff opens the season on Aug. 31 in Dallas with a neutral-venue game against Oklahoma City Millwood. Saturday's game will kick off at 11 a.m.
Millwood is a small, majority-black school district located north of Oklahoma City. The Falcons play in Class 2A football in the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association. They are the current state runner-up after losing to Washington (McLean County) in the state championship game and ending the season at 13-2.
Pine Bluff's home opener will take place the following week, also on Saturday, when the Zebras host Dallas Kimball at 11 a.m. on Sept. 7 at Jordan Stadium.
Kimball comes from Class 5A Division II of the University of Texas Interscholastic League. The Knights are coming off an 8-3 season in which they lost to Ennis in the first round of the playoffs.
After two games against out-of-state opponents, the Zebras will host Camden-Fairview on Sept. 13 before opening 5A-Central play with a road game against Jacksonville over the week. .
Homecoming is set for Oct. 4 against Maumelle. The Zebras will then spend the next three weeks on the road with games at Beebe, Searcy and crosstown rival Watson Chapel.
Pine Bluff will conclude the regular season with back-to-back home games against Whitehall and Joe T. Robinson.
The Zebras are coming off a season in which they went 9-4 and reached the state semifinals. Pine Bluff won the 5A Central Conference title before losing to Shiloh Christian in two playoff games.
