8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)
of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (date of earliest event reported): November 19, 2010 (November 17, 2010)

DAWSON GEOPHYSICAL COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

TEXAS	001-34404	75-0970548
(State of incorporation or organization)	(Commission file number)	(I.R.S. employer identification number)

508 W. WALL, SUITE 800
MIDLAND, TEXAS	79701
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (432) 684-3000

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

     On November 17, 2010, the Board of Directors of Dawson Geophysical Company (the “Company”) amended the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) to replace Article II, Section 2 with a new provision, which allows the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) to designate the date of the Company’s annual meetings of shareholders. Previously, the Bylaws provided a fixed date for the annual meeting.

     Pursuant to the new Bylaw provision, the Board has designated that the Company’s upcoming annual meeting of shareholders will take place on January 18, 2011, rather than January 25, 2011, the date previously set by the Bylaws as the meeting date.

     The foregoing description of this amended provision of the Bylaws is qualified in its entirety by reference to Amendment No. 1 to the Bylaws, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (d) Exhibits

EXHIBIT
NUMBER		DESCRIPTION
3.1	—	Amendment No. 1 to Bylaws.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	DAWSON GEOPHYSICAL COMPANY
Date: November 19, 2010	By:	/s/ Christina W. Hagan
		Christina W. Hagan
		Executive Vice President, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT
NUMBER		DESCRIPTION
3.1	—	Amendment No. 1 to Bylaws.

EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

Amendment No. 1
TO THE
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF DAWSON GEOPHYSICAL COMPANY

The Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Dawson Geophysical Company, a Texas corporation (the “Company”) (the “Bylaws”), are hereby amended as of November 17, 2010, as follows:

1. Article II, Section 2 of the Bylaws is hereby amended in its entirety and replaced with the following as Section 2:

          Section 2. Annual Meetings. The Annual Meeting of the Shareholders shall be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or as may otherwise be stated in the notice of the meeting, at which time the Shareholders shall elect a Board of Directors, and transact such other business as may be properly brought before the meeting.