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Txprepsfootball Historial Section

ALL-TIME HIGHEST ATTENDANCE

Texas High School Football Playoff Games

Attendance is not an official statistic kept at Texas
high school football playoff games, so state records are incomplete.

Attendance for these 10 games are among the highest on record in state history:

Attendance Game Site Year
49,953 Plano vs. Port Neches-Groves Texas Stadium 1977*
46,339 Southlake Carroll vs. Euless Trinity Texas Stadium 2006
45,790 Highland Park vs. Waco Cotton Bowl 1945*
45,000 Houston Washington vs. Galveston Rice Stadium 1968
45,000 Dallas Adams vs. Richardson Cotton Bowl 1967
39,102 Garland vs. Katy Astrodome 1999*
39,102 Stephenville vs. Port Neches-Groves Astrodome 1999*
38,570 Port Neches-Groves vs. Houston Kashmere Astrodome 1977
38,374 Plano vs. Highland Park Texas Stadium 1980
38,000 Odessa vs. San Antonio Jefferson Memorial Stadium (Austin) 1946
36,000 Fort Bend Willowridge vs. Houston Yates Rice Stadium 1988

*state championship game

Sources: UIL, Bill McMurray's Texas High School Record Book,
Texas Football magazine, FW Star-Telegram archives

TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STATE RECORDS

** Indicates National Record

CAREER RUSHING YARDS

  1. 11,232 Kenneth Hall, Sugar Land 1950-53**
  2. 8,855 Wes Danaher, Calallen 1992-95
  3. 8,441 Rodney Thomas, Groveton 1987-90
  4. 8,423 Cedric Benson, Midland Lee 1998-00

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    Midland Lee's Cedric Benson

  5. 8,411 Robert Strait, Cuero 1985-88
  6. 8,246 Jacquizz Rodgers, Lamar Consolidated 2004-07
  7. 8,143 Buddy Hanson, Tom Bean 2000-03
  8. 7,803 Bradley Stephens, McAllen Memorial 2003-06
  9. 7,738 Billy Sims, Hooks 1972-74
  10. 7,712 Shaud Williams, Andrews 1995-98
  11. 7,621 Jeff Spikes, Burkeville 1991-94
  12. 7,582 David Overstreet, Big Sandy 1973-76
  13. 7,491 Jacoby Jones, Bangs 2001-03
  14. 7,271 Brock Fitzhenry, Giddings 2004-07
  15. 7,260 Mark Fincher, Jayton 1972-75
  16. 7,260 Bobby Mitchell, Big Sandy 1970-73
  17. 7,249 Jerrell Wilkerson, SA Clark 2001-04
  18. 7,099 Marcus Wright, SA Madison 2004-07
  19. 7,084 Ross Harrison, Petrolia 2000-02
  20. 6,970 Byron "Bam" Morris, Cooper 1986-89

SINGLE SEASON RUSHING LEADERS

  1. 4,045 Kenneth Hall, Sugar Land 1953
  2. 3,701 Rodney Thomas, Groveton 1990
  3. 3,569 Wes Danaher, Calallen 1995
  4. 3,526 Cedric Benson, Midland Lee 1999
  5. 3,515 Robert Strait, Cuero 1987
  6. 3,458 Kenneth Hall, Sugar Land 1952
  7. 3,374 Marcus Wright, San Antonio Reagan 2007
  8. 3,339 Jacoby Jones, Bangs 2003
  9. 3,323 Thomas Tarver, Brookshire-Royal 1998
  10. 3,300 Mishak Rivas, Weslaco 2007
  11. 3,225 Buddy Hanson, Tom Bean 2003
  12. 3,212 Sam McGuffie, Houston Cypress Fairbanks 2006
  13. 3,160 Kenneth Hall, Sugar Land 1951
  14. 3,137 Will Clay, Snyder 2007
  15. 3,108 James Talton, Paul Pewitt 1993
  16. 3,089 Chris Harris, Elysian Fields 1998
  17. 3,080 Billy Sims, Hooks 1973
  18. 3,074 Anthony Byerly, Newton 1981
  19. 3,070 Bobby Mitchell, Big Sandy 1973
  20. 3,051 Jeff Spikes, Burkeville 1993

SINGLE GAME RUSHING LEADERS

  1. 587 Darryl Ellis, Somerville vs. Thrall, 1998
  2. 525 Tyson Thompson, Irving vs. Hurst Bell, 1998
  3. 520 Kenneth Hall, Sugar Land vs. Houston Lutheran, 1953
  4. 517 Cleon Williams, Boling vs. Ganado, 1991
  5. 517 Phillip Graves, Hutto vs. Thorndale, 2001
  6. 483 Devin Thomas, SA Madison vs. SA Reagan, 2006
  7. 481 Larry Boyd, Union Hill vs. Lone Oak, 1988
  8. 476 Ronnie Ashmore, SA Edgewood vs. SA Memorial, 1985
  9. 467 Eric Bizer, Centerville vs. Groveton, 2003
  10. 467 Buddy Hanson, Tom Bean vs. Blue Ridge, 2002


TEXAS LEGEND PROFILES





SINGLE SEASON - MOST RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS

  1. 57 Kenneth Hall, Sugar Land, 1953
  2. 56 Willie Mack Garza, Refugio, 1987
  3. 56 David Overstreet, Big Sandy, 1975
  4. 54 Robert Strait, Cuero, 1987
  5. 53 Dick Todd, Crowell, 1934
  6. 51 Cedric Benson, Midland Lee, 1999
  7. 51 Bert Gravitt, Denver City, 1960
  8. 49 Rodney Thomas, Groveton, 1990
  9. 48 Setrick Dickens, Quanah, 1988
  10. 47 Jerrell Wilkerson, SA Clark, 2004


SINGLE SEASON - MOST POINTS

  1. 395 Kenneth Hall, Sugar Land, 1953
  2. 375 Robert Strait, Cuero, 1987
  3. 362 David Overstreet, Big Sandy, 1975
  4. 350 Setrick Dickens, Quanah, 1988
  5. 336 Willie Mack Garza, Refugio, 1987
  6. 333 Bert Gravitt, Denver City, 1960
  7. 322 George Wright, Sonora, 1954
  8. 318 Dick Todd, Crowell, 1934
  9. 315 Warren McVea, SA Brackenridge, 1963
  10. 308 Cedric Benson, Midland Lee, 1999

MOST TOUCHDOWNS - CAREER

  1. 136 Jacquizz Rodgers, Lamar Consolidated, 2004-07
  2. 128 Robert Strait, Cuero, 1985-88
  3. 127 Kenneth Hall, Sugar Land,1950-53
  4. 127 Cedric Benson, Midland Lee, 1998-00
  5. 115 Rodney Thomas, Groveton1987-90

MOST POINTS PER GAME

  1. 32.9 Kenneth Hall, (395/12) 1953**
  2. 26.0 David Overstreet, (364/14) 1975

MOST POINTS IN ONE GAME

  1. 75 Jiggs Ray, Pilot Point vs. Tom Bean, 1937

MOST CARRIES - ONE GAME

  1. 62 Steve Williams, Trinidad vs. Oakwood, 1977

MOST RUSHING YARDS - ONE GAME

  1. 893 Centerville, Centerville vs. Groveton, 2004**

CONSECUTIVE 100 YARD GAMES RUSHING - ONE SEASON

  1. 16 Rodney Thomas, Groveton,1990**
  2. 16 Fred Smith, Sealy,1994**

CONSECUTIVE 100 YARD GAMES RUSHING - CAREER

  1. 38 Billy Sims, Hooks, 1972-74**

TOUCHDOWN PASSES - CAREER

  1. 167 Graham Harrell, Ennis, 2000-03
  2. 133 G.J Kinne, Canton, Gilmer, 2003-06
  3. 116 Colt McCoy, Jim Ned, 2002-04
  4. 114 Drew Tate, Baytown Lee, 1999-02
  5. 104 Chandler Dane, Decatur, 2002-04
  6. 101 Stephen McGee, Burnet, 2001-03
  7. 94 Chavis McCollister, Tenaha, 1995-98
  8. 91 Chase Daniel, Southlake Carroll, 2003-04
  9. 89 James Battle, Denton Ryan, 2000-02
  10. 85 D.J Check, Clint, 1997-99

TOUCHDOWN PASSES - SEASON

  1. 67 Graham Harrell, Ennis, 2003
  2. 54 Chase Wasson, Southlake Carroll, 2002
  3. 54 Kirk Saul, Valley Consolidated, 1986
  4. 53 Graham Harrell, Ennis, 2001
  5. 52 Patrick Hutka, Rogers, 1997
  6. 52 Garrett Gilbert, Lake Travis, 2007



HISTORY TIMELINE

1913 The Governing Body
    The University Interscholastic League, a voluntary, non-profit organization, is founded to oversee and coordinate extracurricular academic, athletic, and music contests.
1927 Waco Three-Peats
    Waco wins third straight title, and 4th in 6 years with a 21-14 victory over Abilene.
1937 Amarillo Matches Waco
    Amarillo wins it's third straight championship with a 10-6 win over Kerrville.
1945 Big Battle
    Highland Park and Waco play to a 7-7 tie in the 1945 state championship game before a then
    record crowd of 45,790 at the Cotton Bowl.
1948 Adding Class
    Classifications are instituted and known as City, 1A, and 2A.
1951 Class Addition
    Classifications 3A and 4A are added.
1953 The Sugar Land Express Sets Mark
    Sugar Land High School senior Ken Hall finished his career with a record 11,232 yards rushing. It was the most ever by a school-boy running back. Hall, a 6-foot-1, 205 pound running back played college football at Texas A&M for Bear Bryant. Known as the "Sugar Land Express" he set 15 state and/or national records during his prep career. During his senior season, Hall averaged an astonishing 337.1 rushing yards per game. In a game against Houston Lutheran, Hall averaged 47.3 yards on 11 carries for 520 yards.
1956 The "Team of the Century"
    Abilene, who was voted the "Team of the Century' in 1999 by the Dallas Morning News wins it's third consecutive state title, wrapping up a run that included a 49 game win streak.
1956 Mr. Interception
    Jim Linnstaeder, of Brenham High School, intercepted 35 passes to establish the high school record for interceptions in a single season.
1965 UIL Membership Expanded
    The UIL opened membership to all schools regardless of race. Previously, African American schools were governed by the PVIL (Prairie View Interscholastic League), which had operated since 1920, and continued on a limited basis from 1965-70 when it disbanded.
1972 Small Classes Added
    Classifications for 6 Man, 8 Man and Class B added.
1974 Career Rushing Record
    Hooks RB Billy Sims ends his high school career by establishing a national record for
    consecutive 100 yard games with 38.
1976 Class Dropped
    8 Man football is dropped.
1977 A Record Crowd
    Plano defeats Port Neches-Groves 13-10 at Texas Stadium in front of the largest crowd to ever witness a Texas High School football playoff game (49,953).
1979 Giving the Bands Their Props
    The first UIL state band marching contest is held.
1980 Class Subtraction and Addition
    Class B football is eliminated and class 5A is added.
1983 Total Domination
    The class 3A Daingerfield Tigers complete one of the most dominating seasons ever, going 16-0 and outscoring their opponents 631-8. They recorded 14 shutouts, including the final 13 games of the season.
1985 Legendary Coach Retires
    Legendary Brownwood coach Gordon Wood retires after a then state record 396 victories to go along with a combined 9 state titles. He coached at Rule, Roscoe, Seminole, Winters and Stamford, where he won 80 games and two titles in seven years. His final 26 years of coaching were spent at Brownwood where he won 257 games and seven state titles. He belongs to six halls of fame and was named high school "Coach of the Century" in 1999 by the Dallas Morning News.
1987 Mr. Touchdown Catch
    Shane Boyd of New Deal High School catches 33 touchdown passes to set a national record.
1990 Friday Nights Lights
    The book "Friday Night Lights" by author H.G. Bissinger hits the newstands. The book is based around the 1988 season of the Odessa Permian Panthers football team and focuses on the importance of Odessa Permian football to the population there. The book is later translated to both the big and small screens.
1994 Regular Season Streak
    Southlake Carroll wins it's 72nd consecutive regular season game to set a state record.
1996 Playoff Division
    4A and 5A classifications are broken down into Divisions I and II for the playoffs.
1998 Stephenville Scores Again
    Stephenville High School broke the 73-year old national record for yards in a season with 8,664. The previous mark of 8,588 was held by Pine Bluff, Ark., established in 1925.
1998 Playoff Division Additions
    2A and 3A classifications are broken down into Divisions I and II for the playoffs.
2000 Roaring Rebels
    The Cedric Benson led Midland Lee Rebels beat Austin Westlake 33-21 for their third consecutive state title.
2001 Bobcats on the Prowl
    Celina goes 16-0 for the third consecutive year and wins it's 4th consecutive class 2A Division II state championship with a 41-35 victory over Garrison.
2004 Legendary Coach Retires Part II
    G.A. Moore, the state's all-time winningest coach with 404 wins, retires. Moore spent 39 of his 42 years in coaching at Pilot Point, his alma mater, and Celina, where he won six state titles and four straight from 1998-2001. He also won titles at Celina, located about eight miles from Pilot Point, in 1974 and 1995, and guided Pilot Point to back-to-back titles in 1980 and 1981. He also coached at Bryson and Sherman.
2006 Division Additions
    6 Man football is broken down into Divisions I and II for regular season and playoffs and 1A classification is broken down into Divisions I and II for the playoffs.
2006 A Record Attendance?
    On their way to a fourth 5A state title in five years, Southlake Carroll meets Euless Trinity in the second round of the playoffs and emerges with a scintillating 22-21 victory before an announced crowd of 43,339 at Texas Stadium. The attendance appears to approach 60,000 midway through the third quarter, which would have set an all-time playoff record.


PASSES COMPLETED - SEASON

  1. 360 Garrett Gilbert, Lake Travis, 2007
  2. 332 Graham Harrell, Ennis, 2003
  3. 317 Drew Tate, Baytown Lee, 2001
  4. 306 Drew Tate, Baytown Lee, 2002
  5. 304 Phillip Daugherty, Bridgeport, 2001
  6. 300 Chase Wasson, Southlake Carroll, 2002

PASSING YARDS - GAME

  1. 593 Alvaro Garcia, Laredo United vs. San Antonio Reagan, 2006
  2. 590 Kirk Saul, Valley Consolidated vs. Chillicothe, 1986
  3. 588 Dwain Frazier, Houston Elmore vs. Aldine Carver, 1968
  4. 573 Graham Harrell, Ennis vs. Waxahachie, 2003
  5. 557 Ty Detmer, SA Southwest vs. Pleasanton, 1986

PASSING YARDS - SEASON

  1. 4,827 Garrett Gilbert, Lake Travis, 2007
  2. 4,825 Graham Harrell, Ennis, 2003
  3. 4,822 Chase Wasson, Southlake Carroll, 2002
  4. 4,697 Kelan Luker, Stephenville, 1998
  5. 4,678 Phillip Daugherty, Bridgeport, 2001

PASSES ATTEMPTED - GAME

  1. 73 Koy Detmer, Mission vs. Aldine, 1990
  2. 71 Tony Eckert, Lumberton vs. Jasper, 2001
  3. 66 D.J. Check, Clint vs. Monahans, 1997
  4. 64 Graham Harrell, Ennis vs. Highland Park, 2003
  5. 63 Quentin Thompson, Haltom vs.Southlake Carroll, 2004

PASSES COMPLETED - GAME

  1. 48 Brian Parrish, Henrietta vs. Electra, 1995
  2. 44 Koy Detmer, Mission vs. C.C. Miller, 1991
  3. 41 Koy Detmer, Mission vs. Aldine, 1990
  4. 39 Graham Harrell, Ennis vs. Highland Park, 2003
  5. 39 Ty Detmer, SA Southwest vs. Pleasanton, 1986

RECEIVING YARDS - CAREER

  1. 5,424 Jordan Shipley, Rotan '00, Burnet 2001-03
  2. 4,241 Cody Cardwell, Stephenville, 1996-98
  3. 4,143 Brian Christian, Decatur, 2002-04
  4. 3,726 Nati Valdez, Mission, 1986-88
  5. 3,540 Justin McGibbon, China Spring, 1999-01

RECEIVING YARDS - SEASON

  1. 2,427 Cody Cardwell, Stephenville, 1998**
  2. 2,202 Phillip Beck, Crosby, 2003
  3. 1,993 Ryan Read, Austin Westlake, 1996
  4. 1,931 Chris Brazzelli, Alice, 1993
  5. 1,926 Kelby Kemper, Coahoma, 2003

RECEIVING YARDS - GAME

  1. 357 Randy Boone, Chillicothe vs. Aspermont, 1984
  2. 356 Stanley Johnson, FW Paschal vs. Crowley, 1994
  3. 345 Michael Aceves, Cedar Hill vs. Wylie, 1988
  4. 320 Steven Ortiz, Austin Akins vs. Austin Travis, 200
  5. 320 Philip Beck, Crosby vs. Houston Davis, 2003

RECEPTIONS - SEASON

  1. 153 Jason Bird, Lake Travis, 2007
  2. 124 Phillip Beck, Crosby, 2003
  3. 122 Josh Whatley, Rogers, 1997
  4. 117 Dustin Findley, Bosqueville, 2003
  5. 112 Cody Cardwell, Stephenville, 1998

RECEPTIONS - GAME

  1. 22 Sammy Taylor, Dublin vs. Ranger, 1980
  2. 20 Keith Talbert, Lumberton vs. Jasper, 2001
  3. 20 Rene Garza, PSJA Memorial vs. Raymondville, 2000
  4. 19 Steven Ortiz, Austin Akins vs. Austin Travis, 2004
  5. 19 Jeremy Robinson, Palmer vs. Kerens, 1991
  6. 19 Labron Cornell, Midlothian vs. Waxahachie, 1990

TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS - CAREER

  1. 73 Jordan Shipley, Rotan, '00, Burnet 2001-03
  2. 52 Broderic Jones, Ennis, 2000-01
  3. 50 Brian Christian, Decatur, 2002-04
  4. 50 Jarvis Woodson, Ennis, 2002-03
  5. 48 Cody Cardwell, Stephenville, 1996-98
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Rotan / Burnet Receiver Jordan Shipley


MOST POINTS SCORED - GAME

  1. 186 Spur HS vs. Lorenzo HS, 1930
  2. 184 Roby HS vs. Aspermont HS, 1925

MOST TOUCHDOWNS PER GAME

  1. 9.3 Big Sandy, 1975**

MOST YARDS GAINED - SEASON

  1. 8,664 Stephenville, 1998**
  2. 8,375 Sugar Land, 1953
  3. 7,411 Stephenville, 1994

MOST YARDS PER GAME

  1. 697.9 Sugar Land, 1953**

MOST FIELD GOALS - SEASON

  1. 20 Hunter Lawrence, Boerne, 2004
  2. 19 Steven Coker, Lufkin, 2001
  3. 19 Chris Sims, Garland, 1999
  4. 19 Kyle Bryant, A&M Consolidated, 1992

LONGEST FIELD GOALS

  1. 67 Russ Cowsert, Dallas Christian vs. FW Nolan, 1987
  2. 62 David Leaverton, Midland vs. Odessa Permian, 1995
  3. 62 Ralph Heaten, El Paso Irvin vs. EP Bowie, 1992
  4. 62 Russell Wheatley, Odessa Permian vs. Longview, 1975
  5. 61 Matt Szymanski, A&M Consolidated vs. Euless Trinity, 2005

MOST SHUTOUTS BY DEFENSE - CONSECUTIVE

  1. 16 McLeod, 1943-44
  2. 14 Waco, 1921-22

MOST SHUTOUTS BY DEFENSE - SEASON

  1. 14 Daingerfield, 1983
  2. 12 Pittsburgh, 1980

MOST INTERCEPTIONS BY DEFENSE - SEASON

  1. 50 Brenham, 1966
  2. 48 Celeste, 1983

MOST INTERCEPTIONS BY INDIVIDUAL - CAREER

  1. 59 Donald Moore, Splendora, 1976-80
  2. 55 Jim Linnstaeder, Brenham, 1956-58

MOST INTERCEPTIONS BY INDIVIDUAL - SEASON

  1. 35 Jim Linnstaeder, Brenham, 1956**
  2. 23 Kendall Barrow, High Island, 1979

MOST INTERCEPTIONS BY INDIVIDUAL - GAME

  1. 7 Donald Moore, Splendora vs. New Waverly, 1977

MOST FUMBLES RECOVERED - SEASON

  1. 38 Pilot Point, 1992








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