Who did Burnet lose to in the state finals? [Archive]

NastySlot

11-30-2009, 05:29 PM

Originally posted by Matthew328
Groesbeck the Goats..7-0 right?

yeah 7-0 was the first game of a double header in the astrodome.....second a &m consol.....blasted carthage for the 4A title

Ranger Mom

11-30-2009, 05:49 PM

Originally posted by Old Tiger
Thanks Rocket. I couldn't remember!

That was the game that player from Everman got hurt and ended up paralyzed...Corey Fulbright, wasn't it??

WOS87

11-30-2009, 05:54 PM

They're 0-3 in State Finals games losing to Groesbeck in '91, Everman in '02 and Gainesville in '03

sinfan75

11-30-2009, 06:20 PM

Originally posted by WOS87
They're 0-3 in State Finals games losing to Groesbeck in '91, Everman in '02 and Gainesville in '03 Didn't they tie somebody in 80's? SLC? Or was that the semi's.

WOS87

11-30-2009, 06:23 PM

Originally posted by sinfan75
Didn't they tie somebody in 80's? SLC? Or was that the semi's.

They had the dubious honor of winning three tie games in a row in the 1991 playoffs:

Regional: won the tiebreak over Vernon 20-20
Quarters: won the tiebreak over Marble Falls 14-14
Semis: won the tiebreak over Southlake Carroll 7-7

I know the Southlake Carroll fans old enough to remember still curse and wince when the name Burnet is brought up. I believe that little streak had a lot to do with the UIL implementing the overtime system we have in place today.

spaniard

11-30-2009, 08:48 PM

Originally posted by WOS87
They had the dubious honor of winning three tie games in a row in the 1991 playoffs:

Regional: won the tiebreak over Vernon 20-20
Quarters: won the tiebreak over Marble Falls 14-14
Semis: won the tiebreak over Southlake Carroll 7-7

I know the Southlake Carroll fans old enough to remember still curse and wince when the name Burnet is brought up. I believe that little streak had a lot to do with the UIL implementing the overtime system we have in place today.

hehe, glad we could contribute to history ;) just too bad one of those state final appearances couldn't have ended up with us and a W next to it

lbjacj

11-30-2009, 08:59 PM

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
That was the game that player from Everman got hurt and ended up paralyzed...Corey Fulbright, wasn't it??

Yes it was.That was one of the loudest hits i've ever heard at a football game.Will never forget that one.

Matthew328

11-30-2009, 09:01 PM

loudest hit then one of the most quiet stadiums I've ever heard

Emerson1

11-30-2009, 10:02 PM

Man they were a great #3 team those two years.

Ranger Mom

11-30-2009, 10:12 PM

Originally posted by Matthew328
loudest hit then one of the most quiet stadiums I've ever heard

I was at the state championship game the next year between Burnet and Gainesville...the entire Everman team, along with Corey Fulbright, were there to greet the Burnet players at the beginning of the game....it brought me to tears!!!

lbjacj

11-30-2009, 10:23 PM

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
I was at the state championship game the next year between Burnet and Gainesville...the entire Everman team, along with Corey Fulbright, were there to greet the Burnet players at the beginning of the game....it brought me to tears!!!

I was at Texas Stadium also that day.Very moving moment.

banderafan

11-30-2009, 10:24 PM

Originally posted by WOS87
They had the dubious honor of winning three tie games in a row in the 1991 playoffs:

Regional: won the tiebreak over Vernon 20-20
Quarters: won the tiebreak over Marble Falls 14-14
Semis: won the tiebreak over Southlake Carroll 7-7

I know the Southlake Carroll fans old enough to remember still curse and wince when the name Burnet is brought up. I believe that little streak had a lot to do with the UIL implementing the overtime system we have in place today.

Didn't Burnet and Marble Falls tie during the regular season this same year?

kepdawg

11-30-2009, 10:33 PM

http://www.3adownlow.com/historyregI.php

WOS87

11-30-2009, 10:37 PM

Originally posted by banderafan
Didn't Burnet and Marble Falls tie during the regular season this same year?

Nope... Marble Falls and Burnet were in the same district but Burnet won the first game outright.

Burnet was 12-0-3 going into the State Finals against Groesbeck

Old Dog

11-30-2009, 11:36 PM

That '91 team was pretty special to the community because prior to that team in 70 years of playing football Burnet had never even won a bi-district game. That team altered the attitude of future players and also showed all us old timers how valuable speed is!

Red&White_9x5

12-01-2009, 09:21 AM

Originally posted by WOS87
Nope... Marble Falls and Burnet were in the same district but Burnet won the first game outright.

Burnet was 12-0-3 going into the State Finals against Groesbeck

That is right, Burnet beat Marble in the regular season then met up in the quarterfinals in front of a HUGE crowd. Game was played in Leander and ended in a 14-14 tie. Burnet won three weeks in a row on penetrations against Vernon, Marble Falls, and Southlake

Old Dog

12-01-2009, 12:58 PM

Actually, Burnet and Vernon were tied on penetrations as well and had to go to first downs to decide who moved on the the next level.

On a side note, SLC suited up over 60 players for the semis game while Burnet suited up 27 kids.

Another oddity about Burnet's inclination to tie came first in a 1962 Bi-District game against defending state 1A champ Albany. That game was tied at 28 each AND tied on penetrations also. Albany advanced on a 20-16 first down margin.

spaniard

12-01-2009, 04:25 PM

i remember the state run of '91, i was just a pup then. i was in 3rd grade, and excited to get to go the astrodome and watch some of the bhs greats play some ball. guys like mitchell maxwell and co. could run the wishbone like no one else!

Dogman_1969

12-01-2009, 07:30 PM

In 1985 I played for Ed Abernathy at Rockdale. HE was the Oline coach. I remember him never making us push a sled. He used to tell us you need to know how to block and who to block on Friday, not how to push a sled.

We were 8-2 that year loosing to a John Randle led Hearne and a Toby York Yoeman team......

Coach Ed moved on later to lead Burnet to several playoff runs.......