Longest Tenured 3A Program in Texas

[LoboesWT]

What is the Longest tenured 3A program? or What School has competed in the 3A classification for the most years? WOS87 trivia time.

[Ernest T Bass]

Im gonna guess Cuero.

[Sweetwater Red]

Originally posted by LoboesWT
What is the Longest tenured 3A program? or What School has competed in the 3A classification for the most years? WOS87 trivia time.

Hmmm. That just made me think of another good question.

[LoboesWT]

Originally posted by Sweetwater Red
Hmmm. That just made me think of another good question.

Possibly who has the most wins in 3A?

[Sweetwater Red]

Originally posted by LoboesWT
Possibly who has the most wins in 3A?

Nah, I started a thread. Thanks for the inspiration. :D

[BwdLion73]

Originally posted by LoboesWT
Possibly who has the most wins in 3A?

:thumbsup:

[LoboesWT]

Originally posted by Sweetwater Red
Nah, I started a thread. Thanks for the inspiration. :D

Your Welcome.

[Old Green]

Originally posted by Ernest T Bass
Im gonna guess Cuero. Cuero was 4A for awhile

[shamu85]

So, is this qualified by new 3A or 3A even in the old 4A as the highest classification years?

[tex_male]

Originally posted by shamu85
So, is this qualified by new 3A or 3A even in the old 4A as the highest classification years?

What School has competed in the 3A classification for the most years?

[tex_male]

Monahans has 37 yrs in 3A 1956 - 1979; 1996 - 2010 Rumor is Monahans opted to stay 4A a couple of realignments before dropping.

[WOS87]

Originally posted by Ernest T Bass
Im gonna guess Cuero.

Nope... Cuero was 4A prior to 1982. I have a thread from way back that shows what classifications all schools were in going back to 1951 when the UIL expanded to 5 classifications. Unfortunately I only made it through Regions I and III for the 3rd Largest Classification.

Click here --->LINK for 3A (http://bbs.3adownlow.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=80213&highlight=Seniority)

The only 4 schools that have been in the 3rd largest classification every year since 1951 (60 consecutive seasons) from Regions I and III are Dalhart, West, Decatur and Caldwell. Those tables were EXTREMELY tedious to put together so I don't have an answer regarding Regions II and IV right now. You'd have to go through individual team histories and look it up and some of my histories only go back to 1980.

I made it through the entire 5A classification (2008 alignment) and you can find similar tables near the bottom of the thread below.

Alief Hastings holds the record for growing from lowest classification to largest classification in the shortest time. They were Class B 1967-1969, 1A 1970-1971, 2A 1972-1973, 3A 1974-1975 and moved up to 4A in 1976 (which was the equivalent of 5A then)

Click here --->All 5A schools from prior alignment (http://texashsfootball.com/board/index.php?showtopic=24873)

[WOS87]

Originally posted by tex_male
Monahans has 37 yrs in 3A 1956 - 1979; 1996 - 2010 Rumor is Monahans opted to stay 4A a couple of realignments before dropping.

3A was the equivalent of 4A prior to 1980 as 3A was the 2nd highest classification then. My tables above show who was in the 3rd largest classification the most number of years.

[LoboesWT]

Thanks WOS87

[Twirling Time]

Bonham has been 3A since 1982 (dropped from 4A), Gainesville since 1992 (same). Whitesboro has been in 3A non-stop since 1972; before that they bounced around between what is now 2A and 3A. All the rest of our 3As are recent risers.

[Eagle 1]

Hey WOS, a while back you posted a list of the best teams based on margin of victory in a season, with Dangerfield being #1 and the 1985 Goldthwaite team being #15.
Can you post that again or give me link?
Thanks.

[WOS87]

Originally posted by Eagle 1
Hey WOS, a while back you posted a list of the best teams based on margin of victory in a season, with Dangerfield being #1 and the 1985 Goldthwaite team being #15.
Can you post that again or give me link?
Thanks.

This is the only thread I can think of like that. It shows the Avg pts scored, Avg pts allowed and MOV of all state champions, but Goldthwaite isn't in the top 15 on any of those rankings. Daingerfield '83 is #1 in Defense, and Goldthwaite '85 is #17. That must be what you were remembering.

Click Here --->LINK (http://bbs.3adownlow.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=101494&highlight=WOS87+AND+Goldthwaite)

[Eagle 1]

Yes that was it, thanks.