3A State Champs 1980-2006 - Roads to the Title

[WOS87]

I put this together for another site but thought some might be interested in seeing it over here... I'm missing a few games from the 1981 (Cameron), 1982 (Refugio) and 1984 (Medina Valley) championship seasons but those are the only ones that are missing from the past 27 seasons.

Among these you will find the game-by-game records of some of the all-time best including....

...the season which holds the 3A record for most points scored in a full season
...the season which holds the 3A record for fewest points allowed in a full season
...the first program to win 4 consecutive 11-man state titles in UIL history
...the first 16-win season in UIL history
...6 of Cuero's 10 state championship appearances


3A State Championship Seasons


1998-2006
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1980-1997
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[WOS87]

A few more stats from the above listings....

The teams that appear on the above schedules the most times:
(this does NOT include seasons that the teams actually won a title - i.e. In the past 27 years Cuero has been the state champ once and faced the eventual state champ 9 times)

9 Times
Cuero

7 Times
Robinson
Pleasant Grove
La Grange
Gainesville
Decatur

6 Times
Vernon
Jefferson
Gladewater
Giddings
Edna
Daingerfield
Bridgeport
Bellville

5 Times
Pittsburg
New Boston
Lake Worth
Lake Dallas
La Vernia
Gilmer
Forney
De Kalb
Columbus
Burnet
Atlanta

4 Times
Tatum
Royse City
Rice Consolidated
Queen City
Mount Vernon
Mount Pleasant
Luling
Linden-Kildare
Hallettsville
Dallas Pinkston
Brookshire Royal
Bonham
Aledo
Abilene Wylie

[Highschoolfan78]

I have a question for the 1987 Gobbler team.. How is it that the pre-district game against Beeville Jones that they had 1 point against the Gobblers. What's the 1 point play?

[Highschoolfan78]

btw, awesome stuff, thanks for the hard work

[WOS87]

Originally posted by Highschoolfan78
I have a question for the 1987 Gobbler team.. How is it that the pre-district game against Beeville Jones that they had 1 point against the Gobblers. What's the 1 point play?


It was a typo... but it's fixed now... the game was actually a shutout...

[JT44]

we need a title bad in cuero or we're gonna be the buffalo bills of texas hs football

[IHStangFan]

Originally posted by JT44
we need a title bad in cuero or we're gonna be the buffalo bills of texas hs football LOL!!!! nice!

[Highschoolfan78]

Originally posted by WOS87
It was a typo... but it's fixed now... the game was actually a shutout...

oh ok.. haha sorry.. i was just confused... i could not remember how much the ol' drop kick counted.

[yoemenkracker30]

why isn't the cameron road to the title posted?

[pirate4state]

:clap: :clap:

Great work WOS87!!

[WOS87]

Originally posted by yoemenkracker30
why isn't the cameron road to the title posted?

Because I don't have the complete record for Cameron for that season.... if anyone has it I will be happy to add it in....

[LHPfactory]

When I looked at the title of this thread, I knew who the author was with out looking. Another fine piece of research by WOS-87. :) ........keep up the good work

[VWG]

Makes you wonder... what happened to Commerce and Sealy?
Never hear about them now.

[yoemenkracker30]

i remember when sealy was winning people always said that they were getting houston defects to help them win

[Tiger Turtle]

Man, I thought Sealy's defense was dominating during the 4-peat, but look at Daingerfield. Only 8 points given up all season? And SLC scored over 800? WOW! I would have loved to get a chance to see those teams in action.

[Stats]

YoemenKracker,
I recall only one player who transferred from a Houston school. I think his name was Davis and he was a part time defensive lineman. We had two other move ins from East Bernard, Lechler and Allison, but as best I can remember, the rest were home grown. As those who followed the Tigers during those years, we played many teams who put more talent on the field. It was just a great mix of kids who played very hard whistle to gun and a great group of coaches. I don't think I will live long enough to see the stars align like that again.

[KingRob]

WOS87, thanks so much for this info. I use your team history info quite a bit!:clap:

[JT44]

sealy was cuero's kryptonite, we couldn't get past them and after losing to slc in the finals we thought a title would soon follow but thanks to sealy we were denied

[Tiger Turtle]

All the bulletin board material generated by Cuero fans boasting about how they were going to win state every year helped motivate the Sealy kids (and coaches, too, I think). All the way back to the Robert Strait era, Sealy somehow managed to overcome Cuero until the streak was broken by that bizarre blocked extra point play in Sealy. After that, the Gooblers pretty much had their way with Sealy until they stopped playing a few years ago. Cuero was one of the very few programs that really tested those Tiger teams during the '94 - '97 era. Looks like Sealy may be getting competitive again under the Mitchell regime.

[WOS87]

c-town_balla was kind enough to forward the results from Cameron Yoe's State Championship Season of 1981...

I'll add them in to the original image when I get home but for now here are their games:

1981 Cameron Yoe Championship Season
(13-1-1)

Taylor W 13-2
Marlin W 49-14
Pflugerville W 28-6
Austin Westlake W 27-10
Elgin W 39-6
Madisonville W 42-18
Caldwell W 21-0
Rockdale W 48-7
Hearne W 21-6
Rosebud-Lott L 21-28
Bi-District: Manor W 15-14
Regional: Barbers Hill W 23-8
Quarterfinals: Newton T 28-28 (Cameron advanced on penetrations)
Semifinals: Port Isabel W 25-14
Finals: Gilmer W 26-3


Note: Only 6 of their 15 opponents from that year are currently aligned in class 3A