Most Intimidating 3A Past and Present

[SHSBulldog00]

Past
1983-84 Daingerfield
1990's Southlake Carroll

Now?????

[Move The Chains]

Gilmer? Year in and year out lately. WO-S? Always legit.

There are multiple.


Giddings? They've been very good for several years in a row.

[BaTmAn24]

'83-'84 Daingerfield team is the most dominant team to ever play in 3A classification, IMO.

Also, the Sealy teams the 4-peated would have to be up there as well.

[coach]

2002 fairfield eagles

[big daddy russ]

Without a doubt, the Daingerfield squad from 1983 was the most intimidating. And the fact that they fielded amazing teams for several years after that probably makes that little run of D'Field squads the most intimidating ever.

Those SLC teams from the early-90's, particularly 1992, were tough. Vernon that same year (want to say they played SLC in the Semis) is probably the most overlooked team in history, but would've likely gone down as an all-time great if SLC hadn't beat them. Nobody gave Vernon a run that year until the Dragons. Same for SLC, who won a toughie against Vernon.

Sealy's four-peat were also intimidating as all get-out. Mills had a machine going back then.


OTHERS
1980 Pittsburg
1986 Jefferson
Turn-of-the-millenium Everman
Cuero's 44 in a row (early-70's)
Brownwood just before that


Don't know much about football before that, but do know that Breck had some amazing teams under Joe Kerbel and Emory Bellard back in the 50's. You may be able to throw them into the conversation, I just don't know enough to say how dominant they were.

[Matthew328]

I think those early 90's Vernon teams did win one title...lost in 2 title games..how about the Cuero teams of the early 70s?

[jlwttu]

Vernon won the 1990 title. Lost to Mexia in 89, 22-21. 91 team tied Burnet 20-20 in the 3rd round and Burnet advanced on first downs. 92 team is the one that lost to slc in the 3rd round, which was really the state championship game based on how slc routed the rest of the teams they played that year.

[Old Tiger]

The Marlin team who went to state and lost to Atlanta

[Gobbla2001]

Sealy's teams from '94-'99... though they were bumped in the first round in '98, every other year they were in the State Championship... 4 titles in a row '94-'97....

most people would say you couldn't count Brownwood or Cuero in the 70s since 3A then is what 4A is today, but blah blah blah, don't need to be that technical about it...

speaking of those Cuero teams... snuck into the playoffs in '70 and lost to B'wood in the finals... then in '71 and '72 they went 19-2 before winning 44 games in a row... they were pretty intimidating from everything I've heard...

One of my favorite stories about those teams is that in one of those years the team bus broke down on about a two hour trip... Cuero showed up just at kickoff... didn't even have time to stretch the story goes... they won 50-something to 0... that gave them the reputation of a team that "got off the bus, whupped your ass, then got back on the bus and went home"

[BwdLions]

I don't know if you consider this right on point of being "Most Intimidating 3A Past and Present," but here are the 3A State Title Teams since 1960 and the team or teams that had the most state titles in 3A. I guess you could say they were the most intimidating during that particular decade.


60s

1960
3A Brownwood 26, Port Lavaca 6

1961
3A Dumas 6, Nederland 0

1962
3A Dumas 14, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo 3

1963
3A Corsicana 7, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo 0

1964
3A Palestine 24, San Marcos 15

1965
3A Brownwood 14, Bridge City 0

1966
3A Bridge City 30. McKinney 6

1967
3A Brownwood 36, El Campo 12

1968
3A Lubbock Estacado 14, Refugio 0

1969
3A Brownwood 34, West Columbia 16

3A Team of the Decade:
Brownwood - 4 State Titles



70s

1970
3A Brownwood 14, Cuero 0

1971
3A Plano 21, Gregory-Portland 20

1972
3A Uvalde 33, Lewisville 27

1973
3A Cuero 21, Mount Pleasant 7

1974
3A Cuero 19, Gainesville 7

1975
3A Ennis 13, Cuero 10

1976
3A Beaumont Hebert 35, Gainesville 7

1977
3A Dickinson 40, Brownwood 28

1978
3A Brownwood 21, Gainesville 12

1979
3A McKinney 20, Bay City 7

3A Team(s) of the Decade:
Brownwood - 2 State Titles
Cuero - 2 State Titles


80s

1980
3A Pittsburg 13, Van Vleck 2

1981
3A Cameron 26, Gilmer 3

1982
3A Refugio 22, Littlefield 21

1983
3A Daingerfield 42, Sweeny 0

1984
3A Medina Valley 21, Daingerfield 13

1985
3A Daingerfield 47, Cuero 22

1986
3A Jefferson 24, Cuero 0

1987
3A Cuero 14, McGregor 6

1988
3A Southlake Carroll 42, Navasota 8

1989
3A Mexia 22, Vernon 21

3A Team of the Decade:
Daingerfield - 2 State Titles



90s

1990
3A Vernon 41, Crockett 20

1991
3A Groesbeck 7, Burnet 0

1992
3A Southlake Carroll 48, Coldspring 0

1993
3A Southlake Carroll 14, Cuero 6

1994
3A Sealy 36, Atlanta 15

1995
3A Sealy 21, Commerce 20

1996
3A Sealy 36, Tatum 27

1997

3A Sealy 28, Commerce 21

1998

3A Division I Aledo 14, Cuero 7
3A Division II Newton 21, Daingerfield 0

1999

3A Division I Liberty-Eylau (Texarkana) 49, Mathis 6
3A Division II Commerce 17, Sealy 10

3A Team of the Decade:
Sealy - 4 State Titles



2000 to Present

2000
3A Division I Gatesville 14, Wylie (Abilene) 10
3A Division II La Grange 20, Forney 17

2001

3A Division I Everman 25, Sinton 14
3A Division II Commerce 14, La Grange 11

2002

3A Division I Everman 35, Burnet 14
3A Division II Bandera 27, Greenwood 24 - OVERTIME (2)

2003

3A Division I Gainesville 35, Burnet 24
3A Division II Atlanta 34, Marlin 0

2004

3A Division I Wylie (Abilene) 17, Cuero 14
3A Division II Gilmer 49, Jasper 47

2005

3A Division I Wimberley 21, Gainesville 7
3A Division II Tatum 38, Hutto 34

2006

3A Division I Liberty-Eylau (Texarkana) 35
Robinson (Waco) 34
3A Division II Liberty Hill 22, Celina 19

2007

3A Division I Liberty Hill 38, Gilmer 13
3A Division II Celina 21, China Spring 14

2008

3A Division I Prosper 17, La Vega (Waco) 10
3A Division II Carthage 49, Celina 37


3A Team(s) of the Decade (so far):
Everman - 2 State Titles
Liberty Hill - 2 State Titles

[Bullaholic]

Keith is going to just love this---03' Gainesville were bad boys on both sides of the ball.

[Matthew328]

That Marlin team that lost to Atlanta was Ok, but come on they got blown out in the title game.

2003 Gainesville was salty....they had it all

[Old Tiger]

Originally posted by Matthew328
That Marlin team that lost to Atlanta was Ok, but come on they got blown out in the title game.

2003 Gainesville was salty....they had it all I was talking about to me personally ;)

[4x100jackets]

Originally posted by SHSBulldog00
Past
1983-84 Daingerfield
1990's Southlake Carroll

Now?????

Sweeny
Their O-line is Huge and fires off the ball !!

[Move The Chains]

Originally posted by 4x100jackets
Sweeny
Their O-line is Huge and fires off the ball !! LOL. Well played sir. :clap:

[Twirling Time]

@BwdLions — 3A before 1980 was the equivalent of 4A today, before the UIL bumped everyone up a class and created 5A. But the school sizes were about the same then as what they are in 3A now, so I think you're OK.

[GrTigers6]

As far as the teams that make you think, "This game will be tough" There is a list of several
Here is my opinion in no particular order
Abilene Wylie
China Spring
Liberty Hill
Gilmer
Celina
Everman ( before they moved up)
Kennedale
Sealy ( in the 90's)
It seams like there is always a team from Texarkana in the mix as well. I'm sure I'm missing some but those are the ones that come to mind of teams that are just consistantly good.

[jp744]

Burnet 2003 team and 2004 team. Size Speed and Toughness.
Shipley, McGee and company. Offensive line was tough as nails.

[BwdLions]

Originally posted by Twirling Time
@BwdLions — 3A before 1980 was the equivalent of 4A today, before the UIL bumped everyone up a class and created 5A. But the school sizes were about the same then as what they are in 3A now, so I think you're OK.

I agree, you really need to go back to 1980 to get an idea of which teams have been dominate in 3A (as we know it).

[tigerfan09]

Originally posted by jp744
Burnet 2003 team and 2004 team. Size Speed and Toughness.
Shipley, McGee and company. Offensive line was tough as nails.

It was the Stephen McGee and Jordan Shipley show at each game...with Bob Shipley at the helm.

[tigerfan09]

The 1981 Cameron Yoe team was pretty dominating...Paul Hoelscher at Quarterback, and with Oscar Riggins, Vic Powell, Jeff Boutwell, Donny Hauk, etc. It was a blowout against Gilmer in the final that year. The 1987 Cameron Yoe team should have made it to the final, but Robert Strait of Cuero ended that run.

[Move The Chains]

I'd have to say... '89 Mexia was really good.


Vernon only lost by 1 point though. :thinking: :clap:

[44 Magnum]

Twirling time has a point about the change of classifications. I think we need to jump the discussion to Class 2A when you are talking about prior to 1980.

[Old Cardinal]

Bridge City beat McKinney 30-6 in 1966 for the state championship.

Allthough BC had lost to Brownwood in the finals 14-0 the year before----McKinney was picked as #1 throughout the year!
BC Coach Chief Wilson showed mercy in this game as Steve Wooster and Co. just plain mauled the McKinney team, from the word go....