12 pick, Tips for bringing your dog or cat on a flight. Go get it.". Share team highlights with fans & media. Team Game Results 1982-1992. Yates was the first University Interscholastic League Class 5A team to go 16-0, as it set a single-season record with 659 points scored (41.1 points per game), while posting eight shutouts and allowing only 4.8 points a game. Hall, who threw for 208 yards, led the Cowboys to a 24-0 halftime lead en route to a 31-14 win in which Judson managed just 151 yards and six first downs. In a time of declining enrollment, HISD teams are now scattered from 6A through 4A. Yates will hire former Hightower coach Padriac McGinnis as its new football head coach. Do you have a sports website? Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. I've always thought that the presence of the late, great Johnny Bailey would have turned the tide in Yates' favor. 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Yates, as a member of the UIL, had advanced to just one championship game, losing to Richardson Lake Highlands in 1981. Please check back as new information will be added soon. Mithoff Field House. Myers Stadium. State Semifinals (1990-Current) 1992-93. The 2023 season will be the New England Patriots ' upcoming 54th season in the National Football League, their 64th overall, their 22nd playing home games at Gillette Stadium and their 24th under head coach Bill Belichick. The Astros finished fourth in their division. The only HISD teams to play for a title since Yates were Lamar in 2012 and Yates in 1992, with the Madison team led by quarterback Vince Young advancing to the semifinals in 2001. He has been a contributor to Dave Campbell's Texas Football since 1980, serving as high school editor from 1984 through 2000 and as Managing Editor from 1990 through 2004. That week, a Chronicle editorial said the Yates' unbeaten season to that point would be empty unless it won the state championship. Teams tried to double team tight end Alexander to no avail. A math genius and engineering major in college, he's still working on this writing thing. Carter likely would have been ranked first rather than second in 1988 but for the Cowboys' previous playoff shortcomings. Record :7 . ALSO SEE: "What Carter Lost" a tale of sadness and redemption. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Dallas Carter 34, Dallas South Oak Cliff 7, (Penetrations tied 4-4, Duncanville led in first downs, 12-10). Absent an upset of the first order, 1988 Carter and 1985 Yates will continue to be the standard as they retreat further into history. Houston Astrodome Yates 42 Kashmere 41. The Dallas ISD, reduced these days to two 6A schools, has had similarly hard times, with Dallas Lincoln (2004 Class 4A) the last school to advance to a title game. 1 in the state. Houston ISD Football. A native of Tyler, he is a graduate of John Tyler High School, Tyler Junior College and The University of Texas at Austin. Since its inception in 1927, the program has won its share of four PVIL Negro League State titles and the UIL state title in 1985. Did ESPN's 30 for 30 get it wrong? And that's what the Lions did. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The 85 team was voted Team of the Decade by the Houston Chronicle and Dave Campbells Texas Football.[5]. Bailey, who went on to win three Division II player of the year awards at Texas A&M-Kingsville, ran for 1,098 despite seeing part-time action during the regular season, and quarterback Charles Price threw for 2,213 yards, a respectable total in a ground-oriented era. . Record: 4-7 (77th of 107) (Schedule & Results). Class Count. This is a carousel. Lawrence King took the bulk of the carries when Bailey was out, giving the Lions a potent 1-2 punch in the playoffs. Record: 10-6-0, 2nd in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results) The team was led by third-year head coach John Jenkins and played their home games at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. State Champions. This is a carousel. Former assistant coach Ronald Mumphery (CQ) of the 1985 Yates State Championship football team, displays 1985 championship ring, second from left, 1992 championship ring, third from left, and the a diamond encrusted Team of the decade ring for the 1980s. Hungry to prove they could win what some believed they couldn't. Thanks again Coach McQueen and State Champs. Big Ten, SEC, ACC, Big 12, Conference USA. Houston, Texas ( Other Texas schools) 23 total players, 0 active players. Dennis Parker, who attended the 1985 Yates-Permian game, coached the Marshall team that lost to Carter in 1988 and lost twice to Permian in 1989, said Carter was the best because it had such speed on defense. The final score, 37-0. Houston School History; Schedule & Results; Roster; Roster includes most starters and key reserves. 53927 Houston piled up points with 352 points, while the defense conceded 258. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. We present them here for purely educational purposes. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. Dennis Parker, who attended the 1985 Yates-Permian game, coached the Marshall team that lost to Carter in 1988 and lost twice to Permian in 1989, said Carter was the best because it had such speed on defense. "I had the better defense. Browse through the photos above for a comparison between the 1985 Houston Yates team and the 1988 Dallas Carter team. $('#counterhere').show('slow'); Playing defending co-champion Odessa Permian at Texas Stadium, Yates eked out a 9-0 halftime lead but scored 28 unanswered points in the second half for a 37-0 win, which at the time was the most lopsided title game outcome in 5A history. Rushing leaders: Harvey Harper 108-530, 4 TDs; Gary Edwards 82-335, 13 TDs. Members of that championship team who went on to NFL careers include Quinton Smith, Charles Price, Zeno Alexander and James Good. Carter in 1988 outscored opponents 375-119, averaged just under 300 yards per game and held opponents to 180 yards a game, forcing 55 turnovers with a defense led by Armstead, who played on two national championship teams in Miami and in Super Bowl XXXV with the Giants, and defensive backs LeShai Maston, Clifton Abraham and Derric Evans. AFC Central Division The only HISD teams to play for a title since Yates were Lamar in 2012 and Yates in 1992, with the Madison team led by quarterback Vince Young advancing to the semifinals in 2001. Conference Champion Total Score Full Results; 1992-1993: 1A: . It would have been a great game, featuring accomplished, underrated quarterbacks and defenses that were downright scary. I was in 8th grade at Bohnam Junior High, the Wildcats including Kenneth Davis came to our School and talked to our football team about future goals and determination. It set scoring records that endured for a decade into the watered-down world of post-1990 Texas football. Roster includes most starters and key reserves. This page is currently under construction. Playoffs History. Post a Video. There's some debate as to whether that team is better than the 1985 Yates team that steamrolled opponents on its way to a state championship. [3] The Lions have appeared in nine state championship games and have won five titles. Field1940-2003, Jeffry Fields, 1980-82 Coordinator Ronald Miller's defense, nicknamed the Crush Groove - the iconic rap movie Krush Groove hit theaters on Oct. 25, the day before Yates rolled Davis 72-0 - absolutely mauled teams. In Houston in 1985, the local sports scene was in shambles. On offense, he said, Yates likely would have had a slight edge. While Yates did not play a game against a team from outside Houston save Beaumont West Brook in a non-district contest, Carter played Tyler John Tyler and Killeen, winning the latter game in a 25-24 squeaker, and had a 24-24 tie with Duncanville that gave the district title to the Panthers. In 1985, the Yates Lions were deep, disciplined and determined - adjectives often reserved for one-town schools or suburban teams with far more resources. The roster was so loaded that Santana Dotson, who became an All-Southwest Conference lineman at Baylor and started for a decade in the NFL, couldn't even crack the starting lineup. Yates had 36 seniors, more than half of whom played four years of college football and two-thirds of whom went on to earn college degrees. McCombs Field. (1 of 4), 12/21/1985 - Yates running back Johnny Bailey (20) scores down the middle during the 3rd quarter of the Class 5A state high school football championship between Yates and Odessa Permian at Texas Stadium. They competed as members of the Southwest Conference, finishing tied for sixth. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. }); At least five of them signed with NFL teams. [1] Holland led the program and made the program a success quickly as Yates won the 1930 Texas Negro High School state championship. Yates was also the first historically black school to win a UIL Class 5A title. Foster, Zeno Alexander, Darron Nash, Ronald Moore, Charles Price, Quintin Smith, James Goode, Larry Gill, Gregory Garrett, Kenneth Payne, Reginald Breggs and James Christian were all on the 1985 Chronicle All-HISD honor team. In the final tale of the tape, Yates outscored opponents 659-77, setting a 5A season scoring record, and averaged just under 400 yards a game and allowed 124 per game. 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Carter's defense was similarly dominant against Converse Judson in 1988. Starters are marked with an asterisk (*). Nasser Al-Rashid Strength Complex. 37 Freshmen; 25 Seniors; 23 Juniors; 22 Sophomores; 1 Other; Notes (C) indicates a captain (named before each game in 1982, and 1995 through 1998). Carter arguably had the harder path to the title. Please see our Contributors and Sources page for data source details. Roster; More 1992 Houston Pages. In 14 seasons as the head coach at Carter, he went 122-22-3. Mumphery, currently principal at Cullen Middle School hosted a charity basketball game between teams of 1985 and 1986 alumni, Saturday May 21, 2005 at Cullen Middle School. Keith Barnet, 1980-82