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I have to give Firebird65 props here. He has done miles and miles of research on this area and the Aldine Mustangs football team and makes it available to those interested, for nothing (free). This is high quality stuff. I have printed it off and bound it. Just for fun I looked up the KFC restaurant mentioned and quickly found it was opened in 1974 at 739 W Mt Houston. You're missing out if you don't take him up on his offer to e-mail you a copy. Thanks Firebird65.

It was accessed as you say. It was beneath Walgreens. They had a "mean" Rum Cake.

I attempted to send you a message and may have repeated it. Sorry. When Aldine's new coach took over he changed it all including the uniforms, more along the Titans look. I haven't seen them this year. Did they change again? I preferred the ones they wore at the time Smith retired. Guess I'm an old stick in the mud.

It was almost perfect. Yates (like so many of the other schools) had signs saying the dome was their second home. I remember reading in the Chronicle that, if that was true, Aldine should be charged with home invasion. The Yates game did provide some consolation for the loss to Westlake. (for me anyway)

That's a lot of great information. I owe the Aldine football teams a big debt for all the enjoyment they have provided over the years. Lots of excitement, some disappointments but all in all who could ask for more? The state championship was the frosting on the cake. The most bitter and disappointed I was in all those years was the '83 quarterfinals. 13-10 Yates (we was robbed). The '96 quarterfinal win felt so good I was almost ashamed of myself for enjoying it so much.

Nice! Saw the Deer Park game (had no idea Doug's yardage was the most by an individual) That was also payback to DP for the previous year. I am very interested in history stats (most whatever). I believe the most combined points for an individual game was Aldine vs Forest Brook in '87. Aldine won 65-53. Aldine had over 700 yards rushing and Forest Brook had over 500 passing. That was listed in the Texas state records for awhile. I don't remember how many combined first downs they had. A few records I know. I remember Don Burrisk (?) had over 1700 yards in 10 games in the 60's (? I think). There are tons of stuff I would like to know. I saw a lot of games but a bunch of that stuff is getting fuzzy. And then there is so much stuff I never knew anything about. Great work!

I didn't know until I read it above that Aldine was at one time Marrs High School. Yall may have done all of this, but I was trying to see what I could find out about Marrs High School, and ran across this. Note the time table on the right. Hope there wasn't any connection to the uprising and the burning of the school in '54. Since they were trying to reduce taxes you would think there wouldn't be, unless the other side...hum...j/k. My wife was attending when they closed down the school in '59. See page 7 http://www.aldine.k12.tx.us/pdfs/handbooks...ng_handbook.pdf Why couldn't they have included some football history in here?

I just got my call. This stuff was in the vault at AHS and the oldest yearbook they have is '47. She said she was almost positive there had been some from the 30's, but they aren't there now. She also had started doing some football history, but hadn't worked on it for a long time. She said that was also gone, but she can't be certain that she didn't throw it away. Bummer! She is going to call someone she knows (I gave her the info you need), but it didn't sound too encouraging. Sorry if I got your hopes up.

WOS87 may have gotten his info from texpreps. I'm still waiting for a call from AHS. I didn't find out until yesterday about the old scores and yearbooks. Don't know yet what year they start. She said in the 30's. I agree with you about the unreliability of old yearbooks. Sometimes I think they just used their memory to post scores at the end of the year. I have seen some real messes. I always got a kick out of comparing stats when the Post was still around. There were almost always some discrepancies. And the temp at Texas Stadium that fateful day depends not only on which paper you read but also the day you read it. Don't EVEN get me started on the Oilers.

Yup, I'm wrong. I just checked the old Collier-Sharp records and Conroe was no. 2.

I was at all those games. Against PA Jeff, the 20 yard line was the goal line on the last drive. They were tied in penetrations and PA Jeff was ahead in first downs. Aldine just made it across the 20. I was mentally exausted. The Judson game is one of my all time favorites. I almost froze, but was all warm and fuzzy inside. That was one of the best all around games I have ever seen Aldine play against a quality opponent. I skipped the Permian game the next week and watched on TV. It was so cold they had scheduled brown outs around town to conserve electricity. I was afraid they were going to cut my power while I was watching, but they didn't. What was Conroe's ranking when Aldine beat them in '85, I was thinking they were no. 1, but I could be wrong. When I said I was at all those games I was talking about the 3 you made reference to against no. 1 teams. I probably saw most of those others against state-ranked opponents, but can't say for sure. Offhand I don't remember all of the games that were against state-ranked opponents and was unaware of Aldine's record against them. Good info. No, there is a forum on texashsfootball that has all the individual scores posted by a poster from West Orange Stark (WOS87) and Aldine's '96 scores are there. I believe you are talking about a time line ditty that was posted and Aldine's '96 record wasn't included. Old WOS87 has done extensive work. Go to the message board, select Texas HS Football, select Complete Team Histories.

Texpreps/Joe Lee Smith's records, I almost subscribed for a month one time just to see what he had. They had some samples and I believe you could get a free 7 or 10 day trial, but I didn't do it. Figured it would be a hassle to unsubscribe. As I am sure you know they are a ton of high school websites. One that has a lot of high school records (I believe all 5A and 4A + some others) from at least '86 thru present is texashsfootball. There is a possibility of a charge to access them later on, but for now, they are free. Actually, the Collier-Sharp records still exist on another site, but it hasn't been updated since, I believe, 2002. You may know that. If not, and you want the address let me know.

I have the playoff scores, but didn't know any of the history prior to the time I started watching them. I got the playoff scores off a Collier-Sharp website that had a wealth of high school history, but doesn't exist anymore. That is very interesting about the defensive strength of the team in '40 & '41. I have talked to a guy who played in the game against Falfurrias in '48. He said the game ended with Aldine ahead 13-7 and they went to their dressing room thinking they had won, but the officials claimed time hadn't expired and they went back and played a few more downs until Falfurrias scored and then the game ended. He said the game had been on the radio and there were Aldine fans who met them at the train station who still thought they had won. If he wasn't pulling my leg, that was interesting.

Great stuff. I had compiled all of their playoff scores, but didn't know the dates (such as the close to Pear Harbor date). I became acquainted with Aldine in 1958 (Visited Houston, met an Aldine girl and later married her). Our children graduated from Aldine as well. Saw a lot of Aldine games, but starting in 1975 I missed very, very few. I have some contacts at Aldine High and just talked to one of them who is a football nut and even goes to see some of the games of players who leave Aldine and go to college. She has scores and year books dating back into the 30's. She works at the school, but isn't working today. She is going to call me tomorrow and I will see if she has any of your missing scores. I found the stuff you posted above very interesting and informative. I would be very much interested in getting a copy of the pdf.

Great thread. I moved to Houston in 1963 and lived on Hill Road until June 1966. I bought a house in Northline Terrace and lived on Glenbury Drive from June 1966 until September 2005. Lots of interesting stuff here about the area. I lived there all that time, but have got an education right here. I was a big Aldine football fan and the comment about doing a history on them caught my eye. This is something I have wanted someone to do for a long time. Do you plan to publish this or is this just for personal use? I certainally would be interested in it.