30 Years Ago....

[PURPLE 4EVER]

Either this weekend or the previous weekend.

The state 4A championship game was played in front of a record 49,500 fans in Texas Stadium featuring PN-G vs Plano.

I vividly remember the game, never been back to Texas Stadium since, it is a "poor man's" astrodome.

PN-G was in the shaded side and boy was it COLD!

I also remember my dad breaking down and getting a CB for the trip.

We were the 4 Aces from Port Neches.

Funny how you remember things like this...

Any one else on the forum "old" enough to remember that weekend.

I couldn't find the date on the game, but I know it was around this time.

It is kind of amazing that the attendance record has never been broken, not even closely challenged.

With the 5A championship being televised, that is a record that may never get broken.

[KFDM COOP]

Good post. I was 7 years old then.

[PURPLE 4EVER]

Good post. I was 7 years old then.

I was 11, but it seems like yesterday.

[KFDM COOP]

Yes it does.

[SETXsports Broadcaster]

OK OK !!!! 

I was 18 so what!!!!!  ;D

I remember the game....

Thank you for making me feel old again

[AggiesAreWe]

I was 13 and I was at this game. You are right, Texas Stadium is a poor man's Astrodome.

[westend1]

Did PNG win the game?.  It seems like they lost on a fumbled punt or something like that

[SETXsports Broadcaster]

The first state final game that I attended was in 1975

when PNG played Odessa Permian:

BI-DISTRICT:

Port Neches-Groves 6, Beaumont French 2

REGIONALS: Port Neches-Groves 32, South Houston 7

QUARTERFINALS: Port Neches-Groves 27, Houston Kashmere 19

SEMIFINALS: Port Neches-Groves 28, San Antonio Lee 0

FINALS: Port Neches-Groves 20, Odessa Permian 10

Lets see I was 16 when this happened

[SETXsports Broadcaster]

the final in 1977

was Plano 13 PNG 10

can't recall how the scoring went ???

[PURPLE 4EVER]

the final in 1977

was Plano 13 PNG 10

can't recall how the scoring went ???

I believe a PN-G turnover was critical in the game.

Was a great game all the way to the end, except for sitting in that "ice box" stadium.

How I wanted to be on the other side since the sun was shining on them.

[bmtdc1996]

I had just turned 21, now who's old??!!!!  Remember reading about it in the paper and wishing I had been there but was finishing up my senior semester

[dav-joel]

My brother and I went to the game in his VW Rabbit - We filled up before we left and on the way back stopped in Huntsville at McD. While eating he mentioned that he we needed to fill up with gas. Well we both forgot until it ran out right in front of the Goodyear plant. That was some driving on one tank of gas. All the way there and a few miles shy of all the back.

[NedDog]

I remember NOT being able to make the Plano game due to prior commitments and I was none too happy about it.  However, I was able to witness their State Championship game against Odessa the year before, when I was 11.  Those were some fun times!!   ;D

[vsports]

i was 17 years old and played against that team. we almost beat them but failed on two point conversion. had to try and block ted brack

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[KFDM COOP]

Good stuff!

[PURPLE 4EVER]

Thanks WOS87 for bringing up those newspaper articles.

Talk about some memories.

[Cardinal Supporter]

I was at both of the PNG championship games in Texas stadium. One of them had the seats full of dust from a west Texas dust storm but I don't remember if it was for the Odessa game or the Plano game. In the Odessa game in 1975 Ritchie Ethridge threw a 59 yard pass and completion. The ball actually traveled 61 yards in the air. The receiver fell as soon as he caught the ball. In the Plano game coach Ethridge's other son muffed a punt that Plano recovered and later scored a touchdown on it. They won the game 13 - 10. Oh, by the way I was 29 for the Plano game.

[PNG Proud]

I remember them well.  I was a senior for the Title game, and the Plano game was on my birthday.  Too bad we lost though.  

Lotsa fun through those years though.

[PURPLE 4EVER]

I remember them well.  I was a senior for the Title game, and the Plano game was on my birthday.  Too bad we lost though.  

Lotsa fun through those years though.

To have been in high school at PN-G from 1974 to 1977...

You are a lucky individual.

[NAZERATH]

Yep! I remember that '75 PNG run.  My brother played for BMT. FRENCH and the lost 6-2 at TJ Stadium! French had a good team and a few others in that district.  That's when SE TX was truely the Football Capital of the WORLD!

My brother was a BLUE CHIP ALL AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL recruit!  He was an awsome player at offensive tackle!  Died of CANCER 4 yrs ago, it was a sad day for my FAMILY!  Watching some of these High School Playoffs games this year has brought back alot of memories!

[PURPLE 4EVER]

Yep! I remember that '75 PNG run.  My brother played for BMT. FRENCH and the lost 6-2 at TJ Stadium! French had a good team and a few others in that district.  That's when SE TX was truely the Football Capital of the WORLD!

My brother was a BLUE CHIP ALL AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL recruit!  He was an awsome player at offensive tackle!  Died of CANCER 4 yrs ago, it was a sad day for my FAMILY!  Watching some of these High School Playoffs games this year has brought back alot of memories!

Wouldn't it be AWEsome to use the current playoff scheme back in the 70's.

The 4A Beaumont district could have very easily won state in the big school bracket plus the small school bracket.

It is simply amazing the PN-G ran the table for 4 years in that district without losing a game.

[NedDog]

The pic on Part I of the 1975 game shows a good view of the "wigwam" stripes on the sleeves of PNG's jerseys.  Very cool! 

[liltex]

I can remember some of those games,still had vietnam 68 on my mind.What team did Jeff Bergeron play on?He was fun to watch.