All-Time TX-HS Playoff Attendance Top 10

[OrangeFBfan]

ALL-TIME HIGHEST ATTENDANCE

Texas High School Football Playoff Games

Attendance for these 10 games are among the highest on record in state history:

Attendance Game Site Year

1.  49,953 Plano vs. Port Neches-Groves, Texas Stadium 1977*

2.  46,339 Southlake Carroll vs. Euless Trinity, Texas Stadium 2006

3.  45,790 Highland Park vs. Waco, Cotton Bowl 1945*

4.  45,000 Houston Washington vs. Galveston, Rice Stadium 1968

5.  45,000 Dallas Adams vs. Richardson, Cotton Bowl 1967

6.  39,102 Garland vs. Katy, Astrodome 1999*

7.  39,102 Stephenville vs. Port Neches-Groves, Astrodome 1999*

8.  38,570 Port Neches-Groves vs. Houston Kashmere, Astrodome 1977

9.  38,374 Plano vs. Highland Park, Texas Stadium 1980

10. 38,000 Odessa vs. San Antonio Jefferson, Memorial Stadium (Austin) 1946

*state championship game

Sources: UIL, Bill McMurray's Texas High School Record Book,

Texas Football magazine, FW Star-Telegram archives

[AggiesAreWe]

ALL-TIME HIGHEST ATTENDANCE

Texas High School Football Playoff Games

Attendance for these 10 games are among the highest on record in state history:

Attendance Game Site Year

1.  49,953 Plano vs. Port Neches-Groves, Texas Stadium 1977*

2.  46,339 Southlake Carroll vs. Euless Trinity, Texas Stadium 2006

3.  45,790 Highland Park vs. Waco, Cotton Bowl 1945*

4.  45,000 Houston Washington vs. Galveston, Rice Stadium 1968

5.  45,000 Dallas Adams vs. Richardson, Cotton Bowl 1967

6.  39,102 Garland vs. Katy, Astrodome 1999*

7.  39,102 Stephenville vs. Port Neches-Groves, Astrodome 1999*

8.  38,570 Port Neches-Groves vs. Houston Kashmere, Astrodome 1977

9.  38,374 Plano vs. Highland Park, Texas Stadium 1980

10. 38,000 Odessa vs. San Antonio Jefferson, Memorial Stadium (Austin) 1946

*state championship game

Sources: UIL, Bill McMurray's Texas High School Record Book,

Texas Football magazine, FW Star-Telegram archives

I was in attendance at the Plano-PNG game in '77. It was amazing!! 50,000 at a high school football game.

[NDN X]

me too! ;D

[Guest ECBucFan]

Me too. I forgot my jacket, and nearly froze to death. Wind blew like crazy where we were sitting.

[PURPLE 4EVER]

I was at the 1977 game also.

11 years old.

My dad just got a CB for the car.

Our call name was the 4 Aces From Port Neches

That was the first and last time I will go to Texas Stadium.

DUMBEST DESIGNED STADIUM IN THE WORLD!

Why you wouldn't go all out and cover the thing is beyond belief!

It is a heat furnace in the summer and a freezer in the winter.

I can't believe the new stadium also has a hole in the roof.

Of course looking at the owner, it doesn't surprise me that much.

[AggiesAreWe]

I was at the 1977 game also.

11 years old.

My dad just got a CB for the car.

Our call name was the 4 Aces From Port Neches

That was the first and last time I will go to Texas Stadium.

DUMBEST DESIGNED STADIUM IN THE WORLD!

Why you wouldn't go all out and cover the thing is beyond belief!

It is a heat furnace in the summer and a freezer in the winter.

I can't believe the new stadium also has a hole in the roof.

Of course looking at the owner, it doesn't surprise me that much.

I agree. I always knew about the hole in the roof. But what I did not know until I sat in the upper deck, was the 15 foot gap opening that surrounds the upper deck. The roof actually stops at about 15 foot from the concourse floor and that wind comes whipping through there. The temperature was tolerable, but the wind just made it miserable.

[Raiderfan87]

I was at the 1977 game also.

11 years old.

My dad just got a CB for the car.

Our call name was the 4 Aces From Port Neches

That was the first and last time I will go to Texas Stadium.

DUMBEST DESIGNED STADIUM IN THE WORLD!

Why you wouldn't go all out and cover the thing is beyond belief!

It is a heat furnace in the summer and a freezer in the winter.

I can't believe the new stadium also has a hole in the roof.

Of course looking at the owner, it doesn't surprise me that much.

I was also at the game as an eight year old.  I do remember it was cold and rainy weather.  Even then as an eight year old, I got the sense something special was happening at this game.  Could have been the spark for my love of high school football.

Funny the things you remember as a youth, as we were driving to Dallas, I remember all of the PNG cars painted up but one saying stuck out the most to me.....

Down the Drano with Plano!

[raideroldtimer]

ALL-TIME HIGHEST ATTENDANCE

Texas High School Football Playoff Games

Attendance for these 10 games are among the highest on record in state history:

Attendance Game Site Year

1.  49,953 Plano vs. Port Neches-Groves, Texas Stadium 1977*

2.  46,339 Southlake Carroll vs. Euless Trinity, Texas Stadium 2006

3.  45,790 Highland Park vs. Waco, Cotton Bowl 1945*

4.  45,000 Houston Washington vs. Galveston, Rice Stadium 1968

5.  45,000 Dallas Adams vs. Richardson, Cotton Bowl 1967

6.  39,102 Garland vs. Katy, Astrodome 1999*

7.  39,102 Stephenville vs. Port Neches-Groves, Astrodome 1999*

8.  38,570 Port Neches-Groves vs. Houston Kashmere, Astrodome 1977

9.  38,374 Plano vs. Highland Park, Texas Stadium 1980

10. 38,000 Odessa vs. San Antonio Jefferson, Memorial Stadium (Austin) 1946

*state championship game

Sources: UIL, Bill McMurray's Texas High School Record Book,

Texas Football magazine, FW Star-Telegram archives

Missed one....

[GTfootball]

The reason the stadium is created like that and not fully covered is so god can watch his football team (da boys) play

[Indian Fan]

The reason the stadium is created like that and not fully covered is so god can watch his football team (da boys) play

Oh, That's good! How bout them Cowboys!

[PURPLE 4EVER]

The reason the stadium is created like that and not fully covered is so god can watch his football team (da boys) play

Actually, word from the heavens is...

That Texas Stadium is God's toilet.

[prepballfan]

The only thing I can say is Always Be Faithful To The Purple And White

[Raiderfan87]

The only thing I can say is Always Be Faithful To The Purple And White

Oh, you didn't get the memo.....

The colors have changes to Columbia Blue, Red and Silver! (had to do it, hahah)