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[quote]ALL-TIME HIGHEST ATTENDANCE

Texas High School Football Playoff Games

Attendance is not an official statistic kept at Texas
high school football playoff games, so state records are incomplete.

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

Attendance Game Site Year
49,953 Plano vs. [b]Port Neches-Groves[/b] Texas Stadium 1977*
46,339 Southlake Carroll vs. Euless Trinity Texas Stadium 2006
45,790 Highland Park vs. Waco Cotton Bowl 1945*
45,000 Houston Washington vs. Galveston Rice Stadium 1968
45,000 Dallas Adams vs. Richardson Cotton Bowl 1967
39,102 Garland vs. Katy Astrodome 1999*
39,102 Stephenville vs. [b]Port Neches-Groves[/b] Astrodome 1999*
38,570 [b]Port Neches-Groves[/b] vs. Houston Kashmere Astrodome 1977
38,374 Plano vs. Highland Park Texas Stadium 1980
38,000 Odessa vs. San Antonio Jefferson Memorial Stadium (Austin) 1946
36,000 Fort Bend Willowridge vs. Houston Yates Rice Stadium 1988

*state championship game
Sources: UIL, Bill McMurray's Texas High School Record Book,
Texas Football magazine, FW Star-Telegram archives[/quote]

Source: http://www.txprepsfootball.com/history.html

Wow! PNG 3 out of 11 spots! Says a whole lot about the areas pride and support!
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[quote name="liltex" post="688971" timestamp="1256776794"]
Nice-Wasn't some of those games Double Headers though?
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I know the 1977 state title game between Plano and PNG that set the record was not a part of a double header. It was the only game played that day at Texas Stadium.
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I was also at the Plano/PNG game, and the Hous Kashmere/PNG game 1977. I was at the Stephenville/PNG game in 1999, which followed the Garland/Katy game. We got to the Astrodome at 10:30am when the doors opened just so we would get a good seat for the PNG game following the Garland/Katy game. Garland was on the same side that PNG would be on, so we sat on their side (even though I was pulling for Katy). The Garland fans started showing up around 11:30am and found they had to sit on the 20's to the endzones because of the sea of purple in "their" seats. They were not a happy crowd about that. But they defeated Katy, which probably prevented a riot.
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Thanks Englebert--I knew that PN-G'S game followed the Katy vs Garland game, just didn't realize that it was the '99 state game.
I too have been fortunate enough to have attended all of PN-G'S record games. Lots of memories and fun! Hopefully we can set some more attendance records this year in the play-offs!
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[quote name="PurpleDawg" post="688947" timestamp="1256775804"]
[quote]ALL-TIME HIGHEST ATTENDANCE

Texas High School Football Playoff Games

Attendance is not an official statistic kept at Texas
high school football playoff games, so state records are incomplete.

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

Attendance Game Site Year
49,953 Plano vs. [b]Port Neches-Groves[/b] Texas Stadium 1977*
46,339 Southlake Carroll vs. Euless Trinity Texas Stadium 2006
45,790 Highland Park vs. Waco Cotton Bowl 1945*
45,000 Houston Washington vs. Galveston Rice Stadium 1968
45,000 Dallas Adams vs. Richardson Cotton Bowl 1967
39,102 Garland vs. Katy Astrodome 1999*
39,102 Stephenville vs. [b]Port Neches-Groves[/b] Astrodome 1999*
38,570 [b]Port Neches-Groves[/b] vs. Houston Kashmere Astrodome 1977
38,374 Plano vs. Highland Park Texas Stadium 1980
38,000 Odessa vs. San Antonio Jefferson Memorial Stadium (Austin) 1946
36,000 Fort Bend Willowridge vs. Houston Yates Rice Stadium 1988

*state championship game
Sources: UIL, Bill McMurray's Texas High School Record Book,
Texas Football magazine, FW Star-Telegram archives[/quote]

Source: http://www.txprepsfootball.com/history.html

Wow! PNG 3 out of 11 spots! Says a whole lot about the areas pride and support!
[/quote]That's something too be proud of. way to go PNG
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The game in 99 may have been a double header, but I got pictures that proove that most of that 39K was purple. Pictures show 1/2 of the dome purple from top (yes they opened the upper deck) to bottom. I will say that if Nederland made the big dance they would also be in this mix, because just about everyone I know from PNG including myself would be there.
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[quote name="badndn" post="689016" timestamp="1256779710"]
The game in 99 may have been a double header, but I got pictures that proove that most of that 39K was purple. Pictures show 1/2 of the dome purple from top (yes they opened the upper deck) to bottom. [b]I will say that if Nederland made the big dance they would also be in this mix, because just about everyone I know from PNG including myself would be there[/b].
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I heard that! Area support, area pride! :)
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Jack, back in 74, when we started our run of the 70's, allot was being said about the town (PN) being deserted come game time.  So someone (poss. the mayor) hung a sign on the hwy sign headed out of town that said "Will the last one out of town please turn off the lights"
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Stephenville didn't bring many fans but they were loud, shaking those propane tanks.  I sat in the upper deck in the endzone, next to the divider that split the Dome.  That was the only seat I could find on the PNG side.  Sure hope some area team makes a run like that this year.
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[quote name="badndn" post="689016" timestamp="1256779710"]
The game in 99 may have been a double header, but I got pictures that proove that most of that 39K was purple. Pictures show 1/2 of the dome purple from top (yes they opened the upper deck) to bottom. I will say that if Nederland made the big dance they would also be in this mix, because just about everyone I know from PNG including myself would be there.
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I agree about the 99 game....It really was incredible to see all of that purple.  Great tradition and pride from the community!

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[quote name="liltex" post="689382" timestamp="1256831605"]
I believe they were used freon cylinders w/steel ball bearings inside.Non-Flammable residue inside plus thinner metal.But boy they were loud in the Stephenville/LaMarque gm.in the Dome.Bay City has them but not like the yellow jackets.
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We find anything that's loud to put ball bearings in (within reason because of safety).  We aren't a big town, but we do travel well.....and we are loud! 
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