6 man History

[Leman Saunders]

I think that there has been some confusion with Allen and there at the school trying to look back at their history and jut think "our first teams played six-man" when in fact they don't research it and double check the facts...kind of like when a newspaper...and I have seen this in articles about 1984 Jayton and others...about a school playing their first six-man football game...when in fact they played six-man back in the 40s or 50s and people have just forgotten or are just plan lazy and don't want to research it a little bit....I will get to the bottom of this! OBK does that archive have McKinny's paper for the 1930s?

 

[Old Bearkat]

I think that there has been some confusion with Allen and there at the school trying to look back at their history and jut think "our first teams played six-man" when in fact they don't research it and double check the facts...kind of like when a newspaper...and I have seen this in articles about 1984 Jayton and others...about a school playing their first six-man football game...when in fact they played six-man back in the 40s or 50s and people have just forgotten or are just plan lazy and don't want to research it a little bit....I will get to the bottom of this! OBK does that archive have McKinny's paper for the 1930s?

Nope

 

[Old Bearkat]

OK, more former 6 man schools, the Class 2A version

Blanco - 6 man 1947-1952, 11 man since 1953
Caddo Mills - 11 man 1932-1954, 6 man 1955-1957, 8 man 1958-1969, then 11 man since 1970
Coahoma - 11 man 1935-1938, 6 man 1939-1947, 11 man since 1948
Danbury - 6 man 1939-1952, 11 man since 1953
East Bernard - 11 man 1930-1939, 6 man 1940-1946, 11 man since 1947
Elysian Fields - 6 man 1950-1957, 11 man since 1958
Gunter - 11 man 1926-1951, 6 man 1952-1957, 8 man 1958-1975, 11 man since 1976
Hallettsville - 11 man 1913-1938, 6 man 1939-1943, 11 man since 1944
Hitchcock - 6 man 1950-1954,11 man since 1955
Jarrell - 6 man 1938-1975, 11 man since 1976. They were beaten by O'Brien in the first 6 man state championship

Lone Oak - 11 man 1909-1942, dropped football 1943-1951, 6 man 1952-1957, 8 man 1958-1969, 11 man since 1970
Natalia - 11 man 1932-1937, 6 man 1938-1949, 11 man since 1950
New Waverly - 11 man 1929-1936, 6 man 1940-1957, 8 man 1958-1965, 11 man since 1966
Nixon-Smiley - Consolidation of Nixon and Smiley
Nixon - 11 man 1914-1985
Smiley - 11 man 1924-1946, 6 man 1947-1957, 8 man 1958 11 man 1959-1985
Palmer - 11 man 1915-1927, 6 man 1944-1956, dropped football 1957-1971, 11 man since 1972
Poth - 6 man 1938-1949, 11 man since 1952
Rice - 6 man 1938-1953, dropped football 1954-1997, 11 man since 1998
Rio Vista - 6 man 1967-1975, 11 man since 1976
S&S Consolidated - Consolidation of Sadler and Southmayd in 1959 both had played 6 man
Sadler - 6 man 1941-1957, 8 man 1958, 1959, there might have been a no football gap from 1942-1955
Southmayd - 6 man 1940-1957, 8 man 1958, 1959, there might have been a no football gap from 1942-1955
Salado - 11 man 1935-1969, 6 man 1971-1973, 11 man since 1974
Santa Rosa - 11 man 1928-1939, 6 man 1940-1951, 11 man since 1952
Tolar - 11 man 1935-1960, 6 man 1961-1975, 11 man since 1976
Tuscola Jim Ned - Consolidation of Ovalo, Tuscola in 1951 and Lawn in 1957, All three were 6 man 1939-1956
Van Vleck - 6 man 1941-1948, 11 man since 1949
Wall - 6 man 1956-1965, 11 man since 1966
Waskom - 6 man 1946-1956, 11 man since 1957

Add Kountze - 6 man 1946-1953, 11 man since 1954

 

[Old Bearkat]

Former 6 man schools now 4A
Friendswood - 6 man 1939-1955, 11 man since 1956
Hays Consolidated - made up from Buda and Kyle in 1968
Buda - 11 man 1919-1941, 6 man 1944-1954, 11 man 1955-1967
Kyle - 11 man 1919-1937, 6 man 1938-1957, 8 man 1958-1959, 11 man 1960-1967
Hutto - 11 man 1925-1952, 6 man 1953-1957, 8 man 1958-1959, 11 man since 1960
New Caney - 6 man 1947-1954, 11 man since 1955
Prosper - 6 man 1951-1957, 8 man 1958-1963, 11 man since 1964
San Elizario - 6 man 1971-1975, 11 man since 1976
Santa Fe - 6 man 1941-1946, 11 man since 1947
Willis - 11 man 1928-1939, 6 man 1946-1952, 11 man since 1953

 

[Old Bearkat]

Former 6 man schools now 5A

Allen - 11 man 1936-1937, 6 man 1945-1957, 8 man 1958-1961, 11 man since 1962
Copperas Cove - 11 man 1936-1938, 6 man 1939-1955, 11 man since 1956
Dickinson - 6 man 1938-1945, 11 man since 1946
Katy - 6 man 1939-1944, 11 man since 1945
La Joya - 11 man 1933-1939, 6 man 1940-1949, 11 man since 1950
Los Fresnos - 6 man 1940-1948, 11 man since 1949
Mission Sharyland - 6 man 1939-1954, 11 man since 1955
Pearland - 6 man 1939-1948, 1 man since 1949
Pflugerville - 11 man 1927-1941, 6 man 1947-1957, 8 man 1958-1959, 11 man since 1960

 

[Old Bearkat]

I know there were more 6 man schools in East Texas that I have missed. There are indications that Colmesneil and Shelbyville may have played a year or two themselves, but no hard evidence.

 

[CowboyP]

I'll see what I can find.

 

[Leman Saunders]

Shelbyville was in one of the first districts in 1938

 

[Leman Saunders]

Colmesneil was in a six-man district in 1939-41

 

[Old Bearkat]

1957 Gunter

 

[Old Bearkat]

Coahoma Bulldogs in 1946, the next to last year in 6 man.

 

[Old Bearkat]

1947 Coahoma, their last year in 6 man.

 

[Old Bearkat]

1952 Smyer

 

[Old Bearkat]

1953 Smyer

 

[Old Bearkat]

1954 Smyer

 

[Old Bearkat]

1955 Smyer Bobcats

 

[SavannahSixManFan]

Dang, I'm a lot purdier on page 41... Rochelle 1972 aka # 45, pics 1/2 of 3. Age 15 40 years ago, mah bones ache athinking about we used to do two-a-days in the Texas heat...

 

[High Plains Drifter]

Two things, Gunter must have been tougher than a two dollar steak with that lineup. 5-1-2 Wow. Second, now I know what is wrong with Savanna, Kyle Mosley must have run over him a number of times. Just saying.

 

[SavannahSixManFan]

Kyle wouldnt run over his favorite weekend fence builder, hay hauler, cattle rustler. Now Randy S and Billy M, those are a different story...

 

[Old Bearkat]

Add another 2A school that used to play 6 man

Comfort - 11 man 1923-1927, no fb 1928-1947, 6 man 1948-1954, 11 man since 1955