First Overtime Game?

[Leman Saunders]

I dont remember the year the UIL implemented Overtime...I am wondering what the first 6man game that went to OT was...this is the earliest I have found so far...1997 week 2 Groom beats Samnorwood 20-14 in OT (just one overtime) @granger @Mike @Old Bearkat

 

[ModeratorMike]

I dont remember the year the UIL implemented Overtime...I am wondering what the first 6man game that went to OT was...this is the earliest I have found so far...1997 week 2 Groom beats Samnorwood 20-14 in OT (just one overtime) @granger @Mike @Old Bearkat

According to an article I found on Dave Campbell's, overtime was introduced in 1996.

 

[Leman Saunders]

According to an article I found on Dave Campbell's, overtime was introduced in 1996.

...looks like it was only used for District games in 1996

 

[olderdragon]

...looks like it was only used for District games in 1996

 

[olderdragon]

Wasn't the first or even close. Around 2010 and I believe it was Lorenzo, can't remember who they were playing but went to OT. What I really remember about the game was what happened before the OT started. Neither coach had ever been in an OT game at that point. The officials brought the two Head Coaches out for the coin flip and made sure they both understood what the rules were.

 

[sixmanfan2007]

...looks like it was only used for District games in 1996

https://www.uiltexas.org/files/leaguer/leaguer-archives/LE-1996-09.pdf#page=9

 

[Blue Bird]

The first overtime game that I saw in person was between Valley and Fort Davis. It was a playoff game played in Garden City on Thanksgiving weekend. Fort Davis won and later played Strawn for state. Someone can correct me if I am wrong, but I think both teams were playing in their first year of sixman ball.

 

[sixmanfan2007]

I believe Fort Davis started 6-man again in 2002 and Valley 2000.

 

[Legacy Zebra]

Wasn't the first or even close. Around 2010 and I believe it was Lorenzo, can't remember who they were playing but went to OT. What I really remember about the game was what happened before the OT started. Neither coach had ever been in an OT game at that point. The officials brought the two Head Coaches out for the coin flip and made sure they both understood what the rules were.

This is just what the rules say to do. In college or NFL, the captains go out for the coin toss. In UIL, the coaches go out for the OT coin toss.

 

[Leman Saunders]

The first overtime game that I saw in person was between Valley and Fort Davis. It was a playoff game played in Garden City on Thanksgiving weekend. Fort Davis won and later played Strawn for state. Someone can correct me if I am wrong, but I think both teams were playing in their first year of sixman ball.

A little grainy but here ya go...2003 Quarter-Final Ft Davis v Valley