1988 Texas 5a Football Playoffs

The team made famous by buzz bissingers book friday night lights faced enormous expectations.

1988 texas 5a football playoffs. The 1988 carter high school football team won that years texas state championship. We were picked to. Filmmaker adam hootnick says for a lot of people thats the top courtesy of espn films hide caption. That was a smart well disciplined team on the football field.

Mojos state title run was cut one game short after a 14 9 playoff loss to dallas carter. The panthers lost to marshall 13 12 in a non district game. Its been 30 years since the 1988 permian panthers football team took the field. A 22 21 district loss to midland lee resulted in a coin flip to decide post season advancement.

The 1988 carter football team was at the top of its game. In 1988 though carter flourished behind its acclaimed 11 man posse defense entering the playoffs with the no. Permian won 12 games while suffering three losses in the 1988 season. The truth behind the 1988 5a texas state championship team is that they were winners.

The team whose rallying cry is mojo won the texas state championship in the 4a classification the states largest until 1980 in 1965 and 1972 and the 5a classification in 1980 1984 a co championship with french high school located in beaumont texas the last time that a football co championship was awarded by the uil. The cowboys captured the city with their talent as they fought their way through the regular season and the playoffs.