Texas State High School Play Off Semi Final
Division 6A, District 2
Saturday 12th December 2015
Kick off 14.00
Lake Travis High School Cavaliers 49 Mansfield High School Tigers 21, attendance 3,500
@ Waco I.S.D. Stadium
1401, South New Road
Waco, TX 76711
$9 admission
No programme.
The stadium was opened in 2000 and has a capacity of 11,500. As at last weeks game, it wasn’t really close, this time Mansfield coming up short.
Texas State High School Play Off Quarter Final
Division 6A, District 2
Saturday 5th December 2015
Kick off 14.00
Mansfield High School Tigers 44 John H. Guyer High School Wildcats 7, attendance 2,500
@ Dragon Stadium
1085, South Kimball Avenue
Southlake, TX 76092
$8 admission
Programme free, 4 pages, produced by Mansfield H.S.
My first taste of High School football, so not sure what to expect. I have to say the whole package was pretty impressive and run as if it was a professional event. It was just a pity the game itself wasn’t more closely run as Mansfield were just too strong.
Dragon Stadium has a capacity of 11,000 and is owned by Carrol Independant School District.
The stadium has also hosted MLS games as Dallas Burn played here for their 2003 season and the bleachers at the East Endzone are a reminder of their days here as they remained when the soccer departed back to The Cotton Bowl.
National Football League
Sunday 22nd November 2015
Kick off 13.05
San Diego Chargers 3 Kansas City Chiefs 33, attendance 65,837
@ Qualcomm Stadium
9449 Friars Road
San Diego, CA 92108
Admission $56 + $10.99 fees (resale) print at home ticket.
Programme free, 16 page newspaper.
This was my first ever game in the NFL. KCC were far too strong and could have won by a much greater margin.
The stadium was opened in 1967 as San Diego Stadium, before becoming the Jack Murphy Stadium and in 1997 it took on the sponsors name. The San Diego State University Aztecs also play their home games here and it has staged three Superbowls, the last being in 2003.
The capacity here is 70,561 and being situated very near to the freeway it means a trouble free getaway. At least it was for us, as we parked in the tailgate area of the car park, for $25, and were soon away as most of the others here seemed in no rush to leave and in less than 5 minutes it was back on the freeway heading north back to LA.
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Football Bowl Subdivision
Conference USA
Saturday 31st October 2015
19.30 kick off
University North Texas Mean Green 30 University Texas San Antonio Roadrunners 23 attendance 10,292
@ Apogee Stadium
1251, South Bonnie Brae Street
Denton, TX 76207
$12 admission
Programme free, 56 pages.
Apogee Stadium was opened on September 10th 2011, where the record attendance of 28,075 was set versus University Houston Cougars, some way short of the 30,850 capacity. Parking is across the other side of the I-35, next to the old stadium, with access via a footbridge. It certainly makes for a better getaway after the match as there is only one set of traffic lights before hitting the freeway.
This was the first time since arriving in the States that I had to wear more than a t-shirt as a cold wind was blowing. Suppose it’s not bad to get this far into the year before the cold sets in !
Halftime entertainment followed the Halloween theme, where around 100 members of the College Band performed ‘Thriller’ in full fancy dress costume. Better than the match !
National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I
Big 12 Conference
Saturday 24th October 2015
Kick off 11.00
University Texas Longhorns 23 Kansas State University Cowboys 9 attendance 88,283
@ Darrell K. Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium
405 East 23rd Street,
Austin, TX 78712
$55 admission (resale) print at home ticket.
Programme free, 68 pages.
The stadium has been home to the Longhorns since 1924 and has a seating capacity of 100,119 making it the second largest stadium in Texas and the eighth largest in USA. There are plans to enclose the south end zone which will take capacity up to around the 115,000 mark.
Heavy rain had fallen all day Friday, the first rain we had encountered in our 7 weeks in Texas, and continued until around half an hour before kick off. Sadly, a matter of minutes into the game it returned and rained steadily for the next 3 hours. Not fun when you are in a stadium that has no roof. Despite the huge attendance, obviously based on ticket sales, rather than bums on seats, the true mark was more likely around 50,000. Had we not been down in Austin for the Formula 1 US Grand Prix the next day, then this would have been given a wide berth.
National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I
Southwestern Athletic Conference
State Fair Classic
Saturday 26th September 2015
Kick off 16.00
Prairie View A&M University Panthers 54 Grambling State University Tigers 70, attendance 51,328
@ The Cotton Bowl Stadium
3750 Cotton Bowl Plaza,
Dallas, TX 75210
$28 admission (including entrance to Texas State Fair)
Programme free, 24 pages.
The State Fair Classic is held annually at the neutral venue 92,100 capacity Cotton Bowl, a stadium that is seldom used as no team is now based here.
The stadium was opened in 1930, as Fair Park Stadium, and has been expanded four times, the latest being in 2008, when the seating was increased from 68,252 by completing the encircling of the upper tier.
It was home to Dallas Cowboys from 1960 to 1971 in the NFL and has also hosted soccer in both the NASL and MLS, as well as games in the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 1993 and the FIFA World Cup in 1994.
