All-Time Attendance Records

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. Port Neches-Groves, 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. Port Neches-Groves, Astrodome 1999*
38,570 Port Neches-Groves 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