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1 The 1920 Regular Season
2 The 1920 Playoffs
3 Rookie Programs

[edit] The 1920 Regular Season

In the inaugural year of the UIL Football Playoffs there was very little structure in place to help determine which teams should be considered as playoff contenders. The rules only stated that to qualify as a contender for the state championship, a team must play 5 different opponents within it's particular section before a certain date. At the time the state was divided only into 4 large Sections, roughly correlating to the four Regions the state is divided into today (Section 1-West Texas, Section 2-North Texas, Section 3-East Texas, and Section 4-South Texas) and schools of every size were lumped together to compete for one single state title. Only the teams that were undefeated after playing the minimum 5 different opponents would then be eligible to move on in a series of elimination games which would determine an undisputed champion for each Section. The matchups were set up week-by-week by a committee of the UIL. The problem they quickly found was that there was a huge disparity in the quality of opponents that various schools played in order to meet the 5 different opponent criteria. Many schools simply refused to play the higher quality teams. The process ended up being drawn out much longer than the UIL expected, resulting in the 1920 State Finals not being played until mid-January 1921. Throughout the season of 1920 the UIL sent out official press releases updating the progress of the teams around the state and listing the number of undefeated teams remaining in each section. Click the links below to see each of the press releases in their original form.

UIL Press Release October 9th, 1920
UIL Press Release October 30th, 1920
UIL Press Release November 7th, 1920
UIL Press Release November 20th, 1920
UIL Press Release December 2nd, 1920
UIL Press Release December 12th, 1920

[edit] The 1920 Playoffs

Despite the UIL initially giving up on being able to crown a State Champion in football as was reported in their final press release of the season on December 12th, the various disputes and obstacles were eventually overcome, undisputed Section champions for all four Sections were agreed upon and a playoff tournament consisting of two semifinal matches between the four Section winners and a state championship game were finally played, albeit, much later than originally planned.

[edit] 1920 Section Champions

Section 1 - Abilene
Section 2 - Cleburne
Section 3 - Houston Heights
Section 4 - Corpus Christi Miller

[edit] Sectional Championships

Section 1: Abilene 54, Electra 10
Section 2: Cleburne 19, Comanche 0
Section 3: Houston Heights 7, Bryan 6 - December 11, 1920 (at Rice in Houston)
Section 4: Corpus Christi Miller 6, Brownsville Hanna 0 - December 4, 1920 (at Brownsville)

[edit] Semifinal Games

Abilene vs. Cleburne - December 17th, 1920
Houston Heights vs. Corpus Christi - December 25th, 1920

[edit] State Championship Game

Where: Clark Field (Austin)
When: January 8th, 1921

State Teams Play Scoreless Game
Houston Heights and Cleburne Battle for Championship

Austin, Texas - January 8th, 1921 - Cleburne and Houston Heights in their contest for the high school football championship on Clark Field this afternoon played to a scoreless tie. The field was muddy and rain fell during the entire game. During the greater part of the contest the ball was in Cleburne territory.
For Cleburne, Smith and Rhome stood out in the back field, while Bruder, captain for the Houston team, distinguished himself as a ground gainer.
Bicknell, left tackle for the Cleburne eleven, suffered severe injuries and was taken from the field on a stretcher. No arrangements have been made to play the game over.

State Co-Champs