Aldine

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1 School Information
2 Team Rivals
3 UIL Enrollment History
4 All-Time Top Players
5 Aldine Mustangs in the NFL
6 All-Time Coaches
7 Stadium Information
8 External Media Links
9 Team History
10 District Season Results, All-District and All-State Selections

[edit] School Information

Main Campus
11101 Airline Drive
Houston, TX 77037

Ninth Grade Campus
10650 North Freeway
Houston, TX 77037

Mascot: Mustangs
(Airline Drive Marquee)

Helmet Logo

Secondary Logo

School Colors: Columbia Blue, Navy Blue and White

Established: 1936

Marrs High School (informally called Aldine after the surrounding community) opened September 14, 1936. The original campus was located in what was then rural, unincorporated north Harris County, on Aldine-Westfield Road at Aldine-Bender. J.E. Borden served as the first principal and Floyd Crouch was named head of boy’s physical education and athletics.

Marrs High underwent expansions in 1939 and 1953 before burning to the ground in November 1954. The school was reborn as Aldine High in September 1956 at 11101 Airline Drive at West Road. As the surrounding area transformed from semi-rural to suburban to urban, Aldine High saw several additions over the years to accomodate a rapidly growing student body. New wings were built in the early 1960s, 1972 and 1997. In 1999, 9th graders moved to a new building (Aldine Ninth Grade Center) at 10650 North Freeway.

In the classroom, Newsweek magazine rated Aldine High 574 in its 2006 list of 1,400 top high schools in the U.S., while the Houston Press ranked the school sixth in the Houston area.

On the sports field, the Aldine Mustangs have won two team sports state championships: the 1970 Class 4A baseball title and the 1990 Class 5A Regular Division crown. ESPN also named Aldine its 1990 national football champions.

First Varsity Season: 1936

School Website: http://schools.aldine.k12.tx.us/webs/001/

School Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNQedFd-neM&feature=related

Fight Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFf0ye4A1Io&feature=related

THSF Team Board: http://texashsfootball.com/board/index.php?showforum=484

[edit] Team Rivals

Aldine MacArthur Generals
First meeting: 1967
Aldine leads all-time series 28-14-1 as of 2009

Series' Greatest Game
1982 Aldine 35 MacArthur 35
Mustang K Steve Kennard misses a game-tying PAT with no time left, apparently giving MacArthur the game and the District 21-5A runnerup playoff spot. However, a roughing the kicker penalty gives Aldine new life. When Kennard converts, it's the Mustangs who advance to the playoffs and the Generals' season ends. The game features seven ties or lead changes. Aldine QB Darcy Davis throws for 219 yards and two scores, hitting on 9-of-12 attempts, while General RB Roy Lee Jackson rushes for 224 yards and three TDs on 36 carries. In 1989, the Houston Chronicle names this one of its Games of the Decade.

Aldine Nimitz Cougars
First meeting: 1979
Aldine leads all-time series 23-8 as of 2009

Series' Greatest Game
1998 Nimitz 41 Aldine 34
In a game filled with offensive fireworks, the Nimitz Cougars saved their biggest two plays for last. With 2:55 left to play, Cougar QB Craig Harris hits WR Jarvis Smith on an 80-yard TD pass to give Nimitz a narrow one-point lead. Moments later, RB Quentin Griffin rambles for an 80-yard TD run to seal the win over then-unbeaten Aldine and put Nimitz on path for the school's first-ever district title. Game features six ties or lead changes and numerous big plays. Nimitz piles up 610 total yards, with Harris throwing for 362 on 16-of-22 passing. Aldine's Anthony Jones has an 81-yard kickoff return for a TD and Mustang RB Sidney Taylor has a 73-yard scoring dash.

Aldine Eisenhower Eagles
First meeting: 1980
Aldine leads all-time series 17-13 as of 2009

Series' Greatest Game
2005 Aldine 49 Eisenhower 47 3OT
Aldine WR Chancious Rose snares a two-point conversion pass from QB Darron Thomas to give the Mustangs an offensive-laced 49-47 triple overtime win over perennial power Eisenhower. The Eagles had rallied from 14 points down midway through the fourth quarter to force overtime. The two teams traded scores in OT, but when Eisenhower missed the required two-point try in the third OT frame, the Mustangs sealed the win, snapping a six-game losing streak to their rivals. Aldine's Terrance Anderson rushes for 263 yards and three scores on 34 carries while the Eagles' Freddie Brown throws for a TD, and runs for 206 yards and three TDs on 30 carries.

Humble Wildcats
First meeting: 1938
Aldine leads all-time series 17-14 as of 2009

Series' Greatest Game
1993 Aldine 37 Humble 35
With Aldine holding a commanding 37-13 lead entering the fourth quarter, there seemed to be nothing special about this game. Someone forgot to tell the Wildcats, who engineered an improbable 22-point rally to pull within two-points. Humble then threatened again from the Mustang 8-yard line with time running out, but missed what would have been a 25-yard game-winning field goal, letting a relieved Aldine escape with their lives and a 37-35 win.

Humble Kingwood Mustangs
First meeting: 1981
Aldine leads all-time series 7-3-1 as of 2008

Series' Greatest Game
1990 Aldine 24 Kingwood 21
Facing fourth-and-25 and with time running out, Aldine needs a miracle to not only win the game, but keep its top ranking in the state polls alive. And a miracle is exactly what Aldine gets. All-State QB Eric Gray hits WR Will Skinner on a deep curl pattern with 1:47 left for a 65-yard game-winning TD. The Houston Chronicle names this its Play of the Year. It's also Aldine's second TD of the game on a fourth-down play, as Gray had earlier scored on a five-yard run. Aldine would eventually go on to win the state 5A small school title and Kingwood would reach the state 5A big school semifinals.

Humble Atascosita Eagles
First meeting: 2008
Series tied 1-1 as of 2009

Series' Greatest Game
Too early to make a call.

[edit] UIL Enrollment History

2008-2010: 3440
2006-2008: 3272
2004-2006: 3124
2002-2004: 3063
2000-2002: 2819
1998-2000: 2797
1996-1998: 2590
1994-1996: 2524
1992-1994: 2763
1990-1992: 2600
1988-1990: 2848
1980-1981: 2440
1965-1966: 1569
1959-1960: 1400
1954-1955: 870
1953-1954: 700

Note: Figures after 1999 include Aldine Ninth Grade School.

[edit] All-Time Top Players

OFFENSIVE LINE
John Karkoska
1987 - 1988
- All-State (1987 TSWA third team, 1988 AP Super Team first team)
- All-Greater Houston (1987 Houston Chronicle first team, 1988 Houston Chronicle first team, 1988 Houston Post first team)
- All-District (1987 first team, 1988 first team)
- played collegiately at Baylor

Travis Coleman
1989 - 1990
- All-State (1990 APSE second team, 1990 TSWA second team)
- All-Greater Houston (1989 Houston Post second team, 1990 Houston Chronicle first team, 1990 Houston Post first team)
- All-District (1989 first team, 1990 first team)
- District 21-5A Co-Offensive Player of the Year (1990)
- played collegiately at Blinn College

Kelvin Banks (78)
1996 - 1998
- All-State (1998 APSE second team, 1998 TSWA first team)
- All-Greater Houston (1996 Houston Chronicle first team, 1997 Houston Chronicle first team, 1998 Houston Chronicle first team)
- All-District (1996 first team, 1997 first team, 1998 first team)
- District 21-5A Offensive Co-MVP (1998)
- Team Co-MVP (1998)

QUARTERBACKS
Lionell Crawford (14)
1985 - 1987
- single-season touchdowns scored leader
- single-game touchdowns scored co-leader
- All-Greater Houston (1987 Houston Chronicle first team, 1987 Houston Post first team)
- All-District (1987 first team)
- District 21-5A Offensive MVP (1987)
- Team MVP (1987)
- Houston Post Player of the Week (10/29/1987)
- played collegiately at Wisconsin
- current Aldine High School head football coach

Doug Womack (5)
1987 - 1989
- single-game rushing yards leader
- All-Greater Houston (1989 Houston Chronicle first team, 1989 Houston Post first team)
- All-District (1988 second team, 1989 first team)
- Touchdown Club of Houston Offensive Player of the Year (1989)
- Houston Chronicle Player of the Year (1989)
- Houston Post Most Valuable Player (1989)
- District 21-5A Offensive Player of the Year (1989)
- Team MVP (1989)
- played collegiately at Syracuse

Eric Gray (19)
1989 - 1991
- career touchdowns scored leader
- single-game passing touchdowns co-leader
- All-State (1990 TSWA third team)
- All-Greater Houston (1990 Houston Chronicle first team, 1990 Houston Post first team, 1991 Houston Chronicle first team, 1991 Houston Post first team)
- All-District (1990 first team, 1991 first team)
- Houston Chronicle Offensive Player of the Year (1990, 1991)
- Houston Post Offensive Player of the Year (1991)
- played at collegiately at City College of San Francisco

RUNNING BACKS

Don Burrisk (21)
1967 - 1969
- most 200-yards rushing games
- All-State (1969 TSWA second team)
- All-District (1969 first team)
- Team MVP (1969)
- played collegiately at Texas

Bill Bates (32)
1979 - 1981
- All-State (1981 TSWA second team)
- All-Greater Houston (1981 Houston Chronicle first team, 1981 Houston Post first team)
- All-District (1980 second team, 1981 first team)
- Team MVP (1981)
- played collegiately (baseball) at Texas
- member of 1983 NCAA baseball champion Texas Longhorns
- member of 1990 World Series-champion Cincinnati Reds

Derrick Johnson (22)
1988 - 1990
- career rushing yardage leader
- All-State (1990 APSE second team, 1990 TSWA second team)
- All-Greater Houston (1989 Houston Chronicle first team, 1990 Houston Chronicle first team, 1990 Houston Post second team)
- All-District (1989 first team, 1990 first team)
- Team Co-MVP (1990)
- played collegiately for Trinity Valley Community College and Eastern New Mexico

ENDS/RECEIVERS

Luther Franklin (48)
1979 - 1981
- longest pass reception
- All-State (1981 TSWA first team)
- All-Greater Houston (1981 Houston Chronicle first team, 1981 Houston Post first team)
- All-District (1981 first team)
- played collegiately at Arkansas

Mike Rhodes (88)
1982 - 1983
- career receiving yards leader
- single-season receiving yards leader
- single-season touchdown receptions leader
- All-State (1983 TSWA first team)
- All-Greater Houston (1983 Houston Chronicle first team, 1983 Houston Post first team)
- All-District (1982 second team, 1983 first team)
- Houston Post Most Valuable Player (1983)
- Team Co-MVP (1983)
- played collegiately (football and baseball) at Houston
- played minor league baseball in New York Yankees system

DEFENSIVE LINE
Dan Essa (67)
1975 - 1976
- All-Greater Houston (1976 Houston Chronicle first team)
- All-District (1975 first team, 1976 first team)
- Team MVP (1976)
- played collegiately at Southwest Texas State

Steve Strahan (76)
1989 - 1990
- All-State (1990 APSE first team, 1990 TSWA first team)
- All-Greater Houston (1990 Houston Chronicle first team, 1990 Houston Post first team)
- All-District (1990 first-team)
- Houston Chronicle 1990s All-Decade State Team
- Houston Chronicle Defensive Player of the Year (1990)
- Houston Post Defensive Player of the Year (1990)
- District 21-5A Co-Defensive Player of the Year (1990)
- Team Co-MVP (1990)
- played collegiately at Baylor

Ervin Briley (64)
1989 - 1991
- All-State (1990 TSWA third team, 1991 APSE first team, 1991 TSWA second team)
- All-Greater Houston (1990 Houston Chronicle first team, 1991 Houston Chronicle first team, 1991 Houston Post first team)
- All-District (1989 first team, 1990 first team, 1991 first team)
- Houston Chronicle Defensive Player of the Year (1991)
- Team Co-MVP (1991)
- played collegiately at Texas A&M

Juqua Thomas (90)
1994 - 1996
- All-Greater Houston (1997 Houston Chronicle second team)
- All-District (1995 first team, 1996 first team)
- District 21-5A Defensive Co-MVP (1996)
- played collegiately at Oklahoma State
- plays professionally for the Philadelphia Eagles

LINEBACKERS
Larry Twardowski (48)
1976 - 1978
- All-State (1978 TSWA first team)
- All-Greater Houston (1977 Houston Chronicle first team, 1978 Houston Chronicle first team)
- All-District (1976 second team, 1977 first team, 1978 first team)
- Team MVP (1977, 1978)
- played collegiately at Texas

Tony Pullings (40)
1979 - 1980
- All-Greater Houston (1980 Houston Chronicle first team, 1980 Houston Post first team)
- All-District (1979 first team, 1980 first team)
- Team Co-MVP (1980)
- played collegiately at Texas Tech

Marcus Allen (98)
1988 - 1990
- All-State (1990 APSE second team, 1990 TSWA first team)
- All-Greater Houston (1990 Houston Chronicle first team, 1990 Houston Post first team)
- All-District (1988 second team, 1989 second team, 1990 first team)
- District 21-5A Co-Defensive Player of the Year (1990)
- played collegiately at Texas Christian

DEFENSIVE BACKS
Jerry Belin (27)
1955 - 1958
- All-District (1957 first team, 1958 first team)

Anthony Hickman (2)
1987 - 1988
- single-season interception leader
- first Mustang to make All-Greater Houston teams on both defense and offense in same season
- All-Greater Houston (1988 Houston Chronicle first team DB, 1988 Houston Chronicle second team RB, 1988 Houston Post first team DB)
- All-District (1987 first team DB, 1988 first team DB, 1988 first team RB)
- District 21-5A Defensive MVP (1988)
- Team MVP (1988)
- played collegiately at Texas Christian

Carl Heathmon
1989 - 1990
- All-State (1990 APSE second team)
- All-Greater Houston team (1990 Houston Chronicle second team)
- All-District (1990 first team)
- played collegiately at McNeese State

KICKERS
Richard Elder
1987 - 1989
- career extra points leader
- most consecutive extra points made
- All-Greater Houston team (1989 Houston Chronicle first team, 1989 Houston Post first team)
- All-District (1988 second team, 1989 first team)
- Houston Post Player of the Week (9/26/1989)
- played collegiately (football and soccer) at Houston

ALL-PURPOSE
Sam Cornwell
1942 - 1945

Larry Rice (20)
1957 - 1960
- All-District (1957 first team LB, 1958 first team RB, 1958 first team DB, 1959 first team QB, 1959 second team DB)
- played collegiately at Rice

Patrick Randle (9)
1997 - 1999
- most career kickoff returns for a TD
- All-State (1999 TSWA third team KR)
- All-Greater Houston (1999 Houston Chronicle second team RB)
- All-District (1998 second team LB, 1999 first team RB, 1999 first team KR)
- Houston Chronicle Athlete of the Week (11/01/1999)

[edit] Aldine Mustangs in the NFL

Daryl Wilkerson
Years at Aldine: 1974 - 1975 (DL)
College: Houston
Drafted: undrafted free agent
NFL Team(s): Baltimore Colts (1981)
Pro Position: Defensive Lineman
- Wilkerson also played for the Boston/New Orleans Breakers (1983 - 1984) of the USFL.

Charles Benson
Years at Aldine: 1978 (LB)
College: Baylor
Drafted: 1983 Round 5/76th overall pick (Miami Dolphins)
NFL Team(s): Miami Dolphins (1983 - 1984), Indianapolis Colts (1985), Detroit Lions (1987)
Pro Position: Defensive End
- played in Super Bowl XVIII for the AFC champion Miami Dolphins
- drafted by the New Jersey Generals in the 10th round/118th overall pick of the 1983 USFL draft

Derrick Fletcher
Years at Aldine: 1991 - 1993 (DL/DE)
College: Baylor
Drafted: 1999 Round 5/154th overall pick (New England Patriots)
NFL Team(s): New England Patriots (1999 - 2000), Washington Redskins (2000), Carolina Panthers (2002), Jacksonville Jaguars (2004 - 2005)
Pro Position: Offensive Lineman

Bobby Gray
Years at Aldine: 1994 - 1996 (QB)
College: Louisiana Tech
Drafted: 2002 Round 5/140th overall pick (Chicago Bears)
NFL Team(s): Chicago Bears (2002 - 2005)
Pro Position: Defensive Back

Juqua Thomas (Parker)
Years at Aldine: 1994 - 1996 (DE)
College: Oklahoma State
Drafted: undrafted free agent
NFL Team(s): Tennessee Titans (2001 - 2004), Philadelphia Eagles (2005 - pres)
Pro Position: Defensive End

Deandre (D.D.) Lewis
Years at Aldine: 1994 - 1996 (RB)
College: Texas
Drafted: undrafted free agent
NFL Team(s): Seattle Seahawks (2002 - 2006, 2008 - pres), Denver Broncos (2007)
Pro Position: Linebacker
- played in Super Bowl XLX for the NFC champion Seattle Seahawks

Notes: Steve Strahan - selected by the Carolina Panthers in the 6th round of the 1995 NFL Draft (188th overall pick) out of Baylor but did not make the team.

Lionell Crawford - signed as a free agent wide receiver out of Wisconsin to the Green Bay Packers' developmental squad in 1993, but never appeared in an NFL game.

Derrick Walker - signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as a free agent linebacker out of Iowa State but did not make the team.

[edit] All-Time Coaches

Floyd Crouch
1936 - 1937
1-8-1 (.150)

Arnold Orsak
1938 - 1946
59-24-3 (.704)
District champs (4): 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944

Bruce Kivell
1947 - 1953
34-21-3 (.522)
District champs (2): 1947, 1948
- played collegiately at Sam Houston State

Billy Cooper
1954 - 1961
40-37-3 (.519)
District champs (1): 1958
- Texas High School Coaches Association Hall of Honor (1970)

Larry Rice
1962 - 1965
16-24-0 (.400)
- played collegiately at Tulane
- drafted by the Boston Yanks of the NFL (1944) and Cleveland Browns of the AAFC (1947)

Hugh Harkrider
1966 - 1967
3-17-0 (.150)

Barton Massey
1968 - 1974
20-47-3 (.307)
- Greater Houston Football Coaches Association Hall of Honor (2008)
- played collegiately at Texas Tech

Bill Smith
1975 - 2003
237-96-6 (.708)
State champs (1): 1990
District champs (11): 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1999
Playoff reps (10): 1982, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
- TSWA Coach of the Year (1990)
- Houston Chronicle Coach of the Year (1983, 1990)
- Houston Post Coach of the Year (1983, 1989, 1990)
- Touchdown Club of Houston Coach of the Year (1989)
- District Coach of the Year (1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1999)
- Texas High School Coaches Association All-Star Game (1991 South head coach)
- Greater Houston Football Coaches Association Hall of Honor (1997)
- played high school football for Vidor
- played collegiately at Houston

Bob Jones
2004 - 2008
23-27 (.460)
Playoff reps (2): 2006, 2007
- U.S. Army All-America Bowl (2008 West head coach)
- played high school football for Lexington (Nebraska)
- played collegiately at Kearney State

Lionell Crawford
2009 - present
0-0 (.000)
- played high school football for Aldine (first alum to be Mustang head coach)
- played collegiately at Wisconsin