[edit] School Information
Address:
Main Campus
11101 Airline Drive
Houston, TX 77037
Ninth Grade Campus
10650 North Freeway
Houston, TX 77037
Main Campus
Ninth Grade Campus
Mascot:
Mustangs
School Colors:
Columbia Blue, Navy Blue and White
Logo: 
Established:
1936
Opened as Marrs High (official name) on Aldine-Westfield Road at Aldine-Bender Road. Unofficially called Aldine High after nearby community. Original school destroyed by fire in November 1954. Reopened as Aldine High at current Airline Drive location (site of the former Gulf Coast Airport) in 1956. Ninth Grade campus debuted in 1999.
First Varsity Season:
1936
School Website:
http://schools.aldine.k12.tx.us/webs/001/
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 26-14-1 as of 2007
Aldine Nimitz Cougars:
First meeting: 1979
Aldine leads all-time series 21-8 as of 2007
Aldine Eisenhower Eagles:
First meeting: 1980
Aldine leads all-time series 17-11 as of 2007
Humble Wildcats:
First meeting: 1938
Aldine leads all-time series 17-12 as of 2007
Humble Kingwood Mustangs:
First meeting: 1981
Aldine leads all-time series 6-2-1 as of 2007
[edit] 2008 Schedule
08/29 Clear Lake at Thorne - 7:30 PM
Last meeting: Aldine 42 Clear Lake 0 (1989)
Aldine leads series 2-0
09/05 at Deer Park - 7:30 PM
Last meeting: Aldine 24 Deer Park 3 (1989 Area Playoff)
Series tied 1-1
Note: Deer Park's head coach, Chris Massey, was Aldine's starting QB in 1974
09/13 at Klein Forest - 7:30 PM
Last meeting: Klein Forest 14 Aldine 12 (2007)
Series tied 3-3
09/19 at Foster - 7:00 PM
First meeting between schools
09/27 Humble at Thorne (D) - 6:00 PM
Last meeting: Humble 52 Aldine 14 (2002 Bi-District Playoff)
Aldine leads series 17-12
10/03 Nimitz at Thorne (D) - 7:30 PM
Last meeting: Aldine 38 Nimitz 14 (2007)
Aldine leads series 21-8
10/17 Atascocita at Thorne (D) - 7:30 PM
First meeting between schools
10/25 Eisenhower at Thorne (D) - 2:00 PM
Last meeting: Eisenhower 49 Aldine 14
Aldine leads series 17-11
11/01 Kingwood at Thorne (D) - 2:00 PM
Last meeting: Aldine 20 Kingwood 14 (1997)
Aldine leads series 6-2-1
11/07 MacArthur at Thorne (D) - 7:30 PM
Last meeting: MacArthur 28 Aldine 17 (2007)
Aldine leads series 26-14-1
(D) - District 19-5A game
[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
[edit] All-Time Top Players
One-Platoon Era
(prior to mid 1960s)
Backs:
Garland Slaughter
1940 - 1941
Sam Cornwell
1942 - 1945
J.D. Rogers
1942 - 1943
single-game touchdowns scored co-leader
Billy Shelby
1946 - 1947
Lloyd Kelley
1947 - 1948
Jerry Cohn
1954 - 1956
Bryan Millsap
1955 - 1956
1956 TSWA All-State honorable mention
Jack Hurlbut
1957 - 1958
Larry Rice
1957 - 1960
1959 TSWA All-State honorable mention
Raymond Matthews
1962 - 1963
Ends:
Norman Deaton
1941
Wendell Cornwell
1939 - 1941
Milby Sexton
1945 - 1948
Edgar Reeves
1948 - 1950
Bob Nance
1951 - 1952
Vernon Roberts
1958
1958 TSWA All-State honorable mention
Gary LaBerge
1957 - 1958
1958 TSWA All-State honorable mention
Line:
Lewis Johnson
1956 - 1957
1957 TWSA All-State honorable mention
Two-Platoon Era
(since mid 1960s)
Quarterbacks:
Scott Brantley
1981
single-season passing yardage leader
single-season passing touchdowns co-leader
single-game passing yardage leader
1981 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1981 Houston Post All-Greater Houston (honorable mention)
1981 All-District (first-team)
Lionell Crawford
1986 - 1987
single-season touchdowns scored leader
single-game touchdowns scored co-leader
1987 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1987 Houston Post All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1987 District 21-5A Offensive MVP
1987 All-District (first-team)
Doug Womack
1988 - 1989
single-game rushing yards leader
1989 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1989 Houston Touchdown Club 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
1988 All-District (second-team)
1989 All-District (first-team)
Eric Gray
1989 - 1991
career touchdowns scored leader
single-game passing touchdowns co-leader
1990 TSWA All-State (third-team)
1990 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston team (first team)
1991 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston team (first team)
1991 Houston Post All-Greater Houston team (first team)
1990 Houston Chronicle Offensive Player of the Year
1991 Houston Chronicle Offensive Player of the Year
1991 Houston Post Offensive Player of the Year
1990 All-District (first-team)
1991 All-District (first-team)
Darron Thomas
2005 - 2007
career passing yardage leader
career passing touchdowns leader
single-season passing touchdowns co-leader
2006 All-District (first-team)
2007 All-District (first-team)
Running Backs:
Don Burrisk
1968 - 1969
most 200-yards rushing games
1969 TSWA All-State (second-team)
Bill Bates
1980 - 1981
1981 TSWA All-State (second-team)
1981 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1981 Houston Post All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1980 All-District (second-team)
1981 All-District (first-team)
Derrick Johnson
1988 - 1990
career rushing yardage leader
1990 TSWA All-State (second-team)
1990 APSE All-State (second-team)
1989 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1990 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1990 Houston Post All-Greater Houston (second-team)
1989 All-District (first-team)
1990 All-District (first-team)
Deandre Lewis
1994 - 1996
single-season rushing yardage leader
1996 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (second-team)
1996 District 21-5A Offensive MVP
1996 All-District (first-team)
Wide Receiver:s
Andra Fuller
1995 - 1996
most receptions in a game leader
most interceptions in a game co-leader (as a DB)
1996 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (second-team)
1995 All-District (second-team)
1996 All-District (first-team)
Eric Bush
2004 - 2005
2005 All-District (first-team)
Tyson Williams
2007
2007 All-District (first-team)
Tight Ends:
Luther Franklin
1979 - 1981
longest pass reception
1981 TSWA All-State (first-team)
1981 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1981 Houston Post All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1981 All-District (first-team)
Mike Rhodes
1982 - 1983
career receiving yards leader
single-season receiving yards leader
single-season touchdown receptions leader
1983 TSWA All-State (first-team)
1983 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1983 Houston Post All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1983 Houston Post Most Valuable Player
1982 All-District (second-team)
1983 All-District (first-team)
Kevin Johnson
1985 - 1986
single-game receiving yards leader
longest touchdown reception leader
1985 All-District (first-team)
Offensive Line:
John Karkoska
1987 - 1988
1988 AP All-State
1987 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1988 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1988 Houston Post All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1987 All-District (first-team)
1988 All-District (first-team)
James Mulkey
1989
1989 TSWA All-State (first-team)
1989 AP All-State (second-team)
1989 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1989 All-District (first-team)
Travis Coleman
1989 - 1990
1990 TSWA All-State (second-team)
1990 APSE All-State (second-team)
1989 Houston Post All-Greater Houston (second-team)
1990 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1990 Houston Post All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1990 District 21-5A Co-Offensive Player of the Year
1989 All-District (first-team)
1990 All-District (first-team)
Cleotha Childress
1990 - 1991
1991 TSWA All-State (first-team)
1991 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1991 Houston Post All-Greater Houston (second-team)
1990 All-District (second-team)
1991 All-District (first-team)
Kelvin Banks
1996 - 1998
1998 TSWA All-State (first-team)
1998 APSE All-State (second-team)
1996 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1997 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1998 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1998 District 21-5A Offensive Co-MVP
1996 All-District (first-team)
1997 All-District (first-team)
1998 All-District (first-team)
Daniel Campbell
2006 - 2007
2007 APSE All-State (first-team)
2007 TSWA All-State (second-team)
2007 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
2006 All-District (first-team)
2007 All-District (first-team)
Defensive Line:
Dan Issa
1975 - 1976
1976 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1975 All-District (first-team)
1976 All-District (first-team)
Steve Strahan
1989 - 1990
1990 APSE All-State (first-team)
1990 TSWA All-State (first-team)
1990 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1990 Houston Post All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1990 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
Houston Chronicle 1990s All-Decade State Team
1990 All-District (first-team)
Ervin Briley
1989 - 1991
1990 TSWA All-State (third-team)
1991 APSE All-State (first-team)
1990 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1991 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1991 Houston Post All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1991 Houston Chronicle Defensive Player of the Year
1989 All-District (first-team)
1990 All-District (first-team)
1991 All-District (first-team)
Juqua Thomas
1995 - 1996
1996 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1996 District 21-5A Defensive Co-MVP
1995 All-District (first-team)
1996 All-District (first-team)
Lawrence Hooper
1999 - 2000
2000 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1999 All-District (first-team)
2000 All-District (first-team)
Linebackers:
Larry Twardowski
1976 - 1978
1978 TSWA All-State (first-team)
1977 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1978 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1976 All-District (second-team)
1977 All-District (first-team)
1978 All-District (first-team)
Charles Benson
1978
most interceptions in a game co-leader
1978 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1978 All-District (first-team)
Tony Pullings
1979 - 1980
1980 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1980 Houston Post All-Greater Houston (first-team)
1979 All-District (first-team)
1980 All-District (first-team)
Marcus Allen
1988 - 1990
1990 TSWA All-State (first-team)
1990 APSE All-State (second-team)
1990 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston team (first-team)
1990 Houston Post All-Greater Houston team (first-team)
1990 District 21-5A Co-Defensive Player of the Year
1988 All-District (second-team)
1989 All-District (second-team)
1990 All-District (first-team)
Anthony Lewis
2007
2007 TSWA All-State (second-team)
2007 APSE All-State (second-team)
1990 All-District (second-team)
Defensive Backs:
Robert Gipson
1978
longest punt return for a touchdown leader
1978 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first team)
1978 All-District (first-team defense as DB)
1978 All-District (first-team offense as QB)
Anthony Hickman
1987 - 1988
single-season interception leader
first Mustang to make All-Greater Houston teams on both defense and offense in same season
1988 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (first-team defense)
1988 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston (second-team offense)
1988 Houston Post All-Greater Houston (first-team defense)
1988 District 21-5A Defensive MVP
1987 All-District (first-team defense as DB)
1988 All-District (first-team defense as DB)
1978 All-District (first-team offense as RB)
Carl Heathman
1989 - 1990
1990 APSE All-State (second-team)
1990 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston team (second-team)
1990 All-District (first-team)
Kickers:
George Crisp
1968 - 1969
Richard Elder
1987 - 1989
career extra points leader
63-consecutive extra points
1989 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston team (first-team)
1989 Houston Post All-Greater Houston team (first-team)
1988 All-District (second-team)
1989 All-District (first-team)
Frank Toscano
2004 - 2005
career field goals leader
single-season field goals leader
longest field goal
2005 All-District (first-team)
Punters:
Mike Belnoski
1978 - 1979
1978 All-District (second-team offense as RB)
1979 All-District (first-team defense as P)
Alfredo Leija
2001
longest punt
2001 All-District (first-team offense as K)
2001 All-District (second-team defense as P)
Chancious Rose
2003 - 2004
2004 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston team (second-team)
2003 All-District (first-team offense as WR)
2003 All-District (first-team defense as P)
2004 All-District (second-team offense as WR)
Returners:
Patrick Randle
1998 - 1999
most career kickoff returns for a TD
1999 TSWA All-State (third-team)
1998 All-District (second-team defense as LB)
1999 All-District (first-team offense as RB)
1999 All-District (first-team defense as KR)
[edit] All-Time Coaches
Arnold Orsak
1936 - 1946
60-32-4 (.646)
District champs: 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944
Bruce Kivell
1947 - 1953
34-21-3 (.522)
District champs: 1947, 1948
Billy Cooper
1954 - 1961
40-37-3 (.519)
District champs: 1958
Larry Rice
1962 - 1965 (.400)
16-24-0
Hugh Harkrider
1966 - 1967 (.150)
3-17-0
Barton Massey
1968 - 1974
20-47-3 (.307)
Bill Smith
1975 - 2003
237-96-6 (.708)
State champs: 1990
District champs: 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1999
Playoff reps: 1982, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
1983 Houston Post Coach of the Year
1989 Houston Post Coach of the Year
1989 Houston Touchdown Club Coach of the Year
1990 TSWA Coach of the Year
1990 Houston Chronicle Coach of the Year
1990 Houston Post Co-Coach of the Year
Bob Jones
2004 - present
20-22 (.476)
Playoff reps: 2006, 2007
2008 U.S. Army All-America Bowl West squad head coach
[edit] Stadium Information
Name:
W.W. Thorne Stadium
Address:
1865 Aldine-Bender Road
Houston, TX 77032
Year Opened:
1979
Surface:
Artificial
Capacity:
10,000 (est.)
Thorne Stadium
[edit] External Media Links
Newspaper Coverage:
The Houston Chronicle
Radio Coverage:
[edit] Team History
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