1957 Season

[LoboFan07]

1957 Season - Record: 4-2-3 (0-1-2)
09.13 - vs W.W. Samuells - Win 26-13
09.20 - at Denison - Tie 0-0
09.27 - vs Galena Park - Win 13-6
10.04 - vs North Dallas - Win 26-0
10.11 - Fort Worth Polytechnic - Loss 13-7
10.18 - vs Galveston Ball - Win 6-0
11.01 - Marshall* - Tie 7-7
11.08 - #9 Texas High* - Loss 12-0
11.15 - Tyler* - Tie 19-19
11.23 - at Lufkin* - CANCELED

[LoboFan07]

Longview vs W.W. Samuells - at Lobo Stadium - September 13th, 1957 - via Dallas Morning News

Lobos clip Samuell by 26-13

Scoring in every quarter, Longview defeated W.W. Samuell of Dallas, 26-13, here in the season opener for both here Friday night.

Samuell packed both its touchdown into a big second quarter to hold a 13-13 halftime deadlock, but the Lobos kept on in the final periods.

Quarterback Bill Bolger was the big gun in the first two Longview touchdowns. On the sixth play of the game, he uncorked a 33-yard pass to end David Duncan for a score which capped a 68-yard drive, and Bob Abney kicked the extra point.

Bolger scored the second touchdown, in the second, on a sneak from the 1 after Jim Rogers fumbled a punt.

Samuell took the ensuing kickoff and rambled 75 yards, with the big gainer a 47-yard pass from quarterback Bobby Griffin to halfback Horace Hargrove. Halfback James Southard went over from the 11 to climax the 11-play drive, and fullback Bob Johnson rammed over for the extra point.

Charles Clark recovered a short Samuell kickoff, and Griffin passed 42 yards to Hargrove for another touchdown.

An intercepted Griffin pass set the stage for the winning Longview score in the third. Halfback Douglas Bruner hauled it in on the Samuell 24, and three plays later Billy Coley hit right tackle from the 17 for the touchdown.

Another intercepted pass set up the final Longview touchdown in the fourth, with Bob Abney going over from the 3 to cap a 49-yard drive.

Scoring

1st - Longview (7-0) - David Duncan (33 yard pass from Bill Bolger)
2nd - Longview (13-0) - Bill Bolger (1 yard run)
2nd - W.W. Samuell (13-7) - James Southard (11 yard run)
2nd - W.W. Samuell (13-13) - Horace Hargrove (42 yard pass from Bobby Griffin)
3rd - Longview (20-13) - Billy Coley (17 yard run)
4th - Longview (26-13) - Bob Abney (3 yard run)

[LoboFan07]

Found this gem today, Longview and Galena Park both were scheduled to meet other opponents (Longview against Arlington Heights and Galena Park was set to play Galveston). Both teams had their opponents cancel on them because of the flu. On the Thursday before, the two teams met and decided to play at Lobo Stadium the next day.

[LoboFan07]

Also found out, the Longview vs Lufkin game was set to be played down in Lufkin. But bad weather caused the game to be canceled. Texarkana had already clinched the district and there was no reason to make up the game the next day.