1984 Season

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1984 Season - Record: 9-2-0 (6-1-0)
09.07 - vs Fort Worth Eastern Hills - Win 38-14
09.14 - vs Fort Worth Trimble Tech - Win 35-14
09.21 - at Abilene - Win 21-0
09.28 - at Tyler Lee* - Win 27-3
10.05 - vs Texas High* - Loss 6-0
10.12 - Nacogdoches* - Win 15-14
10.19 - Lufkin* - Win 33-21
10.26 - at Marshall* - Win 14-0
11.02 - at John Tyler* - Win 21-7
11.09 - vs Pine Tree* - Win 49-19
11.16 - Bi-District: vs Bryan - Loss 24-14

* Bi-District match up vs Bryan was played at Lobo Stadium in Longview.

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Longview vs Fort Worth Eastern Hills - at Lobo Stadium - September 7th, 1984 - via Associated Press

No. 1 Longview rolls to victory

Top ranked Longview, led by 34 returning lettermen including blue-chip running back prospect Joe Johnson, easily dispatched Fort Worth Eastern Hills and rolled to a 38-14 victory in Texas schoolboy football action.

Johnson rushed for two touchdowns Friday night to carry the top-ranked teams in the Associated Press Schoolbody Football Poll for Class 5-A.

Longview last year had a 10-2 season and lost in the second round of the playoffs. It was the opening game in the Lobos season.

The Highlanders never recovered after Longview scored in its second offensive drive of the game, a 55-yard run by Johnson on a Statue of Liberty play.

In other Class 5A play, second-ranked Odessa Permian stalled El Paso Coronado 27-0, No. 5 Houston Yates defeated Brazoswood 55-12 and sixth-ranked Galveston Ball crushed Lufkin 14-9.

Longview sailed to a 17-0 first quarter advantage as Johnson wrapped up the opening period with five carries for 96 yards and two touchdowns. For the night, Johnson - considered by college recruiters as one of the state's premier running back prospects - rushed 13 times for a game-high 115 yards.

Turnovers and breakdowns in the Highlander punting game set up five scoring drivers for Longview before the third quarter. Eastern Hills coughed up the ball three times on fumbles, had three passes interception, and one punt partially blocked.

In the second quarter, Highlander end Reggie Green blocked a punt that was returned 52 yards for a score, cutting ghte Longview lead. But several plays later, Longview won revenge on Eric Harris' 10-yard scoring run, which made the score 24-7.

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Longview vs Abilene - at P.E. Shotwell Stadium - September 21st, 1984 - via Associated Press

No. 1 Longview romps past Abilene

Longview running back Joe Johnson ran for 136 yards and one touchdown as the top-ranked Lobos stalled the Abilene Eagles in Texas high school football action Friday.

Johnson, an all-state candidate, scored on a 3-yard run with 4:30 left in the third quarter after an 11-play drive. The Lobos scored three of their first four possessions, and had one touchdown called back, to remain at the top of the Associated Press Schoolbody Football Poll.

In other Class 5A play, No. 2 Odessa Permian defeated Fort Worth Eastern Hills 55-7, fourth-place Houston Madison cut Houston Wheatley 68-6, No. 5 Plano defeated Duncanville 21-12 and sixth-place San Angelo Central stopped Fort Worth Dunbar, 44-0.

Third-ranked Houston Yates plays Houston Washington today.

On its first possession, Longview score with a 62-yard punt return by Leon Hendrix, but the play was called back for clipping. The Lobos, called back to their own 25, and then moved 75 yards in nine plays for a touchdown.

Blue-chip quarterback Eric Harris teamed with another blue-chipper, wide received Charles Smith, for a 30-yard completion on the first play. Harris hit Hendrix three plays later for 21 yards to the nine and Johnson carried three times to the 1.

Clifton Powell went over from 1 yard out to finish the drive with 6:41 left in the first quarter. Jason Baird was good for the PAT to make it 7-0.

Longview assembled its second scoring drive late in the second quarter, moving 65 yards in eight plays. Harris found Hendrix behind safety Richard Hill for a 40-yard scoring pass with 2:23 left in the half. Baird's kicks as good.

Harris completed five of eight passes for 128 yards, while running for 25 yards.

The Eagles threatened throughout the game, reaching inside the Longview 20 on four occasions.

Scoring

1st - Longview (7-0) - Clifton Powell (1 yard run)
2nd - Longview (14-0) - Leon Hendrix (40 yard pass from Eric Harris)
3rd - Longview (21-0) - Joe Johnson (3 yard run)