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LONGVIEW LOBOS (2-0, 0-0) VS C.E. BYRD YELLOWJACKETS (1-0, 0-0) DATE: Saturday, September 12th, 2015 TIME: “8:00” PM LOCATION: Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana LONGVIEW BROADCAST: Sunny 106.5 FM KOOI SHREVEPORT BYRD BROADCAST: 1130 AM The Tiger YELLOWJACKETS LEAD SERIES 6-0-0 The Yellowjackets have a 6-0-0 lead when the game is a non-district contest. The two schools have never played a district contest. The two schools have never played a playoff contest. The two schools have never played a game at a neutral location. The Yellowjackets have a 1-0-0 lead when the game is played at Longview. The Yellowjackets have a 4-0-0 lead when the game is played at Shreveport. Shreveport Byrd has won the last six meetings against the Lobos. The two schools have never played against one another at Independence Stadium. The two schools have never played on September 12th before. LAST FIVE GAMES IN SERIES 09.22.1961 - Shreveport Byrd 21, Longview 8 - (In Shreveport) 09.23.1960 - Shreveport Byrd 34, Longview 0 - Lobo Stadium 10.09.1931 - Shreveport Byrd 50, Longview 0 - (In Shreveport) 10.10.1930 - Shreveport Byrd 32, Longview 6 - *Location Unknown 10.05.1929 - Shreveport Byrd 19, Longview 0 - (In Shreveport) FULL GAME LOG GAME PREVIEW & SERIES REVIEW Another frustrating night for Longview fans turned into another win to celebrate. After throwing three interceptions and fumbling one muffed punt, the Longview Lobos improved to 2-0 on the season for the first time since 2011. In the win, the Lobos won their 46th game over their arch rivals from north Tyler behind a strong running game that surpassed 300 yards. Tylan Miller’s three touchdown night gave him 5 on the young season, and shot him up into a tie for 8th all-time in touchdowns scored by a Lobo with 26. After a long night of scoreboard technical issues, searching for an officiating crew and turnovers/penalties that plagued the Lobos in the first half, Longview came out in the second half and dominated Cujo limiting the Lions to 90 yards total in the half. The 34 points Longview has allowed in the opening two games of the season is the least amount of points they’ve allowed to open a season since 2011, when they allowed just 22 points. Next up for the Lobos is a familiar location against an unfamiliar team. Independence Stadium in Shreveport has been kind towards Longview, especially in recent years. The Lobos have a 6-1 record inside the stadium, with three wins coming in the last five seasons. The last two visits for Longview to Shreveport for the Battle on the Border have been as close as you could have seen. A missed extra point was all that separated Longview and Olive Branch back in 2013, while the Lobos held off a comeback attempt from Monroe Neville last season in a 19-13 victory over the eventual State Champions from Louisiana. The opponent for the 2015 finale of the Battle on the Border will be Shreveport Byrd, a team Longview hasn’t faced off against in 54 years. The Yellowjackets are a team that, dating back to 1928, has completely dominated the Lobos historically. A 6-game losing streak is only bested by Lufkin’s 11-game winning streak over the Lobos for the longest winning streak ever against Longview. The 6 consecutive losses to open a series is the longest Longview has ever gone without at least one win to start a series. Byrd finished 12-1 last season, only losing to West Monroe in the 5A State Quarterfinals. WEEK TWO 15-5A RESULTS: Longview 31 John Tyler 14 Greenville 41 Royse City 60 Hallsville 23 Nacogdoches 20 (OT) Marshall 55 Crandall 7 Mount Pleasant 21 Liberty-Eylau 49 Pine Tree 19 Gilmer 35 Sulphur Springs 20 Sherman 17 Texas High 28 Arkansas High 14 WEEK THREE 15-5A SCHEDULE: Longview vs Shreveport Byrd (Independence Stadium) Hallsville vs Athens (Bobcat Stadium) Greenville at Princeton (Jackie Hendrix Stadium) Marshall vs Bye Mount Pleasant at Jacksonville (Tomato Bowl) Pine Tree vs Kilgore (Pirate Stadium) Sulphur Springs vs Whitehouse (Gerald Prim Stadium) Texas High vs Bye DISTRICT 15-5A STANDINGS 1st. Hallsville (2-0, 0-0) 2nd. Longview (2-0, 0-0) 3rd. Marshall (2-0, 0-0) 4th. Texas High (2-0, 0-0) 5th. Greenville (1-1, 0-0) 6th. Pine Tree (1-1, 0-0) 7th. Sulphur Springs (1-1, 0-0) 8th. Mount Pleasant (0-2, 0-0) LONGVIEW LOBOS Record: 2-0 (0-0) District: 15-5A Coach: John King (122-28 in 12 seasons) (Playoffs: 28-11) First Year of Football: 1909 All-Time Record: 677-334-52 (Playoffs: 56-38-1) Playoff Appearances: 40 Last Playoff Appearance: 2014, 5A Division I Area Round State Championships: 1937 (1A) State Championship Appearances: 1937 (1A), 1997 (5A D1), 2008 (4A D1), 2009 (4A D1) SCHEDULE: 08.28 - vs Lufkin - W 21-20 09.05 - at John Tyler - W 31-14 09.12 - Shreveport Byrd (in Shreveport) 09.25 - vs Pine Tree 10.02 - at Greenville 10.09 - at Marshall 10.16 - vs Texas High 10.23 - at Mount Pleasant 10.30 - vs Sulphur Springs 11.06 - at Hallsville SHREVEPORT BYRD YELLOWJACKETS Record: 1-0 (0-0) District: 1-5A (LA) Coach: Mike Suggs (128-64 in 17 seasons) (Playoffs: /-/) First Year of Football: 1925 or 1926 All-Time Record: /-/-/ (Playoffs: /-/-/) Playoff Appearances: 33 Last Playoff Appearance: 2014, 5A State Quarterfinalist State Championships: 1926 (1A), 1930 (1A), 1931 (1A), 1934 (1A), 1935 (1A), 1937 (2A), 1949 (2A) State Championship Appearances: 1926 (1A), 1930 (1A), 1931 (1A), 1933 (1A), 1934 (1A), 1935 (1A), 1937 (2A), 1943 (2A), 1949 (2A), 1953 (2A), 1956 (?A), 1962 (?A) SCHEDULE: 09.04 - vs Barbe - W 53-14 09.12 - Longview (in Shreveport) 09.17 - vs Calvary Baptist 09.24 - vs Captain Shreve 10.02 - at Bossier Parkway 10.09 - vs Bossier Haughton 10.16 - at Shreveport Southwood 10.22 - vs Green Oaks 10.30 - at Bossier Airline 11.05 - vs Evangel Christian ON THIS DATE IN LOBO HISTORY: September 12th In 1947, the Lobos rolled to a 19-0 victory over Palestine to open the season. In 1969, Longview won it’s 6th straight season opener with a 27-7 victory over the Bisons of Dallas Sunset. In 1975, a 306 yard rushing night coupled with holding the Rams to -4 yards rushing gave Longview a dominating 34-0 victory over Waco Richfield at Paul Tyson Stadium. Thomas Cook put up two scores in the 3rd quarter following Leo McCoy and Johnny Fuller touchdown’s in the first half for the Lobos. In 1980, after a scoreline first quarter…a 22 point 2nd quarter paved the way for Nathan Harris and Terry Morrow to tally up the points in a 35-19 victory for the Lobos over Fort Worth Paschal. Nathan Harris pulled in four receptions for 144 yards in the effort as the Lobos rolled to a 2-0 start. In 1986, despite a snap over the punter’s head giving the Bulldogs a safety, the Lobos steam rolled Fort Worth Trimble Tech to the tune of 28-2. Thomas Snoddy had two first half touchdowns that paved the way for the Lobos. Joe Brookins’ 70 yard interception return sealed the deal for Longview in the 2nd quarter. In 1997, trailing 7-3 at halftime from Leo Buckley Stadium in Killeen, the Lobos came out eating up clock and yards in a drive taking up over half the 3rd quarter before Shawn Byrdsong hailed in a pass from Jay Hurst to put the Lobos up 10-7. A safety late in the fourth quarter was the rest of the scoring as the Lobos knocked off Killeen 12-7 to move to 2-0. In 2003, Lake Highlands ran back the longest interception return given up by Longview in school history with a 90 yard return by the Wildcats’ Steven Coleman..but it wasn’t enough as Longview slipped past LH 24-14. Rogers Taylor and Quincy Grant gave the Lobos the two touchdown lead before the two schools traded scores the rest of the way. In 2008, a 52-22 victory over Evangel that saw the Lobos rolled up 454 yards of offense and hold the Eagles to -21 yards rushing on the day behind 11 sacks on the day for the Lobo defense, was forfeited shortly after because of an ineligible player used on one play late in the fourth quarter. Regardless, the Lobos jumped out to a 38-0 lead on their former rivals in Evangel, ranked #2 in the state coming in, before the Eagles answered on the day in the 4th quarter. The Lobo defense rolled up 115 yards in yards lost on the night. The game was originally scheduled to be played against Barbers Hill but Hurricane Ike forced the cancellation and the Lobos and Eagles were forced to scramble for opponents.