6A DII Region II Bi-District: Copperas Cove at Longview

[LoboFan07]

LONGVIEW LOBOS (10-0) VS COPPERAS COVE BULLDAWGS (7-3)

DATE: Friday, November 16th, 2018
TIME: 7:30 PM
LOCATION: Lobo Stadium in Longview, Texas
LONGVIEW BROADCAST: 106.5 FM JACK FM
COPPERAS COVE BROADCAST: 101.7 FM KROCK

 

 SERIES TIED 0-0-0

The two schools have never played 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 at a neutral location.
The two schools have never played at Longview.
The two schools have never played at Copperas Cove.
The two schools have never played at Lobo Stadium.
The two schools have never played on November 16th.

LAST FIVE GAMES IN SERIES
First Meeting
FULL GAME LOG

GAME PREVIEW & SERIES REVIEW
Perfect. That's what the Longview Lobos accomplished on Friday night against Mesquite with a 55-24 victory. A perfect 10-0 season, the first since 2005, gave Longview an outright district championship and just their 10th 10-0 season in program history. Three of those 10 have come under head coach John King, who improved to 162-36 overall as head coach of the Lobos and 84-6 in district play in his 15 seasons. The Lobos also won their 13th district title in those 15 seasons under King, but just their first outright title since 2014 (were tri-champions with Marshall/Texas High in 2015 and co-champions in 2016 with John Tyler). With the win, the Lobos will get to host their 2nd consecutive bi-district contest. This time, unlike last year against a foe that had previously knocked them out the year before, the Lobos will face a foe that they have no history or familiarity with. The Copperas Cove Bulldawgs. The Bulldawgs won their way into the post season by upsetting the Temple Wildcats by a 22-18 scoreline. The Dawgs trailed 18-7 in the 4th quarter before mounting a huge comeback victory to hand the Wildcats their second consecutive loss. The Lobos are currently riding a 13-game winning streak at home, having not lost since 2016 against John Tyler. Longview is 78-5 officially at Lobo Stadium under John King (with one forfeit), dating back to 2004. Longview comes into their bi-district game with a 12-2 records in Bi-District contests under John King. Both losses have come by 1-point (14-13 vs South Garland, 34-33 at Beaumont West Brook). This is just the 4th time Longview will host a bi-district game at the "new" Lobo Stadium. In 1984, Bryan came into Lobo Stadium and knocked off the Lobos 24-14. In 2009, Longview trailed 7-3 after one quarter against Whitehouse before taking over for a 52-9 victory. And last season, Longview led 7-6 at halftime over Beaumont West Brook before dominating the 3rd and 4th quarters for a 42-21 victory. Cove heads into Lobo Stadium, entering the post season for the 13th time in the last 14 seasons. However, the Dawgs have not won a playoff game since 2011 when they knocked off Mesquite Horn, 48-47. Since then, Cove has lost 6 post season games in a row (Rowlett, Cedar Hill, DeSoto, Rockwall, Rockwall and DeSoto). Last season's 44-6 loss was the first time since 2012 (remembering they made the post season in 2013, 2014 and 2015) that they had kept a team they were playing under 67 points. The post season is finally here, a time that Longview fans, players and coaches have been waiting for since last December. Let the good times roll.

CLASS 6A DIVISION II REGION II BI-DISTRICT GAMES:
11/16 - W9 Prosper (8-2) vs R10 Garland Naaman Forest (4-6) - Eagle Stadium (Prosper)
11/16 - W11 Longview (10-0) vs R12 Copperas Cove (7-3) - Lobo Stadium (Longview)
11/16 - W13 Austin Vandegrift (10-0) vs R14 Tomball Memorial (8-2) - Ed W. Monroe Memorial Stadium (Austin)
11/16 - W15 Klein Collins (9-1) vs R16 Aldine Eisenhower (5-5) - Klein Memorial Stadium (Klein)
11/16 - R9 McKinney (4-6) vs W10 Wylie (5-5) - Wylie Stadium (Wylie)
11/16 - R11 Mesquite Horn (3-7) vs W12 Temple (8-2) - Wildcat Stadium (Temple)
11/16 - R13 Pflugerville Hendrickson (7-2) vs W14 Cypress Ranch (10-0) - Cy Fair FCU Stadium (Cypress)
11/16 - R15 Klein (6-4) vs W16 Spring Westfield (9-1) - Leonard George Stadium (Spring)

WHAT’S AT STAKE:
The winner of today’s game will take on the winner of Prosper vs Garland Naaman Forest in the Class 6A Division II Region II Area Round match up.

LONGVIEW LOBOS
Record: 10-0 (6-0)
District: 11-6A
Coach: John King (162-36 in 15 seasons) (Playoffs: 34-14)
First Year of Football: 1909
All-Time Record: 723-345-52 (Playoffs: 63-41-1)
Playoff Appearances: 44
Last Playoff Appearance: 2017, 6A Division II State Semi-Final
State Championships (1): 1937 (1A)
State Championship Appearances (4): 1937 (1A), 1997 (5A D1), 2008 (4A D1), 2009 (4A D1)
SCHEDULE:
08.31 - vs Lufkin - Win 35-28
09.07 - at Marshall - Win 60-14
09.14 - vs John Tyler - Win 41-13
09.21 - at Ruston - Win 56-28
09.28 - at Rockwall - Win 42-35
10.12 - vs Mesquite Horn - Win 50-3
10.19 - at Rockwall Heath - Win 48-10
10.26 - vs North Mesquite - Win 63-3
11.02 - at Tyler Lee - Win 63-14
11.09 - vs Mesquite - Win 55-24
11.16 - Bi-District: Copperas Cove

COPPERAS COVE BULLDAWGS
Record: 7-3 (5-3)
District: 12-6A
Coach: Jack Alvarez (7-3 in 1 season) (Playoffs: 0-0)
First Year of Football: 1956
All-Time Record: 317-343-4 (Playoffs: 21-19)
Playoff Appearances: 20
Last Playoff Appearance: 2017, 6A Division I Bi-District
State Championships (0): None
State Championship Appearances (2): 2006 (4A D1), 2007 (4A D1)
SCHEDULE:
08.31 - vs Monterrey Leon - Win 34-27
09.07 - at Manor - Win 7-6
09.14 - at Belton - Loss 35-28
09.21 - vs Killeen - Loss 48-14
09.27 - at Killeen Ellison - Win 53-26
10.05 - vs Waco - Win 68-14
10.12 - at Waco Midway - Loss 52-28
10.26 - vs Killeen Harker Heights - Win 50-6
11.01 - at Killeen Shoemaker - Win 41-35
11.09 - vs Temple - Win 22-18
11.16 - Bi-District: Longview

ON THIS DATE IN LOBO HISTORY: November 16th
In 1923,
In 1928,
In 1945,
In 1951,
In 1956,
In 1962,
In 1973,
In 1979,
In 1984,
In 1985,
In 1991,
In 1996,
In 2002,
In 2013,

[Crawford]

Lobos

[gtee2]

RG3 ain't walking in that door no time soon...

[BoyzNdaHood]

Lobos

[Mr. P]

Set the tone. Blow them out. 

[85lobooldschool]

Lobos

[Loboup]

go Lobos 

[LoboFan07]

Updated the first post for now.

Much still to update, but will try and get everything up late tonight. 

[kingwolf]

55 minutes ago, AKA said:

Set the tone. Blow them out. 

That can't be overstated...I have watched Alvarez coached teams over the years and it is no secret that I am high on him...but the one thing about his teams that I hate is the cut blocking they do....our defensive linemen are going to take it hard on the hips and knees....

[TDJ89]

Lobos win, who does the Lobos get in round 2?

[Mr. P]

51 minutes ago, kingwolf said:

That can't be overstated...I have watched Alvarez coached teams over the years and it is no secret that I am high on him...but the one thing about his teams that I hate is the cut blocking they do....our defensive linemen are going to take it hard on the hips and knees....

This. 

Lobos.

[LoboFan07]

29 minutes ago, TDJ89 said:

Lobos win, who does the Lobos get in round 2?

Prosper or Naaman Forest

[LoboFan07]

Beat Cove!!

[ETxFB299]

I will take the Longview Lobos in this one.  Very impressed with the 10-0 record.  

[Eagle27]

Lobos cruise on 

[upullinmychain]

Temple..oh wait...nvm,guess I'll take the Lobo then..lol 

[gtee2]

1 minute ago, upullinmychain said:

Temple..oh wait...nvm,guess I'll take the Lobo then..lol 

We need you to take Lobos by fiddy...we ain't loss since you started

[upullinmychain]

Oh my bad,was gon post that later but I'll go ahead and do it now...LOBO BY FIDDY..if that's OK wit yall...

[LoboFan07]

Game preview added. Will add the date history later today. Trying to get everything else updated since I'm so far behind.

Beat Cove.

[LoboFan07]

Anyone have any video on Cove? Haven't been able to find much.

[NODAYSOFFTX]

What’s a potential second round site for the bos if y’all win? Kincade, the star, mesquite? 

[Pack007]

19 hours ago, upullinmychain said:

Oh my bad,was gon post that later but I'll go ahead and do it now...LOBO BY FIDDY..if that's OK wit yall...

Lol. Agree. Hope the Pack and Lobos continue to win.......all the way to Jerry’s World and state. Trust the process Gtee! 

[LoboFan07]

25 minutes ago, NODAYSOFFTX said:

What’s a potential second round site for the bos if y’all win? Kincade, the star, mesquite? 

We'll find out early in the week I'm sure. Usually we have a four way agreement when King is involved. 

Not looking too far ahead, but I would imagine King would try for Rose or Kincaide....I have a feeling Prosper would try for McKinney's new place tbh. I see no way that Naaman beats Prosper. 

[LOBOFAN84]

25 minutes ago, LoboFan07 said:

We'll find out early in the week I'm sure. Usually we have a four way agreement when King is involved. 

Not looking too far ahead, but I would imagine King would try for Rose or Kincaide....I have a feeling Prosper would try for McKinney's new place tbh. I see no way that Naaman beats Prosper. 

Rose would make it dream work for the Lobo Nation! 

[LoboFan07]

Longview ended the regular season...
On a 12-game district winning streak. The 5th longest in school history. King's teams have 3 of the top 5.
On a 16-game regular season winning streak. The 4th longest in school history. King's teams have 2 of the top 4.
And on a 10-game overall winning streak. Tied for 11th longest in school history. It's the 8th time in King's tenure that the Lobos have won at least 10 games in a row. 

Longview has also won 12 games in a row at Lobo Stadium. Friday's game will mark the 230th all-time Longview game at "new" Lobo Stadium. Lobos are 186-37-6 overall there.