Best Teams to NOT Win a State Title

[HSfootballan]

The old de facto championship game, usually a semifinal.

 

2007 Knox Bearden.

 

The old de facto championship game was the semi-final against Smyrna. Very exciting game to the end.

[SweetScience]

Murfreesboro Oakland 1988 lose to Dickson County in championship. Beat a very good Oak Ridge team in the quarters, and Lincoln County in the semis finals.

Was at that Oakland Oak Ridge game played @ OR...man, that was a slobberknocker..something like 7-3 if i remember correctly? Very hard hitting game.

[AFoster9482]

1990, 1991, 1992, 2010, 2011 Powell. 90 went undefeated in Regular Season , but lost in the Second Round to Gatlinburg Pittman. 91 lost to Brentwood Academy in the State Championship Game. 92 lost to Marion County 7-6 in the Semifinals. Marion County went onto beat Brentwood Academy in the State the following week.

 

1996 Halls- undefeated til the State vs Pearl Cohn. Buck Fitzgerald, John Henderson & Santonio Beard were the top players for Pearl Cohn.

 

1997 Maryville- same as Halls. John Henderson dominated that game.

[SweetScience]

1990, 1991, 1992, 2010, 2011 Powell. 90 went undefeated in Regular Season , but lost in the Second Round to Gatlinburg Pittman. 91 lost to Brentwood Academy in the State Championship Game. 92 lost to Marion County 7-6 in the Semifinals. Marion County went onto beat Brentwood Academy in the State the following week.

 

1996 Halls- undefeated til the State vs Pearl Cohn. Buck Fitzgerald, John Henderson & Santonio Beard were the top players for Pearl Cohn.

 

1997 Maryville- same as Halls. John Henderson dominated that game.

I saw that game against Brentwood Acad in 91, that wasn't even close..Good team, though.

[osunut2]

1990, 1991, 1992, 2010, 2011 Powell. 90 went undefeated in Regular Season , but lost in the Second Round to Gatlinburg Pittman. 91 lost to Brentwood Academy in the State Championship Game. 92 lost to Marion County 7-6 in the Semifinals. Marion County went onto beat Brentwood Academy in the State the following week.

 

1996 Halls- undefeated til the State vs Pearl Cohn. Buck Fitzgerald, John Henderson & Santonio Beard were the top players for Pearl Cohn.

 

1997 Maryville- same as Halls. John Henderson dominated that game.

That 1996 Halls team was really impressive.

 

Still hard to believe that Powell didn't get one between 1990 and 1992. That GP loss in the '90 playoffs was a shame because they dominated the same GP team during the regular season (much like the 2010 playoff loss to AC). Marion County and BA were always very tough outs during the late 80s and early 90s. Always a difficult challenge in high school to take down talented teams that have been there before, when you haven't.

 

The 1994 Powell team was a good one as well. Matt Lowe's injury in the '94 state quarterfinals against Cherokee was a shame, although I don't think they would have beaten Cleveland in the semis (with or without him).

Edited April 5, 2012 by osunut2

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Melrose would have beaten Maryville that one year if they would have quit throwing up bomb after bomb and instead handed the ball off to the stud they had a TB that ended up playing at Miami. Poor coaching and play calling....what's new.

I don't think so because when he did get the ball he was -40 + yards.

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This topic was started so I could get one more shot at the the Lexington fans. Now to be serious, I thought Knoxville Central had a couple of gold ball worthy teams in 2004 and 2005.

yes but the one man show continually hurt them in the end.

[1271]

No doubt, the best team not to win tenn. championship was the 1972 Elizabethton Cyclones!

[SweetScience]

No doubt, the best team not to win tenn. championship was the 1972 Elizabethton Cyclones!

The question was the best team not to win POST 1976

[1271]

Sorry, I'm old. I couldn't help myself.

[SweetScience]

Sorry, I'm old. I couldn't help myself.

LOL, i feel ya there haha

[copacanobra]

Best football team to not win a state title? I'm going with every Franklin High School team thatbever played. They get predicted by their own to win a state championship every year, but somehow never do. They must be tired to getting robbed for all these years.

 

Sounds a little like Portland high school hahaha