Dobyns Bennett state championship(s) ...... NOT

[blazer1set]

D-B fans, read the whole post before you start throwing darts, this is really a question about TN football history....      I have seen several snide remarks from (presumably) non D-B fans about D-B having never won a state title on the field.    But then other fans point out that D-B has multiple state championships.

 

Does that mean they used to award state titles based on a vote or something, sorta like they do in college?      And now we have a true on-the-field playoff system to determine the winners?    Any idea when the on-the-field system started?

[pepvol]

somebody needs attention ... lol

[BigDave67]

Somebody is begging for attention or a verbal altercation

[osunut2]

D-B fans, read the whole post before you start throwing darts, this is really a question about TN football history....      I have seen several snide remarks from (presumably) non D-B fans about D-B having never won a state title on the field.    But then other fans point out that D-B has multiple state championships.

 

Does that mean they used to award state titles based on a vote or something, sorta like they do in college?      And now we have a true on-the-field playoff system to determine the winners?    Any idea when the on-the-field system started?

Playoffs started in 1969.

[cow451]

Playoffs started in 1969.

Morristown East won the first AAA playoff. Interestingly, they beat Science Hill by one in the opener (7-6), then lost the next week to D-B (14-13). After that they blew out nearly every other regular season opponent. They won the title, winning two close playoff games. Although D-B beat them, I think ME was far more talented, having played against both that year.

[motownanddown]

Morristown East won the first AAA playoff. Interestingly, they beat Science Hill by one in the opener (7-6), then lost the next week to D-B (14-13). After that they blew out nearly every other regular season opponent. They won the title, winning two close playoff games. Although D-B beat them, I think ME was far more talented, having played against both that year.

Interestingly enough, that was the first year the school was called "Morristown East" it had been just Morristown HS the year before but when they built West they renamed it. That team also had players from the East and West side of Morristown, when they opened the new school they gave upcoming Juniors and Seniors the option to stay at East.

[cow451]

Interestingly enough, that was the first year the school was called "Morristown East" it had been just Morristown HS the year before but when they built West they renamed it. That team also had players from the East and West side of Morristown, when they opened the new school they gave upcoming Juniors and Seniors the option to stay at East.

I had forgotten that. ME destroyed us (Tenn High)  34-0 that season at Bristol. They were up 28-0 at halftime and could've easily put up 50-60 points had they wanted to. All-World receiver Marshal Mills was the big star. Two years later we crushed them 52-0, so the talent drain was apparent.

 

D-B beat us 12-7 in Kingsport in '69. The thing I remember most about playing at D-B was the awful smell, which we presumed came from the Eastman factory there.

Edited August 23, 2013 by cow451