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Howe (0-7, 0-2) vs. Whitesboro (4-3, 1-1) will be broadcast live at howeenterprise.com and on 104.1 FM inside the stadium.

Game # 752 in Howe school history.  Howe is 381-346-24 (.524) overall since the first game in 1935.

The Dogs have lost eight games in a row for the first time since 2011 and are 0-7 for the first time since 2005.

Howe owns an 9-3-1 series advantage with Whitesboro.  The series began in 1936 with a 21-0 win at Bulldog Stadium.  The series:

10/2/1936	21	Whitesboro	0
10/1/1937	0	at Whitesboro	6
10/14/1938	12	Whitesboro	12
11/8/1946	27	Whitesboro	0
11/7/1947	26	at Whitesboro	6
10/7/1948	0	Whitesboro	20
9/18/1976	37	Whitesboro	0
9/16/1977	0	at Whitesboro	18
9/2/1994	25	Whitesboro	6
9/8/1995	34	at Whitesboro	6
9/6/1996	8	Whitesboro	0
9/5/1997	21	Whitesboro	13

10/27/2016                                 28                      Whitesboro                                        17

On this day in Bulldogs History

1939, Howe beat Collinsville, 56-0
1944, Howe tied Bells, 7-7
1960, Howe beat Gunter, 48-6
1961, Howe lost to Wolfe City, 14-6
1967, Howe lost to Proser, 14-6
1972, Howe lost at Bells, 22-15
1978, Howe beat Leonard, 28-0
1989, Howe beat S&S, 48-0
1995, Howe lost to Wolfe City, 26-7
2000, Howe lost to Gunter, 15-14
2006, Howe lost to Callisburg, 16-6

 

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Howe’s overall record is 381-345-24
Season: 74 Game: 751

The 55th Battle of the Silver Spike
Van Alstyne owns the series record, 35-17-2 and has won ten consecutive games over Howe dating back to 2000.

Howe (click here for roster) is 0-6 for the first time since 2005 (1-9).  The Bulldogs have scored 58 points (9.67 per game) and have given up 213 points (35.5 per game).  Howe dropped their seventh straight loss overall and seventh straight loss to Pottsboro, 35-6.

Van Alstyne (click here for roster) is 4-2 and have scored 221 points (37 per game) and allowed 158 (26 per game).  They lost a thriller to Whitesboro a week ago in Van Alstyne, 28-27.

School Name	*W-L	*Pct.	*PF	*PA	W-L	Pct.	PF	PA	Strk
Pottsboro	1-0	1.000	35	6	4-2	0.667	142	118	1 W
Pilot Point	1-0	1.000	45	7	2-4	0.333	105	160	1 W
Whitesboro	1-0	1.000	28	27	3-3	0.500	110	202	1 W
Van Alstyne	0-1	0.000	27	28	4-2	0.667	221	158	1 L
Howe	0-1	0.000	6	35	0-6	0.000	58	213	6 L
Callisburg	0-1	0.000	7	45	1-5	0.167	90	171	2 L

The series began in 1941 (click the dates for the game articles – mostly Sherman Democrat)

10/24/1941	7	at Van Alstyne	31
11/5/1942	6	at Van Alstyne	7
9/29/1944	0	at Van Alstyne	25
9/21/1945	13	Van Alstyne	0
11/2/1946	26	at Van Alstyne	0
10/31/1947	0	at Van Alstyne	7
10/21/1948	0	at Van Alstyne	48
9/8/1961	0	at Van Alstyne	14
9/7/1962	12	Van Alstyne	30
9/6/1963	0	at Van Alstyne	36
10/9/1964	2	Van Alstyne	40
10/8/1965	6	at Van Alstyne	45
10/2/1970	33	Van Alstyne	20
10/1/1971	8	at Van Alstyne	7
10/20/1972	12	Van Alstyne	40
10/19/1973	0	at Van Alstyne	19
10/18/1974	0	at Van Alstyne	0
10/17/1975	6	Van Alstyne	22
10/22/1976	2	Van Alstyne	26
10/21/1977	22	at Van Alstyne	21
10/13/1978	28	Van Alstyne	12
10/12/1979	40	at Van Alstyne	0
10/31/1980	23	at Van Alstyne	7
10/30/1981	12	Van Alstyne	20
10/29/1982	21	at Van Alstyne	21
10/28/1983	21	Van Alstyne	27
11/9/1984	6	Van Alstyne	15
11/8/1985	35	at Van Alstyne	0
9/12/1986	19	Van Alstyne	22
9/11/1987	21	at Van Alstyne	6
10/28/1988	19	Van Alstyne	6
11/3/1989	35	at Van Alstyne	13
9/14/1990	6	at Van Alstyne	12
9/13/1991	3	Van Alstyne	13
11/15/1991	8	Van Alstyne – Bi-District	30
9/4/1992	20	Van Alstyne	71
9/3/1993	0	at Van Alstyne	23
11/4/1994	19	at Van Alstyne	13
11/10/1995	7	Van Alstyne	6
10/11/1996	0	at Van Alstyne	35
10/10/1997	14	Van Alstyne	26
10/9/1998	41	Van Alstyne	13
10/14/1999	27	at Van Alstyne	17
10/20/2000	14	at Van Alstyne	10
10/19/2001	0	Van Alstyne	33
9/13/2002	7	at Van Alstyne	28
9/12/2003	7	Van Alstyne	32
9/10/2004	2	at Van Alstyne	42
9/9/2005	20	Van Alstyne	21
9/12/2008	6	at Van Alstyne	48
9/11/2009	6	Van Alstyne	35
11/2/2012	15	at Van Alstyne	42
11/1/2013	7	Van Alstyne	31
10/14/2016	36	at Van Alstyne	39

 

Battle of the Silver Spike Records
Most points scored by Howe	41	10/9/1998	at Howe (41-13)
Most points scored by Van Alstyne	71	9/4/1992	at Howe (71-20)
Most combined points in a game	91	9/4/1992	71-20 Van Alstyne
Howe Wins	17
Van Alstyne Wins	35
Total Ties	2
Total shutouts by Howe	5
Total shutouts by Van Alstyne	10
Last shutout by Howe		11/8/1985	at Van Alstyne (35-0)
Last shutout by Van Alstyne		10/19/2001	at Howe (33-0)
Most overall points scored by Howe	700
Most overall points scored by Van Alstyne	1207
Most wins by a Howe head coach	4	1985, 1987, 1988, 1989	Jim Fryar
Most losses by a head coach	6	1964, 65, 72, 73, 74, 75	Norman Dickey
Consecutive wins by Howe	4	1977-1980
Consecutive wins by Van Alstyne	9	1947-65; 2001-2016
Howe’s record at Bulldog Stadium		6-17-0
Howe’s record at Panther Stadium		11-17-0
Howe’s record at a Neutral site		0-1 (Bi-District)	Clark Stadium, Plano, TX – 11/15/1991

 

Howe is 10-16-1 vs. Van Alstyne in October
Largest margin of victory for Howe = 40 in 1979 at Van Alstyne
Largest margin of victory for Van Alstyne = 51 in 1992 at Howe

Most rushing yards by Howe vs. Van Alstyne (missing 1979 game):
406, 2016
360, 1985
359, 1986
324, 1989
303, 1998

Most rushing yards by Van Alstyne vs. Howe:
396, 2008
370, 1984
326, 2005
323, 1961
323, 1965

The first Silver Spike 

 

1989 Full Game of the 32nd Silver Spike at Van Alstyne

1990 Full Game of the 33rd Silver SPike at Van Alsytne

1991 Full Game of 34th Silver Spike at Bulldog Stadium in Howe

1998 Full Game of 42nd Silver Spike at Bulldog Stadium

The Silver Spike trophy was the brainchild back in 2001 by sports writer Jeff Wood of the Van Alstyne Leader and Howe graduate Monte Walker. The winner of the Howe and Van Alstyne football rivalry receives a silver railroad spike, mounted on a three-foot trophy to keep in their trophy case for an entire year. Howe has yet to have it since its creation. The tall and heavy trophy features the silver spike which symbolizes the growth that the Houston and Texas Central railway brought to both towns in the early years of their existence. Not soon after the towns were formed, they started playing football against each other. But those early years prior to 1920 formation of the UIL do not formally count and Howe didn’t even field a UIL sanctioned team until 1935.

Howe first played Van Alstyne on October 24, 1941 which the Panthers won, 31-7. The Spike was created before the 2001 season and that was the year Van Alstyne started the current 9- game winning streak over Howe. It also happened to be the same time that Van Alstyne outgrew Howe in enrollment numbers due to the Georgetown edition in their community. Before the current winning streak, Van Alstyne led the series, 25-17-2 but now have double the amount of Howe’s wins thanks to the recent stretch. Howe’s longest winning streak versus the Panthers was four games from 1977-1980. When the trophy was originated in 2001, then Van Alstyne Head Coach Randy Matthews told the Van Alstyne Leader, “Because of the closeness of the two towns and what this rivalry means to so many people, I hope everybody will be up for this game and prepared to play. When you have a game like this with so much emotion, there’s always big plays involved.”

The Spike was is akin to Sherman and Denison’s Battle of the Axe which Walker was a radio broadcaster for those games from 1994- 2003 and television broadcaster in 2008. “The community involvement and the electricity that comes with that Sherman Denison Battle of the Axe is so impressive and Howe and Van Alstyne had the same rivalry, but on a smaller scale. We were able to work with those in Van Alstyne back in 2001 to share cost of the trophy and make this something special. However, it won’t be truly special until it comes to Howe’s trophy case.” said Walker.

 

On this date in Bulldogs history:

1939, Howe beat Pilot Point, 13-0
1942, Howe beat Denison B, 40-0
1944, Howe beat Tioga, 27-6
1960, Howe beat Wylie, 22-6
1961, Howe lost at Leonard, 43-0
1967, Howe beat Allen, 28-16
1972, lost to Van Alstyne at home, 40-12
1978, lost at Honey Grove, 14-7
1989, Howe beat Pottsboro, 41-0
1995, Howe beat Leonard, 28-0
2000, Howe beat Van Alstyne, 14-10
2006, Howe beat Tom Bean, 27-0

 

It is game number 750 in Howe Bulldogs history.  Howe has an overall record of 381-344-24 in 74 seasons.  Howe has lost six straight games for the first time since losing seven in a row in 2012.  The Dogs are 0-5 for the first time since 2005.  The 2005 team started 0-8 and finished 1-9.

The bad news:  Howe is averaging only 10.40 points per game on offense and allowing 35.60 points per game.

The good news:  None of those numbers matter because district play starts tonight with Pottsboro (3-2) who were hit hard by graduation.

The Cardinals are still led by their fantastic quarterback Hunter Watson and their great head coach Matt Poe.

The Howe vs. Pottsboro series began November 3, 1972 with a 21-0 Bulldogs win at Bulldog Stadium.  Since then, Pottsboro now holds a 18-10-1 advantage in the series.  The Bulldogs have lost the last six contests versus Pottsboro.

11/3/1972	21	Pottsboro	0
11/2/1973	44	at Pottsboro	22
11/15/1974	0	at Pottsboro	21
11/14/1975	0	Pottsboro	40
11/5/1976	6	Pottsboro	19
11/4/1977	0	at Pottsboro	33
9/8/1978	21	Pottsboro	0
9/7/1979	14	at Pottsboro	14
10/10/1980	20	at Pottsboro	6
10/9/1981	8	Pottsboro	33
10/15/1982	16	at Pottsboro	18
10/14/1983	6	Pottsboro	7
10/26/1984	10	at Pottsboro	3
10/25/1985	28	Pottsboro	6
10/17/1986	14	Pottsboro	16
10/16/1987	3	at Pottsboro	16
10/14/1988	21	at Pottsboro	14
10/20/1989	41	Pottsboro	0
9/13/1996	7	Pottsboro	6
9/12/1997	14	at Pottsboro	19
11/10/2006	24	at Pottsboro	49
11/9/2007	6	Pottsboro	34
10/29/2010	20	Pottsboro	13
10/28/2011	0	at Pottsboro	34
9/28/2012	15	at Pottsboro	48
9/27/2013	0	Pottsboro	28
9/26/2014	14	Pottsboro	56
9/25/2015	7	at Pottsboro	49

10/7/2016                            7                                   Pottsboro                       35

 

On this date in Bulldogs history (7-4):

1939, Howe beat Anna, 14-6
1960, Howe beat Collinsville, 36-6
1961, Howe beat Bells, 20-8
1967, Howe lost to Leonard, 27-7
1972, Howe lost at Whitewright, 55-7
1978, Howe beat Van Alstyne, 28-12
1989, Howe beat Celina, 28-12
1995, Howe lost to Whitewright, 28-11
2000, Howe beat Tom Bean, 30-0
2001, Howe beat Tom Bean, 27-0
2006, Howe lost to Whitewright, 49-0

 

Caddo Mills Roster

Howe Bulldogs Roster

Game number 749 in Howe school history.  The Bulldogs overall record is 381-343-24 since the program began in 1935.  The Bulldogs didn’t field a team from 1949-1957 (nine seasons).

This is the sixth meeting between Howe and Caddo Mills.  Howe is 2-3 versus the Foxes and 0-2 at Bulldogs Stadium.

10/3/1986, Howe lost 47-21 at Bulldog Stadium
10/2/1987, Howe won 28-0 at Caddo Mills
10/19/2012, Howe lost at Caddo Mills 34-15
10/18/2013, Howe lost at Bulldog Stadium, 12-7
9/23/2016, Howe won at Caddo Mills, 56-27

Offensive points per game

Howe is averaging 9.5 points per game thanks to an incredibly tough schedule.  The scoring average is the 10th lowest in school history.  The rundown:

1963, 4.80
1975, 4.80
1964, 4.90
1965, 5.20
1976, 7.30
2004, 7.40
1974, 7.60
1962, 8.44
1992, 9.50
2017, 9.50

Defensive points allowed

Howe is giving up 40.25 points per game thanks to playing two top-ranked teams and two teams in higher classifications. The rundown:

2017, 40.25
2012, 38.10
2007, 37.10
2004, 32.40
2008, 32.00
2005, 31.20
2011, 29.50
1992, 27.40
2014, 26.77
2006, 26.50

This date in Howe Bulldogs history

1939, Howe beat the McKinney B team, 59-0
1944, lost at Van Alstyne, 25-0
1960, won at Bells, 38-6
1961, won over Fannindel, 20-6
1967, lost at Celeste, 27-21
1972, lost to Allen, 28-6
1978, lost to Wolfe City, 21-0
1989, lost at Pilot Point, 36-23
1995, lost at Bells, 35-6
2000, won at Bells, 34-14
2006, lost to Gunter, 35-8

 

Game number 748 in Howe history.  Howe’s overall record is 381-322-24.  This is the sixth meeting between Howe and Quinlan Ford with Howe owning a 4-1 record.

11/15/1968, Howe won at Bulldog Stadium, 22-6

11/14/1969, Howe won at Quinlan, 42-16

9/18/1998, Howe won at Bulldog Stadium, 42-6

9/23/1999, Howe lost at Quinlan, 29-21

9/16/2016, Howe won at Quinlan, 44-13

 

No panic in H-town

The Bulldogs might be 0-3 for the first time since 2005, but no Howe team has ever faced an early-season schedule as this 2017 team has.  The Dogs led off the season with Class 3A-2 number one ranked Gunter and most recently were chewed up by Class 2A’s number one ranked Muenster.  Sandwiched in between was a game against what appears to be a three or four deep playoff team in Bowie that Howe gift wrapped with four turnovers.

Did graduation hit Howe hard?  Yes, but there are still lots of tools in the toolbox for Howe to regain momentum and confidence headed into district play.  A big test will take place tonight versus Class 4A-1 Quinlan (3-0) who is no pushover.  The Panthers return their quarterback, Linus Beierschmmitt, from a year ago and plenty of size and speed to go along with him.

Student Body Advantage

Quinlan has 775 students in high school compared to Howe’s 329.  In a number’s game, Howe has 82 junior and senior boys to choose from, whereas Quinlan allows for 194.  That’s 112 more kids available to play football than in Howe.  Despite the alarming student body advantage, Howe won a year ago, 44-13 in Quinlan.  But Quinlan is better and Howe is rebuilding.

On this date in Bulldogs history

Howe is 7-3 on games played on Sept. 22

1939, beat Sherman B, 6-0

1960, beat Prosper, 24-8

1961, beat S&S, 28-6

1967, beat Valley View, 40-29

1972, beat Sanger, 7-6

1979, lost at Alvord, 9-6

1984, won at Celina, 20-14

1989, beat Callisburg, 26-8

1995, lost to Cooper, 20-14

2000, lost at Addison Trinity Christian, 33-13