futbolking 766 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 I think the big Graham O-line folks are thinking of was in '90...pretty sure it looked something like this... T 6'5" 280 G 6'2" 256 C 6' 230 G 6'6" 274 T 6'2" 264 Too many turnovers in the Semifinal at Rustburg cost Graham a shot at back-to-back State Titles... And a close call on a field goal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 I think the big Graham O-line folks are thinking of was in '90...pretty sure it looked something like this... T 6'5" 280 G 6'2" 256 C 6' 230 G 6'6" 274 T 6'2" 264 Too many turnovers in the Semifinal at Rustburg cost Graham a shot at back-to-back State Titles... And the undefeated season. 3 state titles, 0 undefeated seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Their QB was Percy Ellsworth (played safety at UVA and later for the NY Giants) and he was 6'2, 185lbs. He played for Southampton? Great, underrated player in UVA history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlaw 11 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 The 1989 championship game was played at Mitchell Stadium in an absolute mud-bath if I recall correctly. Seems like Southampton was complaining a lot about the field conditions that day. Both teams had to play in it though. Also, I was thinking the Graham offensive line in 1989 averaged close to 290-300 pounds. Can't remember their names, but I do remember listening to an opponents game broadcast and having their radio man continually say the GHS OL looks like a college line. the semi-final vs. rustburg was in the mud-bath, and they were the ones complaining. The final vs. southampton was actually a nice day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barondawg77 115 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 And the undefeated season. 3 state titles, 0 undefeated seasons. The first round of playoffs that year was a great game too! Gmen-7 Tazewell-3. Dennis Vaught was at Tazewell that year and we came out in the spread for that one game. Those were some big boys up front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 the semi-final vs. rustburg was in the mud-bath, and they were the ones complaining. The final vs. southampton was actually a nice day. Graham vs. Rustburg...preview of the '90 game talks about the '89 game... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoard 18 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 (edited) Excerpt from the report (and I'm summarizing here, not verbatim) "Rustburg made no excuses for the (89) loss...BUT...they can't help but wonder how the game would have went had the field conditions been better" I love this football-speak, which translated means...."We're not going to come out and SAY we lost because of the field conditions, but we really believe we lost because of the field conditions". Edited April 9, 2011 by hoard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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