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The Katy Tigers on the Reliant Jumbo Tron
All lined up for the National Anthem
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Reliant Stadium
.Reliant Stadium, home of the Houston Texans, the Super
Bowl XXXVIII and the now infamous "costume malfunction" hosted
the first ever high school football game August 28th, 2004.
The past few years the High School games played at the
"Reliant Astrodome", located just across the parking lot, have
been understaffed and the facilities in a generally unkempt
condition. Diamond vision? forget about it they wouldn't even turn
it on. Event staff? They seemed bothered that you were even
there. Concessions? Underserved and over priced.
How did the Reliant Stadium measure up to the Dome experience?
No comparison. The facility was clean, the event staff was courteous.
One Reliant employee even greeted everyone as they left, thanking them
for coming to the stadium.
Not only were the big screens turned on, there were
sideline cameras, instant reply, and a no nonsense stadium
announcer. There were a wide variety of concession served from
clean bright stands and they were still over priced. (You can't
have everything.)
The stadium atmosphere gave this "0" week
pre-season game a playoff feel and excitement that is hard to come by in
an August game.
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The Game
It was the Katy Tiger vs. the A&M Consolidated
Tigers. The first game in a High School Football double
header.
The game was made up of big plays, turnovers and big
mistakes. Neither team embarrassed themselves and showed some great talent
and moments of good play execution. There were also moments of
pre season flubs on both teams and on both sides of the ball.
I would estimate that about 12,000 fans were on hand to
cheer on the their team. In the end Katy won the contest 21 to
14. Both teams should have a good season.
Click below to see the opening kick off of the first High
School game in Reliant Stadium. Katy kicked off to A&M Consolidated
and they had a big runback.
I would not recommend viewing the video unless you have a
high speed connections.
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The A&M Consolidated Tigers kept the Katy Defense on the run most of
the game. |
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The victorious Katy Tigers sing
their School Song
with their loyal fans
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KATY
21, A&M CONSOLIDATED 17
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1st
Quarter
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2nd
Quarter
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3rd
Quarter
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4th
Quarter
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Final
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Katy
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7
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0
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0
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14
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21
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A&M
Consolidated
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0
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3
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7
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7
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17
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Katy
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A&M Consolidated
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First
Downs
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16
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17
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Rushes
- Yards
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41
- 150
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40
- 198
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Comp-Att-Int
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7
- 13 - 1
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7
- 14 - 1
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Passing
yards
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102
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75
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Punts-avg.
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4
- 39.2
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2
- 38.0
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Fumbles-lost
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1
- 0
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3
- 2
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Penalties-yards
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4
- 20
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1
- 5
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