The toughest schedules in Texas high school football in 2020

Texas High School Football Inside The Numbers takes a look at which Texas high school football teams faced the toughest opposition in 2020, including Fort Bend Hightower, Hallettsville, Stephenville, Aledo, Borden County and more!
Greg Tepper

Welcome to TXHSFB Inside the Numbers — where Dave Campbell's Texas Football take the data that makes up Texas high school football, and try to figure out what it means looking back and looking forward. Today: the toughest schedules in Texas high school football in 2020.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the adjustments made by the UIL to the 2020 Texas high school football season sent schedules into the woodchipper, with coaches scrambling to fill suddenly wide-open slates at the last minute. And with all the changes, cancellations and forfeits, it's easy to feel like the 2020 season was a blur.

But when the dust settled, it became apparent that even with rejiggered schedules, some teams ran an absolute gauntlet. Nobody knew that better than Fort Bend Hightower and Hallettsville.