Editor’s Note: Just about every Monday during the offseason, we’ve brought you our new running series, All-Time Matchup Monday, where we pitted two of the greatest teams in Texas high school football history against each other, threw a few theories around on who might come out on top, and then asked you to settle the debate for us. This is our last one until next year, as we gear up for the launch of our summer magazine and next season. 

Week 1: 2000 Midland Lee vs. 1996 Austin Westlake
Fan vote results: 2000 Midland Lee

Week 2: 1970 Austin Reagan vs. 1973 John Tyler
Fan vote results: 1973 John Tyler

Week 3: 2015 Katy vs. 2013 Allen
Fan vote results: 2015 Katy

Week 4: 1983 Daingerfield vs. 1988 Dallas Carter
Fan vote results: 1983 Daingerfield

Week 5: 2008 Lake Travis vs. 2006 Southlake Carroll
Fan vote results: 2008 Lake Travis

Week 6: 2005 Celina vs. 1997 Sealy
Fan vote results: 2005 Celina

Week 7: 1978 Houston Stratford vs. 1980 Odessa Permian
Fan vote results: 1980 Odessa Permian

Week 8: 1998 Stephenville vs. 2003 Galena Park North Shore
Fan vote results: 1998 Stephenville

Week 9: 1973 Big Sandy vs. 2015 Canadian
Fan vote results: 2015 Canadian

Week 10: 2010 Aledo vs. 1985 Houston Yates
Fan vote results: 1985 Houston Yates

Week 11: 2007 Liberty Hill vs. 2008 Carthage
Fan vote results: 2008 Carthage

WEEK 12 MATCHUP: 1989 Odessa Permian vs. 2007 Euless Trinity

Why Odessa Permian would win

A year removed from falling to Dallas Carter in one of the most famous seasons in high school football history, Odessa Permian captured its fifth state championship in 1989. The season concluded with a 28-14 victory over Aldine in the state championship. The dynamic offensive trio of quarterback Stoney Case, running back Chris Comer and wide receiver Lloyd Hill paced the offense, while the stingy defense of Permian allowed only 14 points and zero completions in the game.

Comer made the team go. He rushed for 1,589 yards as a senior in 1989. He had rushed for more than 2,100 yards as a junior. Comer rushed for a school-record five touchdowns in a victory over Odessa. Case could hurt teams with his legs, as he showed in the state championship game by rushing for a score, but it was his ability to make the right decision that made him special. In an age of unbalanced offenses, Case offered the Panthers a new route of success. He passed for 2,029 yards in 1989. Hill caught 1,519 of those passing yards, a record which wasn’t broken until Roy Williams came around.

Permian scored 627 points in a 16-0 season to capture the Class 5A crown, only giving up 97 points in that span. The defense allowed more than 14 points only once during the season.

Why Trinity would win

The Trojans claimed their second state championship in three years by knocking off Converse Judson, 13-10, in a state championship game held around 20 miles from Judson at the Alamodome. Euless Trinity also beat Judson to win the 2005 state championship. The 2007 team went 15-1 and held opponents to less than 10 points per game. The stout defense was led by All-State defensive lineman Mao Leota. The only time Trinity allowed more than 17 points was in a double-overtime victory over Plano in the state semifinals.

The offense didn’t put up historical numbers like some all-time great teams, but it did have a workhorse in running back Samir Baker, who rushed for over 2,000 yards on the season. In the championship game against Judson, Baker rushed for 234 yards and helped the Trojans control the clock and field position in a low-scoring affair. Neither team scored in the second half.

Trinity’s lone blemish of the season came against Permian in the second week of the season. The Trojans avenged the 30-3 loss with a 38-14 victory over the same Panthers team in the third round of the playoffs. Clearly, if the Trojans were to find a way in this clash, it would be by playing incredibly stingy defense.

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Craven’s Pick: Permian

Only a handful of teams in state history could compete with 1989 Odessa Permian and 2007 Trinity is not one of those teams.

Greg Tepper’s Pick: Permian

Love you, Trinity, but I'm going with MOJO if only to save myself an avalanche of angry e-mails.

Max Thompson’s Pick: Permian

I really, really wanted to find a way to talk myself into Trinity in this one, because I think this is a squad that might be the most overlooked when we look at the last 10 years of teams in Texas.

Fan vote results: Announced next Monday on DCTF Live.