Holy shit.. those kids went on most extreme emotional rollercoaster in the history of sports.

It actually hurt to watch that last play

"I done wet my britches"

If that was my team, i'd still be getting nightmares...

lol when I saw the highlights I thought it was the cowboys and the saints

This some madden shit.

If you think about it, this game did technically end in a spectacular, last-minute comeback

Moral of the story: Squib kick.

I remember seeing this on ESPN in 94' and I still feel bad for them.

Shit. down 41-17 in the 4th quarter? snap

It just wasn't met to be. I can't even imagine how that team felt on the bus ride home. The sports gods can be so cruel sometimes.

Lmao I finally understand the title

I cant believe that... At least they made it a game

I don't even know these teams or even care about them but now I just feel depressed and sad I want to go to that high school and win them a championship

Damn that fucking sucks

The announcers are hilarious.

Yeah but that kid for the other team is a hero for them

I done wet my britches

Although many consider this game to be the greatest HS game of all time, there are many historians that argue the greatest was actually the 1966 city championship game between Polk High School and Andrew Johnson High School. It was in this game that a young Al Bundy scored four touchdowns, including the game-winning touchdown in the final seconds against his old nemesis, Bubba "Spare Tire" Dixon.

"Of all time... *OF ALL TIME"* This guy was Kanye before Kanye was Kanye

The announcers' tears of unfathomable sadness. yummy and sweet you guys. I would love to hear the Tyler side of this experience. Going up 41-17 with 5 minutes to go thinking you had it sewed up. Watching Plano East storm back in the most improbable manner. Thinking the game is lost until Dunn breaks that return.

Plano East had a great season that included beating their crosstown rival, the Plano Wildcats 28-7. The Wildcats eventually won the 1994 Division I State Championship over Katy Tigers 28-7. There were some good football players in Plano that year. Not to rain on John Tyler's parade either. Rumor has it that Tyler had so much speed and size on that team, Jerry Jones was seen on the sidelines recruiting.

Great game and great effort, but seriously... WHY kick it deep to their fastest player with 00:24 left on the clock?? That is just not a good coaching decision. Also, "I think I just wet ma britches" is so Texas. haha

Fucking. Brutal.

Shouldn't there have been like 10-12 seconds left on the clock?

you're playing in a cowboys stadium what did you expect

You guys may not have won, but you damn well played your heart out. That last kickoff may have been devastating but y'all get to say you scored three touchdowns in under 3 minutes in the Cowboys stadium, that's definitely something

I go to East. Watching this really does make me feel sick. This was our one chance to make it to the finals. we have not been anywhere near as close. All I do is hope we can make it back there one day.

I cried at the ending. Imagine being down 41-17, making 3 successful onside kicks, taking the lead and then lose because of a kickoff return.

That's more upsetting then the 18-1 patriots

Great video... Can hear the anguish in the announcers voices during that final kick return.

well at least they didn't get raped like we did in jr high. like 57-0 with our "A" team

Watched that game in person and man you could feel the heart and soul of Plano East just get sucked right out the building. Best football game ever played? Damn right it was!

I played JV football and with 1 minute left we were down 37-20 we scored twice in a row with two onsides. We try a third onside and our kicker messes up and only kicks the ball 2 yards 😨

I remember my dad telling me about this he told me "it was craziest game he ever saw" and I now know why

I would never play football again if I played on that team

when is the movie coming out?

This thought me alot about not only about football, about sports.This taught never stop until its over

This is crazy.. It truly does define playing until the final whistle. For both sides.. Love an underdog story, and it's unfortunate this one didn't finish the way I had hoped. Thanks for sharing the story, amazing!

This reminds me of deasan Jacksons's run against the giants

What a great piece , WOW

That so crazy it almost seems fake

I remember when this happened they played the highlights on Sportscenter. I was In my last year of HS. I remember being so happy for Plano East and then utterly devastated for them as the last kick was run back for a TD.

Listened to the game on the radio while driving back to Dallas. If it isn't the greatest game ever played it was certainly the most exciting.

That there is just a B.A.D story......I started crying....That was never meant to be...That there is the definition of dumb luck......

I'm not even a football fan and even I realized how much of a big deal this was. Damn. Kids played good though.

Still get goosebumps every time I see this video and every time I see the plaque at Plano east I stop and stare

This reminds me so much of the game I played in this year. We were down 42-6 by half time with almost no hope, but by the 4th quarter we scored 30 unanswered points. Sadly like this team we also blew it near the end and the score became 49-36

I was at that game and I didn't like JT because they were cocky as hell and they were awesome. When Plano went up 44-41 you could hear crickets on JT side and Plano side was going nuts. Still to this day never been to a high school game that was as loud as this one. Much respect to both teams.

that may be possibly most depressing thing I have seen all life. ever.

would've loved for them to interview a couple guys from John Tyler also

I played for Coach Phillips in my home town of Groveton, Texas. He proved himsel a leader with me as I played for him and all the bother Indiana that he lead.

I could not imagine that feeling...

Truly one of the games where you wish both teams could have won. 2 great teams that both fought hard

I remember watching this as a kid. Nothing better than Texas high school football.

you know this is best example of never let guard down on both sides. Though this is unbelievable all that effort it will break your heart.

im fucking mad

That last play sent chills down my spine.

Wow... What a heartbreaking loss!

That last play is just like life... you are getting shit done then out of no where... shit just hits the fan.

Just watched my old team come back from a 26-44 with 2:38 in the fourth... They won the game 48-44, crazy how it was the same score as this game

“Somebody give me something i’m gonna die” love these announcers

Wonderful job by the crew behind this video!

i graduated from high school in plano east in 2015. this story is a legend

i go to this school and this makes me want to cry

Kicking it deep was a mistake. I would've taken my chances with the better field position rather than giving a clearly faster player the ball deep.

The last one hurt me bad. I almost cried, this is some real football comeback play I ever seen.

This is great commentary Sound blends in perfectly with the commentary

Eagles vs Giants 2009?

I think the guy in the last touchdown dropped the football before the endzone.

I was at this game for Plano East. The description of this game is wrong. This was Regionals. The quarterfinals were the next round. In 1994 Class 5A Division 2 had 6 playoffs. They were Bi-district, Area, Regionals, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Final (state championship). Lake Highlands was the other Division 2 representative from the district Plano East competed in. Their head coach at the time, Mike Zoffuto, was the 3rd guy calling the game with the other two announcers. The other playoff representative from the district Plano East was in was Plano. Plano played in the 5A Division 1 bracket. They had 5 playoff games to win their state championship. Their was no Area round in Division 1. Plano won the Division 1 state championship. I grew up watching Plano and then Plano East came along and have always been of fan of them too. For pure Plano East fans it hurt to see Plano finish 3rd in district yet go on to win their 7th state championship and beat Katy 28-7. Fun times back then. Totally different now as those guys today aren't winner like the guys in the past. And the next town north, Allen, has been winning so much. The Plano East QB Jeff had a broken hand in this game. You can see his cast.

I remember being a 35-year-old man employed part-time by the dollar general. My 38-year-old unemployed friend challenged me to a game of hopscotch at his home. who was unemployed. We both still lived with our parents at this time. I was down 8-3, but then came back to take a 9-8 lead, but then he threw the rock in the 9 & 10 space on the hopscotch board & won 10-8. I cried, his mother told me to leave, then she called my mother & said she didn’t want me playing with her son anymore. This video reminds me of that day.

Only if they onsided it

Why not a squib?

My middle school team blew a 25 point lead. Over the time of the game we had the lead and it came down to the last minute. The other team managed to score a touchdown, recover an onside and score another one. They went for two and got it every time. We managed to get another a touchdown and there was like 15 seconds left, we had the lead. We kick an onside as we weren't taking any risks with a deep because earlier in the game they had scored on a deep. The other team had 11 seconds left, they throw an incompletion. With 7 seconds left they manage to throw a Hail Mary and we miss a tackle. The game is tied but time expired. They kick the extra point and win 53-52.

I went to jr high and 9th grade with many of these Plano guys. I remember hearing about the game 100 miles away, at my new place. That game made me sick. I still cant watch it.

I guess this is just... life. Shit happens and sometimes it sucks. GG on both teams.

Legend has it, their girlfriends are still sore to this very day LOL

Trust me that feeling is like you just got stabbed in the stomach when you see them getting touchdowns I played football and we were the underdogs making it from a 5-3 season and making it to the championship we all cried atleast the half of us that actually did something to get there when we lost from a 22-21 game

wow, awesome video. i felt so bad when the other team won at the end. but yeah as someone else said that guy on the other team is a hero

This made me got Wtf to crying

Shane Gillis sent me here

Those dudes played their hearts out. True champions

That was amazing!Neither team can say anything bad about the other.Not a game but a battle! REAL FOOTBALL AT ITS BEST!

Shane Gillis sent me

Lewisville vs Plano east last season was better. Lewisville scored 31 points in the fourth quarter to win 58-56

I was lucky enough to have been there. My school (Lake Highlands) played the winner of this game the next week. Plano east was also in our district so LH had a very high interest in that game. To this day I can still hear the crowd erupt so loud when East scored to go ahead. I couldn’t believe wtf I just watched then it all came crashing down. Fun Fact: there were 2 guys calling the play by play on the radio and they had a broadcast guest that said “I think I’m going to be sick”. That was the head coach for Lake highlands Coach Z

This gave me chills man

Lol kick returner was like all hail no

Greatest comeback ever in a Super Bowl 51#patsnation

God I love Texas high school football. I'm glad I was part of it a long time ago.

Reminds me of the Thursday night rivalry game I went to this week.. And since I'm in band, I'm of course, at every game. It was 17-42 at the end of the 3rd. Ended up with 35-42... Just couldn't get it in in the end, but it was pretty cool to see a game that got me on my feet rather than going "huh.. Why am I here again? Time to tune out the game and do band stuff I guess.. Lol."

I'm fucking crying.

Friday Night Lights season 3

I remember going to this game and leaving early. I am still shocked to what happened still today. lol John Tyler by far had the better team though and deserved to win.

Watching this video made me cry a bit

the announcers were all for them. I liked seeing them get their hopes crushed. How about the kids on the other team? They played their hearts out for more of the game than the losers. It would of been amazing but they deserved the win.

This is something called, "Don't Celebrate Early," which they did.

Heart crushing

I remember seeing the highlights of this on ESPN and thought to myself damn My homestate of Texas is what high school football is all about. Give Florida, California, Georgia and even Ohio some love cause those are great States for high school football, but nothing beats Texas when it comes to it. I seen cities get shut down for Friday night games