Electra High Schools 1985 Class 2A state championship football team is considered by many to be one of the finest teams in the history of the state of Texas. As part of our Travelin' Tuesday coverage, Jermaine Ferrell revisits the tigers run to a state title. The roots of the 1985 Electra Class 2A state football title team could be traced back to 1984. Assistant coach Rogers Lankford and lineman Mike Nason felt that team could have won state.

The Tigers went through the 84 regular season 10-0 before losing in the second round to Mart.

"We were determined from a coaches point of view and a players point of view. We were devistated and we were determined to go back from the day of the playoffs we wanted to go back and win a state title," says assistant coach Rogers Lankford. With the motivation of an early playoff exit, Tiger Pride roared for the 1985 team.Electra spent the season ranked number 1 in the state.They were on the prowl to bring Electra the gold ball but in a dominating fashion.

To say that the 1985 Electra state title team was dominating would be an understatement. The Tigers scored 631 points while giving up only 149 points.They beat their opposition by an average of 31 points a game."Nobody could stop us some people compared it to a machine," says lineman Mike Nason. "We had one of the most talented teams in Texas. No doubt about it people who saw us play knew we were really good," says Lankford. If the Tigers were going to meet their goal, they would have to beat the defending state champion Groveton Indians.On December 21, 1985 at the University of Texas-Arlington's Maverick Stadium, the Tigers won 29-13! Mission accomplised.