The Winning Standard
Blue Howse builds the program's defining run, followed by Doug True and Jerry Pearson keeping Greenbrier in championship and bowl contention.
The Howse Run
Blue Howse inherited an undefeated program and helped make winning the mid-century standard: the perfect 1957 team, 1959 Strawberry Bowl champions, and the Hall-of-Fame 1960–61 teams.
Stories from the era
The 1960s now have player stories, rivalry legacy and source-linked Hall of Fame context layered onto the season-by-season record.
7-2 under W. H. “Blue” Howse. A season-by-season reconstruction from the Greenbrier records.
8-0 under W. H. “Blue” Howse. A season-by-season reconstruction from the Greenbrier records.
5-3 under W. H. “Blue” Howse. A season-by-season reconstruction from the Greenbrier records.
7-2 under W. H. “Blue” Howse. A season-by-season reconstruction from the Greenbrier records.
9–0, Red River Valley champions, seven shutouts and one of the defining teams in Greenbrier football history.
Another perfect season under Blue Howse keeps a 24-game winning streak rolling.
6-1 under W. H. “Blue” Howse. A season-by-season reconstruction from the Greenbrier records.
2-7 under Doug True. A season-by-season reconstruction from the Greenbrier records.
8-3 under Doug True. A season-by-season reconstruction from the Greenbrier records.
9-2 under Doug True. A season-by-season reconstruction from the Greenbrier records.
6-4 under Jerry Pearson. A season-by-season reconstruction from the Greenbrier records.
6-3-1 under Jerry Pearson. A season-by-season reconstruction from the Greenbrier records.
7-3 under Jerry Pearson. A season-by-season reconstruction from the Greenbrier records.
Golden Foundations · 1955–1968
Step through the perfect 1955 team, Dave Hall and 1957, the Howse run, 24 straight, the 1964–65 titles and Pearson's first chapter as one continuous story.
Every Blue Howse season
The school score list gives the seven years a 52–8 record, 1,527–343 scoring line and 28 shutouts. Open each year for every result, supplemental dates and sites, source images and the disagreements that remain unresolved.
From the reset to bowl football
The combined file now runs through all 61 retained results, three Red River Valley championships, two bowl games, four Hall-connected players and every source difference around 1963 and 1968.
A 2–7 heading with one missing line
From reset to Red River champions
Eight straight, another title and the Athletic Bowl
A 5–1 start meets a hard closing month
Six wins, four shutouts and a tie
Seven straight to a title, then the Crockett Bowl