TXHSFB 303: 2016's lowest-scoring Texas high school football games

[caption id="attachment_28575" align="aligncenter" width="700"]Photo by Kelly Guess Photo by Kelly Guess[/caption] Over the course of January, TexasFootball.com presents The TXHSFB 303, a deep dive into the hidden storylines in the 2016 Texas high school football season. Have an idea for an angle? E-mail DCTF managing editor Greg Tepper.Today: The lowest-scoring Texas high school football games in 2016Doesn’t anybody play defense anymore? It’s a cry we hear every week during football season, as those who yearn for the days of old watch the scoreboard roll on like the wheels on a slot machine. Call it the Blue Hair’s Lament. And it’s true — football has become an offense-first game, especially at the Texas high school football level. Case in point: yesterday’s examination of the highest-scoring games in the state last season, which saw a record-breaking five games crack the 150-point margin. But it’s not all fireworks and flimsiness; there were some downright bruising defensive battles in Texas high school football in 2016. So let’s take a look at the lowest-scoring Texas high school football games in 2016 — that’s to say, the games with the fewest combined points between the two teams. Here are the lowest-scoring 11-man games from 2016: