Bayou Bowl

Bayou Bowl
Stadium: Eagle Stadium
Location: Mont Belvieu, TX
Type of game: High-school All-Star football game
Played between: Houston & East Texas (2025–present)
Previously played between: Texas & Louisiana (2003–2013)
East & West Houston (2014–2024)
Years Active 2003–present

The Bayou Bowl is an annual high school football all-star bowl game in which the best graduated seniors from Greater Houston and East Texas play against each other. It has been played at Eagle Stadium in Mont Belvieu, Texas, since 2025. It was formerly played in Stallworth Stadium in Baytown, Texas.

Bowl history

The game was conceived as a join collaboration between leaders in the Baytown-Houston area, including the Baytown/West Chambers County, TX Economic Development Foundation, the President of the Baytown Chamber of Commerce, the incoming chair of the Greater Houston Football Coaches Association and a banker from Amegy Bank in Baytown.

After the initial success in 2003, leaders of the Bayou Bowl decided to donate proceeds to the Shriner's Hospitals for Children in Galveston and Houston. In 2007, the Bayou Bowl raised $33,000 for the Shriner's Hospitals. Most of the money was raised by the Bayou Bowl Celebrity Golf Tournament.[1] After the 2013 game, both the Louisiana High School Athletic Association and the Greater Houston Football Coaches Association (GHFCA) mutually agreed to end the series and the format shifted to an East vs. West game in which the city was divided along Interstate 45. In 2025 the format was again changed to pit the graduating players from the GHFCA's member schools and the East Texas Coaches Association (ETCA)'s member schools.

Since 2025 the Bayou Bowl has also included an "HBCU-style battle of the bands" named the Battle on the Bayou, involving four HISD bands. The event takes place before the football game.[2]

Bayou Bowl Celebrity Golf Tournament

Associated with the Bayou Bowl is the Bayou Bowl Celebrity Golf Tournament, which provides a major portion of the fundraising given to the Shriner's Hospitals. Past celebrities include:

Game results

Year Winning team Losing team
Texas vs. Louisiana
2003 Texas 32 Louisiana 29
2004 Texas 17 Louisiana 15
2005 Louisiana 10 Texas 7
2006 Louisiana 7 Texas 3
2007 Louisiana 31 Texas 15
2008 Texas 24 Louisiana 14
2009 Texas 17 Louisiana 14
2010 Texas 42 Louisiana 15
2011 Louisiana 30 Texas 23
2012 Louisiana 23 Texas 23
2013 Texas 22 Louisiana 14
East vs. West
2014 East 7 West 0
2015 East 27 West 9
2016 East 14 West 9
2017 East 30 West 7
2018 West 37 East 36
2019 East 31 West 21
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19.
2021 East 13 West 11
2022 East 24 West 20
2023 East 18 West 0
2024 East 63 West 21
Houston vs. East Texas
2025 Houston 23 East Texas 7

See also

References

  1. ^ Goldsmith, Barrett. "Shriner's Score Big with Help from Bayou Bowl." The Baytown Sun. December 24, 2007.
  2. ^ "Bayou Bowl History". bayoubowl.org. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
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