Post by Agent Orange on Nov 19, 2023 19:23:14 GMT -7
We've made it to the final game of the season!
Thanks to Richard Evarts for my graphics and game research all season, he's the best Bulldog historian there is and not to shabby an artist either.
2023 Roswell-Artesia State Championship History
Artesia High School is believed to have played its first football game ever Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1909 against Roswell High School in
Artesia. Exactly 114 years later, Artesia and Roswell will play their first State Championship game against each other at Bulldog Bowl. This
will be only the third playoff game between the two teams. 2006 Quarterfinals: Artesia won 55-13 at Bulldog Bowl, 2018 Semifinals:
Roswell won 48-42 at Wool Bowl (Roswell won the State Championship).
The Artesia Bulldogs are making their third straight appearance and Head Coach Jeremy Maupin is making his fifth straight appearance in the 5A
State Championship game. Coach Maupin's first two state games in 2018 and 2019 were as head coach of Los Lunas against Roswell. Los Lunas lost
both games, 42-6 and 25-19.
The Roswell Coyotes enter the game at 12-0 having defeated Lovington (45-18), Santa Fe (58-6), Hobbs (34-6), Los Lunas (34-7), Carlsbad
(41-7), Clovis (49-0), Piedra Vista (44-0), Artesia (29-8), Mayfield (48-15), Goddard (38-6), Quarterfinals: Mayfield (50-0) and Semifinals:
Deming (45-0).
Roswell Playoff Record: 39 wins, 19 losses (11 State Championship appearances and 7 State Championships: 1953, 1955, 1987, 1988, 2000,
2018, 2019)
The Artesia Bulldogs are playing in their 38th State Championship game and are playing at home for the 22nd time. This is the first time in six
years a State Championship game will be played in Artesia, the Bulldogs defeated Belen 48-14 in that game. The Bulldogs won their 101st playoff
game in defeating Piedra Vista in the semifinal game 50-0.
Home State Championship Games: 19-2 (90.5% winning percentage) State Championship Games: 30-6-1 (81.1% winning percentage) (Tie against
Lovington in 1987, teams were co-champions) Home Playoff Games: 63-5-1 (91.3% winning percentage)
Overall Playoff Record: 101-22-2 (80.8% winning percentage)
State Championship Games
1954: (L) Artesia 0 Albuquerque Highland 20 @ Albuquerque Zimmerman Field
1957: (W) Artesia 27 Albuquerque Highland 26 @ Morris Field
1959: (L) Artesia 7 Las Cruces 31 @ Las Cruces Aggie Memorial
1964: (W) Artesia 20 Albuquerque Highland 6 @ Morris Field
1966: (W) Artesia 40 Albuquerque Highland 14 @ Morris Field
1967: (W) Artesia 40 Albuquerque 14 @ Albuquerque University Stadium
1968: (W) Artesia 40 Albuquerque Sandia 0 @ Bulldog Bowl
1969: (W) Artesia 21 Hobbs 8 @ Bulldog Bowl
1974: (W) Artesia 23 Deming 0 @ Bulldog Bowl
1975: (W) Artesia 22 St. Pius 17 @ Albuquerque Sports Stadium
1976: (W) Artesia 46 Socorro 7 @ Bulldog Bowl
1978: (W) Artesia 13 Bloomfield 0 @ Bulldog Bowl
1980: (W) Artesia 50 Bloomfield 30 @ Bloomfield Bobcat Stadium
1982: (W) Artesia 31 Silver 28 @ Bulldog Bowl
1983: (W) Artesia 22 Portales 8 @ Bulldog Bowl
1984: (W) Artesia 33 Aztec 12 @ Bulldog Bowl
1987: (TIE) Artesia 0 Lovington 0 @ Lovington Wildcat Stadium
1991: (L) Artesia 14 Goddard 28 @ Bulldog Bowl
1992: (W) Artesia 24 Raton 0 @ Bulldog Bowl
1993: (W) Artesia 28 Aztec 9 @ Bulldog Bowl
1994: (W) Artesia 35 Lovington 21 @ Bulldog Bowl
1996: (W) Artesia 35 Raton 20 @ Raton Tiger Stadium
1997: (W) Artesia 34 Silver 31 @ Bulldog Bowl
1998: (W) Artesia 34 Ruidoso 22 @ Ruidoso Warrior Stadium
1999: (L) Artesia 12 St. Pius 22 @ Bulldog Bowl
2001: (W) Artesia 28 St. Pius 20 @ Albuquerque Milne Stadium
2003: (W) Artesia 35 Aztec 14 @ Aztec Fred Cook Memorial Stadium
2004: (W) Artesia 42 Silver 0 @ Bulldog Bowl
2006: (W) Artesia 30 Goddard 23 @ Roswell Wool Bowl
2007: (W) Artesia 58 Goddard 31 @ Bulldog Bowl
2010: (W) Artesia 45 Aztec 34 @ Bulldog Bowl
2014: (W) Artesia 49 Belen 21 @ Belen Eagle Stadium
2015: (W) Artesia 42 Las Cruces Centennial 34 @ Las Cruces Field of Dreams
2016: (L) Artesia 24 St. Pius 34 @ Albuquerque Nusenda Community Stadium
2017: (W) Artesia 48 Belen 14 @ Bulldog Bowl
2021: (L) Artesia 28 Los Lunas 40 @ Los Lunas Tiger Stadium
2022: (W) Artesia 27 Piedra Vista 14 @ Farmington Hutchison Stad