1961 TCIL Football Championship: How They Got There

Played December 2, 1961 at Public School Stadium in Galveston.

Galveston Kirwin
26- 0 - W - Waco Reicher
37- 6 - W - Houston St. Pius
44- 0 - W - Santa Fe
14- 0 - W - Port Acres
42- 6 - W - Houston Mount Carmel
40- 0 - W - Houston Marian Christian
14- 7 - W - Houston St. Thomas
19-12 - W - Beaumont Central Catholic
14- 0 - W - Port Arthur Bishop Byrne
29- 0 - W - Houston St. Thomas

Dallas Jesuit
24- 9 - W - Dallas St. Mark's
35- 6 - W - Sulphur Springs
22-37 - L - Mineral Wells
32- 6 - W - Seagoville
12- 7 - W - Irving
13-14 - L - Dallas Woodrow Wilson
42- 0 - W - Tulsa Cascia Hall
42- 6 - W - Fort Worth Laneri
32- 0 - W - Waco Reicher
30- 0 - W - San Antonio Central Catholic

It was the fifth time that the two schools had faced each other in the TCIL football title game.

Galveston Kirwin faced Dallas Jesuit for the title in 1954 under Ed Kelson (assistant coach at Texas City in 1961).  Jesuit won 26-12.

Dallas Jesuit scored another win over Galveston Kirwin two years later in 1956 with a 14-6 score as Aubrey Baker was Kirwin's head coach.

Dallas Jesuit beat Kirwin in 1958, 31-20, as Joe Fertitta was Kirwin's coach. 

Jesuit then defeated Fertitta and the Buccaneers once more, 14-11, in 1960.

Source:  The Galveston County News, Tuesday, November 28, 1961