Pearland routs Brazoswood 59-7; playoffs next

Pearland has advanced to the post-season for 27 straight years after closing out the 2026 football season with a 9-1 overall record and 7-1 in league action.

The Oilers ran roughshod over the Brazoswood Buccaneers 59-7 in the regular season finale to finish behind the Shadow Creek Sharks (9-1, 8-0) in the District 19-6A title race.

Pearland will face the Alief Taylor Lions (7-3) in the Region III Class 6A-Div I bi-district round on Friday, November 13 at 7:00 p.m. at Pearland ISD Stadium.

There was no question as to the outcome between Pearland and Brazoswood as the Oilers missed a 37-yard field goal on their first possession and then reeled off five straight scores to build a 31-0 lead at intermission.

As they have done all season — the one-two punch of junior RB Royce Swan and senior RB Ryan Miller provided high-light reel runs that excited the Pearland home crowd.

Swan, who has carried the ball 156 times for 1,486 yards and 24 touchdowns this season, broke free on a 21-yard scoring dash to give the Oilers an early 7-0 lead with 2:26 left in the first quarter.

It took only one play on the Oilers’ second possession as senior QB Blake Smith threw a perfect strike to talented sophomore receiver Lance Goree who caught the ball in stride to complete a 63-yard touchdown to make the score 14-0 with 10:17 left in the second quarter.

Pearland got the ball back less than two minutes later and Miller brought the Pearland crowd to their feet when he broke through a huge hole and raced 44 yards to the pay station to make the score 21-0.

Placekicker Holden Macneish increase the lead to 24-0 at the 5:08 mark with a 42-yard field goal.

The final score in the first half came when Smith threw a perfect pass to Royce Swan covering 15-yards with :39 seconds left before intermission to increase the lead to 31-0.

The Oilers received the second half kickoff and Miller promptly returned the ball 100-yards for the score with only :15 seconds gone in the half. The scoring jaunt set a new PHS football record for the longest kickoff return in Oilers’ history making the score 38-0.

Royce Swan would score his third touchdown of the game with 9:52 left in the third when he scored on a 3-yard run to increase the lead to 45-0.

The Oilers would add two more scores in the third frame when senior RB Utibe Obot scored on a 1-yard plunge and Nehemiah Wagner scored on a 5-yard run at the end of the third quarter to make the score 59-0.

Brazoswood managed to finally score with 2:09 left in the game when David Nunez scored on a 25-yard run to post the final 59-7 score.

Smith was 7-of-13 passing for 123 yards and two TDs while Blake Morkovsky was 3-for-5 passing for 25 yards.

Swan was the leading ball carrier as he had 11 carries for 102 yards and two scores while he had on catch for 15 yards and another score.

Miller had four carries for 63 yards and one score while Jayden De Los Santos had eight carries for 49 yards.

Goree had five receptions for 98 yards and one TD.

Pearland rolled up 417 total yards (269 rushing, 148 passing) while the Oilers defense help Brazoswood to 150 total yards (82 rushing, 68 passing).

By Dr David Davis